An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leicester East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Keith Vaz with a majority of 18,352 - 38.2% - on a turnout of 63.7%.
Candidates
| Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
| VAZ, Keith | Lab | 29,386 | 61.1% | 7.4% |
| DEVANI, Kishan | Con | 11,034 | 23.0% | -1.5% |
| STEPTOE, Susanna | UKIP | 4,290 | 8.9% | 7.4% |
| JETHWA, Nimit | Green | 1,468 | 3.1% | 1.5% |
| RAVAL, Dave | LD | 1,233 | 2.6% | -11.6% |
| BARKER, Michael | TUSC | 540 | 1.1% | - |
| DARWOOD, Tom | Ind | 117 | 0.2% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 75,430, having a valid vote count of 48,068 and an invalid vote count of 533.
Result declared at 07:28 on 8 May 2015.