Election for the constituency of Leicester East on 7 May 2015

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%.

An electorate of 75,430, having a valid vote count of 48,068 and an invalid vote count of 533.

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% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 07:28 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.