Constituency

Leicester West

ONS code: E14001328
Lookup slug: leicester-west

Our Recommendation

TBD

Confidence

High

Strong likelihood of
beating the left

Last reviewed

15 May 2024

Updated daily

Local recommendation

Candidate recommendation pending

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Election Maps nowcast

Likely Labour hold

Source updated 10/05/2026

LAB HOLD

Labour forecast to win in Leicester West, East Midlands

Winner: Labour
Margin: 10.5% (3,707 votes)
Turnout / electorate: 47.8% / 74,102
Second place: Reform UK 25.0%

LABLabour

35.5%-9.2 pts

RFMReform UK

25.0%+9.0 pts

CONConservative

17.8%-2.1 pts

GRNGreen Party

14.1%+2.6 pts

LDMLiberal Democrat

6.0%-0.2 pts

MINMinor parties and independents

0.9%0.0 pts

OthOther

0.8%-0.1 pts

SNPScottish National Party

0.0%change not recorded

PLCPlaid Cymru

Not recordedchange not recorded

WPBWorkers Party of Britain

Not recordedchange not recorded

Labour 248 seatsConservative 137 seatsReform UK 114 seatsLiberal Democrat 71 seatsGreen Party 5 seats

Election Maps UK Westminster nowcast: Nowcast data from Election Maps UK.

House of Commons results

General election results

Only real Westminster general elections since 2010 are shown. The rows below are linked by exact Parliament constituency code or exact Parliament constituency name.

2024 general election

Leicester WestE14001328Electorate 74,102Valid votes 35,397Invalid votes 161Majority 8,777

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Liz Kendall	Labour	15,798	44.6%	Elected
2	Max Chauhan	Conservative	7,021	19.8%
3	Ian Hayes	Reform UK	5,666	16.0%
4	Aasiya Bora	Green Party	4,089	11.6%
5	Benjamin Feist	Liberal Democrat	2,179	6.2%
6	Rahoul Naik	One Leicester	327	0.9%
7	Steve Score	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	317	0.9%

2019 general election

Leicester WestE14000784Electorate 64,940Valid votes 34,775Invalid votes 151Majority 4,212

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Liz Kendall	Labour	17,291	49.7%	Elected
2	Amanda Wright	Conservative	13,079	37.6%
3	Ian Bradwell	Liberal Democrat	1,808	5.2%
4	Jack Collier	The Brexit Party	1,620	4.7%
5	Ani Goddard	Green Party	977	2.8%

2017 general election

Leicester WestE14000784Electorate 64,843Valid votes 37,512Invalid votes 122Majority 11,060

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Liz Kendall	Labour	22,823	60.8%	Elected
2	Jack Hickey	Conservative	11,763	31.4%
3	Stuart Young	UK Independence Party	1,406	3.7%
4	Ian Bradwell	Liberal Democrat	792	2.1%
5	Mel Gould	Green Party	607	1.6%
6	David Bowley	Independent	121	0.3%

2015 general election

Leicester WestE14000784Electorate 63,204Valid votes 34,522Invalid votes 236Majority 7,203

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Liz Kendall	Labour	16,051	46.5%	Elected
2	Paul Bessant	Conservative	8,848	25.6%
3	Stuart Young	UK Independence Party	5,950	17.2%
4	Peter Hague	Green Party	1,878	5.4%
5	Ian Bradwell	Liberal Democrat	1,507	4.4%
6	Heather Rawling	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	288	0.8%

2010 general election

Leicester WestE14000784Electorate 64,900Valid votes 35,819Invalid votes 89Majority 4,017

Tactical voting signal2nd and 3rd combined votes exceeded the winner by 4,090.Combined 2nd + 3rd votes: 17,835. Winner: 13,745.

Position	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Result
1	Liz Kendall	Labour	13,745	38.4%	Elected
2	Celia Harvey	Conservative	9,728	27.2%	2nd + 3rd signal
3	Peter Coley	Liberal Democrat	8,107	22.6%	2nd + 3rd signal
4	Gary Reynolds	British National Party	2,158	6.0%
5	Stephen Ingall	UK Independence Party	883	2.5%
6	Geoff Forse	Green Party	639	1.8%
7	Steven Huggins	Independent	181	0.5%
8	Steve Score	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	157	0.4%
9	Shaun Dyer	Pirate Party UK	113	0.3%
10	John Bowley	Independent	108	0.3%

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