UK general elections2010 › Leicester South

Leicester South — 2010

Peter Soulsby (Labour Party) was elected with 21,479 votes45.6% of 47,124 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,124

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Peter Soulsby Labour Party 21,47945.6%−4.4 ptsElected
2Parmjit Gill Liberal Democrats 12,67126.9%
3Ross Grant Conservative Party 10,06621.4%
4Adi Waudby British National Party 1,4183.0%
5Dave Dixey Green Party 7701.6%
6Christopher Lucas UK Independence Party 7201.5%

Electorate 77,175 · Turnout 61.1% · Majority 8,808 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.