UK general elections › 2010 › Leicester South
Leicester South — 2010
Peter Soulsby (Labour Party) was elected with 21,479 votes— 45.6% 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
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Soulsby | Labour Party | 21,479 | 45.6% | −4.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Parmjit Gill | Liberal Democrats | 12,671 | 26.9% | — | |
| 3 | Ross Grant | Conservative Party | 10,066 | 21.4% | — | |
| 4 | Adi Waudby | British National Party | 1,418 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | Dave Dixey | Green Party | 770 | 1.6% | — | |
| 6 | Christopher Lucas | UK Independence Party | 720 | 1.5% | — |
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.