UK general elections2017 › Leicester East

Leicester East — 2017

Keith Vaz (Labour Party) was elected with 35,116 votes67.0% of 52,424 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,424

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
1Keith Vaz Labour Party 35,11667.0%+17.0 ptsElected
2Edward He Conservative Party 12,68824.2%
3Sujata Barot Independent 1,7533.3%
4Nitesh Dave Liberal Democrats 1,3432.6%
5Melanie Wakley Green Party 1,0702.0%
6Ian Fox Independent 4540.9%

Electorate 77,788 · Turnout 67.4% · Majority 22,428 · Back to 2017 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.