UK general elections › 2017 › Leicester East
Leicester East — 2017
Keith Vaz (Labour Party) was elected with 35,116 votes— 67.0% 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
| 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 | Keith Vaz | Labour Party | 35,116 | 67.0% | +17.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Edward He | Conservative Party | 12,688 | 24.2% | — | |
| 3 | Sujata Barot | Independent | 1,753 | 3.3% | — | |
| 4 | Nitesh Dave | Liberal Democrats | 1,343 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Melanie Wakley | Green Party | 1,070 | 2.0% | — | |
| 6 | Ian Fox | Independent | 454 | 0.9% | — |
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.