UK general elections › 2017 › Leicester South
Leicester South — 2017
Jonathan Ashworth (Labour Party) was elected with 37,157 votes— 73.6% of 50,517 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 73.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +23.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,517
| 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 | Jonathan Ashworth | Labour Party | 37,157 | 73.6% | +23.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Meera Sonecha | Conservative Party | 10,896 | 21.6% | — | |
| 3 | Harrish Bisnauthsing | Liberal Democrats | 1,287 | 2.5% | — | |
| 4 | Mags Lewis | Green Party | 1,177 | 2.3% | — |
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.