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Leicester South — 2024
Shockat Adam (Independent) was elected with 14,739 votes— 35.2% of 41,837 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. 35.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,837
| 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 | Shockat Adam | Independent | 14,739 | −14.8 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jonathan Ashworth | Labour Party | 13,760 | — | ||
| 3 | Gerri Hickton | Conservative Party | 4,820 | — | ||
| 4 | Sharmen Rahman | Green Party | 3,826 | — | ||
| 5 | Craig Harwood | Reform UK | 2,470 | — | ||
| 6 | Carol Weaver | Liberal Democrats | 1,425 | — | ||
| 7 | Osman Admani | Independent | 329 | — | ||
| 8 | Ann Green | Communist Party of Britain | 279 | — | ||
| 9 | Ezechiel Adlore | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 189 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.