UK general elections › 2024 › South Leicestershire
South Leicestershire — 2024
Alberto Costa (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,264 votes— 35.6% of 51,359 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. 35.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,359
| 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 | Alberto Costa | Conservative Party | 18,264 | 35.6% | −14.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Parkinson | Labour Party | 12,758 | 24.8% | — | |
| 3 | Bill Piper | Reform UK | 10,235 | 19.9% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Hartshorn | Liberal Democrats | 7,621 | 14.8% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Jelfs | Green Party | 2,481 | 4.8% | — |
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.