Election 97

Leicester West


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Greville Janner (Retiring)
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 9,716 (23.7%)
Labour 97 22,580 (55.2%)
LibDem 97 5,795 (14.2%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 2,823 ( 6.9%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 64,570
Turnout 97 40,914 (63.4%)



1992 MP Greville Janner (Retiring)
Old constituency name Leicester West
Majority 92 3,978 ( 8.2%)
Conservative 92 18,596 (38.5%)
Labour 92 22,574 (46.8%)
LibDem 92 6,402 (13.3%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 689 ( 1.4%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 66,351
Turnout 92 48,261 (72.7%)
Leicester West



Tory change -14.8%
Labour change +8.4%
Lib Dem change +0.9%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +5.5%
Electorate change -2.7%
Turnout Change -9.4%
Robert Waller wrote

The constituency of Leicester West, although held by Labour, has the lowest Labour majority of the city's three seats, but Labour should continue to hold. There are several substantial areas of traditional council housing, working-class areas with relatively few non-white electors, which have seen locally significant sales of council houses, as well as more mixed and suburban neighbourhoods.


Super Profiles

485 1.28 9.03 14
308 0.81 11.17 7
1,023 2.70 11.25 24
3,887 10.26 14.70 70
6,587 17.39 10.45 166
102 0.27 2.81 10
6,152 16.24 8.01 203
5,343 14.10 15.25 92
6,388 16.86 7.13 236
7,607 20.08 10.17 198