Leicester South West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester South West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members one
Replaced by Leicester South,
Leicester West

Leicester South West was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Leicester wards of Aylestone, Castle, De Montfort, and North Braunstone.

The constituency included Leicester city centre, which since this seat's abolition in 1974 has been in Leicester South.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950 Herbert Bowden Labour Resigned 1967 to become Chairman of the Independent Television Authority
1967 by-election Tom Boardman Conservative
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Leicester South West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Herbert William Bowden 23,399 54.61
Conservative Mrs. Dorothy Russell 14,727 34.37
Liberal Thomas Alan Pratt 4,720 11.02
Majority 8,672 20.24
Turnout
Labour win
General Election 1951: Leicester South West[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Herbert William Bowden 24,340 58.39
Conservative Edward Harold Wall 17,347 41.61
Majority 6,993 16.78
Turnout 82.54
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1955: Leicester South West[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Herbert William Bowden 21,487 55.83
Conservative Mrs. Dorothy Russell 16,998 44.17
Majority 4,489 11.66
Turnout 76.05
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1959: Leicester South West [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Herbert William Bowden 17,395 46.41
Conservative Alan David Walder 14,652 39.09
Liberal John W Ward 5,438 14.51
Majority 2,743 7.32
Turnout 78.48
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Leicester South West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Herbert William Bowden 16,957 49.38
Conservative Thomas Gray Boardman 12,851 37.42
Liberal Thomas Alan Pratt 4,533 13.20
Majority 4,106 11.96
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: Leicester South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Herbert William Bowden 18,822 58.65
Conservative Thomas Gray Boardman 13,268 41.35
Majority 5,554 17.31 -
Labour hold Swing
Leicester South West by-election, 1967
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Gray Boardman 12,897 51.63 +10.3
Labour Neville Devonshire Sandelson 8,958 35.86 −22.8
Liberal Colin J. Beech 3,125 12.51 N/A
Majority 3,939 15.77
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Leicester South West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Gray Boardman 14,611 45.7 +4.3
Labour Colin Grundy 14,505 45.3 −13.4
Liberal Joseph T. Roper 2,124 6.6 N/A
National Front John Kyneston 749 2.3 N/A
Majority 106 0.3
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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