Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester South
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Leicester South in the East Midlands
County	Leicestershire
Electorate	71,007 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Leicester
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Shockat Adam (Independent)
Seats	One
Created from	Leicester South East and Leicester South West
1918–1950
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Leicester
Replaced by	Leicester South East, Leicester South West and Leicester North East

Leicester South is a constituency^{[n 1]}, recreated in 1974, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2024 by Shockat Adam.

It had been held from 2011 by Jonathan Ashworth of the Labour Co-op Party (which denotes he is a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, one of 38 such current Labour MPs, and requires members to contribute practically to a cooperative business).^{[n 2]} A previous version of the seat existed between 1918 and 1950. Except for a 2004 by-election when it was won by the Liberal Democrats, Leicester South was held by the Labour Party from 1987 to 2024, when it was taken with a narrow majority by Shockat Adam standing as an independent.

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