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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
East Midlands
71,007 electors
Active Seat

Leicester South

Current MP
Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
62.8%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Independent Shockat Adam Gain from Labour
Majority 979
Turnout 59.0% ↓5.5pp
Total Votes 41,837
Winner Swing ↓31.8pp
✓ Shockat Adam
—
14,739 35.2%
—
Jonathan Ashworth
Labour
13,760 32.9%
↓35.3pp
Gerri Hickton
Conservative
4,820 11.5%
↓10.3pp
Sharmen Rahman
Green Party
3,826 9.2%
↑5.8pp
Craig Harwood
Reform UK
2,470 5.9%
↑3.6pp
Carol Weaver
Liberal Democrats
1,425 3.4%
↓0.9pp
Osman Admani
—
329 0.8%
—
Ann Green
—
279 0.7%
—
Ezechiel Adlore
—
189 0.5%
—
Labour Jonathan Ashworth Hold
Majority 22,675
Turnout 64.5% ↓2.3pp
Total Votes 50,147
Winner Swing ↓6.5pp
✓ Jonathan Ashworth
Labour
33,606 67.0%
↓6.5pp
Natalie Neale
Conservative
10,931 21.8%
↑0.2pp
Chris Coghlan
Liberal Democrats
2,754 5.5%
↑2.9pp
Mags Lewis
Green Party
1,669 3.3%
↑1.0pp
James Potter
—
1,187 2.4%
—
Labour Jonathan Ashworth Hold
Majority 26,261
Turnout 66.9% ↑4.4pp
Total Votes 50,517
Winner Swing ↑13.8pp
✓ Jonathan Ashworth
Labour
37,157 73.6%
↑13.8pp
Meera Sonecha
Conservative
10,896 21.6%
↑0.6pp
Harrish Bisnauthsing
Liberal Democrats
1,287 2.6%
↓2.1pp
Mags Lewis
Green Party
1,177 2.3%
↓3.2pp
Labour Jon Ashworth Hold
Majority 17,845
Turnout 62.5% ↑1.4pp
Total Votes 45,942
Winner Swing ↑14.2pp
✓ Jon Ashworth
Labour
27,473 59.8%
↑14.2pp
Leon Hadji-Nikolaou
Conservative
9,628 21.0%
↓0.4pp
Peter Stone
—
3,832 8.3%
↑6.8pp
Gabby Garcia
Green Party
2,533 5.5%
↑3.9pp
Anita Prabhakar
Liberal Democrats
2,127 4.6%
↓22.3pp
Andrew Walton
—
349 0.8%
—
Labour Peter Soulsby Hold
Majority 8,808
Turnout 61.1%
Total Votes 47,124
✓ Peter Soulsby
Labour
21,479 45.6%
↑6.2pp
Parmjit Gill
Liberal Democrats
12,671 26.9%
↓3.7pp
Ross Grant
Conservative
10,066 21.4%
↑3.6pp
Adi Waudby
—
1,418 3.0%
—
Dave Dixey
Green Party
770 1.6%
↓1.6pp
Christopher Lucas
—
720 1.5%
—

Turnout Trend

61.1%
'10
62.5%
'15
66.9%
'17
64.5%
'19
59.0%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
21.5%
18 to 24
19.3%
35 to 49
17.9%
25 to 34
16.7%
50 to 64
13.9%
65 and over
10.6% ▲0.2pp
🌍 Ethnicity
Asian or Asian British
43.5%
White
39.0%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
9.2%
Other
4.5%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.9%
📊 Age
18 to 29
36.0%
Under 18
21.5%
30 to 44
17.9%
45 to 64
13.9%
65 and over
10.6%
⛪ Religion
Muslim
34.8%
No religion
23.8%
Christian
21.9%
Hindu
8.3%
Not answered
6.4%
Sikh
3.7%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.4%
Jewish
0.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
49.2%
Asian or Asian British
37.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
7.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.4%
Other ethnic group
3.0%
📊 Age
18 to 29
28.8%
Under 18
22.1%
30 to 44
19.7%
45 to 64
19.0%
65 and over
10.4%
⛪ Religion
Christian
30.5%
Muslim
27.8%
No religion
23.8%
Hindu
7.3%
Religion not stated
5.9%
Sikh
3.6%
Buddhist
0.5%
Other religion
0.5%
Jewish
0.2%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Jonathan Ashworth Labour 2011-05-05 2024-05-30
Sir Peter Soulsby Labour 2005-05-05 2011-04-01
Parmjit Singh Gill Liberal Democrat 2004-07-15 2005-05-05
Mr Jim Marshall Labour 1987-06-11 2004-05-27