Leicester South East | |
Type: | Borough |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1950 |
Abolished: | February 1974 |
Elects Howmany: | one |
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Leicester South East was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Evington, Knighton, Spinney Hill, and Wycliffe.
1955–1974: As above plus the Urban District of Oadby.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Charles Waterhouse | Conservative | Resigned 1957 | |
1957 by-election | Sir John Peel | Conservative | ||
1974 | constituency abolished |