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Leicester East is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Keith Vaz of the Labour party.
The Leicester East constituency has a total population of 109,422, of which 82,205 are eligible (18+) to vote (75.1%).
Leicester East ranks 556th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 98th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East since the 1987 general election, is the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.
Vaz served as the Minister for Europe between October 1999 and June 2001. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in June 2006. He was Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee from July 2007, but resigned from this role on 6 September 2016 after allegations about his private life were published by the Sunday Mirror. At the end of October 2016, Vaz was appointed to the Justice Select Committee; a parliamentary vote to block this development was defeated.
Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Vaz
| MP DETAILS | |
|---|---|
| Address | Keith Vaz MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA |
| Phone Number | 020 7219 4272 |
| Political Party | Labour |
| Email Address | casework@live.co.uk |
| Constituency | Leicester East |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 26/11/1956 |
| Website | Website |
| Twitter Profile | |
| Facebook Page | |
| Wikipedia Page | Visit Wiki |
| 23.0% | 61.1% | 2.6% | 3.1 % | 8.9% |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat | Green Party UKIP |
Election turnout for the Leicester East constituency in 2015 was 63.70%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.
| Candidate | Party | Gender | Date of Birth | Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Raval | Liberal Democrat | Male | - | https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveraval | - |
| Keith Vaz | Labour | Male | 26 November 1956 (68) | - | http://www.keithvazmp.com/ |
| Kishan Devani | Conservative | Male | - | - | http://www.kishandevani.co.uk/ |
| Michael Barker | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Male | - | - | - |
| Nimit Jethwa | Green | Male | 18 April 1984 (40) | https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nimit-jethwa/26/9a4/7bb | http://www.nimitjethwa.co.uk/ |
| Susanna Steptoe | UK Independence Party | Female | - | - | - |
| Tom Darwood | Independent | Male | - | - | http://www.afairhearing.com/ |
| 24.42% | 53.76% | 14.2% | % | % | 1.53% | 3.54% | 1.51% |
| Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Scottish National | Plaid Cymru Green Party BNP UKIP |
| Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| BNP | 1,700 | 3.5% |
| Conservative | 11,722 | 24.4% |
| Green | 733 | 1.5% |
| Labour | 25,804 | 53.8% |
| Liberal-Democrat | 6,817 | 14.2% |
| UK-Independence-Party | 725 | 1.5% |
| UPS | 494 | 1% |
| Electorate | 72,986 |
| Votes | 47,995 |
| Turnout | 65.8% |
| Conservative | Hunt, Jane |
| Labour | Vaz, Keith |
| Liberal Democrat | Asghar, Ali |
| Green | Taylor, Mo |
| BNP | Gilmore, Colin |
| UKIP | Ransome, Felicity |
Election turnout for the Leicester East constituency in 2010 was 65.8%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.
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