leicester south by-election, 2004

A by-election was held in Leicester South on July 15, the same day as the Birmingham Hodge Hill by-election. It was won by Parmjit Singh Gill of the Liberal Democrats, over-turning a Labour majority of 13,243 votes at the 2001 General Election. The MP for Leicester South, Jim Marshall, from the Labour Party died on May 27, 2004, shortly before shortly before the local and European elections in June. The seat was first won by Marshall in 1974. He lost it to the Conservative Party candidate in the 1983 general election by 7 votes, but won it back at the 1987 election. Marshall had a large personal vote, and both the Liberal Democrat and Conservative Parties targeted the seat. The constituency is diverse, covering leafy suburbs such as Stoneygate and Knighton along with inner city areas with a strong Asian community.

Results

Turnout was 41.6%

Candidate !! Party !! Votes !! Share
a href="/encyclopedia/Parmjit-Singh-Gill" title="Parmjit Singh Gill">Parmjit Singh Gill	Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 10,274	align=right\| 34.9%
ir Peter Soulsby	Labour Party	align=right\| 8,620	align=right\| 29.3%
a href="/encyclopedia/Chris-Heaton-Harris" title="Chris Heaton-Harris">Chris Heaton-Harris	Conservative Party	align=right\| 5,796	align=right\| 19.7%
a href="/encyclopedia/Yvonne-Ridley" title="Yvonne Ridley">Yvonne Ridley	RESPECT	align=right\| 3,724	align=right\| 12.7%
avid Roberts	Socialist Labour Movement	align=right\| 263	align=right\| 0.9%
a href="/encyclopedia/R.U.-Seerius" title="R.U. Seerius">R.U. Seerius	Official Monster Raving Loony Party	align=right\| 225	align=right\| 0.8%
at Kennedy	Independent - Save Our Schools	align=right\| 204	align=right\| 0.7%
aul Lord	Independent	align=right\| 186	align=right\| 0.6%
ark Edwin Benson	Independent (anti-EU)	align=right\| 55	align=right\| 0.2%
a href="/encyclopedia/Jitendra-Bardwaj" title="Jitendra Bardwaj">Jitendra Bardwaj	Independent (yoga and meditation)	align=right\| 36	align=right\| 0.1%
lan Gordon Barrett	Independent (Conservative)	align=right\| 25	align=right\| 0.1%

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