Riding profile
Leicester West
The question
Leicester West: who wins this toss-up?
Editorial read
Leicester West, an urban constituency in England, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 25-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Labour ahead at 31% vote share, against 27% for Reform UK, and the race could swing.
Sitting member
Liz Kendall
Sits with Labour
Current forecast
Labour
Toss-up
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 2.6
- P(close race)
- 100%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Labour | Reform UK | Green | Conservative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereLeicester West | 30.7% | 26.5% | 15.9% | 15.7% |
| National averageUnited Kingdom | 21.7% +9.0 | 25.3% +1.2 | 11.8% +4.1 | 18.9% −3.2 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Previous election · UK 2024
Detailed result · UK 2024
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz Kendall Elected | Labour | 15,798 | 44.6 | — |
| Max Chauhan | Conservative | 7,021 | 19.8 | — |
| Ian Hayes | Reform UK | 5,666 | 16.0 | — |
| Aasiya Bora | Green | 4,089 | 11.6 | — |
| Benjamin Feist | Lib Dems | 2,179 | 6.2 | — |
| Rahoul Naik | Other | 327 | 0.9 | — |
| Steve Score | Other | 317 | 0.9 | — |
Demographics
Who lives here
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- Last model run
- Cycle
uk_2029