Leicester South East
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950-1974
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.
Boundaries
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.
The public source identifies “Leicester South East” as parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950-1974. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Leicester, South and East.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6519226. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1950, 1974 and 1955.
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