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Home > 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 PartyThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia candidate in the 1983 general electionThe general election of June 9, 1983 gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the second most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. Thatcher had been extremely unpopular during her first two years in office but following a swift and by 7 votes, but won it back at the 1987 electionThe general election of June 11, 1987 was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. She was the first leader since the Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool to win three successive elections. The Conservative government had. 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 StoneygateStoneygate is an area of Leicester, England. Leicestershire. and Knighton along with inner city areas with a strong Asian community.

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Turnout was 41.6%

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