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British General Election
Leicester South

Current Prediction:
Election Profile:

Candidates:
Labour Party:
James Marshall
Conservative Party:
Richard Hoile
Liberal Democratic Party:
Parmjit Singh Gill
Green Party:
Margaret Leyton

Incumbent:
Jim Marshall

97 Result:
James Marshall
27,91458.0%
Christopher Heaton-
11,42123.7%
Barry Coles
6,65413.8%
Total Vote Count / Turnout
48,11467.06%

92 Result: (Redistributed)
27,93452.3%
18,49434.6%
6,27111.7%
Total Vote Count / Turnout
53,40774.4%

Demographic Profile:
Age:
< 1623.1%
16-2415.6%
25-3923.4%
40-6521.3%
65 <16.6%

Ethnic Origin:
White67.7%
Black3.1%
Indian/Pakistani26.1%
Other non-white3.1%

Employment:
Full Time62.8%
Part Time11.8%
Self Employed8.9%
Government Schemes1.5%
Unemployed15.0%

Household SEG:
I - Professional7.3%
II - Managerial/Technical25.5%
III - Skilled (non-manual)12.9%
IIIM - Skilled (manual)24.7%
IV - Partly Skilled19.1%
V - Unskilled5.2%

Misc:
Own Residence56.7%
Rent Residence41.9%
Own Car(s)54.2%
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22/05/01 JR Email:
In 1983, the Tories won this seat by just seven votes (the smallest majority of the election), defeating sitting Labour MP and former city council leader Jim Marshall. Four years later however Marshall returned to Parliament, and this seat is now his for as long as he wants it.

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