Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)
Elections in the 2000s

Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)

Section Title: Elections in the 2000s
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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal Democrat	Parmjit Singh Gill	10,274	34.9	+17.7

Labour	Peter Soulsby	8,620	29.3	25.2

Conservative	Chris Heaton-Harris	5,796	19.7	3.4

Respect	Yvonne Ridley	3,724	12.7	+12.7

Socialist Labour	Dave Roberts	263	0.9	0.7

Monster Raving Loony	R. U. Seerius	225	0.8	+0.8

Independent – Save Our Schools	Pat Kennedy	204	0.7	+0.7

Independent	Paul Lord	186	0.6	+0.6

Independent (anti-EU)	Mark Benson	55	0.2	+0.2

Independent (yoga and meditation)	Jitendra Bardwaj	36	0.1	+0.1

Independent Conservative	Alan Barrett	25	0.1	+0.1

Majority	1,654	5.6

Turnout	29,406	41.6%	12.9%

Liberal Democrat gain from Labour	Swing	21.5

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Leicester South was won by the Liberal Democrat Parmjit Singh Gill, finishing with a majority of 1,654.

final_sentence: Leicester South was won by the Liberal Democrat Parmjit Singh Gill, finishing with a majority of 1,654.