Leicester South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Leicester South is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP), by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was first created in 1918, abolished in 1950, and reconstituted in 1974.
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