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	Contact Peter Soulsby, Labour MP for Leicester South Constituency who works to ensure Leicester has quality schools
		Labour MPs have to be in Westminster Monday to Friday but of course you can ring my constituency office (Tel: 0116 255 2895) during office hours or leave a message out of hours.
		It will be kept only until the next general election or until there is a new Member for this constituency.
		If you wish to see any information that I hold about you, please write to me. You have the right to see information that may be held about you either on paper or on a computer.
	www.petersoulsby.org /contact-peter-soulsby.html (509 words)

	Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leicester South is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons.
		The seat is centred on the southern part of Leicester covering leafy suburbs such as Stoneygate and Knighton, as well as inner city areas with a strong Asian community and deprived outer estates such as Saffron and Eyres Monsell.
		The constituency encompasses the council wards of Spinney Hills, Stoneygate, Knighton, Freemen, Aylestone, Eyres Monsell and virtually all of Castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leicester_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (314 words)

	Leicester South by-election, 2004 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MP for Leicester South, Jim Marshall, from the Labour Party died on May 27, 2004, shortly before the local and European elections in June.
		At the 2005 general election, the Liberal Democrats were unable to retain the seat and Peter Soulsby became Leicester South's MP.
		The constituency is diverse, covering leafy suburbs such as Stoneygate and Knighton along with inner city areas with a strong Asian community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leicester_South_by-election,_2004 (216 words)

	Leicester Liberal Democrats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Leicester has lost out by £4 million after population figures were in-correctly calculated by the Government.
		The Lib Dem led Leicester City Council are now offering free aerobic classes, gym sessions, badminton, squash, aqua aerobics and even rock climbing to those aged 60-plus, thanks to a grant from the Neighbourhood Renewal Fund.
		A partnership involving the police and Lib Dem led Leicester City Council has been one of the first in the country to introduce a single non-emergency number - offering action and advice on crime and anti-social behaviour around the clock was launched on Monday.
	www.leicester-libdems.org.uk (506 words)

	The Hindu : International : BRITAIN: Labour suffers poll embarrassment
		Both in Leicester and Birmingham, voters registered their protest at the Prime Minister, Tony Blair's Iraq policy which, despite local issues, came to dominate the campaign.
		The Liberal Democrats were rewarded for their strong and consistent anti-war position as they wrested the Leicester South seat from the Labour by a good margin, and did well enough in Birmingham to take the second position.
		In Leicester South, which the Labour had won in 2001 by a margin of more than a 1,000 votes, the Lib-Dem candidate, Paramjit Singh Gill, defeated the Labour candidate, Peter Soulsby, by a comfortable margin.
	www.hindu.com /2004/07/17/stories/2004071700971400.htm (353 words)

	Leicester Student: STUDENT NEWS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The University of Leicester Students' Union is hosting a general election debate in its Queens Hall venue on Friday April 29 at 11.30am.
		Candidates standing in Leicester South will have the opportunity to make speeches with the aim of winning over the votes of the hugely important student population in the area.
		This page is published by the Students' Union at the University of Leicester and is regulated by the Union's code of practice.
	www.leicesterstudent.org /main/news/student?showStory=583 (726 words)

	Welsh Conservatives - News Story - Leicester South candidate named
		Chris Heaton-Harris has been selected by local Conservatives to fight the forthcoming Leicester South by-election - and has promised to stand up for the City, and put it back on the national map.
		Less than two weeks ago Mr Heaton-Harris, a 36 year old businessman, who is married and has two daughters, was re-elected as an MEP for the East Midlands, where he has campaigned strongly to free commerce and industry from bureaucracy and red tape.
		He contested Leicester South in the 1997 general election, and was first elected to the European Parliament two years later, representing the East Midlands region.
	www.conservatives.com /wales/story.cfm?obj_id=107476 (465 words)

	Liberal Democrats : MALCOLM BRUCE MP VISITS LEICESTER TO RAISE ISSUE OF DISAPPEARING POST OFFICES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mr Bruce will be accompanied by local MP Parmjit Singh Gill as they also visit a post office in his Leicester South constituency and discuss the concerns of local residents.
		Figures for Leicester by constituency show that the town has lost 9 post offices between October 1999 and April 2004, 14% of it total.
		The UK constituency to have lost the most post offices since 1999 is Sheffield Attercliffe with 23 closures.
	www.libdems.org.uk /story.html?id=7937 (431 words)

	BHHRG
		In the constituencies which were most marginal, the swing against Labour was smaller than might be expected.
		Parmjit Singh Gill, the Liberal Democrat MP for Leicester South in the last parliament, believes constituents were put under pressure to register for a postal vote, and then instructed who to vote for.
		While Leicester South was won by the Liberal Democrats in a previous bi-election, in this years general election the final count was different.
	www.bhhrg.org /mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=147 (404 words)

	Northampton Liberal Democrats - News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Local Lib Dems are jubilant at the election of a new Lib Dem MP in nearby Leicester South constituency following last night's by-election which saw a 13,000 Labour majority overturned by the party.
		The election of Parmjit Singh Gill in Leicester South gives the party its second MP in the East Midlands Region (after Paul Holmes MP in Chesterfield) and its first Asian MP.
		It is a disaster for the Tories as they have been pushed into third place in both Leicester South and Birmingham Hodge Hill, where Labour narrowly held on from a strong Lib Dem challenge" continued Andrew.
	www.cix.co.uk /~ldnorthampton/news/leicester_south040716.html (273 words)

	RTE News - Voters turn against Blair in by-elections
		The reverses are seen as a reflection of public opposition to the war in Iraq.
		Although Labour held on to its seat in the Birmingham constituency of Hodge Hill, its majority of 11,000 in the last general election was slashed to 450.
		In the Leicester South constituency, the Liberal Democrats overturned a Labour majority of 13,000 to take the seat by 1,600 votes.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0716/britain.html (167 words)

	Leicester Student: PRESS RELEASES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The University of Leicester Students' Union executive committe is pleased to welcome Lord Richard Attenborough and Sir David Attenborough as honorary fellows of the University of Leicester.
		The University of Leicester Students' Union has elected five new sabbatical officers to lead the organisation in its aim of improving, enhancing and supporting the lives of students at the University of Leicester.
		The University of Leicester Students' Union Islamic Society is travelling to the GLA Building in London's City Hall on August 31 for a conference with, among others, Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London.
	www.leicesterstudent.org /main/news/press?showStory=601 (2022 words)

	politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Leicester South by-election - a market to look forward to
		Strangely it won’t be fielding a candidate even though Leicester South is within the East Midlands - the region where it had its best performance in the Euro Elections.
		The chances of a Conservative victory in Leicester South are probably nearer 10% than 25%.
		The fact that the Conservatives won the seat in 1983 is an indication of how far their fortunes have fallen rather than evidence to be adduced to suggest that the Conservatives have a chance of victory.
	politicalbetting.com /index.php/archives/2004/06/26/the-leicester-south-by-election-a-market-to-look-forward-to (1383 words)

	Biography of Sir Peter Soulsby MP, Leicester South Constituency, who has lived in Leicester for 40 years
		Peter has lived in Leicester South for over 30 years.
		He was knighted by the Queen in 1999 for services to the City of Leicester.
		Educated at City of Leicester College and Leicester University.
	www.petersoulsby.org /peter-soulsby-bio.html (207 words)

	Blair's Labor loses seat to anti-war party - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		Ballot papers are sorted during a by-election in the Leicester south constituency, central England, on Thursday, a day after a damming report exposed flaws in the case British Prime Minister Tony Blair made for war.
		The Liberal Democrats, who strongly opposed the war in Iraq, finished first in Thursday’s balloting with 10,274 votes in Leicester, a city in central England with a high Muslim population.
		The new Liberal Democrat lawmaker for the Leicester South constituency, Parmjit Singh Gill, said voters had given their verdict on the war.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5432975 (470 words)

	'Every day counts in these by-elections'\|3Jul04\|Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		NEW LABOUR has called snap by-elections in Leicester South and Birmingham Hodge Hill for 15 July.
		Respect won over 9 percent of the vote in Leicester and 7 percent across Birmingham in the 10 June elections.
		She was selected for the Leicester constituency on Friday of last week.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php?article_id=510 (710 words)

	‘People feel sky-high at Respect’s campaign’\|10Jul04\|Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is how Respect candidate Yvonne Ridley described the parliamentary by-election campaign in the Leicester South constituency as around 200 Respect supporters mobilised over the weekend.
		People in Leicester are taking annual leave next week and one couple going on holiday diverted their journey so they could do some campaigning.
		New Labour are terrified about losing control of the constituency to the Lib Dems and have flooded the area with publicity material.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /article.php?article_id=775 (1416 words)

	Liberal Democrats : Parmjit Singh Gill PPC, Leicester South (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the local elections in 2003, Leicester South voted 42% Lib Dem, 27% Labour, 20% Conservative.
		The Leicester South by-election was caused by the death in May of Labour MP Jim Marshall.
		Parmjit Singh Gill was born in Leicester and has lived all his life in the UK.
	libdems.org.uk /party/people/person.html?id=583&navPage=inyourarea.html (206 words)

	Labour poll setback as majority is slashed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Labour's victory in the seat, by just 460 votes, was close to being a humiliation, given that it won the seat with a majority of 11,618 at the 2001 general election.
		There were early signs that the Liberal Democrats looked set to take Leicester South from Labour in the night's other by-election, although this was still awaiting confirmation.
		The two by-elections were among the most fiercely contested in recent years, with activists from all three parties flooding into Leicester and Birmingham in significant numbers.
	www.benadorassociates.com /pf.php?id=5937 (395 words)

	Leicestershire and Rutland Parliamentary Election Results
		Each constituency includes a brief outline of the local government composition of the seat, excluding county councillors and the effect of the 1997 boundary changes.
		Students at Leicester University mostly live either in the Harborough constituency which covers Oadby and Wigston or in the Leicester South constituency.
		The constituency covers most of the area of Leicester which lies to the north and east of the city.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /ian.ridley3/politics/pa.htm (2206 words)

	ePolitix.com - Leicester South
		Clearly Labour will be disappointed by this loss and Leicester South is a seat that they will hope to regain at the next possible opportunity.
		More information on this constituency - including contact details and biographies of candidates and extended constituency profile data - is available from dodonline.co.uk.
		Note: Constituencies are listed in alphabetical order according to the significant element of their name.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200502/3d61ea1b-fdbb-4c03-a075-59134ee7f044.htm (166 words)

	Oxford Respect
		In the North West constituency Respect's vote was 24,636 (1.2%).
		In Leicester South they lost a 13,000 majority to the Lib Dems posing as an anti-war party.
		In Leicester South, Yvonne Ridley received 3,724 votes,a 12.66% share of the vote.
	www.oxfordrespect.org.uk /index.php?id=news (2931 words)

	Election Guide June 10 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Failure to respond may be interpreted as a candidates unwilling to clarify his or her real position and a disregard for the concerns of Muslim constituents.
		He is accused of closing local schools down and "awarding himself a fat cat pay rise" when he was leader of Leicester council (he became one of the first council leaders in England to receive an allowance of more than £20,000).
		My message to the Muslims is the same one I have for all the Leicester South constituents.
	www.inminds.co.uk /election-guide-2005-leicester-south.html (1709 words)

	Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		It includes most of the town of Chesterfield and neighbours the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire constituencies.
		The constituency was long a Labour stronghold, but following Tony Benn stepping down, surprised many when it became the Liberal Democrats' first seat in the East Midlands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chesterfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency) (145 words)

	Basic State Pension Crucial in Solving Pensions Crisis (Leicester Liberal Democrats) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The solution to the pensions crisis must start with a decent basic state pension, the Liberal Democrats said in response to a recent report by the Employer Task Force on pensions.
		Commenting on the report, Liberal Democrat MP for Leicester South, Parmjit Singh Gill said:
		"Hundreds of elderly pensioners in my constituency are failing to get the pension they have earned, deserve and need because of the demeaning and unworkable means tests introduced by this Labour government.
	www.leicesterlibdems.org.uk /news/53.html (416 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Asked on Respect’s anti-war candidate Salama Yacoub, who could be the first veiled Muslim woman in the lower house of parliament, Bunglawala said she is a very good, articulate and talented candidate but unlikely to win.
		“She is facing a cut-throat competition in her constituency from the Labour and the Liberal Democrats, which both have fielded Muslim candidates in her constituency,” he said.
		Among the constituencies with heavy Muslim populations are Bradford West, Bradford North, Ilford South, Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath, Leicester South, West and East Ham and Blackburn.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2005-05/02/article01.shtml (1219 words)

	Local stats in html
		Education and Skills in Your Area - Parliamentary Constituency: Leicester South
		England > East Midlands Region > Leicester LA > Leicester South Constituency
		The average salary of full-time regular qualified teachers, in service in the maintained sector, in 2005 was £32,920 (provisional) up from £23,000 in 1997.
	www.dfes.gov.uk /inyourarea/statics/pcon_252_7.shtml (234 words)

	The Hindu : International News : Saturday, July 17, 2004
		The Labour Party today suffered a major electoral embarrassment when it lost one of its safest seats in the predominantly Asian constituency of Leicester South in a by-election, while just about managing to hold on to a seat in...
		LONDON, JULY 16.The massaging, mangling and magnification of intelligence on Iraq's elusive weapons of mass destruction, officially confirmed by the Butler report into the U.K. Government's use of intelligence material in the run-up to the Iraq...
		Philippine troops have begun withdrawing from Iraq, disregarding the call by the U.S. that Manila should not pull out its forces as demanded by the kidnappers of a Filipino national.
	www.hindu.com /2004/07/17/03hdline.htm (276 words)

	Peter Soulsby, Labour MP for Leicester South Constituency, Sir Peter Soulsby member of Parliament
		Peter Soulsby, Labour MP for Leicester South Constituency, Sir Peter Soulsby member of Parliament
		This website offers everyone in Leicester South Constituency a way to keep up-to-date with the work I do, both out and about in the constituency, and in Parliament.
		To be a strong independent voice for Leicester
	www.petersoulsby.org (129 words)

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