Leicester East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since July 2024 by Shivani Raja of the Conservative Party.

The seat was created in 1918 and for the next four years was served by Sir Gordon Hewart KC, who resigned to become Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.

Its MP from 1987 to 2019, Keith Vaz, won an absolute majority of votes from the 1992 general election onward.

The Conservative Party candidate has been runner-up in every election save for Bruinvels' win in 1983 and Raja's victory in 2024.

The candidate of UKIP took third place in 2015, for the first time; her 2010 counterpart had won 1.5% of the vote, the party not having previously stood in the constituency.

2010–2024: The City of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Charnwood, Coleman, Evington, Humberstone & Hamilton, Latimer, Rushey Mead, and Thurncourt.