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List of parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

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A small county slightly, located in the centre of a country. It is completely bounded by other counties.
The county of Leicestershire in relation to England

The ceremonial county of Leicestershire (which includes the unitary authority of Leicester), is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies - 3 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. One of these is a cross-county boundary constituency with Lincolnshire also including the small historic county of Rutland, which was administratively a district of Leicestershire from 1974 to 1997. Since 1997, Rutland has been a separate unitary authority.

Constituencies

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  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat   Independent

Name[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC 74,810 2,378 Neil O'Brien Hajira Piranie
Hinckley and Bosworth CC 75,683 5,408 Luke Evans Michael Mullaney
Leicester East BC 76,465 4,426 Shivani Raja Rajesh Agrawal
Leicester South BC 71,007 979 Shockat Adam Jon Ashworth
Leicester West BC 72,848 8,777 Liz Kendall Max Chauhan
Loughborough CC 73,902 3,960 Jeevun Sandher Jane Hunt
Melton and Syston CC 71,615 5,396 Edward Argar Zafran Khan
Mid Leicestershire CC 76,173 2,201 Peter Bedford Robert Martin
North West Leicestershire CC 75,373 1,012 Amanda Hack Craig Smith
Rutland and Stamford CC 70,864 10,394 Alicia Kearns Joe Wood
South Leicestershire CC 75,634 5,508   Alberto Costa Robert Parkinson

Historic constituencies

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In the unreformed House of Commons, Leicestershire and Rutland were represented by two Knights of the Shire each, and the only parliamentary borough was Leicester, which sent two burgesses.

Under the Reform Act 1832, Leicestershire was split into two divisions, North and South, which each elected two members. The Reform Act 1885 redistributed these seats into four single-member divisions: Melton, or Eastern, Loughborough, or Mid, Harborough, or Southern, and Bosworth, or Western.

At the 1918 general election, the four divisions of the county were retained, and the borough of Leicester was split into three single-member constituencies, Leicester East, Leicester South, and Leicester West. From 1950 to 1974 Leicester had four constituencies, these being Leicester North East, Leicester North West, Leicester South East and Leicester South West: the three seat arrangement of South, East and West was reverted to thereafter.

Rutland constituted a constituency on its own until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, with nearby Stamford in Lincolnshire.

In 1983, seats in Leicestershire were redrawn. Rutland was merged with Melton to form Rutland and Melton, with Loughborough, Bosworth, and Harborough remaining as seat names. The new North West Leicestershire constituency was created. A further constituency, Charnwood was created in the north for the 1997 election.

Boundary Changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to include Leicestershire and Rutland with Lincolnshire in a sub-region of the East Midlands region, creating one additional seat by re-establishing the constituency of Rutland and Stamford, which spans all three counties. As a consequence, Rutland and Melton is now abolished, being replaced by Melton and Syston, while a reconfigured Charnwood has been renamed Mid Leicestershire. Bosworth is renamed Hinckley and Bosworth and Harborough renamed Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.[3][4]

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–Present
1 Bosworth CC
1 Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC
A map of a large county and an adjacent small county, to the east. The two counties are divided into a total of ten constituencies
2 Charnwood CC 2 Hinckley and Bosworth CC
3 Harborough CC 3 Leicester East BC
4 Leicester East BC 4 Leicester South BC
5 Leicester South BC 5 Leicester West BC
6 Leicester West BC 6 Loughborough CC
7 Loughborough CC 7 Melton and Syston CC
8 North West Leicestershire CC 8 Mid Leicestershire CC
9 Rutland and Melton CC 9 North West Leicestershire CC
10 South Leicestershire CC 10 Rutland and Stamford CC
11 South Leicestershire CC

2010

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In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Leicestershire retained its current constituencies, with minor changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries. Although virtually unchanged, Blaby was renamed South Leicestershire on the grounds that it does not match the borders of Blaby district, and the village of Blaby itself is not one of the major population centres.

Name Boundaries 1997–2010 Boundaries 2010–2024
1 Bosworth CC
A map of a large county and an adjacent small county, to the east. The two counties are divided into a total of ten constituencies
A map of the same two counties. The borders of the constituencies are slightly different. The border between the two counties remains unchanged.
2 Charnwood CC
3 Harborough CC
4 Leicester East BC
5 Leicester South BC
6 Leicester West BC
7 Loughborough CC
8 North West Leicestershire CC
9 Rutland and Melton CC
10 South Leicestershire CC

(previously Blaby CC)

Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Leicestershire and Rutland in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Conservative 173,711 34.2% Decrease19.1% 7 0
Labour 142,114 28.0% Decrease4.1% 3 0
Reform UK 77,889 15.3% Increase14.5% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 49,343 9.7% Decrease0.1% 0 0
Greens 34,014 6.7% Increase6.7% 0 0
Others 30,875 6.1% Increase5.6% 1 Increase1
Total 507,946 100.0 11

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 50.6 52.0 48.7 36.8 38.1 37.4 41.0 43.9 48.9 53.3 34.2
Labour 25.3 27.3 33.0 43.8 41.5 36.1 27.6 30.6 40.1 32.1 28.0
Liberal Democrat1 22.7 20.2 17.1 15.1 17.0 20.8 23.3 8.0 6.6 9.8 9.7
Green Party - * * * * * 0.4 2.7 2.1 3.5 6.7
UKIP - - - * * * 2.6 14.4 1.8 * -
Reform UK2 - - - - - - - - - 0.8 15.3
Other 1.4 0.5 1.2 4.3 3.4 5.8 5.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 6.1

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

2 2019- Brexit Party

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Conservative 8 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7
Labour 1 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historical representation by party

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A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

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  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour

Constituency 1885 1886 88 91 1892 94 1895 1900 04 1906 06 07 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 13 16
Bosworth Ellis C. McLaren H. McLaren
Harborough Paget Tapling Logan Stanhope Lehmann Logan Harris
Leicester McArthur Whitehead Broadhurst Thomasson Crawshay-Williams Hewart
Picton Hazell Rolleston MacDonald
Loughborough Johnson-Ferguson de Lisle Johnson-Ferguson Levy
Melton J. Manners H. Manners E. Manners C. Manners Walker Yate
Rutland Finch Gretton

1918 to 1950

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From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Coalition National Democratic & Labour   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)

Constituency 1918 22 1922 1923 1924 27 1929 31 1931 33 1935 1945
Bosworth McLaren Paget Ward Gee Edge Allen
Harborough Fraser Black Winby Stuart Tree Attewell
Leicester East Hewart Banton Evans Banton Loder Wise Lyons Donovan
Leicester South Blane Reynolds Allen Waterhouse Bowden
Leicester West Green Hill Pethick-Lawrence Pickering Nicolson B. Janner
Loughborough Guest Spears Rye Winterton Kimball Follick
Melton Yate Everard Nutting

1950 to 1983

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From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.

  Conservative   Labour   Social Democratic

Constituency 1950 50 1951 1955 56 57 1959 62 1964 1966 67 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 81
Bosworth Allen Wyatt Butler
Harborough Baldock Farr
Leicester NE / Leicester E (1974) Donovan Ungoed-Thomas Bradley
Leicester SW / Leicester S (1974) Bowden Boardman Marshall
Leicester NW / Leicester W (1974) B. Janner G. Janner
Leicester South East Waterhouse Peel
Loughborough Follick Cronin Dorrell
Melton Nutting Pike Latham
Blaby Lawson

1983 to present

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats   Reclaim

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 04 2005 2010 11 2015 2017 2019 20 23 23 23 2024
Blaby / South Leics (2010) Lawson Robathan Costa
Bosworth / Hinckley & Bosworth (2024) Butler Tredinnick Evans
Harborough / H., Oadby & Wigston ('24) Farr Garnier O'Brien
Leicester East Bruinvels Vaz Webbe Raja
Leicester South Spencer Marshall Gill Soulsby Ashworth Adam
Leicester West G. Janner Hewitt Kendall
Loughborough Dorrell Reed Morgan Hunt Sandher
Rutland & Melton / R. & Stamford ('24)1 Latham Duncan Kearns
North West Leicestershire Ashby Taylor Bridgen Hack
Charnwood / Mid Leicestershire (2024) Dorrell Argar Bedford
Melton and Syston Argar

1includes parts of Lincolnshire

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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General
  • "Boundary Commission for England: Fifth Periodical Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Crown Copyright. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  • Craig, Frederick Walter Scott (1972). Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
Specific
  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ Moorhouse, Sam (16 November 2022). "Latest political changes planned for Leicestershire". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 110-137. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".