List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

The county of Leicestershire in relation to England

The ceremonial county of Leicestershire, (which includes the unitary authority of Leicester), is divided into 10 Parliamentary constituencies - 3 Borough constituencies and 7 County constituencies. One of these also includes the small county of Rutland.

Finalised proposals by the Boundary Commission for England retain these 10 constituencies, with changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010. They have confirmed that the new constituency which almost corresponds to the existing Blaby is 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.

Historic constituencies

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.

2010 constituencies

      † Conservative       ‡ Labour       ¤ Liberal Democrat

(part) signifies that only part of a ward is located in the constituency.

Name	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards	Map
Bosworth CC	79,738	10,988		David Tredinnick†		Michael Mullaney¤
Charnwood CC	77,232	16,931		Edward Argar†		Sean Kelly-Walsh‡
Harborough CC	77,760	19,632		Edward Garnier†		Sundip Meghani‡
Leicester East BC	75,430	18,352		Keith Vaz‡		Kishan Devani†
Leicester South BC*	73,518	17,845		Jon Ashworth‡		Leon Hadji-Nikolaou†
Leicester West BC	63,204	7,203		Liz Kendall‡		Paul Bessant†
Loughborough CC	75,217	8,697		Nicky Morgan†		Matthew O'Callaghan‡
North West Leicestershire CC	72,193	11,373		Andrew Bridgen†		Jamie McMahon‡
Rutland and Melton CC	79,693	21,705		Alan Duncan†		Richard Billington
South Leicestershire CC	76,851	16,824		Alberto Costa†		Amanda Hack‡

Results

2005	2010	2015

Changes for the 2010 general election

No. on map	Constituency	2005 boundaries	2010 boundaries
1	Bosworth
2	Charnwood
3	Harborough
4	Leicester East
5	Leicester South
6	Leicester West
7	Loughborough
8	North West Leicestershire
9	Rutland and Melton
10	South Leicestershire (previously Blaby)

See also

• East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)
• Leicestershire County Council
• Rutland County Council

References

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