North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
North West Leicestershire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of North West Leicestershire in the East Midlands} | |
County | Leicestershire |
Electorate | 75,373 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Amanda Hack (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bosworth and Loughborough |
North West Leicestershire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Amanda Hack of the Labour Party. It had previously been held by Andrew Bridgen since 2010, as a Conservative from 2010 until 2023, a Reclaim Party member between May and December 2023 and as an Independent for the remainder of his term.
History
[edit]The constituency was contested for the first time in 1983, and Conservative candidate David Ashby became its first MP that year. He stood down in 1997 and Labour's David Taylor won the seat, holding it until he died of a heart attack in December 2009. Taylor had already announced that he would stand down at the 2010 general election. With the next election being due on 6 May 2010, it was considered uneconomic and (based on precedent) unnecessary to arrange a by-election. In the 2010 election, Andrew Bridgen took the seat for the Conservatives, with a swing of 12% from Labour to the Conservatives and with a smaller Labour–Liberal Democrats swing. Bridgen's majority was 7,511 or 14.5% of the total votes cast.
Constituency profile
[edit]North West Leicestershire's main settlements are the small towns of Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The population is divided between Labour-inclined former mining areas with high rates of employment[2] and low social housing dependency,[3][n 2] and Conservative-inclined rural villages, with most people focused close to the two towns named.[4] The seat has been a bellwether since 1983, as the winning party has formed the government.
In 2011 Coalfield Resources plc were given permission to develop an opencast coal mining pit on the site of the former Minorca colliery on the outskirts of Measham, in the seat, which will be 1 mi (1.6 km) across and extract 1,250,000 tonnes (1,230,000 tons) of coal over five years, and 250,000 tonnes (about 245,000 tons) of clay. This will be one of three large mines all operated by the main UK coal-extracting company.[5]
Boundaries
[edit]Historic
[edit]North West Leicestershire constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Bosworth to the south and Loughborough to the east.
1983–1997: The District of North West Leicestershire, and the Borough of Charnwood wards of Shepshed East and Shepshed West.
1997–2024: The District of North West Leicestershire.
Current
[edit]Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the size of the constituency was reduced to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the two small wards of Appleby, and Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe to the newly named constituency of Hinckley and Bosworth.[6]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Bosworth and Loughborough prior to 1983
Election | Member[7] | Party | |
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1983 | David Ashby | Conservative | |
1997 | David Taylor | Labour | |
2010 | Andrew Bridgen | Conservative | |
Apr 2023 | Independent | ||
May 2023 | Reclaim | ||
Dec 2023 | Independent | ||
2024 | Amanda Hack | Labour |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Amanda Hack | 16,871 | 34.7 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Craig Smith | 15,859 | 32.7 | ![]() | |
Reform UK | Noel Matthews | 9,678 | 19.9 | New | |
Green | Carl Benfield | 2,831 | 5.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Alice Delemare | 1,629 | 3.4 | ![]() | |
Independent | Andrew Bridgen | 1,568 | 3.2 | New | |
Independent | Siobhan Dillon | 136 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,012 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,572 | 63.0 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 77,757 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bridgen | 33,811 | 62.8 | +4.6 | |
Labour | Terri Eynon | 13,411 | 24.9 | −8.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Grahame Hudson | 3,614 | 6.7 | +0.3 | |
Green | Carl Benfield | 2,478 | 4.6 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Edward Nudd | 367 | 0.7 | New | |
Libertarian | Dan Liddicott | 140 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 20,400 | 37.9 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,821 | 68.2 | −2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bridgen[12] | 31,153 | 58.2 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Sean Sheahan[13] | 17,867 | 33.4 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Wyatt[14] | 3,420 | 6.4 | +2.5 | |
Green | Mia Woolley[15] | 1,101 | 2.1 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 13,286 | 24.8 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,541 | 71.0 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bridgen | 25,505 | 49.5 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Jamie McMahon | 14,132 | 27.4 | −2.7 | |
UKIP | Andy McWilliam[17] | 8,704 | 16.9 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Argent[18] | 2,033 | 3.9 | −12.7 | |
Green | Benjamin Gravestock[19] | 1,174 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,373 | 22.1 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,548 | 71.4 | −1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Bridgen | 23,147 | 44.6 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Ross Willmott | 15,636 | 30.1 | −15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Reynolds | 8,639 | 16.6 | +4.5 | |
BNP | Ian Meller | 3,396 | 6.5 | +3.4 | |
UKIP | Martin Green | 1,134 | 2.2 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 7,511 | 14.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,952 | 72.9 | +6.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +12.0 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | David Taylor | 21,449 | 45.5 | −6.6 | |
Conservative | Nicola Le Page | 16,972 | 36.0 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roderick Keys | 5,682 | 12.1 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | John Blunt | 1,563 | 3.3 | +1.0 | |
BNP | Clive Potter | 1,474 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,477 | 9.5 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,140 | 66.8 | +1.0 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | David Taylor | 23,431 | 52.1 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Nick Weston | 15,274 | 33.9 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Fraser-Fleming | 4,651 | 10.3 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | William Nattrass | 1,021 | 2.3 | New | |
Independent | Robert Nettleton | 632 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 8,157 | 18.2 | −7.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,219 | 65.8 | −14.2 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -3.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | David Taylor | 29,332 | 56.4 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Goodwill | 16,113 | 31.0 | −14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stan Heptinstall | 4,492 | 8.6 | −1.6 | |
Referendum | Maurice Abney-Hastings | 2,008 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,219 | 25.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,945 | 80.0 | −6.1 | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ashby | 28,379 | 45.5 | −2.1 | |
Labour | David Taylor | 27,400 | 43.9 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Beckett | 6,353 | 10.2 | −6.9 | |
Natural Law | David Fawcett | 229 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 979 | 1.6 | −11.7 | ||
Turnout | 62,361 | 86.1 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ashby | 27,872 | 47.6 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Susan Waddington | 20,044 | 34.3 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | David Emmerson | 10,034 | 17.1 | −4.6 | |
Green | Helen Michetschlager | 570 | 1.0 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 7,828 | 13.3 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 58,520 | 82.85 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ashby | 24,760 | 44.6 | ||
Labour | Mel Read | 18,098 | 32.6 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Cort | 12,043 | 21.7 | ||
Ecology | Dinah Freer | 637 | 1.15 | ||
Majority | 6,662 | 12.0 | |||
Turnout | 55,538 | 81.07 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ This should be contrasted with most constituencies in County Durham, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire which historically had a similar but more densely populated mining population and which have higher Indicators of Multiple Deprivation and are Labour safe seats based on length of service by one political party
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ^ https://www.nwleics.gov.uk/files/documents/notice_of_persons_nominated_general_election_2024_north_west_leicestershire/General%20election%202024%20-%20North%20West%20Leicestershire%20-%20Statement%20of%20Persons%20Nominated%20and%20Notice%20of%20Poll.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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- ^ Andrew Bridgen [@ABridgen] (25 April 2017). "Delighted and honoured to have been unanimously readopted as the NW Leics Conservative candidate for the forthcoming General Election" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "East Midlands Labour candidates announced - East Midlands Labour". Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "General election results - 2017".
- ^ "Elections - North West Leicestershire District Council". www.nwleics.gov.uk.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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- ^ "Prospective General Election Candidates | Green Party". Green Party Members' Website.
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- ^ a b "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ North West Leicestershire general election, 2005 results, North West Leicestershire District Council
- ^ a b Henig, Simon; Lewis Baston (2002). The Political Map of Britain. London: Politico's. p. 477. ISBN 1-84275-015-1.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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External links
[edit]- North West Leicestershire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- North West Leicestershire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- North West Leicestershire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK