Oadby and Wigston is a local government district and borough in the English county of Leicestershire. It was formed in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the merger of the Oadby and Wigston urban districts. The population of the district at the 2011 census was 56,170. The district forms part of the Harborough constituency.
Blaby is a local government district in Leicestershire, England.
Andrew Robert George Robathan, Baron Robathan is a British Conservative politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Leicestershire in Leicestershire as well as a government minister.
Harborough is a constituency covering the south east of Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Neil O'Brien of the Conservative Party.
Blaby was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1974 until 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was a safe seat for the Conservative Party, being held by Conservative MPs throughout its existence.
Charnwood is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Ed Argar of the Conservative Party.
Glen Parva and Eyres Monsell is a civil parish in Leicestershire with a population of over 9,000. The population of the civil parish was measured at 9,189 in the 2011 census. To the north it runs into Aylestone and to the east South Wigston. To the south and west it is not immediately surrounded by development. Eyres monsell originally was constructed as a council estate in the 50s but more homes in Eyes Monsell have been brought by their owners and not rented out by the council. Eyres Monsell then merged with the civil parish of Glen Parva in 2001 and is now considered as a large village and now has its own separate council called Glen Parva and Eyres Monsell Parish Council.
South Wigston is a large village to the south of Leicester, England. It is outside the city boundary, forming part of the Oadby and Wigston district of Leicestershire. The population of the ward rose slightly from 7,471 at the 2001 census to 7,490 at the 2011 census.
Leicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire. It was originally formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888. The county is divided into 52 electoral divisions, which return a total of 55 councillors. The council is controlled by the Conservative Party. The leader of the county council is currently Nick Rushton, who was elected to the post in September 2012. The headquarters of the council is County Hall beside the A50 at Glenfield, just outside the city of Leicester in Blaby district.
Blaby District Council in Leicestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.
South Leicestershire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Alberto Costa, a member of the Conservative Party.
Leicestershire County Council in England is elected every four years.
Eyres Monsell is a large Village and Civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, comprising the southern Leicester suburb of Eyres Monsell and Glen Parva. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 3,520.
Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post for the European elections in England, Scotland and Wales. The European Parliament constituencies used under that system were smaller than the later regional constituencies and only had one Member of the European Parliament each.
The county of Leicestershire is divided into eight districts: Charnwood, Melton, Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, Blaby, Hinckley and Bosworth, North West Leicestershire, and Leicester. As there are 333 Grade II* listed buildings in the county they have been split into separate lists for each district.
Lubbesthorpe is a hamlet and parish in the district of Blaby within Enderby on the outskirts of Leicester, on the west side of the M1 motorway and the River Soar.
The 2017 Leicestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All councillors were elected from electoral divisions by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
