Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency)

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Charnwood
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Charnwood in Leicestershire for the 2019 general election
EnglandLeicestershire.svg
Location of Leicestershire within England
County Leicestershire
Population94,748 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate 75,454 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements Anstey, Birstall,
East Goscote, Queniborough, Rothley, Syston, Thurmaston, Woodhouse Eaves, Glenfield, Kirby Muxloe, Leicester Forest East, Groby
1997–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Loughborough, Rutland and Melton, Blaby, Bosworth
Replaced by Mid Leicestershire, Melton and Syston

Charnwood was a constituency [n 1] of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament from 1997 to 2024.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with the majority of the electorate being included in the new constituency of Mid Leicestershire . Syston, East Goscote and Thurmaston were included in the newly created constituency of Melton and Syston.

Constituency profile

The seat emerged from the Boundary Commission report of 1995 reflecting population increases in Leicestershire for the 1997 general election; the largest part of it was previously in Loughborough. During its existence, Charnwood was a Conservative Party stronghold. It mostly comprised affluent commuter villages to the north of Leicester and south of Loughborough; its residents were slightly wealthier than the UK average. [3]

Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

Boundaries

1997–2010: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Birstall Goscote, Birstall Greengate, Birstall Netherhall, Birstall Riverside, Birstall Stonehill, Bradgate, East Goscote, Mountsorrel and Rothley, Queniborough, Six Hills, Syston, Thurcaston, Thurmaston, Woodhouse and Swithland, the District of Blaby wards of Ellis, Fairestone, Kirby, Leicester Forest East, the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth wards of Groby and Ratby.

2010–2024: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Anstey, Birstall Wanlip, Birstall Watermead, East Goscote, Forest Bradgate, Mountsorrel, Queniborough, Rothley and Thurcaston, Syston East, Syston West, Thurmaston, Wreake Villages, the District of Blaby wards of Ellis, Fairestone, Forest, Muxloe, the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth ward of Groby.

The seat was close to Leicester, between the city and Nottingham; it covered slightly more than half of the local government district of Charnwood to the north of Leicester. The town of Loughborough is the largest in the borough, but lies in a separate constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [4] [5] Party
1997 Stephen Dorrell Conservative
2015 Edward Argar Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Charnwood [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Argar 35,121 63.4 +3.0
Labour Gary Godden 12,72423.0−7.8
Liberal Democrats Kate Tipton4,8568.8+5.1
Green Laurie Needham2,6644.8+2.9
Majority22,39740.4+10.8
Turnout 55,36569.6−1.1
Conservative hold Swing +5.45
General election 2017: Charnwood [8] [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Argar 33,318 60.4 +6.1
Labour Sean Kelly-Walsh [11] 16,97730.8+8.9
Liberal Democrats Simon Sansome [12] 2,0523.7−3.2
UKIP Victoria Connor1,4712.7−13.2
Green Nick Cox [13] 1,0361.9New
BNP Stephen Denham3220.6−0.3
Majority16,34129.6−2.8
Turnout 55,17670.7+3.1
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
General election 2015: Charnwood [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Argar [16] 28,384 54.3 +4.7
Labour Sean Kelly-Walsh [17] 11,45321.9+2.2
UKIP Lynton Yates [18] 8,33015.9+12.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Sansome3,6056.9−14.6
BNP Cathy Duffy4890.9−4.9
Majority16,93132.4+4.3
Turnout 52,26167.6−4.3
Conservative hold Swing +1.25
General election 2010: Charnwood [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 26,560 49.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Robin Webber-Jones11,53121.5+3.2
Labour Eric Goodyer10,53619.7−8.9
BNP Cathy Duffy3,1165.8+2.2
UKIP Miles Storier1,7993.4+0.4
Majority15,02928.1+10.7
Turnout 53,54271.9+5.6
Conservative hold Swing -0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Charnwood [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 23,571 46.6 −1.6
Labour Richard Robinson14,76229.2−3.0
Liberal Democrats Sue King9,05717.9+1.7
BNP Andrew Holders1,7373.4New
UKIP Jamie Bye1,4892.9−0.4
Majority8,80917.4+1.4
Turnout 50,61666.4+2.0
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 2001: Charnwood [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 23,283 48.2 +1.7
Labour Sean Sheahan15,54432.2−3.8
Liberal Democrats Susan King7,83516.2+3.3
UKIP Jamie Bye1,6033.3New
Majority7,73916.0+6.5
Turnout 48,26564.4−12.9
Conservative hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Charnwood [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 26,110 46.5
Labour David Knaggs20,21036.0
Liberal Democrats Roger Wilson7,22412.9
Referendum Hugh Meechan2,1043.7
BNP Matthew Palmer5250.9
Majority5,90010.5
Turnout 56,17377.3
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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