Charnwood | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Leicestershire |
Population | 94,748 (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 |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1997 |
Member of Parliament | Edward Argar (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Loughborough, Rutland and Melton, Blaby, Bosworth |
Charnwood is a constituency [n 1] in Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Edward Argar, a Conservative. [n 2]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished, with the majority being included in the new constituency of Mid Leicestershire , to be first contested at the next general election. Syston, East Goscote and Thurmaston will be included in the newly created constituency of Melton and Syston.
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. To date Charnwood has been a Conservative Party stronghold.
It mostly comprises affluent commuter villages to the north of Leicester and south of Loughborough; its residents are slightly wealthier than the UK average. [3]
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–present: 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 is close to Leicester, between the city and Nottingham; it covers 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.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the next general election, with its contents distributed to three new constituencies:
Election | Member [4] [5] | Party | |
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1997 | Stephen Dorrell | Conservative | |
2015 | Edward Argar | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Argar | 35,121 | 63.4 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Gary Godden | 12,724 | 23.0 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Tipton | 4,856 | 8.8 | +5.1 | |
Green | Laurie Needham | 2,664 | 4.8 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 22,397 | 40.4 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,365 | 69.6 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.45 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Argar | 33,318 | 60.4 | +6.1 | |
Labour | Sean Kelly-Walsh [11] | 16,977 | 30.8 | +8.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Sansome [12] | 2,052 | 3.7 | −3.2 | |
UKIP | Victoria Connor | 1,471 | 2.7 | −13.2 | |
Green | Nick Cox [13] | 1,036 | 1.9 | New | |
BNP | Stephen Denham | 322 | 0.6 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 16,341 | 29.6 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,176 | 70.7 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Argar [16] | 28,384 | 54.3 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Sean Kelly-Walsh [17] | 11,453 | 21.9 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Lynton Yates [18] | 8,330 | 15.9 | +12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Sansome | 3,605 | 6.9 | -14.6 | |
BNP | Cathy Duffy | 489 | 0.9 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 16,931 | 32.4 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,261 | 67.6 | -4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.25 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 26,560 | 49.6 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Webber-Jones | 11,531 | 21.5 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Eric Goodyer | 10,536 | 19.7 | -8.9 | |
BNP | Cathy Duffy | 3,116 | 5.8 | +2.2 | |
UKIP | Miles Storier | 1,799 | 3.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 15,029 | 28.1 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 53,542 | 71.9 | +5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 23,571 | 46.6 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Richard Robinson | 14,762 | 29.2 | -3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue King | 9,057 | 17.9 | +1.7 | |
BNP | Andrew Holders | 1,737 | 3.4 | New | |
UKIP | Jamie Bye | 1,489 | 2.9 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 8,809 | 17.4 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,616 | 66.4 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 23,283 | 48.2 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Sean Sheahan | 15,544 | 32.2 | -3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan King | 7,835 | 16.2 | +3.3 | |
UKIP | Jamie Bye | 1,603 | 3.3 | New | |
Majority | 7,739 | 16.0 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 48,265 | 64.4 | -12.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 26,110 | 46.5 | ||
Labour | David Knaggs | 20,210 | 36.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Wilson | 7,224 | 12.9 | ||
Referendum | Hugh Meechan | 2,104 | 3.7 | ||
BNP | Matthew Palmer | 525 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 5,900 | 10.5 | |||
Turnout | 56,173 | 77.3 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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