North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North West Leicestershire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
East Midlands - North West Leicestershire constituency.svg
Boundary of North West Leicestershire in the East Midlands}
County Leicestershire
Electorate 75,373 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Coalville, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Castle Donington
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of Parliament Amanda Hack (Labour)
SeatsOne
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.

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History

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

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, UK Coal 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. [5] However, the mine never opened and UK Coal ceased operations in 2015. [6]

Boundaries

North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 1997-2024

Historic

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

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. [7]

Members of Parliament

Bosworth and Loughborough prior to 1983

ElectionMember [8] Party
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

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: North West Leicestershire [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amanda Hack 16,871 34.7 +9.3
Conservative Craig Smith15,85932.7−29.4
Reform UK Noel Matthews9,67819.9N/A
Green Carl Benfield2,8315.8+1.1
Liberal Democrats Alice Delemare1,6293.4−3.4
Independent Andrew Bridgen 1,5683.2N/A
Independent Siobhan Dillon1360.3N/A
Majority1,0122.0N/A
Turnout 48,57263.0Decrease2.svg 4.6
Registered electors 77,757
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg 19.4

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North West Leicestershire [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Bridgen 33,811 62.8 +4.6
Labour Terri Eynon13,41124.9−8.5
Liberal Democrats Grahame Hudson3,6146.7+0.3
Green Carl Benfield2,4784.6+2.5
Independent Edward Nudd3670.7New
Libertarian Dan Liddicott1400.3New
Majority20,40037.9+13.1
Turnout 53,82168.2−2.8
Conservative hold Swing +6.6
General election 2017: North West Leicestershire [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Bridgen [13] 31,153 58.2 +8.7
Labour Sean Sheahan [14] 17,86733.4+6.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Wyatt [15] 3,4206.4+2.5
Green Mia Woolley [16] 1,1012.1−0.2
Majority13,28624.8+2.7
Turnout 53,54171.0−0.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
General election 2015: North West Leicestershire [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Bridgen 25,505 49.5 +4.9
Labour Jamie McMahon14,13227.4−2.7
UKIP Andy McWilliam [18] 8,70416.9+14.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Argent [19] 2,0333.9−12.7
Green Benjamin Gravestock [20] 1,1742.3New
Majority11,37322.1+7.6
Turnout 51,54871.4−1.5
Conservative hold Swing +3.8


General election 2010: North West Leicestershire [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Bridgen 23,147 44.6 +8.6
Labour Ross Willmott15,63630.1−15.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Reynolds8,63916.6+4.5
BNP Ian Meller3,3966.5+3.4
UKIP Martin Green1,1342.2−1.1
Majority7,51114.5N/A
Turnout 51,95272.9+6.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North West Leicestershire [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Taylor 21,449 45.5 −6.6
Conservative Nicola Le Page16,97236.0+2.1
Liberal Democrats Roderick Keys5,68212.1+1.8
UKIP John Blunt1,5633.3+1.0
BNP Clive Potter1,4743.1New
Majority4,4779.5−8.7
Turnout 47,14066.8+1.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing −4.4
General election 2001: North West Leicestershire [22] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Taylor 23,431 52.1 −4.3
Conservative Nick Weston15,27433.9+2.9
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fraser-Fleming4,65110.3+1.7
UKIP William Nattrass1,0212.3New
Independent Robert Nettleton6321.4New
Majority8,15718.2−7.2
Turnout 43,21965.8−14.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing -3.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North West Leicestershire [25] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op David Taylor 29,332 56.4 +12.5
Conservative Robert Goodwill 16,11331.0−14.5
Liberal Democrats Stan Heptinstall4,4928.6−1.6
Referendum Maurice Abney-Hastings2,0084.0New
Majority13,21925.4N/A
Turnout 51,94580.0−6.1
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +13.5
General election 1992: Leicestershire North West [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Ashby 28,379 45.5 −2.1
Labour David Taylor 27,40043.9+9.6
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Beckett6,35310.2−6.9
Natural Law David Fawcett2290.4New
Majority9791.6−11.7
Turnout 62,36186.1+3.3
Conservative hold Swing −5.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Leicestershire North West [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Ashby 27,872 47.6 +3.0
Labour Susan Waddington 20,04434.3+1.7
Liberal David Emmerson10,03417.1−4.6
Green Helen Michetschlager5701.0−0.1
Majority7,82813.3+1.4
Turnout 58,52082.85+1.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Leicestershire North West [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Ashby 24,760 44.6
Labour Mel Read 18,09832.6
Liberal Geoffrey Cort12,04321.7
Ecology Dinah Freer6371.15
Majority6,66212.0
Turnout 55,53881.07
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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

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