Parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands

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The region [1] of East Midlands is divided into 46 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 12 borough constituencies and 34 county constituencies. Since the 2019 United Kingdom general election, [2] 35 are represented by Conservative MPs, 8 by Labour MPs, 2 by independent MPs, and 1 by a Reform UK MP.

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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    Reform UK

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [3] Majority [4] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [4] Nearest opposition [4] CountyCounty locationConstituency map
Amber Valley CC 69,97616,886  Nigel Mills Adam Thompson‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Ashfield CC 78,2045,733  Lee Anderson [nb 3]   Jason Zadrozny (Ashfield Independents) Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Bassetlaw CC 80,02414,013  Brendan Clarke-Smith†  Keir Morrison‡ Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Bolsover CC 75,1615,299  Mark Fletcher†   Dennis Skinner‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Boston and Skegness CC 69,38125,621  Matt Warman Ben Cook‡ Lincolnshire EnglandLincolnshire.png
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Bosworth CC 81,54226,278 Luke EvansRick Middleton‡ Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Broxtowe CC 73,0525,331  Darren Henry Greg Marshall‡ Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Charnwood CC 79,53422,397 Edward ArgarGary Godden‡ Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Chesterfield BC 71,0341,451  Toby Perkins Spencer Pitfield† Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Corby CC 86,15310,268  Tom Pursglove Beth Miller‡ Northamptonshire EnglandNorthamptonshire.png
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Daventry CC 77,42326,080  Chris Heaton-Harris Pal Joyce‡ Northamptonshire EnglandNorthamptonshire.png
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Derby North BC 73,1992,540  Amanda Solloway Tony Tinley‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Derby South BC 73,0626,019  Margaret Beckett Ed Barker† Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Derbyshire Dales CC 65,08017,381  Sarah Dines Claire Raw‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Erewash CC 72,99510,606  Maggie Throup Catherine Atkinson‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Gainsborough CC 76,34322,967  Sir Edward Leigh Perry Smith‡ Lincolnshire EnglandLincolnshire.png
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Gedling CC 71,366679  Tom Randall  Vernon Coaker Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Grantham and Stamford CC 81,50226,003  Gareth Davies Kathryn Salt‡ Lincolnshire EnglandLincolnshire.png
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Harborough CC 80,15112,429 Neil O'BrienCelia Hibbert‡ Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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High Peak CC 74,265590  Robert Largan  Ruth George Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Kettering CC 73,16416,765  Philip Hollobone Claire Pavitt‡ Northamptonshire EnglandNorthamptonshire.png
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Leicester East BC 78,4336,019 Claudia Webbe [nb 4] Bhupendra Dave† Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Leicester South BC 77,70822,675 Jon AshworthNatalie Neale† Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Leicester West BC 64,9404,212 Liz KendallAmanda Wright† Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Lincoln BC 74,9423,514  Karl McCartney  Karen Lee Lincolnshire EnglandLincolnshire.png
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Louth and Horncastle CC 79,63428,668  Victoria Atkins Ellie Green‡ Lincolnshire EnglandLincolnshire.png
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Loughborough CC 79,7647,169 Jane HuntStuart Brady‡ Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Mansfield CC 77,13116,306  Ben Bradley Sonya Ward‡ Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Mid Derbyshire CC 67,44211,616  Pauline Latham Emma Monkman‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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Newark CC 75,85021,816  Robert Jenrick James Baggaley‡ Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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North East Derbyshire CC 72,34512,876  Lee Rowley Chris Peace‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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North West Leicestershire CC 78,93520,400 Andrew Bridgen~ [nb 5] Terri Eynon‡ Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Northampton North BC 58,7685,507  Michael Ellis  Sally Keeble Northamptonshire EnglandNorthamptonshire.png
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Northampton South BC 62,1634,697  Andrew Lewer Gareth Eales‡ Northamptonshire EnglandNorthamptonshire.png
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Nottingham East BC 66,26217,393  Nadia Whittome Victoria Stapleton† Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Nottingham North BC 66,4954,490  Alex Norris Staurt Beswick† Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Nottingham South BC 79,48512,568  Lilian Greenwood Marc Nykolyszyn† Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Rushcliffe CC 77,0477,643  Ruth Edwards Cheryl Pidgeon‡ Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Rutland and Melton CC 82,70526,924 Alicia KearnsAndy Thomas‡ Leicestershire and Rutland EnglandLeicestershire.png
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Sherwood CC 77,88816,186  Mark Spencer Jerry Hague‡ Nottinghamshire EnglandNottinghamshire.png
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Sleaford and North Hykeham CC 94,76132,565  Dr Caroline Johnson Linda Edwards-Shea‡ Lincolnshire EnglandLincolnshire.png
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South Derbyshire CC 79,33119,335  Heather Wheeler Robert Pearson‡ Derbyshire EnglandDerbyshire.svg
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South Holland and The Deepings CC 75,97530,838  John Hayes Mark Popple‡ Lincolnshire EnglandLincolnshire.png
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South Leicestershire CC 80,52024,004  Alberto CostaTristan Koriya‡ Leicestershire EnglandLeicestershire.png
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South Northamptonshire CC 90,84227,761  Andrea Leadsom  Gen Kitchen Northamptonshire EnglandNorthamptonshire.png
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Wellingborough CC 80,7656,436 (2024) Gen Kitchen‡ Helen Harrison† Northamptonshire EnglandNorthamptonshire.png
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Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the East Midlands region will increase by one, from 46 to 47. [5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

Under the revised proposals, the following constituencies for the region would come into effect at the next general election: [6]

ConstituencyElectorateCeremonial CountyLocal authority
Amber Valley CC 70,625 Derbyshire Amber Valley
Ashfield CC 69,819 Nottinghamshire Ashfield / Mansfield
Bassetlaw CC 75,773Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw
Bolsover CC 74,680Derbyshire Bolsover / North East Derbyshire
Boston and Skegness CC 75,806 Lincolnshire Boston / East Lindsey
Broxtowe CC 72,461Nottinghamshire Broxtowe
Chesterfield BC 70,722Derbyshire Chesterfield
Corby and East Northamptonshire CC 76,748 Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire
Daventry CC 76,539NorthamptonshireNorth Northamptonshire / West Northamptonshire
Derby North BC 71,876Derbyshire Derby
Derby South BC 72,067DerbyshireDerby
Derbyshire Dales CC 71,435DerbyshireAmber Valley / Derbyshire Dales / South Derbyshire
Erewash CC 71,986Derbyshire Erewash
Gainsborough CC 74,750Lincolnshire West Lindsey
Gedling CC 75,795Nottinghamshire Gedling
Grantham and Bourne CC 72,071Lincolnshire North Kesteven / South Kesteven
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC 74,810Leicestershire Harborough / Oadby and Wigston
High Peak CC 73,960Derbyshire High Peak
Hinckley and Bosworth CC 75,683Leicestershire Hinckley and Bosworth / North West Leicestershire
Kettering CC 76,163NorthamptonshireNorth Northamptonshire
Leicester East BC 76,465Leicestershire Leicester
Leicester South BC 71,007LeicestershireLeicester
Leicester West BC 76,992LeicestershireLeicester
Lincoln BC 74,128Lincolnshire Lincoln / North Kesteven
Loughborough CC 73,902Leicestershire Charnwood
Louth and Horncastle CC 75,959Lincolnshire East Lindsey
Mansfield CC 74,680NottinghamshireMansfield
Melton and Syston CC 71,615LeicestershireCharnwood / Melton
Mid Derbyshire CC 70.085DerbyshireAmber Valley / Derby / Erewash
Mid Leicestershire CC 76,173LeicestershireBlaby / Charnwood / Hinckley and Bosworth
Newark CC 76,478Nottinghamshire Bassetlaw / Newark and Sherwood / Rushcliffe
North East Derbyshire CC 72,344DerbyshireChesterfield / North East Derbyshire
North West Leicestershire CC 75,373LeicestershireNorth West Leicestershire
Northampton North BC 75,713NorthamptonshireWest Northamptonshire
Northampton South BC 71,512NorthamptonshireWest Northamptonshire
Nottingham East BC 75,327Nottinghamshire Nottingham
Nottingham North and Kimberley BC 74,515NottinghamshireBroxtowe / Nottingham
Nottingham South BC 76,076NottinghamshireNottingham
Rushcliffe CC 76,171NottinghamshireRushcliffe
Rutland and Stamford CC 70,864Leicestershire / Lincolnshire / Rutland Harborough / Rutland / South Kesteven
Sherwood Forest CC 76,543NottinghamshireAshfield / Gedling / Newark and Sherwood
Sleaford and North Hykeham CC 73,380LincolnshireNorth Kesteven
South Derbyshire CC 71,202DerbyshireSouth Derbyshire
South Holland and The Deepings CC 76,139LincolnshireBoston / South Holland
South Leicestershire CC 75,634LeicestershireBlaby / Harborough
South Northamptonshire CC 76,555NorthamptonshireNorth Northamptonshire / West Northamptonshire
Wellingborough and Rushden CC 76,669NorthamptonshireNorth Northamptonshire

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [7]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the East Midlands region in the 2019 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 1,280,72454.8%Increase2.svg4.1%38Increase2.svg7
Labour 740,97531.7%Decrease2.svg8.8%8Decrease2.svg7
Liberal Democrats 182,6657.8%Increase2.svg3.5%00
Greens 60,0672.6%Increase2.svg1.1%00
Brexit 35,3441.5%new00
Others38,6771.6%Decrease2.svg1.4%00
Total2,338,452100.046

Percentage votes

East Midlands votes percentage East Midlands votes %25.svg
East Midlands votes percentage

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019

Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)

Seats

East Midlands seats East Midlands seats.svg
East Midlands seats

Key:

CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966

LAB - Labour Party

LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992

OTH - 1945 - Independent (Denis Kendall); 1974 (Feb) - Democratic Labour (Dick Taverne)

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
  3. Elected as Conservative candidate in 2019, suspended from the party and joined Reform UK in 2024.
  4. Elected as Labour candidate in 2019, expelled from the party in 2021.
  5. Re-elected as Conservative candidate in 2019, expelled from the party and joined Reclaim in 2023, before leaving them too.

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References

  1. See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
  2. "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
  4. 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  5. "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  7. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".