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The ceremonial county of Leicestershire (which includes the unitary authority of Leicester), is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies - 3 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. One of these is a cross-county boundary constituency with Lincolnshire also including the small historic county of Rutland, which was administratively a district of Leicestershire from 1974 to 1997. Since 1997, Rutland has been a separate unitary authority.

Constituencies

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal Democrat   Independent

Name	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Map
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC	74,810	2,378		Neil O'Brien		Hajira Piranie
Hinckley and Bosworth CC	75,683	5,408		Luke Evans		Michael Mullaney
Leicester East BC	76,465	4,426		Shivani Raja		Rajesh Agrawal
Leicester South BC	71,007	979		Shockat Adam		Jon Ashworth
Leicester West BC	72,848	8,777		Liz Kendall		Max Chauhan
Loughborough CC	73,902	3,960		Jeevun Sandher		Jane Hunt
Melton and Syston CC	71,615	5,396		Edward Argar		Zafran Khan
Mid Leicestershire CC	76,173	2,201		Peter Bedford		Robert Martin
North West Leicestershire CC	75,373	1,012		Amanda Hack		Craig Smith
Rutland and Stamford CC	70,864	10,394		Alicia Kearns		Joe Wood
South Leicestershire CC	75,634	5,508		Alberto Costa		Robert Parkinson

Historic constituencies

In the unreformed House of Commons, Leicestershire and Rutland were represented by two Knights of the Shire each, and the only parliamentary borough was Leicester, which sent two burgesses.

Under the Reform Act 1832, Leicestershire was split into two divisions, North and South, which each elected two members. The Reform Act 1885 redistributed these seats into four single-member divisions: Melton, or Eastern, Loughborough, or Mid, Harborough, or Southern, and Bosworth, or Western.

At the 1918 general election, the four divisions of the county were retained, and the borough of Leicester was split into three single-member constituencies, Leicester East, Leicester South, and Leicester West. From 1950 to 1974 Leicester had four constituencies, these being Leicester North East, Leicester North West, Leicester South East and Leicester South West: the three seat arrangement of South, East and West was reverted to thereafter.

Rutland constituted a constituency on its own until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, with nearby Stamford in Lincolnshire.

In 1983, seats in Leicestershire were redrawn. Rutland was merged with Melton to form Rutland and Melton, with Loughborough, Bosworth, and Harborough remaining as seat names. The new North West Leicestershire constituency was created. A further constituency, Charnwood was created in the north for the 1997 election.

Boundary Changes

2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to include Leicestershire and Rutland with Lincolnshire in a sub-region of the East Midlands region, creating one additional seat by re-establishing the constituency of Rutland and Stamford, which spans all three counties. As a consequence, Rutland and Melton is now abolished, being replaced by Melton and Syston, while a reconfigured Charnwood has been renamed Mid Leicestershire. Bosworth is renamed Hinckley and Bosworth and Harborough renamed Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.

	Former name	Boundaries 2010–2024		Current name	Boundaries 2024–Present
1	Bosworth CC		1	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC
2	Charnwood CC		2	Hinckley and Bosworth CC
3	Harborough CC		3	Leicester East BC
4	Leicester East BC		4	Leicester South BC
5	Leicester South BC		5	Leicester West BC
6	Leicester West BC		6	Loughborough CC
7	Loughborough CC		7	Melton and Syston CC
8	North West Leicestershire CC		8	Mid Leicestershire CC
9	Rutland and Melton CC		9	North West Leicestershire CC
10	South Leicestershire CC		10	Rutland and Stamford CC
			11	South Leicestershire CC

2010

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Leicestershire retained its current constituencies, with minor changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries. Although virtually unchanged, Blaby was renamed South Leicestershire on the grounds that it does not match the borders of Blaby district, and the village of Blaby itself is not one of the major population centres.

	Name	Boundaries 1997–2010	Boundaries 2010–2024
1	Bosworth CC
2	Charnwood CC
3	Harborough CC
4	Leicester East BC
5	Leicester South BC
6	Leicester West BC
7	Loughborough CC
8	North West Leicestershire CC
9	Rutland and Melton CC
10	South Leicestershire CC (previously Blaby CC)

Results history

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

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Leicestershire and Rutland in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Conservative	173,711	34.2%	19.1%	7	0
Labour	142,114	28.0%	4.1%	3	0
Reform UK	77,889	15.3%	14.5%	0	0
Liberal Democrats	49,343	9.7%	0.1%	0	0
Greens	34,014	6.7%	6.7%	0	0
Others	30,875	6.1%	5.6%	1	1
Total	507,946	100.0		11

Percentage votes

1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

2019- Brexit Party

* Included in Other

Seats

1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

• 1885
• 1886
• 1892
• 1895
• 1900
• 1906
• Jan 1910
• Dec 1910

1918-1945

• 1918
• 1922
• 1923
• 1924
• 1929
• 1931
• 1935
• 1945

1950-1979

• 1950
• 1951
• 1955
• 1959
• 1964
• 1966
• 1970
• Feb 1974
• Oct 1974
• 1979

1983-present

• 1983
• 1987
• 1992
• 1997
• 2001
• 2005
• 2010
• 2015
• 2017
• 2019
• 2024

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour

1918 to 1950

From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Coalition National Democratic & Labour   Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Labour   National Liberal (1931-68)

1950 to 1983

From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.

  Conservative   Labour   Social Democratic

1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats   Reclaim

includes parts of Lincolnshire

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
• East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)
• Leicestershire County Council
• Rutland County Council

Footnotes

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.

References

General

• "Boundary Commission for England: Fifth Periodical Report" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. Crown Copyright. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
• Craig, Frederick Walter Scott (1972). Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972. Chichester, Sussex: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.

Specific

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
2. ^ "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
3. Moorhouse, Sam (16 November 2022). "Latest political changes planned for Leicestershire". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 110-137. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
5. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".

• Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England
• Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire
• Parliamentary constituencies in Rutland
• Leicestershire-related lists
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