Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency)
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) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Loughborough, Rutland and Melton, Blaby, Bosworth |
Charnwood is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Edward Argar, a Conservative.[n 2]
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. To date Charnwood has been a Conservative Party stronghold.
It mostly comprises affluent commuter villages to the north of Leicester and south of Loughborough, and its residents are slightly wealthier than the UK average.[3]
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, and Woodhouse and Swithland, the District of Blaby wards of Ellis, Fairestone, Kirby, and Leicester Forest East, and 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, and Wreake Villages, the District of Blaby wards of Ellis, Fairestone, Forest, and Muxloe, and the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth ward of Groby.
The seat is close to Leicester, between the city and Nottingham, and 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.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[4][5] | Party | |
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1997 | Stephen Dorrell | Conservative | |
2015 | Edward Argar | Conservative |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
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 | 40.5 | +10.8 | ||
Turnout | 55,365 | 69.6 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.45 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | +1.39 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
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) |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References[]
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- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- ^ "Election of a Member of Parliamnet for Charnwood" (PDF).Archived 2019-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ "How did Charnwood vote in 2017?". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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- ^ http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/who-are-labour-s-general-election-candidate-in-leicestershire/story-30310977-detail/story.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Simon Sansome". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-05-21. Retrieved 2017-05-18.
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- ^ "Conservatives choose councillor to fight Stephen Dorrell's Charnwood seat in General Election". Leicester Mercury. 28 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "UK ELECTION RESULTS: CHARNWOOD 2015". Archived from the original on 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ^ Dan J Martin (19 February 2015). "UKIP lifts suspension of Charnwood parliamentary candidate Lynton Yates after "ban drivers on benefits" leaflet". Leicester Mercury. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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External links[]
- Large printable map showing roads and constituency boundary (Walkingclub.org)
- nomis Constituency Profile for Charnwood — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997