Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Bosworth in Leicestershire.
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Location of Leicestershire within England.
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County | Leicestershire |
Population | 98,282 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 77,787 (December 2010)[2] |
Major settlements | Hinckley, Earl Shilton and Market Bosworth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | David Tredinnick (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | South Leicestershire |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East Midlands |
Bosworth /bɒzwɜːrθ/ is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by David Tredinnick of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Contents
Boundaries
Bosworth constituency covers approximately the same area as the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire.
Latest boundary review
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Leicestershire, the Boundary Commission for England made only minor changes to the earlier constituency wards. The Bosworth constituency for the 2010 election comprised the electoral wards:
- Ambien, Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston, Barwell Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill, Burbage Sketchley and Stretton, Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone, Earl Shilton, Hinckley Castle, Hinckley Clarendon, Hinckley De Montfort, Hinckley Trinity, Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead, Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton, Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton, and Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy.
History
The Western, or Bosworth, division was created in 1885, and included part of the Ashby de la Zouch and all of the Market Bosworth petty sessional divisions. It was redefined in 1918 to cover the urban districts of Coalville and Hinckley, the rural districts of Hinckley and Market Bosworth and the civil parish of Bardon from Ashby RD. Hinckley RD was abolished in the 1930s and in 1948 and 1970 the Bosworth constituency by which date it was shaped to eventually all of Coalville, Hinckley and Market Bosworth RD.
Coalville is part of North West Leicestershire since the 1983 election.
The seat was Labour for 25 years until the Conservatives gained it in the 1970 general election and have held it since.
Hinckley expanded greatly after World War II and is the most economically significant town other than Leicester in Leicestershire however unlike the borough the constituency retains under the independent Boundary Commission the poetic name of Bosworth, alluding to the Battle of Bosworth of the medieval Wars of the Roses which is recreated annually on the battlefield.
The seat had a coal mining tradition that however other industry, defence, trade and retail supports the residential town of Hinckley and its rural hinterland. The area of strongest Labour support is the former mining village of Earl Shilton, which is now in local elections generally over-shadowed by surrounding areas with majority-Conservative support. It was once held for Labour by Woodrow Wyatt who left the party and became one of its most voluble critics in the 1980s.
During the 2015 count a police car outside the Hinckley Leisure Centre, where the count was taking place, caught fire then exploded while being hosed down by firefighters. Five men were arrested.[3]
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Tredinnick[6] | 22,939 | 42.8 | +0.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Mullaney[6] | 11,951 | 22.3 | -11.0 | |
Labour | Chris Kealey[6] | 9,354 | 17.5 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | David Sprason[6] | 9,338 | 17.4 | +15.4 | |
Majority | 10,988 | 20.5 | +11.2 | ||
Turnout | 53,582 | 67 | -3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Going into the 2015 general election, this was the 180th most marginal constituency in Great Britain, the Liberal Democrats requiring a swing from the Conservatives of 4.6% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Tredinnick | 23,132 | 42.6 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Michael Mullaney | 18,100 | 33.3 | +11.7 | |
Labour | Rory Palmer | 8,674 | 16 | -15.9 | |
BNP | John Ryde | 2,458 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
UKIP | Dutch Veldhuizen | 1,098 | 2 | -1.9 | |
English Democrats | James Lampitt | 615 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Science | Michael Brooks[9] | 197 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 5,032 | 9.3 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,274 | 70.2 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Tredinnick | 20,212 | 42.6 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Rupert Herd | 14,893 | 31.4 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Moore | 10,528 | 22.2 | +6.0 | |
UKIP | Denis Walker | 1,866 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 5,319 | 11.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,499 | 66.3 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Tredinnick | 20,030 | 44.4 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Andrew Furlong | 17,750 | 39.4 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jon Ellis | 7,326 | 16.2 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 2,280 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,106 | 64.4 | -12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Tredinnick | 21,189 | 40.6 | -13.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Furlong | 20,162 | 38.7 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jon Ellis | 9,281 | 17.8 | -0.9 | |
Referendum | Scott Halborg | 1,521 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,027 | 2.0 | -26.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,153 | 76.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Tredinnick | 36,618 | 54.2 | -0.2 | |
Labour | David B. Everitt | 17,524 | 26.0 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gregory M. Drozdz | 12,643 | 18.7 | -8.6 | |
Green | Brian Fewster | 716 | 1.1 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 19,094 | 28.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 67,501 | 84.1 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Tredinnick | 34,145 | 54.4 | -0.96 | |
Liberal | David Christopher Bill | 17,129 | 27.3 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Richard Sidney Hall | 10,787 | 17.2 | -2.26 | |
Green | Dinah Gillian Freer | 660 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,016 | 27.1 | -3.13 | ||
Turnout | 81.26 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adam Butler | 31,663 | 55.4 | -7.24 | |
Social Democratic | M. Fox | 14,369 | 25.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Daniel J.M. Janner | 11,120 | 19.5 | +1.13 | |
Majority | 17,294 | 30.3 | -14.05 | ||
Turnout | 78.19 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adam Butler | 37,030 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Derek Fatchett | 28,595 | 37.5 | ||
Liberal | T E Brown | 10,032 | 13.1 | ||
National Front | 682 | 0.9 | N/A | ||
Majority | 8,435 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adam Butler | 28,490 | 41.43 | +2.04 | |
Labour | M G M Sloman | 28,188 | 40.99 | +3.96 | |
Liberal | M J Galton | 12,082 | 17.57 | -6.02 | |
Majority | 302 | 0.44 | -1.92 | ||
Turnout | 82.03 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adam Butler | 28,151 | 39.39 | -11.48 | |
Labour | M G M Sloman | 26,464 | 37.03 | -12.10 | |
Liberal | M J Galton | 16,859 | 23.59 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,687 | 2.36 | +0.61 | ||
Turnout | 85.99 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Adam Butler | 30,732 | 50.87 | +14.88 | |
Labour | Woodrow Wyatt | 29,677 | 49.13 | -1.10 | |
Majority | 1,055 | 1.75 | -12.48 | ||
Turnout | 77.14 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Woodrow Wyatt | 27,427 | 50.23 | +4.64 | |
Conservative | C J P Wood | 19,654 | 35.99 | +0.75 | |
Liberal | A H Extance | 7,526 | 13.78 | -5.39 | |
Majority | 7,773 | 14.23 | +3.88 | ||
Turnout | 79.76 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Woodrow Wyatt | 25,334 | 45.59 | -5.70 | |
Conservative | P L Braithwaite | 19,583 | 35.24 | -13.47 | |
Liberal | J H David | 10,652 | 19.17 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,751 | 10.35 | +7.77 | ||
Turnout | 82.80 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Woodrow Lyle Wyatt | 27,734 | 51.29 | -2.72 | |
Conservative | P L Braithwaite | 26,341 | 48.71 | +2.72 | |
Majority | 1,393 | 2.58 | -5. | ||
Turnout | 83.05 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Cecil Allen | 27,626 | 54.01 | -3.08 | |
Conservative | D C Bray | 23,526 | 45.99 | +3.08 | |
Majority | 4,100 | 8.02 | -6.17 | ||
Turnout | 80.73 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Cecil Allen | 30,767 | 57.09 | +3.45 | |
Conservative | D C Bray | 23,122 | 42.91 | +13.62 | |
Majority | 7,645 | 14.19 | -24.35 | ||
Turnout | 85.42 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Cecil Allen | 29,282 | 53.64 | -1.99 | |
Conservative | A Cripps | 15,988 | 29.29 | N/A | |
Liberal | Leonard Wright Harvey | 9,315 | 17.07 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,294 | 24.35 | +13.08 | ||
Turnout | 88.07 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur Cecil Allen | 26,151 | 55.63 | N/A | |
Liberal National | James Millard Tucker | 20,854 | 44.37 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,297 | 11.27 | |||
Turnout | 77.49 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal National | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Sir William Edge | 22,969 | 59.22 | ||
Labour | C Rothwell | 15,816 | 40.78 | ||
Majority | 7,153 | 18.44 | |||
Turnout | 73.33 | ||||
Liberal National hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Sir William Edge | 26,926 | 68.00 | ||
Labour | John Morgan | 12,670 | 32.00 | ||
Majority | 14,256 | 36.00 | |||
Turnout | 79.72 | ||||
Liberal National gain from Liberal | Swing |
Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir William Edge | 17,044 | 41.4 | +7.8 | |
Labour | John Minto | 15,244 | 37.0 | ||
Unionist | Sydney Lipscomb Elborne | 8,861 | 21.5 | -13.4 | |
Majority | 1,800 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 41,149 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.6 |
- % change and swing from 1924
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Sir William Edge | 11,981 | 38.2 | ||
Labour | John Minto | 11,710 | 37.3 | ||
Unionist | Edward Louis Spears | 7,685 | 24.5 | ||
Majority | 271 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 84.6 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Robert Gee | 10,114 | 34.9 | ||
Liberal | George Ward | 9,756 | 33.6 | ||
Labour | John Minto | 9,143 | 31.5 | ||
Majority | 358 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 29,013 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Ward | 11,596 | |||
Unionist | Thomas Guy Frederick Paget | 8,430 | |||
Labour | E Hughes | 8,152 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Thomas Guy Frederick Paget | 11,251 | |||
Labour | Clement James Bundock | 8,740 | |||
National Liberal | Henry Duncan McLaren | 7,513 | |||
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Turnout |
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Duncan McLaren | 12,545 | |||
Labour | Thomas Richardson | 6,344 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
See also
Notes and references
- 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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External links
- nomis Constituency Profile for Bosworth — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
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- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885