Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Charnwood | |
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Boundary of Charnwood in Leicestershire.
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Location of Leicestershire within England.
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| 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 | Ed Argar (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Loughborough, Rutland and Melton, Blaby, Bosworth |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament constituency | East Midlands |
Charnwood is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Ed Argar of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Contents
History
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.
Boundaries
Charnwood 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[3][4] | Party | |
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| 1997 | Stephen Dorrell | Conservative | |
| 2015 | Ed Argar | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Ed Argar[7] | 28,384 | 54.3 | +4.7 | |
| Labour | Sean Kelly-Walsh [8] | 11,453 | 21.9 | +2.2 | |
| UKIP | Lynton Yates[9] | 8,330 | 15.9 | +12.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 26,560 | 49.6 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||
| Turnout | 53,542 | 71.9 | +5.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 23,571 | 46.6 | -1.6 | |
| Labour | Richard Robinson | 14,762 | 29.2 | -3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Sue King | 9,057 | 17.9 | +1.7 | |
| BNP | Andrew Holders | 1,737 | 3.4 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Jamie Bye | 1,489 | 2.9 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | 8,809 | 17.4 | |||
| Turnout | 50,616 | 66.4 | +2.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 23,283 | 48.2 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Sean Sheahan | 15,544 | 32.2 | -3.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Susan King | 7,835 | 16.2 | +3.4 | |
| UKIP | Jamie Bye | 1,603 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,739 | 16.0 | |||
| Turnout | 48,265 | 64.4 | -12.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Stephen Dorrell | 26,110 | 45.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | David Knaggs | 20,210 | 36.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Roger Wilson | 7,224 | 12.9 | N/A | |
| Referendum | Hugh Meechan | 2,104 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| BNP | Matthew Palmer | 525 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,900 | 10.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 56,173 | 77.3 | N/A | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/charnwood-2015.html
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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.
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