Loughborough (constituency)

Loughborough
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries since 2024
Local government in East MidlandsLeicestershire
Electorate73,902 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlementsLoughborough, Shepshed, Barrow-upon-Soar
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentJeevun Sandher (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromNorth Leicestershire
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) ofLeicester West (1918)
North West Leicestershire (1983)
Charnwood (1997)

Loughborough is a constituency[n 1] in Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jeevun Sandher of the Labour Party.[n 2] The constituency is considered a bellwether, as it has reflected the national result at every general election since February 1974.

Constituency profile

Loughborough is a constituency in Leicestershire. It is centred on the town of Loughborough, which has a population of around 66,000.[2] Other settlements include the small market town of Shepshed and the villages of Quorn and Barrow upon Soar. Loughborough is a market town known for its university, which has around 19,000 students.[3] The university is notable for its focus on sports, making the town home to many athletes.[4][5] The town of Loughborough has average levels of wealth and the surrounding villages and rural areas are generally affluent.[6] House prices are higher than the rest of the East Midlands but below the national average.[7]

In general, residents of the constituency are young and well-educated. Rates of homeownership and household income are average. A high proportion of residents work in professional occupations, with many in the education and manufacturing sectors.[7][8] The child poverty rate is average and a low percentage of residents claim unemployment benefits.[9] White people made up 83% of the population at the 2021 census. Asians were 11% of residents, with Indians being the largest Asian group.[10] Most of Loughborough is represented by Labour Party councillors at the local council level. Some Conservatives were elected in Shepshed and the villages; at the county council, which held elections in 2025, these areas elected Reform UK representatives. An estimated 52% of voters in the constituency supported remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, marginally higher than the nationwide figure of 48%.[7]

Boundaries

Historic

1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Loughborough (except the parishes of Cossington, Seagrave, and Sileby), and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester.

1918–1950: The Borough of Loughborough, the Urban Districts of Ashby-de-la-zouch, Ashby Woulds, and Shepshed, the Rural Districts of Castle Donington and Loughborough, and the Rural District of Ashby-de-la-Zouch except the parish of Bardon.

1950–1955: The Borough of Loughborough, the Urban Districts of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashby Woulds, and Shepshed, and the Rural Districts of Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Castle Donington.

1955–1974: The Borough of Loughborough, the Urban Districts of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashby Woulds, and Shepshed, the Rural District of Ashby-de-la-Zouch as constituted by the County of Leicester (Coalville Urban District) Confirmation Order 1953, and the Rural District of Castle Donington.

1974–1983: The Borough of Loughborough, the Urban Districts of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashby Woulds, and Shepshed, the Rural District of Ashby-de-la-Zouch as altered by the West Midland Counties Order 1965, and the Rural District of Castle Donington as altered by the East Midland Counties Order 1965 and the County of Leicester (Coalville Urban District) Confirmation Order 1969.[11]

1983–1997: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Ashby, Barrow upon Soar and Quorndon, Birstall Goscote, Birstall Greengate, Birstall Netherhall, Birstall Riverside, Birstall Stonehill, Garendon, Hastings, Hathern, Lemyngton, Nanpantan, Mountsorrel and Rothley, Outwoods, Sileby, Southfields, Storer, The Wolds, Thurcaston, Woodhouse and Swithland, and Woodthorpe.

1997–2010: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Ashby, Barrow upon Soar and Quorndon, Garendon, Hastings, Hathern, Lemyngton, Nanpantan, Outwoods, Shepshed East, Shepshed West, Sileby, Southfields, Storer, The Wolds, and Woodthorpe.

2010–2024: The Borough of Charnwood wards of Barrow and Sileby West, Loughborough Ashby, Loughborough Dishley and Hathern, Loughborough Garendon, Loughborough Hastings, Loughborough Lemyngton, Loughborough Nanpantan, Loughborough Outwoods, Loughborough Shelthorpe, Loughborough Southfields, Loughborough Storer, Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle, Shepshed East, Shepshed West, Sileby, and The Wolds.

Current

Further to the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency was reduced to bring the electorate within the permitted range with the transfer of Sileby ward (as it existed on 1 December 2020) to the newly created constituency of Melton and Syston.[12]

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[13][14] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the Borough of Charnwood from the 2024 general election:

  • Barrow upon Soar; Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre; Loughborough Ashby; Loughborough East; Loughborough Nanpantan, Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe; Loughborough Southfields; Loughborough Storer; Loughborough Woodthorpe; Quorn & Mountsorrel Castle, Shepshed East, Shepshed West; The Wolds; and a small part of Sileby & Seagrave.[15]

History

Loughborough was originally part of a larger constituency, Leicestershire, which was split into two districts in the Reform Act 1832.

In the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 Leicestershire was divided into five parts, Eastern (Melton), Mid [or] (Loughborough), Western (Bosworth) and Southern (Harborough), each returning one member; the last part was a borough constituency for Leicester, which returned two MPs.

In 1983 the Leicestershire coalfield, an area loyal to Labour, was removed from the constituency and replaced by much of the Soar Valley, a rural area that tended to vote Conservative. Opencast coal mining is still relevant to the west of the seat only at Measham, one of the few high-profile excavations planned by Coalfield Resources PLC (formerly UK Coal). In 1995 the Soar Valley was moved to the newly created Charnwood constituency, approximately reinstating the pre-1983 version of the seat.

The last time that Loughborough was not represented by an MP from a governing political party was prior to the February 1974 general election; since that time the constituency has been a bellwether.

Members of Parliament

North Leicestershire prior to 1885

ElectionMember[16]Party
1885 Edward Johnson-Ferguson Liberal
1886 Edwin de Lisle Conservative
1892 Edward Johnson-Ferguson Liberal
1900 Maurice Levy Liberal
1918 Oscar Guest Coalition Liberal
Jan 1922 National Liberal
Nov 1922 Edward Spears National Liberal
1923 Liberal
1924 Frank Rye Conservative
1929 Ernest Winterton Labour
1931 Lawrence Kimball Conservative
1945 Mont Follick Labour
1955 John Cronin Labour
1979 Stephen Dorrell Conservative
1997 Andy Reed Labour Co-operative
2010 Nicky Morgan Conservative
2019 Jane Hunt Conservative
2024 Jeevun Sandher Labour

Elections

Loughborough election results 1983-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Loughborough[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeevun Sandher 17,249 40.8 +2.1
Conservative Jane Hunt 12,289 29.1 –21.5
Reform Andy McWilliam 7,204 17.0 N/A
Green Hans Zollinger-Ball 2,956 7.0 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Sharpe 2,561 6.1 –1.5
Majority 4,960 11.7 N/A
Turnout 42,259 61.2 –8.6
Registered electors 68,996 –4,906
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.8
2019 notional result[18]
Party Vote %
Conservative26,08850.6
Labour19,99738.8
Liberal Democrats3,9357.6
Green1,3422.6
Others2350.5
Turnout 51,597 69.8
Electorate 73,902

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Loughborough[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Hunt 27,954 51.2 +1.3
Labour Stuart Brady 20,785 38.0 –4.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Sharpe 4,153 7.6 +4.0
Green Wesley Walton 1,504 2.8 +1.0
Independent Queenie Tea 235 0.4 New
Majority 7,169 13.1 +5.2
Turnout 54,631 68.5 +0.5
Registered electors 79,776 +169
Conservative hold Swing +2.6
General election 2017: Loughborough[20][21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicky Morgan 27,022 49.9 +0.4
Labour Jewel Miah 22,753 42.0 +10.1
Liberal Democrats David Walker 1,937 3.6 –0.5
UKIP Andy McWilliam 1,465 2.7 –8.3
Green Philip Leicester 971 1.8 –1.8
Majority 4,269 7.9 –9.8
Turnout 54,148 68.0 –1.1
Registered electors 79,607 +4,390
Conservative hold Swing –4.9
General election 2015: Loughborough[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicky Morgan 25,762 49.5 +7.9
Labour Matthew O'Callaghan 16,579 31.9 –2.6
UKIP Bill Piper 5,704 11.0 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Coltman 2,130 4.1 –14.2
Green Matt Sisson[25] 1,845 3.5 New
Majority 9,183 17.6 +10.5
Turnout 52,020 69.2 +1.0
Rejected ballots 217
Total ballots 52,237
Registered electors 72,644 –2,285
Conservative hold Swing +5.3
General election 2010: Loughborough[26][27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicky Morgan 21,971 41.6 +4.3
Labour Co-op Andy Reed 18,227 34.5 –6.7
Liberal Democrats Mike Willis 9,675 18.3 +0.4
BNP Kevan Stafford 2,040 3.9 New
UKIP John Foden 925 1.8 –0.6
Majority 3,744 7.1 N/A
Turnout 52,838 68.2 +5.2
Registered electors 77,502 +3,310
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op Swing +5.5
2005 notional result[28]
Party Vote %
Labour19,26141.2
Conservative17,44537.3
Liberal Democrats8,35417.9
UKIP1,1122.4
Others5881.3
Turnout 46,760 63.0
Electorate 74,192

Elections in the 2000s

The 2005 general election saw Andy Reed returned with a decreased majority after his share of the vote dropped by 8.3%. Loughborough was the 126th target seat of the Conservative Party and their share of the vote increased slightly but the Liberal Democrats had the largest increase. The swing of 5.0% from Labour to Conservative was higher than the national swing of 3.0% and turnout was above average.

General election 2005: Loughborough[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Andy Reed 19,098 41.4 –8.4
Conservative Nicky Morgan 17,102 37.1 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Graeme Smith 8,258 17.9 +5.1
UKIP Bernard Sherratt 1,094 2.4 +0.3
Veritas John McVay 588 1.3 New
Majority 1,996 4.3 –10.1
Turnout 46,140 63.8 +0.6
Registered electors 72,351 +2,274
Labour Co-op hold Swing –5.0
General election 2001: Loughborough[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Andy Reed 22,016 49.7 +1.2
Conservative Neil Lyon 15,638 35.3 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Julie Simons 5,667 12.8 +1.0
UKIP John Bigger 933 2.1 New
Majority 6,378 14.4 +3.5
Turnout 44,254 63.2 −12.8
Registered electors 70,077 +1,132
Labour Co-op hold Swing +1.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Loughborough[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Andy Reed 25,448 48.6 +8.8
Conservative Ken Andrews 19,736 37.7 –9.1
Liberal Democrats Diana Brass 6,190 11.8 +0.6
Referendum Rama Gupta 991 1.9 New
Majority 5,712 10.9 N/A
Turnout 52,365 76.0 –0.9
Registered electors 68,945 +3,789
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing +8.9
1992 notional result[32]
Party Vote %
Conservative23,41246.8
Labour19,92039.8
Liberal Democrats5,63511.3
Others1,0812.2
Turnout 50,048 76.8
Electorate 65,156
General election 1992: Loughborough[33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 30,064 50.7 –4.0
Labour Andy Reed 19,181 32.4 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Anthony Stott 8,953 15.1 –4.6
Green Ian Sinclair 817 1.4 +0.3
Natural Law P Reynolds 233 0.4 New
Majority 10,883 18.4 –11.9
Turnout 59,248 78.5 –0.7
Registered electors 75,450 +1,790
Conservative hold Swing –5.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Loughborough[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 31,931 54.7 +1.8
Labour Co-op Christopher Wrigley 14,283 24.5 +1.0
SDP (Liberal) Roger Fox 11,499 19.7 –2.5
Green Rama Gupta 656 1.1 +0.0
Majority 17,648 30.2 +0.7
Turnout 58,369 79.2 +1.5
Registered electors 73,660 +2,992
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
General election 1983: Loughborough[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 29,056 52.9 +0.9
Labour Co-op Mike Jones 12,876 23.4 –9.3
SDP (Liberal) John Frears 12,189 22.2 +7.8
Ecology David Whitebread 591 1.1 +0.7
BNP John Peacock 228 0.4 –0.1
Majority 16,180 29.5 +10.2
Turnout 54,940 77.7 –3.5
Registered electors 70,668
Conservative hold Swing +5.1
1979 notional result[37]
Party Vote %
Conservative27,18652.0
Labour17,10332.7
Liberal7,49614.3
Others4770.9
Turnout 52,262
Electorate

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Dorrell 29,788 48.0 +10.7
Labour John Cronin 24,589 39.6 –1.9
Liberal Reg Palmer 6,650 10.7 –8.2
Ecology David Whitebread 595 1.0 New
National Front John Peacock 484 0.8 –1.4
Majority 5,199 8.4 N/A
Turnout 62,106 81.2 +2.7
Registered electors 76,455 +6,229
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.3
General election October 1974: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 22,869 41.5 +2.9
Conservative Richard Yorke 20,521 37.2 –0.2
Liberal Maurice Bennett 10,409 18.9 –5.1
National Front Ken Sanders 1,215 2.2 New
More Prosperous Britain Harold Smith 125 0.2 New
Majority 2,348 4.3 +3.1
Turnout 55,139 78.5 –5.8
Registered electors 70,226 +567
Labour hold Swing +1.5
General election February 1974: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 22,643 38.6 –6.8
Conservative Richard Yorke 21,946 37.4 –6.9
Liberal Maurice Bennett 14,096 24.0 +13.7
Majority 697 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 58,685 84.3 +5.4
Registered electors 69,659 +6,095
Labour hold Swing +0.1
General election 1970: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 22,806 45.4 –4.8
Conservative Rodney Elton 22,272 44.3 +7.3
Liberal Jan Mokrzycki 5,185 10.3 –2.6
Majority 534 1.1 –12.1
Turnout 50,263 78.9 –3.4
Registered electors 63,564
Labour hold Swing –6.1

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 22,935 50.2 +2.5
Conservative Rodney Elton 16,911 37.0 –1.2
Liberal Brian Stratford 5,875 12.9 –1.3
Majority 6,024 13.2 +3.7
Turnout 45,721 82.3 –1.6
Registered electors 55,583
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 22,081 47.7 +0.5
Conservative John Lawson Leatham 17,671 38.2 –0.8
Liberal Geoffrey Smedley–Stevenson 6,558 14.2 +0.4
Majority 4,410 9.5 +1.3
Turnout 46,310 83.9 –0.1
Registered electors 55,193
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 21,496 47.2 –7.7
Conservative Clifford Geoffrey Waite 17,749 39.0 –6.1
Liberal Raymond Hancock 6,303 13.8 New
Majority 3,747 8.2 –1.6
Turnout 45,548 84.0 +1.6
Registered electors 54,225
Labour hold Swing –0.8
General election 1955: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cronin 24,044 54.9 −2.1
Conservative Michael Argyle 19,781 45.1 +2.1
Majority 4,263 9.8 −4.2
Turnout 43,825 82.4 −3.5
Registered electors 53,183
Labour hold Swing –2.1
General election 1951: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mont Follick 25,894 57.0 –;0.5
Conservative Phylis Spencer 19,571 43.0 +0.5
Majority 6,323 14.0 –1.0
Turnout 45,465 85.9 −1.1
Registered electors 52,914
Labour hold Swing –0.5
General election 1950: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mont Follick 25,921 57.5 +4.2
Conservative Samuel Field Middup 19,196 42.5 +11.2
Majority 6,725 15.0 –7.0
Turnout 45,117 87.0 +12.3
Registered electors 51,873
Labour hold Swing –3.5

Elections in the 1940s

Mont Follick
General election 1945: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mont Follick 21,152 53.3 +12.7
Conservative Lawrence Kimball 12,401 31.3 –11.4
Liberal Charles Lidbury 6,121 15.4 –1.3
Majority 8,751 22.0 N/A
Turnout 39,674 74.7 –2.7
Registered electors 53,086
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lawrence Kimball 15,396 42.7 –18.0
Labour George Winterton 14,653 40.6 +1.3
Liberal Walter Meakin 6,003 16.7 New
Majority 743 2.1 –19.3
Turnout 36,052 77.4 –4.4
Registered electors 46,593
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lawrence Kimball 22,310 60.7 +27.8
Labour George Winterton 14,458 39.3 –0.7
Majority 7,852 21.4 N/A
Turnout 36,768 81.8 –3.4
Registered electors 44,954
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.9

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Winterton 14,854 40.0 +5.1
Unionist Frank Rye 12,210 32.9 –7.0
Liberal Frank Gladstone Hines 10,044 27.1 +1.9
Majority 2,644 7.1 N/A
Turnout 37,108 85.2 +1.5
Registered electors 43,553
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +6.0
General election 1924: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Frank Rye 11,114 39.9 +8.4
Labour George Winterton 9,751 34.9 +2.4
Liberal Edward Spears 7,040 25.2 –10.8
Majority 1,363 5.0 N/A
Turnout 27,905 83.7 +6.8
Registered electors 33,323
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +9.6
General election 1923: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Spears 8,937 36.0 N/A
Labour George Winterton 8,064 32.5 New
Unionist Frank Rye 7,805 31.5 New
Majority 873 3.5 N/A
Turnout 24,806 76.9 N/A
Registered electors 32,243
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1922: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal Edward Spears Unopposed
Registered electors
National Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes %
C National Liberal Oscar Guest 11,918 65.1
Labour Herbert William Hallam 6,381 34.9
Majority 5,537 30.2
Turnout 18,299 59.8
Registered electors 30,581
National Liberal win (new boundaries)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
Sir Maurice Levy
General election December 1910: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maurice Levy 6,488 52.3 –0.6
Conservative Neville Woodford Smith-Carington 5,916 47.7 +0.6
Majority 572 4.6 –1.2
Turnout 12,404 90.2 –2.6
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing –0.6
General election January 1910: Loughborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maurice Levy 6,760 52.9 −4.6
Conservative Neville Woodford Smith-Carington 6,007 47.1 +5.6
Majority 753 5.8 −11.2
Turnout 12,767 92.8 +2.7
Registered electors
Liberal hold Swing –5.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Loughborough[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maurice Levy 6,803 57.5 +7.2
Conservative William Baring du Pré 5,023 42.5 −7.2
Majority 1,780 15.0 +14.4
Turnout 11,826 90.1 +5.0
Registered electors 13,126
Liberal hold Swing +7.2
General election 1900: Loughborough[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Maurice Levy 4,897 50.3 −1.7
Conservative Hussey Packe 4,830 49.7 +1.7
Majority 67 0.6 −3.4
Turnout 9,727 85.1 −3.4
Registered electors 11,428
Liberal hold Swing –1.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Loughborough[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Johnson-Ferguson 4,732 52.0 –2.1
Conservative Robert Lucas-Tooth 4,360 48.0 +2.1
Majority 372 4.0 −4.2
Turnout 9,092 88.5 +1.9
Registered electors 10,274
Liberal hold Swing –2.1
General election 1892: Loughborough[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Johnson-Ferguson 4,715 54.1 +4.9
Conservative Edwin de Lisle 3,994 45.9 −4.9
Majority 721 8.2 N/A
Turnout 8,709 86.6 +0.5
Registered electors 10,060
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Loughborough[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin de Lisle 4,075 50.8 +7.0
Liberal Edward Johnson-Ferguson 3,940 49.2 −7.0
Majority 135 1.6 N/A
Turnout 8,015 86.1 −4.4
Registered electors 9,313
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +7.0
General election 1885: Loughborough[38]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Edward Johnson-Ferguson 4,733 56.2
Conservative Montagu Curzon 3,693 43.8
Majority 1,040 12.4
Turnout 9,426 90.5
Registered electors 9,313
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.

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