Loughborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Loughborough
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Loughborough in Leicestershire.
Location of Leicestershire within England.
County	Leicestershire
Electorate	77,884 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Loughborough
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Nicky Morgan (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Leicestershire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Loughborough is a constituency^{[n 1]} in Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nicky Morgan, a Conservative.^{[n 2]} The constituency is a considered a bellwether, as it has reflected the national result at every general election since February 1974.

Boundaries

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

1918–1950: The Municipal 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 civil parish of Bardon.

1950–1955: The Municipal 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 Municipal 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 Municipal 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.

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–present: 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.

History

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

In the Redistribution of Seats Act of 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 old 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, making the constituency a bellwether.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Sir Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 1st Baronet	Liberal
1886	Edwin de Lisle	Conservative
1892	Sir Edward Johnson-Ferguson, 1st Baronet	Liberal
1900	Sir Maurice Levy, 1st Baronet	Liberal
1918	Oscar Guest	Liberal
1922	Edward Spears	National Liberal
1924	Frank Rye	Conservative
1929	George Ernest Winterton	Labour
1931	Lawrence Kimball	Conservative
1945	Mont Follick	Labour
1955	John Desmond Cronin	Labour
1979	Stephen Dorrell	Conservative
1997	Andrew John Reed	Labour Co-operative
2010	Nicky Morgan	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2015: Loughborough^[3]
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 Democrat	Stephen Coltman^[4]	2,130	4.1	-14.2
	Green	Matt Sisson^[5]	1,845	3.5	–
Majority			9,183	17.7	+10.6
Turnout			52,020	72.6	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.25

General election 2010: Loughborough^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Nicky Morgan	21,971	41.6	+4.3
	Labour Co-op	Andrew John Reed	18,227	34.5	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Willis	9,675	18.3	+0.4
	BNP	Kevan Stafford	2,040	3.9	-
	UKIP	John Foden	925	1.8	-0.6
Majority			3,744	7.1	-
Turnout			52,838	68.2	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	+5.5

Loughborough election results, 1885–2005

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^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Andrew John Reed	19,098	41.4	−8.3
	Conservative	Nicky Morgan	17,102	37.1	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Graeme Smith	8,258	17.9	+5.1
	UKIP	Bernard Sherratt	1,094	2.4	+0.3
	Veritas	John McVay	588	1.3	N/A
Majority			1,996	4.3	−10.1
Turnout			46,140	63.8	+0.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−5.0

General election 2001: Loughborough^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Andrew John Reed	22,016	49.7	+1.2
	Conservative	Neil Lyon	15,638	35.3	−2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Simons	5,667	12.8	+1.0
	UKIP	John Bigger	933	2.1	N/A
Majority			6,378	14.4	+3.5
Turnout			44,254	63.2	−12.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+1.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Loughborough^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Andrew John Reed	25,448	48.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Ken Andrews	19,736	37.7	−9.1
	Liberal Democrat	Diana Brass	6,190	11.8	+0.6
	Referendum	Rama P. Gupta	991	1.9	N/A
Majority			5,712	10.9	-
Turnout			52,365	75.9	−2.6
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.95

General election 1992: Loughborough^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	30,064	50.7	-4.0
	Labour	Andrew John Reed	19,181	32.4	+7.9
	Liberal Democrat	AW Stott	8,953	15.1	-4.6
	Green	I Sinclair	817	1.4	+0.3
	Natural Law	P Reynolds	233	0.4	+0.4
Majority			10,883	18.4	-11.9
Turnout			59,248	78.5	-0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.95

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Loughborough^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	31,931	54.7	+1.8
	Labour	Christopher John Wrigley	14,283	24.5	+1.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	Roger Graham Fox	11,499	19.7	−2.5
	Green	Rama P. Gupta	656	1.1	N/A
Majority			17,648	30.2	+0.7
Turnout			58,369	79.2	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.35

General election 1983: Loughborough^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	29,056	52.9	+4.9
	Labour	Mike Jones	12,876	23.4	−16.2
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democratic)	J.R. Frears	12,189	22.2	+11.5
	Ecology	D.G. Whitebread	591	1.1	+0.1
	BNP	John Peacock	228	0.4	N/A
Majority			16,180	29.5	+21.1
Turnout			54,940	77.7	−3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.55

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	29,788	48.0	+6.5
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	24,589	39.6	+2.4
	Liberal	R. Palmer	6,650	10.7	−8.2
	Ecology	D. G. Whitebread	595	1.0	N/A
	National Front	John Peacock	484	0.8	-1.4
Majority			5,199	8.4	-
Turnout			62,106	81.2	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.05

General election October 1974: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	22,869	41.5	+2.9
	Conservative	R.M. York	20,521	37.2	−0.2
	Liberal	M. Bennett	10,409	18.9	−5.1
	National Front	K. Sanders	1,215	2.2	N/A
	More Prosperous Britain	H. Smith	125	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,348	4.3	+3.1
Turnout			55,139	78.5	−5.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	22,643	38.6	−6.8
	Conservative	R.M. York	21,846	37.4	−6.9
	Liberal	M. Bennett	14,096	24.0	+13.7
Majority			697	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			58,685	84.3	+5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	22,806	45.4	−4.8
	Conservative	Rodney Elton	22,272	44.3	+7.3
	Liberal	Jan Maria Mokrzycki	5,185	10.3	−2.6
Majority			534	1.0	−12.2
Turnout			50,263	78.9	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.05

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	22,935	50.2	+2.5
	Conservative	Rodney Elton	16,911	37.0	−1.2
	Liberal	Brian S Stratford	5,875	12.9	−1.3
Majority			6,024	13.2	+3.7
Turnout			45,721	82.3	−1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	22,081	47.7	+0.5
	Conservative	John L Leatham	17,671	38.2	−0.8
	Liberal	G R Smedley Stevenson	6,558	14.2	+0.4
Majority			4,410	9.5	+1.3
Turnout			46,310	83.9	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	21,496	47.2	−7.7
	Conservative	Clifford Geoffrey Waite	17,749	39.0	−6.1
	Liberal	Raymond Edward Hancock	6,303	13.8	N/A
Majority			3,747	8.2	−1.5
Turnout			45,548	84.0	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.8

General election 1955: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	24,044	54.9	−2.1
	Conservative	Michael Victor Argyle	19,781	45.1	+2.1
Majority			4,263	9.7	−4.3
Turnout			43,825	82.4	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.1

General election 1951: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Montefiore Follick	25,894	57.0	−0.5
	Conservative	Mrs. Phylis G Spencer	19,571	43.0	+0.5
Majority			6,323	13.9	−1.1
Turnout			45,465	85.9	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.5

General election 1950: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Montefiore 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				87.0	+12.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.5

Elections in the 1940s

Mont Follick

General election 1945: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Montefiore Follick	21,152	53.3	+12.7
	Conservative	Maj. Lawrence Kimball	12,401	31.3	−11.4
	Liberal	Maj. Charles Alleyne Lidbury	6,121	15.4	−1.3
Majority			8,751	22.0
Turnout				74.7	−2.7
	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 Ernest Winterton	14,653	40.6	+1.3
	Liberal	Walter Meakin	6,003	16.7	N/A
Majority			743	2.1	−19.3
Turnout				77.4	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Lawrence Kimball	22,310	60.7	+27.8
	Labour	George Ernest Winterton	14,458	39.3	−0.7
Majority			7,852	21.4
Turnout				81.8	−3.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+13.9

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Ernest Winterton	14,854	40.0	+5.1
	Unionist	Frank Gibbs Rye	12,210	32.9	−7.0
	Liberal	Frank Gladstone Hines	10,044	27.1	+1.9
Majority			2,644	7.1	12.1
Turnout				85.2	+1.5
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+6.0

General election 1924: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Frank Gibbs Rye	11,114	39.9	+8.4
	Labour	George Ernest Winterton	9,751	34.9	+2.4
	Liberal	Edward Louis Spears	7,040	25.2	−10.8
Majority			1,363	5.0
Turnout				83.7	+6.8
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.6

General election 1923: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Louis Spears	8,937	36.0	n/a
	Labour	George Ernest Winterton	8,064	32.5	n/a
	Unionist	Frank Gibbs Rye	7,805	31.5	n/a
Majority			873	3.5
Turnout				76.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1922: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Liberal	Edward Louis Spears	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	National Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Oscar Montague Guest	11,918	65.1	+12.8
	Labour	Herbert William Hallam	6,381	34.9	−12.8
Majority			5,537	30.2	+25.6
Turnout				59.8	−30.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sir Maurice Levy

General election December 1910: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir 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				90.2	−2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

General election January 1910: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir 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				92.8	+2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Loughborough
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				90.1	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1900: Loughborough
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				85.1	−3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson	4,732	52.0	−2.1
	Conservative	R. L. Tooth	4,360	48.0	+2.1
Majority			372	4.0	−4.2
Turnout				88.5	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

General election 1892: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson	4,715	54.1	+4.9
	Conservative	Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle	3,994	45.9	−4.9
Majority			721	8.2
Turnout				86.0	−0.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle	4,075	50.8	+7.0
	Liberal	Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson	3,940	49.2	−7.0
Majority			135	1.6
Turnout				86.1	−4.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.0

General election 1885: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson	4,733	56.2	N/A
	Conservative	Montagu Curzon	3,693	43.8	N/A
Majority			1,040	12.4	N/A
Turnout				90.5

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

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates
↑ http://loughborough.greenparty.org.uk/news/2014/12/15/matt-sisson-selected-as-parliamentary-candidate-for-loughborough/
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Loughborough". BBC News.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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UK Genealogy Archives - History
BBC News: Loughborough constituency - History and Boundaries
Andy Reed MP | Loughborough Constituency - Boundaries
British Parliamentary Election results 1983-97 - Elections (1983–1992)
UK General Elections since 1832 - Elections (1951–1979)
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