# Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

The ceremonial county of Leicestershire (which includes the unitary authority of Leicester), is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies - 3 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. One of these is a cross-county boundary constituency with Lincolnshire also including the small historic county of Rutland, which was administratively a district of Leicestershire from 1974 to 1997. Since 1997, Rutland has been a separate unitary authority.

## Constituencies

Conservative  Labour  Liberal Democrat  Independent
| Name | Electorate | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition |
| Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC | 74,810 | 2,378 | Neil O'Brien | Hajira Piranie |
| Hinckley and Bosworth CC | 75,683 | 5,408 | Luke Evans | Michael Mullaney |
| Leicester East BC | 76,465 | 4,426 | Shivani Raja | Rajesh Agrawal |
| Leicester South BC | 71,007 | 979 | Shockat Adam | Jon Ashworth |
| Leicester West BC | 72,848 | 8,777 | Liz Kendall | Max Chauhan |
| Loughborough CC | 73,902 | 3,960 | Jeevun Sandher | Jane Hunt |
| Melton and Syston CC | 71,615 | 5,396 | Edward Argar | Zafran Khan |
| Mid Leicestershire CC | 76,173 | 2,201 | Peter Bedford | Robert Martin |
| North West Leicestershire CC | 75,373 | 1,012 | Amanda Hack | Craig Smith |
| Rutland and Stamford CC | 70,864 | 10,394 | Alicia Kearns | Joe Wood |
| South Leicestershire CC | 75,634 | 5,508 | Alberto Costa | Robert Parkinson |

## Historic constituencies

In the unreformed House of Commons, Leicestershire and Rutland were represented by two Knights of the Shire each, and the only parliamentary borough was Leicester, which sent two burgesses.
Under the Reform Act 1832, Leicestershire was split into two divisions, North and South, which each elected two members. The Reform Act 1885 redistributed these seats into four single-member divisions: Melton, or Eastern, Loughborough, or Mid, Harborough, or Southern, and Bosworth, or Western.
At the 1918 general election, the four divisions of the county were retained, and the borough of Leicester was split into three single-member constituencies, Leicester East, Leicester South, and Leicester West. From 1950 to 1974 Leicester had four constituencies, these being Leicester North East, Leicester North West, Leicester South East and Leicester South West: the three seat arrangement of South, East and West was reverted to thereafter.
Rutland constituted a constituency on its own until 1918, when it became part of the Rutland and Stamford constituency, with nearby Stamford in Lincolnshire.
In 1983, seats in Leicestershire were redrawn. Rutland was merged with Melton to form Rutland and Melton, with Loughborough, Bosworth, and Harborough remaining as seat names. The new North West Leicestershire constituency was created. A further constituency, Charnwood was created in the north for the 1997 election.

## Boundary Changes
### 2024

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to include Leicestershire and Rutland with Lincolnshire in a sub-region of the East Midlands region, creating one additional seat by re-establishing the constituency of Rutland and Stamford, which spans all three counties. As a consequence, Rutland and Melton is now abolished, being replaced by Melton and Syston, while a reconfigured Charnwood has been renamed Mid Leicestershire. Bosworth is renamed Hinckley and Bosworth and Harborough renamed Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.
| | Former name | | Current name |
| 1 | Bosworth CC | 1 | Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC |
| 2 | Charnwood CC | 2 | Hinckley and Bosworth CC |
| 3 | Harborough CC | 3 | Leicester East BC |
| 4 | Leicester East BC | 4 | Leicester South BC |
| 5 | Leicester South BC | 5 | Leicester West BC |
| 6 | Leicester West BC | 6 | Loughborough CC |
| 7 | Loughborough CC | 7 | Melton and Syston CC |
| 8 | North West Leicestershire CC | 8 | Mid Leicestershire CC |
| 9 | Rutland and Melton CC | 9 | North West Leicestershire CC |
| 10 | South Leicestershire CC | 10 | Rutland and Stamford CC |
| | | 11 | South Leicestershire CC |

### 2010

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Leicestershire retained its current constituencies, with minor changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries. Although virtually unchanged, Blaby was renamed South Leicestershire on the grounds that it does not match the borders of Blaby district, and the village of Blaby itself is not one of the major population centres.
| | Name |
| 1 | Bosworth CC |
| 2 | Charnwood CC |
| 3 | Harborough CC |
| 4 | Leicester East BC |
| 5 | Leicester South BC |
| 6 | Leicester West BC |
| 7 | Loughborough CC |
| 8 | North West Leicestershire CC |
| 9 | Rutland and Melton CC |
| 10 | South Leicestershire CC (previously Blaby CC) |

## Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

### 2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Leicestershire and Rutland in the 2024 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
| Conservative | 173,711 | 34.2% | 19.1% | 7 | 0 |
| Labour | 142,114 | 28.0% | 4.1% | 3 | 0 |
| Reform UK | 77,889 | 15.3% | 14.5% | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 49,343 | 9.7% | 0.1% | 0 | 0 |
| Greens | 34,014 | 6.7% | 6.7% | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 30,875 | 6.1% | 5.6% | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 507,946 | 100.0 | | 11 | |

### Percentage votes

| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Conservative | 50.6 | 52.0 | 48.7 | 36.8 | 38.1 | 37.4 | 41.0 | 43.9 | 48.9 | 53.3 | 34.2 |
| Labour | 25.3 | 27.3 | 33.0 | 43.8 | 41.5 | 36.1 | 27.6 | 30.6 | 40.1 | 32.1 | 28.0 |
| Liberal Democrat$^1$ | 22.7 | 20.2 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 17.0 | 20.8 | 23.3 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.7 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 2.6 | 14.4 | 1.8 | * | - |
| Reform UK$^2$ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 15.3 |
| Other | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.1 |
$^1$1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
$^2$ 2019- Brexit Party
* Included in Other

### Seats

| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
| Conservative | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Labour | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
$^1$1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

### Maps
#### 1885-1910

* 1885
* 1886
* 1892
* 1895
* 1900
* 1906
* Jan 1910
* Dec 1910

#### 1918-1945

* 1918
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1929
* 1931
* 1935
* 1945

#### 1950-1979

* 1950
* 1951
* 1955
* 1959
* 1964
* 1966
* 1970
* Feb 1974
* Oct 1974
* 1979

#### 1983-present

* 1983
* 1987
* 1992
* 1997
* 2001
* 2005
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2024

## Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

### 1885 to 1918

Conservative  Labour  Liberal  Liberal-Labour
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 88 | 91 | 1892 | 94 | 1895 | 1900 | 04 | 1906 | 06 | 07 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 13 | 16 |
| Bosworth | Ellis | Ellis | Ellis | Ellis | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | C. McLaren | H. McLaren | H. McLaren | H. McLaren |
| Harborough | Paget | Tapling | Tapling | Logan | Logan | Logan | Logan | Logan | Stanhope | Lehmann | Lehmann | Lehmann | Lehmann | Logan | Logan | Harris |
| Leicester | McArthur | McArthur | McArthur | McArthur | Whitehead | Broadhurst | Broadhurst | Broadhurst | Broadhurst | Broadhurst | Thomasson | Thomasson | Crawshay-Williams | Crawshay-Williams | Hewart | Hewart |
| Leicester | Picton | Picton | Picton | Picton | Picton | Hazell | Hazell | Rolleston | Rolleston | MacDonald | MacDonald | MacDonald | MacDonald | MacDonald | MacDonald | MacDonald |
| Loughborough | Johnson-Ferguson | de Lisle | de Lisle | de Lisle | Johnson-Ferguson | Johnson-Ferguson | Johnson-Ferguson | Levy | Levy | Levy | Levy | Levy | Levy | Levy | Levy | Levy |
| Melton | J. Manners | J. Manners | H. Manners | H. Manners | H. Manners | H. Manners | E. Manners | C. Manners | C. Manners | Walker | Walker | Walker | Walker | Yate | Yate | Yate |
| Rutland | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Finch | Gretton | Gretton | Gretton | Gretton | Gretton |

### 1918 to 1950

From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.
Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)  Coalition National Democratic & Labour  Conservative  Labour  Liberal  National Labour  National Liberal (1931-68)
| Constituency | 1918 | 22 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 27 | 1929 | 31 | 1931 | 33 | 1935 | 1945 |
| Bosworth | McLaren | McLaren | Paget | Ward | Gee | Edge | Edge | → | → | → | → | Allen |
| Harborough | Fraser | Fraser | Fraser | Black | Winby | Winby | Stuart | Stuart | Stuart | Tree | Tree | Attewell |
| Leicester East | Hewart | Banton | Evans | Banton | Loder | Loder | Wise | Wise | Lyons | Lyons | Lyons | Donovan |
| Leicester South | Blane | Blane | Reynolds | Allen | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Bowden |
| Leicester West | Green | Green | Hill | Pethick-Lawrence | Pethick-Lawrence | Pethick-Lawrence | Pethick-Lawrence | Pethick-Lawrence | Pickering | Pickering | Nicolson | B. Janner |
| Loughborough | Guest | Guest | Spears | Spears | Rye | Rye | Winterton | Winterton | Kimball | Kimball | Kimball | Follick |
| Melton | Yate | Yate | Yate | Yate | Everard | Everard | Everard | Everard | Everard | Everard | Everard | Nutting |

### 1950 to 1983

From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.
Conservative  Labour  Social Democratic
| Constituency | 1950 | 50 | 1951 | 1955 | 56 | 57 | 1959 | 62 | 1964 | 1966 | 67 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 | 81 |
| Bosworth | Allen | Allen | Allen | Allen | Allen | Allen | Wyatt | Wyatt | Wyatt | Wyatt | Wyatt | Butler | Butler | Butler | Butler | Butler |
| Harborough | Baldock | Baldock | Baldock | Baldock | Baldock | Baldock | Farr | Farr | Farr | Farr | Farr | Farr | Farr | Farr | Farr | Farr |
| Leicester NE / Leicester E (1974) | Donovan | Ungoed-Thomas | Ungoed-Thomas | Ungoed-Thomas | Ungoed-Thomas | Ungoed-Thomas | Ungoed-Thomas | Bradley | Bradley | Bradley | Bradley | Bradley | Bradley | Bradley | Bradley | → |
| Leicester SW / Leicester S (1974) | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Bowden | Boardman | Boardman | Boardman | Marshall | Marshall | Marshall |
| Leicester NW / Leicester W (1974) | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | B. Janner | G. Janner | G. Janner | G. Janner | G. Janner | G. Janner |
| Leicester South East | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Waterhouse | Peel | Peel | Peel | Peel | Peel | Peel | Peel | | | | |
| Loughborough | Follick | Follick | Follick | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Cronin | Dorrell | Dorrell |
| Melton | Nutting | Nutting | Nutting | Nutting | Pike | Pike | Pike | Pike | Pike | Pike | Pike | Pike | Latham | Latham | Latham | Latham |
| Blaby | | | | | | | | | | | | | Lawson | Lawson | Lawson | Lawson |

### 1983 to present

Conservative  Independent  Labour  Liberal Democrats  Reclaim
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 04 | 2005 | 2010 | 11 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 2024 |
| Blaby / South Leics (2010) | Lawson | Lawson | Robathan | Robathan | Robathan | Robathan | Robathan | Robathan | Robathan | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa | Costa |
| Bosworth / Hinckley & Bosworth (2024) | Butler | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Tredinnick | Evans | Evans | Evans | Evans | Evans | Evans |
| Harborough / H., Oadby & Wigston ('24) | Farr | Farr | Garnier | Garnier | Garnier | Garnier | Garnier | Garnier | Garnier | Garnier | O'Brien | O'Brien | O'Brien | O'Brien | O'Brien | O'Brien | O'Brien |
| Leicester East | Bruinvels | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Vaz | Webbe | → | → | → | → | Raja |
| Leicester South | Spencer | Marshall | Marshall | Marshall | Marshall | Gill | Soulsby | Soulsby | Ashworth | Ashworth | Ashworth | Ashworth | Ashworth | Ashworth | Ashworth | Ashworth | Adam |
| Leicester West | G. Janner | G. Janner | G. Janner | Hewitt | Hewitt | Hewitt | Hewitt | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall | Kendall |
| Loughborough | Dorrell | Dorrell | Dorrell | Reed | Reed | Reed | Reed | Morgan | Morgan | Morgan | Morgan | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | Hunt | Sandher |
| Rutland & Melton / R. & Stamford ('24)$^1$ | Latham | Latham | Duncan | Duncan | Duncan | Duncan | Duncan | Duncan | Duncan | Duncan | Duncan | Kearns | Kearns | Kearns | Kearns | Kearns | Kearns |
| North West Leicestershire | Ashby | Ashby | Ashby | Taylor | Taylor | Taylor | Taylor | Bridgen | Bridgen | Bridgen | Bridgen | Bridgen | Bridgen | → | → | → | Hack |
| Charnwood / Mid Leicestershire (2024) | | | | Dorrell | Dorrell | Dorrell | Dorrell | Dorrell | Dorrell | Argar | Argar | Argar | Argar | Argar | Argar | Argar | Bedford |
| Melton and Syston | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Argar |
$^1$includes parts of Lincolnshire