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)
Major settlements	Loughborough
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	Nicky Morgan (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Leicestershire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Loughborough is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the towns of Loughborough and Shepshed, the villages of Barrow upon Soar, Hathern, Sileby and Quorn and a number of smaller villages in the Wolds. It borders the constituencies of North West Leicestershire, Charnwood, Rutland and Melton and Rushcliffe.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Leicestershire, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the existing constituency boundaries. The newly modified Loughborough constituency is formed from the following electoral wards:

• 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 four parts, Eastern (Melton), Mid (Loughborough), Western (Bosworth) and Southern (Harborough), each returning one member. Furthermore, there was included 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. In 1995 the Soar Valley was moved to the newly created Charnwood constituency.

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

Members of Parliament

The current Member of Parliament for Loughborough, elected in 2010, is Nicky Morgan for the Conservative Party.

Election		Member	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	Andy Reed	Labour Co-operative
	2010	Nicky Morgan	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicky Morgan	21,971	41.6	+4.3
	Labour Co-op	Andy 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Andy Reed	25,448	48.6	+8.8
	Conservative	K. Andrew	19,736	37.7	−9.1
	Liberal Democrat	D. Brass	6,190	11.8	+0.6
	Referendum Party	R.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

General Election 1992:Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	30,064	50.7	-4.0
	Labour	Andy 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	-5.9

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	31,931	54.7	+1.8
	Labour	C.J. Wrigley	14,283	24.5	+1.1
	SDP–Liberal Alliance (Social Democrat)	R.G. Fox	11,499	19.7	−2.5
	Green	R.P. Gupta	656	1.1	N/A
Majority			17,648	30.2	+0.7
Turnout			58,369	79.2	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Loughborough
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 Democrat)	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

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

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	R. Elton	22,272	44.3	+7.3
	Liberal	J.M. Mokrzycki	5,185	10.3	−2.6
Majority			534	1.0	−12.2
Turnout			50,263	78.9	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Desmond Cronin	22,935	50.2	+2.5
	Conservative	R. Elton	16,911	37.0	−1.2
	Liberal	B.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	J.L. Leatham	17,671	38.2	−0.8
	Liberal	G.R.S 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	C.G. Waite	17,749	39.0	−6.1
	Liberal	R.E. Hancock	6,303	13.8	N/A
Majority			3,747	8.2	−1.5
Turnout			45,548	84.0	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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

General Election 1951: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mont Follick	25,894	57.0	−0.5
	Conservative	P.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

General Election 1950: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mont Follick	25,921	57.5	+4.2
	Conservative	S. F. Middup	19,196	42.5	+11.2
Majority			6,725	15.0	−7.0
Turnout				87.0	+12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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	C. A. 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

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Ernest Winterton	14,854	40.0	+5.1
	Conservative	Frank Gibbs Rye	12,210	32.9	−7.0
	Liberal	F. G. Hives	10,044	27.1	+1.9
Majority			2,644	7.1
Turnout				85.2	+1.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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

General Election 1923: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Spears	8,937	36.0	N/A
	Labour	George Ernest Winterton	8,064	32.5	N/A
	Conservative	Frank 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 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 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

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

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

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maurice Levy	6,803	57.5	+7.2
	Conservative	W. B. 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	H. Packe	4,830	49.7	+1.7
Majority			67	0.6	−3.4
Turnout				85.1	−3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1895: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jabez 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

General Election 1892: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jabez Johnson-Ferguson	4,715	54.1	+4.9
	Conservative	Edwin 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 de Lisle	4,075	50.8	+7.0
	Liberal	Jabez Johnson-Ferguson	3,940	49.2	−7.0
Majority			135	1.6
Turnout				86.1	−4.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1885: Loughborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jabez 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

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

Sources

• 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)
• McCalmont, Frederick Haynes, Stenton Michael, Vincent, John Russell. McCalmont's parliamentary poll book: British election results. (ISBN 0-85527-000-4)
• F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973. (ISBN 0-900178-07-8)
• F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949. (ISBN 0-900178-01-9)

External links

• BBC News: Voters 'concerned' at crime rise
• Labour in Loughborough
• Loughborough Conservatives
• Loughborough Liberal Democrats
• Map showing original Loughborough constituency (1895)