North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

North West Leicestershire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of North West Leicestershire in Leicestershire.
Location of Leicestershire within England.
County	Leicestershire
Electorate	72,022 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Andrew Bridgen (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Bosworth and Loughborough
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

North West Leicestershire 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

North West Leicestershire constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Bosworth and Loughborough. It covers the same area as the North West Leicestershire district in the East Midlands. A key marginal seat with the main population centres being Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, it is divided between Labour-voting former mining areas, and Conservative-inclined rural villages.

Members of Parliament

The constituency was won in 1983 by the Conservative David Ashby. He stood down in 1997 when the seat was won by Labour's David Taylor, who held the seat until he died of a heart attack in December 2009. Taylor had already announced he would stand down at the 2010 general election. With the next election being held on 6 May 2010, it was not considered feasible to arrange a by-election. The 2010 election saw Andrew Bridgen take the seat for the Conservatives with a swing of 12% from Labour to the Conservatives, resulting in a majority of 7,511 or 14.5% of the total votes cast.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	David Ashby	Conservative
	1997	David Taylor	Labour Co-op
	2010	Andrew Bridgen	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: North West Leicestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bridgen	23,147	44.6	+8.6
	Labour	Ross Willmott	15,636	30.1	-15.4
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Reynolds	8,639	16.6	+4.6
	BNP	Ian Meller	3,396	6.5	+3.4
	UKIP	Martin Green	1,134	2.2	-1.1
Majority			7,511	14.5
Turnout			51,952	72.9	+6.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	12.0

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North West Leicestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Taylor	21,449	45.5	−6.6
	Conservative	Nicola Le Page	16,972	36.0	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Keys	5,682	12.1	+1.8
	UKIP	John Blunt	1,563	3.3	+1.0
	BNP	Clive Potter	1,474	3.1	N/A
Majority			4,477	9.5
Turnout			47,140	66.8	+1.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−4.4

General Election 2001: North West Leicestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Taylor	23,431	52.1	-4.3
	Conservative	Nick Weston	15,274	33.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Charlie Fraser-Fleming	4,651	10.3	+1.7
	UKIP	William Nattrass	1,021	2.3	N/A
	Independent	Robert Nettleton	632	1.4	N/A
Majority			8,157	19.0
Turnout			43,219	65.8	-14.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North West Leicestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Taylor	29,332	56.4
	Conservative	Robert Goodwill	16,113	31.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Heptinstall	4,492	8.6
	Referendum Party	M Abney-Hastings	2,008	4.0
Majority			13,219	25.4
Turnout			51,945	80.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Leicestershire North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ashby	28,379	45.5	−2.1
	Labour	David Taylor	27,400	43.9	+9.7
	Liberal Democrat	JWR Beckett	6,353	10.2	−7.0
	Natural Law	DJ Fawcett	229	0.4	+0.4
Majority			979	1.6	−11.8
Turnout			62,361	86.1	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.9

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland