South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
South Leicestershire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of South Leicestershire in Leicestershire | |
![]() Location of Leicestershire within England | |
County | Leicestershire |
Electorate | 77,412 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Lutterworth, Whetstone, Braunstone Town, Narborough and Blaby |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Alberto Costa (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Blaby, Harborough |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Leicestershire |
Replaced by | Bosworth, Harborough |
South Leicestershire is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Alberto Costa, a member of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
The current constituency has similar boundaries to the previous Blaby constituency. Historically the "Southern Division of Leicestershire", was a county constituency, less formally known as South Leicestershire. From 1832 to 1885 it elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.
Boundaries
Boundaries 1832-1885
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Boundaries from the 2010 general election
Following its review of parliamentary representation in Leicestershire, the Boundary Commission for England recommended replacing the Blaby constituency with a new South Leicestershire seat, with some boundary changes. This change occurred for the 2010 general election.
The electoral wards used to create the new constituency are;
- Broughton Astley-Astley, Broughton Astley-Broughton, Broughton Astley-Primethorpe, Broughton Astley-Sutton, Dunton, Lutterworth Brookfield, Lutterworth Orchard, Lutterworth Springs, Lutterworth Swift, Misterton, Peatling, and Ullesthorpe in the Harborough District
- Blaby South, Cosby with South Whetstone, Countesthorpe, Croft Hill, Enderby and St John's, Millfield, Narborough and Littlethorpe, Normanton, North Whetstone, Pastures, Ravenhurst and Fosse, Saxondale, Stanton and Flamville, and Winstanley in the Blaby District[2]
Constituency profile
The current South Leicestershire is a slice of Leicestershire to the south west of Leicester, with most of the population in commuter towns and villages clustered close to Leicester itself, both in the suburb of Braunstone Town, including the large modern development of Thorpe Astley, and commuter villages like Whetstone, Blaby and Narborough. Further south it is more rural, with the largest settlement the old market town of Lutterworth. Nearby is the former site of RAF Bitteswell, since redeveloped as Magna Park, one of the largest distribution centres in Europe.[3]
The constituency name of South Leicestershire was new for 2010, but the seat was not massively changed from the old seat of Blaby. Both this as its predecessor are safe Tory seats held by the party since Blaby's creation in 1974. The best known MP to represent the area is the former Chancellor Nigel Lawson.
History
1832-1885
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, when the two-seat Leicestershire constituency was replaced by the Northern and Southern divisions, each of which elected two MPs.
Both divisions of the county were abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when they were replaced by four new single-seat constituencies: Bosworth, Harborough, Loughborough and Melton.
Prominent members in this period included Thomas Paget (Jnr) (1807–1892) who followed the footsteps of his father in this role (his father having represented Leicestershire) and as partner in Leicester Bank, and Albert Pell, a member of a group of MPs, which included Henry Chaplin, Sir Massey Lopes and Clare Sewell Read, who supported farming interests. He was also a member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1885
MPs since 2010
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Andrew Robathan | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2015 | Alberto Costa | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alberto Costa | 28,700 | 53.2 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Amanda Hack | 11,876 | 22.0 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Barry Mahoney[6] | 9,363 | 17.4 | +13.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Welsh | 3,987 | 7.4 | −13.6 | |
Majority | 16,824 | 31.2 | |||
Turnout | 53,926 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Robathan* | 27,000 | 49.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aladdin Ayesh | 11,476 | 21.0 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Sally Gimson | 11,392 | 20.9 | −8.8 | |
BNP | Peter Preston | 2,721 | 5.0 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Dr John Williams | 1,988 | 3.6 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 15,524 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 54,577 | 71.2 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
- * Served as an MP in the 2005–2010 Parliament
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough 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.
- ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/leicestershiresouth/
- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/leicestershiresouth/
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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