Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency)

Charnwood
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Charnwood in Leicestershire.
Location of Leicestershire within England.
County	Leicestershire
Electorate	75,454 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Stephen Dorrell (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Loughborough
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Charnwood 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.

It was created by the Boundary Commission in their report of 1995, for the 1997 general election; the largest part of it was previously in Loughborough. Charnwood is a Conservative Party stronghold.

Boundaries

Charnwood constituency lies between Leicester and Nottingham and covers the local government district of Charnwood, which includes the town of Loughborough. Loughborough itself however is a separate constituency to the North. A boundary change in 1995 saw Stephen Dorrell move from Loughborough to Charnwood with Labour taking Loughborough.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [2]	Party
	1997	Stephen Dorrell	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Charnwood[3]: Charnwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	26,560	49.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Webber-Jones	11,531	21.5	+3.2
	Labour	Eric Goodyer	10,536	19.7	-8.9
	BNP	Cathy Duffy	3,116	5.8	+2.2
	UKIP	Miles Storier	1,799	3.4	+0.4
Majority			15,029	28.1
Turnout			53,542	71.9	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Charnwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	23,571	46.6	-1.6
	Labour	Richard Robinson	14,762	29.2	-3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sue King	9,057	17.9	+1.7
	BNP	Andrew Holders	1,737	3.4	N/A
	UKIP	Jamie Bye	1,489	2.9	-0.4
Majority			8,809	17.4
Turnout			50,616	66.4	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

General Election 2001: Charnwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	23,283	48.2	+1.8
	Labour	Sean Sheahan	15,544	32.2	-3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Susan King	7,835	16.2	+3.4
	UKIP	Jamie Bye	1,603	3.3	N/A
Majority			7,739	16.0
Turnout			48,265	64.4	-12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.8

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Charnwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	26,110	45.0	N/A
	Labour	David Knaggs	20,210	36.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Wilson	7,224	12.9	N/A
	Referendum Party	H. Meechan	2,104	3.7	N/A
	BNP	Matthew Palmer	525	0.9	N/A
Majority			5,900		N/A
Turnout			56,173	77.3	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

Notes and references

1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
3. ^ Charnwood, UKPollingReport

Coordinates: 52°42′N 1°12′W / 52.7°N 1.2°W / 52.7; -1.2