thumb|right|150px|alt=A small county slightly, located in the centre of a country. It is completely bounded by other counties.|The county of [[Leicestershire in relation to England]]
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
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!rowspan=1|Name
!rowspan=1|Electorate
!rowspan=1|Majority
!colspan=2 class=unsortable|Member of Parliament
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#ff9999" | !! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Former name!! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Boundaries 2010–2024
! style="background-color:#ff9999" | !! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Current name!! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Boundaries 2024–Present
|-
|1
|Bosworth CC
| rowspan="11" |center
|1
|Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC
| rowspan="11" |alt=A map of a large county and an adjacent small county, to the east. The two counties are divided into a total of ten constituencies|center
|-
|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.
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background-color:#ff9999" | !! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Name!! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Boundaries 1997–2010!! style="background-color:#ff9999" |Boundaries 2010–2024
|-
|1
|Bosworth CC
| rowspan="10" |alt=A map of a large county and an adjacent small county, to the east. The two counties are divided into a total of ten constituencies|left
| rowspan="10" |alt=A map of the same two counties. The borders of the constituencies are slightly different. The border between the two counties remains unchanged.|left
|-
|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:
{| class="wikitable"
!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
{| class="wikitable"
!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<sup>1</sup>
|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<sup>2</sup>
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|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
|}
<sup>1</sup>1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
<sup>2</sup> 2019- Brexit Party
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Included in Other
Seats
{| class="wikitable"
!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
|}
<sup>1</sup>1983 & 1987 - SDP–Liberal Alliance
Maps
1885-1910
<gallery mode="packed" heights="165">
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1885Results.svg|1885
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg|1886
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1885Results.svg|1892
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1895Results.svg|1895
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1900Results.svg|1900
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1906Results.svg|1906
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1910JResults.svg|Jan 1910
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1910DResults.svg|Dec 1910
</gallery>
1918-1945
<gallery mode="packed" heights="165">
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg|1918
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1922Results.svg|1922
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1923
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1924Results.svg|1924
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1929Results.svg|1929
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1931Results.svg|1931
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1935Results.svg|1935
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1945Results.svg|1945
</gallery>
1950-1979
<gallery mode="packed" heights="215">
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1950
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1951
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg|1955
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg|1959
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg|1964
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1955Results.svg|1966
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1970Results.svg|1970
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1974FResults.svg|Feb 1974
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1974OResults.svg|Oct 1974
File:LeicestershireParliamentaryConstituency1979Results.svg|1979
</gallery>
1983-present
<gallery mode="packed" heights="215">
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency1983Results.svg|1983
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg|1987
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency1987Results.svg|1992
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|1997
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|2001
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|2005
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2010
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2015
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2017
File:LeicestershireRutlandParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2019
File:Leicestershire Rutland Parliamentary Constituency 2024 Results.svg|2024
</gallery>
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
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1885
!1886
!88
!91
!1892
!94
!1895
!1900
!04
!1906
!06
!07
!Jan 1910
!Dec 1910
!13
!16
|-
|Bosworth
| colspan="4" bgcolor="" |Ellis
| colspan="9" bgcolor="" |C. McLaren
| colspan="3" bgcolor="" |H. McLaren
|-
|Harborough
| bgcolor="" |Paget
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Tapling
| colspan="5" bgcolor=""|Logan
|bgcolor=""|Stanhope
| colspan="4" bgcolor="" |Lehmann
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Logan
|bgcolor=""|Harris
|-
| rowspan="2" |Leicester
| colspan="4" bgcolor="" |McArthur
| bgcolor="" |Whitehead
| colspan="5" bgcolor=""|Broadhurst
| colspan="2" bgcolor=""|Thomasson
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Crawshay-Williams
| colspan="2" bgcolor=""|Hewart
|-
| colspan="5" bgcolor="" |Picton
| colspan="2" bgcolor=""|Hazell
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Rolleston
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |MacDonald
|-
|Loughborough
| bgcolor="" |Johnson-Ferguson
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |de Lisle
| colspan="3" bgcolor="" |Johnson-Ferguson
| colspan="9" bgcolor="" |Levy
|-
|Melton
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |J. Manners
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |H. Manners
| bgcolor="" |E. Manners
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |C. Manners
| colspan="4" bgcolor="" |Walker
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Yate
|-
|Rutland
| bgcolor="" colspan="11" |Finch
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Gretton
|}
1918 to 1950
From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1918
!22
!1922
!1923
!1924
!27
!1929
!31
!1931
!33
!1935
!1945
|-
|Bosworth
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |McLaren
| bgcolor="" |Paget
|bgcolor=|Ward
| bgcolor="" |Gee
| colspan="2" bgcolor=|Edge
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |→
| bgcolor="" |Allen
|-
|Harborough
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Fraser
| bgcolor="" |Black
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Winby
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Stuart
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Tree
| bgcolor="" |Attewell
|-
|Leicester East
| bgcolor="" |Hewart
| bgcolor="" |Banton
| bgcolor="" |Evans
| bgcolor="" |Banton
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Loder
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Wise
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Lyons
| bgcolor="" |Donovan
|-
|Leicester South
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Blane
| bgcolor="" |Reynolds
|bgcolor=|Allen
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Waterhouse
| bgcolor="" |Bowden
|-
|Leicester West
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Green
| bgcolor="" |Hill
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Pethick-Lawrence
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Pickering
| bgcolor="" |Nicolson
| bgcolor="" |B. Janner
|-
|Loughborough
| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Guest
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Spears
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Rye
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Winterton
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Kimball
| bgcolor="" |Follick
|-
|Melton
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Yate
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Everard
| bgcolor="" |Nutting
|}
1950 to 1983
From 1918 to 1983 Rutland was categorised with Lincolnshire.
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1950
!50
!1951
!1955
!56
!57
!1959
!62
!1964
!1966
!67
!1970
!Feb 1974
!Oct 1974
!1979
!81
|-
|Bosworth
| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Allen
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Wyatt
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Butler
|-
|Harborough
| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Baldock
| bgcolor="" colspan="10" |Farr
|-
|Leicester NE / Leicester E (1974)
| bgcolor="" |Donovan
| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Ungoed-Thomas
| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Bradley
| bgcolor="" |→
|-
|Leicester SW / Leicester S (1974)
| bgcolor="" colspan="10" |Bowden
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Boardman
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Marshall
|-
|Leicester NW / Leicester W (1974)
| bgcolor="" colspan="11" |B. Janner
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |G. Janner
|-
|Leicester South East
| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Waterhouse
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Peel
| colspan="4" |
|-
|Loughborough
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Follick
| bgcolor="" colspan="11" |Cronin
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Dorrell
|-
|Melton
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Nutting
| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Pike
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Latham
|-
|Blaby
| colspan="12" |
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Lawson
|}
1983 to present
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!1983
!1987
!1992
!1997
!2001
!04
!2005
!2010
!11
!2015
!2017
!2019
!20
!23
!23
!23
!2024
|-
|Blaby / South Leics (2010)
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Lawson
| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Robathan
| colspan="8" bgcolor="" |Costa
|-
|Bosworth / Hinckley & Bosworth (2024)
| bgcolor="" |Butler
| bgcolor="" colspan="10" |Tredinnick
| colspan="6" bgcolor="" |Evans
|-
|Harborough / H., Oadby & Wigston ('24)
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Farr
| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Garnier
| colspan="7" bgcolor="" |O'Brien
|-
|Leicester East
| bgcolor="" |Bruinvels
| bgcolor="" colspan="10" |Vaz
| bgcolor="" |Webbe
| colspan="4" bgcolor=""|→
| bgcolor="" |Raja
|-
|Leicester South
| bgcolor="" |Spencer
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Marshall
| bgcolor="" |Gill
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Soulsby
| colspan="8" bgcolor="" |Ashworth
|bgcolor=""|Adam
|-
|Leicester West
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |G. Janner
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Hewitt
| colspan="10" bgcolor="" |Kendall
|-
|Loughborough
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Dorrell
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Reed
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Morgan
| colspan="5" bgcolor="" |Hunt
| bgcolor="|Sandher
|-
|Rutland & Melton / R. & Stamford ('24)<sup>1</sup>
| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Latham
| bgcolor="" colspan="9" |Duncan
| colspan="6" bgcolor="" |Kearns
|-
|North West Leicestershire
| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Ashby
| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Taylor
| colspan="6" bgcolor="" |Bridgen
| bgcolor="" |→
| bgcolor=" |→
| bgcolor="" |→
| bgcolor="|Hack
|-
|Charnwood / Mid Leicestershire (2024)
| colspan="3" |
| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Dorrell
| colspan="7" bgcolor="" |Argar
|bgcolor="" |Bedford
|-
|Melton and Syston
| colspan="16" |
|bgcolor="" |Argar
|}
<sup>1</sup>includes parts of Lincolnshire
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)
- East Midlands (European Parliament constituency)
- Leicestershire County Council
- Rutland County Council
Footnotes
References
;General
;Specific