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  Loughborough - History
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Established November 24, 1885
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRBH August 24, 2021 06:33pm
DescriptionBoundary changes have given Loughborough the appearance of having a volatile political history. The bulk of the Leicestershire coalfield fell under Loughborough until 1983, and explained Labour control of the seat between 1945 and 1979. But then, in 1983, the coalfield was transferred into the Leicestershire North West constituency, and replaced by much of the Valley of the Soar. The Soar Valley, south of the town of Loughborough, contains many large suburban villages stretching right down to Leicester. Tory Stephen Dorrell took the seat in 1983 until 1997. In 1995, the Boundary Commission moved the bulk of the Soar Valley from Loughborough into the newly created Charnwood constituency. Mr Dorrell went on to contest Charnwood in 1997. So by 1997 Loughborough constituency had become fairly compact, and focused around the town of Loughborough itself, a small area of Wolds villages and the town of Shepshed, which it gained from Leicestershire North West. The new constituency is more evenly balanced now, although not immune from future volatility. The middle class areas of Nanpantan and Outwoods in the South West of Loughborough have Conservative tendencies, but otherwise Loughborough itself favours Labour. Loughborough is an industrial engineering town with many old terraces and council estates; some hosiery and knitwear industry remains in the area, for instance in Barrow-upon-Soar.

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Dec 31, 2024 General Election
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Dec 12, 2019 General Election
 Jane Hunt
27,954
51.17% 		 Stuart Brady
20,785
38.05% 		 Ian Robert Sharpe
4,153
7.60% 		 Wesley Walton
1,504
2.75% 		 Queenie Tea
235
0.43%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
 Nicky Morgan(I)
27,022
49.90% 		 Jewel Miah
22,753
42.02% 		 David Walker
1,937
3.58% 		 Andy McWilliam
1,465
2.71% 		 Philip Leicester
971
1.79%
May 07, 2015 General Election
 Nicky Morgan(I)
25,762
49.52% 		 Matthew O'Callaghan
16,579
31.87% 		 Bill Piper
5,704
10.97% 		 Steve Coltman
2,130
4.09% 		 Matt Sisson
1,845
3.55%
May 06, 2010 General Election
 Nicky Morgan
21,971
41.58% 		 Andy Reed(I)
18,227
34.50% 		 Mike Willis
9,675
18.31% 		 Kevan Stafford
2,040
3.86% 		 John Foden
925
1.75%
May 05, 2005 General Election
 Andy Reed(I)
19,098
41.39% 		 Nicky Morgan
17,102
37.07% 		 Graeme Smith
8,258
17.90% 		 Bernard Sherratt
1,094
2.37% 		 John McVay
588
1.27%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
 Andy Reed(I)
22,016
49.75% 		 Neil Lyon
15,638
35.34% 		 Julie Simons
5,667
12.81% 		 John Bigger
933
2.11%
May 01, 1997 General Election
 Andy Reed
25,448
48.60% 		 Ken Andrews
19,736
37.69% 		 Diana J. Brass
6,190
11.82% 		 Rama P. Gupta
991
1.89%
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 Stephen Dorrell(I)
30,064
50.74% 		 Andy Reed
19,181
32.37% 		 A. W. "Tony" Stott
8,953
15.11% 		 Ian Sinclair
817
1.38% 		 Peter Reynolds
233
0.39%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 Stephen Dorrell(I)
31,931
54.71% 		 Christopher Wrigley
14,283
24.47% 		 Roger G. Fox
11,499
19.70% 		 Rama P. Gupta
656
1.12%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 Stephen Dorrell(I)
29,056
52.89% 		 Mike Jones
12,876
23.44% 		 John Frears
12,189
22.19% 		 D. G. Whitebread
591
1.08% 		 John Peacock
228
0.41%
May 03, 1979 General Election
 Stephen Dorrell
29,788
47.96% 		 John Cronin(I)
24,589
39.59% 		 Reginald T. Palmer
6,650
10.71% 		 D. G. Whitebread
595
0.96% 		 John Peacock
484
0.78%
Oct 10, 1974 General Election
 John Cronin(I)
22,869
41.48% 		 Richard M. Yorke
20,521
37.22% 		 Maurice Bennett
10,409
18.88% 		 Kenneth Sanders
1,215
2.20% 		 Harold Smith
125
0.23%
Feb 28, 1974 General Election
 John Cronin(I)
22,643
38.65% 		 Richard M. Yorke
21,846
37.29% 		 Maurice Bennett
14,096
24.06%
Jun 18, 1970 General Election
 John Cronin(I)
22,806
45.37% 		 Rodney Elton
22,272
44.31% 		 Jan Maria Mokrzycki
5,185
10.32%
Mar 31, 1966 General Election
 John Cronin(I)
22,935
50.16% 		 Rodney Elton
16,911
36.99% 		 Brian S. Stratford
5,875
12.85%
Oct 15, 1964 General Election
 John Cronin(I)
22,081
47.68% 		 John Lawson Leatham
17,671
38.16% 		 Geoffrey R. Smedley-Stevenson
6,558
14.16%
Oct 08, 1959 General Election
 John Cronin(I)
21,496
47.19% 		 Clifford G. Waite
17,749
38.97% 		 Raymond E. Hancock
6,303
13.84%
May 26, 1955 General Election
 John Cronin
24,044
54.86% 		 Michael Argyle
19,781
45.14%
Oct 25, 1951 General Election
 Mont Follick(I)
25,894
56.95% 		 Phylis G. Spencer
19,571
43.05%
Feb 23, 1950 General Election
 Mont Follick(I)
25,921
57.45% 		 Samuel F. Middup
19,196
42.55%
Jul 05, 1945 General Election
 Mont Follick
21,152
53.31% 		 Lawrence Kimball(I)
12,401
31.26% 		 Charles A. Lidbury
6,121
15.43%
Nov 14, 1935 General Election
 Lawrence Kimball(I)
15,396
42.70% 		 Ernest Winterton
14,653
40.64% 		 Walter Meakin
6,003
16.65%

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