Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency)

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Charnwood County constituency

Charnwood shown within Leicestershire, and Leicestershire shown within England
Created:	1997
MP:	Stephen Dorrell
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Leicestershire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Charnwood is a 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; the largest part of it was previously in Loughborough. Charnwood is a Conservative Party stronghold.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1997 – present: Stephen Dorrell, Conservative

[edit] Election results

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 Democrats	Sue King	9,057	17.9	+1.7
	British National	Andrew Holders	1,737	3.4	N/A
	UK Independence	Jamie Bye	1,489	2.9	-0.4
Majority			8,809	17.4
Turnout			50,616	66.4	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

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 Democrats	Susan King	7,835	16.2	+3.4
	UK Independence	Jamie Bye	1,603	3.3	N/A
Majority			7,739	16.0
Turnout			48,265	64.4	-12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Charnwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Dorrell	26,100	45.0	N/A
	Labour	David Knaggs	20,210	36.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Wilson	7,224	12.9	N/A
	Referendum Party	H. Meechan	2,104	3.7	N/A
	British National	M. Palmer	525	0.9	N/A
Majority			5,900		N/A
Turnout				77.3	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Bolsover \| Broxtowe \| Corby \| Derby North \| Derby South \| Erewash \| Gedling \| High Peak \| Leicester East \| Leicester South \| Leicester West \| Lincoln \| Loughborough \| Mansfield \| Northampton North \| North East Derbyshire \| North West Leicestershire \| Nottingham East \| Nottingham North \| Nottingham South \| Sherwood \| South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby \| Boston and Skegness \| Bosworth \| Charnwood \| Daventry \| Gainsborough \| Grantham and Stamford \| Harborough \| Kettering \| Louth and Horncastle \| Newark \| Northampton South \| Rushcliffe \| Rutland and Melton \| Sleaford and North Hykeham \| South Holland and The Deepings \| Wellingborough \| West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) \| UKIP (2) \| Labour (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)