North West Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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North West Leicestershire County constituency

North West Leicestershire shown within Leicestershire, and Leicestershire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	David Taylor
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Leicestershire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

North West Leicestershire 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Boundaries

North West Leicester constituency covers the same area as the North West Leicestershire district in the East Midlands. A key marginal seat with the main population centres being Coalville and Ashby-de-la-Zouch, it is divided between Labour-voting former mining areas,and Tory-inclined rural villages.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1983)
1983 — 1997: David Ashby, Conservative
1997 — present: David Taylor, Labour Co-operative

[edit] Elections

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bridgen
	UK Independence	Danny Stowell

General Election 2005: North West Leicestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Taylor	21,449	45.5	−6.6
	Conservative	Nicola Le Page	16,972	36.0	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Rod Keys	5,682	12.1	+1.8
	UK Independence	John Blunt	1,563	3.3	+1.0
	British National Party	Clive Potter	1,474	3.1	N/A
Majority			4,477	9.5
Turnout			47,140	66.8	+1.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−4.4

General Election 2001: North West Leicestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Taylor	23,431	52.1	-4.3
	Conservative	Nick Weston	15,274	33.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Charlie Fraser-Fleming	4,651	10.3	+1.7
	UK Independence	William Nattrass	1,021	2.3	N/A
	Independent	Robert Nettleton	632	1.4	N/A
Majority			9,639	29.0
Turnout			33,219	50.9	-12.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 1997: North West Leicestershire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Taylor	29,332	56.4
	Conservative	Robert Goodwill	16,113	31.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stan Heptinstall	4,492	8.6
	Referendum Party	M Abney-Hastings	2,008	4.0
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

v • d • e Constituencies in the East Midlands

Labour	Amber Valley · Ashfield · Bassetlaw · Bolsover · Broxtowe · Corby · Derby North · Derby South · Erewash · Gedling · Grantham and Stamford · 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 · 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)