Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bosworth County constituency |
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| Bosworth shown within Leicestershire, and Leicestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | David Tredinnick |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Leicestershire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Bosworth 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
Bosworth constituency covers approximately the same area as the borough of Hinckley and Bosworth.
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[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Leicestershire, the Boundary Commission for England have made only minor changes to the existing constituency arrangement. The modified Bosworth constituency is formed from the following electoral wards;
- Ambien, Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston, Barwell, Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill, Burbage Sketchley and Stretton, Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone, Earl Shilton, Hinckley Castle, Hinckley Clarendon, Hinckley De Montfort, Hinckley Trinity, Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead, Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton, Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton, and Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy
[edit] History
The Western, or Bosworth, division was created in 1885, and included part of the Ashby de la Zouch petty sessional division and all of the Market Bosworth petty sessional division. It was redefined in 1918, covering the urban districts of Coalville and Hinckley, the rural districts of Hinckley and Market Bosworth and the parish of Bardon from Ashby RD. Hinckley RD was abolished in the 1930s, and in 1948 and 1970 the Bosworth constituency was restated as forming Coalville, Hinckley and Market Bosworth RD.
Coalville has formed part of the North West Leicestershire since the 1983 election.
The seat was Labour for 25 years until the Conservatives gained it in the 1970 general election and have held it since. The seat had a coal mining tradition that has been engulfed by the more residential town of Hinckley and its rural hinterland. The strongest Labour area is the former mining village of Earl Shilton, but this is now easily over-shadowed by surrounding Conservative areas. It was once held for Labour by Woodrow Wyatt, who left the party and became one of its most virulent and voluble critics in the 1980s.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | James Ellis | Liberal | |
| 1892 | Sir Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren | Liberal | |
| 1910 | Henry Duncan McLaren | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Thomas Guy Frederick Paget | Conservative | |
| 1923 | George Ward | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Robert Gee VC | Conservative | |
| 1927 | William Edge | Liberal | |
| 1945 | Arthur Cecil Allen | Labour | |
| 1959 | Woodrow Wyatt | Labour | |
| 1970 | Adam Courtauld Butler | Conservative | |
| 1987 | David Tredinnick | Conservative | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Bosworth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Tredinnick | 20,212 | 42.6 | -1.8 | |
| Labour | Rupert Herd | 14,893 | 31.4 | -8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 10,528 | 22.2 | +6.0 | |
| UK Independence | Denis Walker | 1,866 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 5,319 | 11.2 | +6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 47,499 | 66.3 | +1.9 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Bosworth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Tredinnick | 20,030 | 44.4 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Andrew Furlong | 17,750 | 39.4 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Ellis | 7,326 | 16.2 | -1.6 | |
| Majority | 2,280 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 45,106 | 64.4 | -12.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in the East Midlands | |
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| 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 | |
| East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
