The region[1] of East Midlands is divided into 46 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 12 borough constituencies and 34 county constituencies. Since the 2019 United Kingdom general election,[2] 37 are represented by Conservative MPs, 7 by Labour MPs, and 1 by an independent MP.
Constituencies
Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. The Commission calculated that the number of seats to be allocated to the East Midlands region will increase by one, from 46 to 47.[5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
Under the revised proposals, the following constituencies for the region would come into effect at the next general election:[6]
Constituency | Electorate | Ceremonial County | Local authority |
---|---|---|---|
Amber Valley CC | 70,625 | Derbyshire | Amber Valley |
Ashfield CC | 69,819 | Nottinghamshire | Ashfield / Mansfield |
Bassetlaw CC | 75,773 | Nottinghamshire | Bassetlaw |
Bolsover CC | 74,680 | Derbyshire | Bolsover / North East Derbyshire |
Boston and Skegness CC | 75,806 | Lincolnshire | Boston / East Lindsey |
Broxtowe CC | 72,461 | Nottinghamshire | Broxtowe |
Chesterfield BC | 70,722 | Derbyshire | Chesterfield |
Corby and East Northamptonshire CC | 76,748 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire |
Daventry CC | 76,539 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire / West Northamptonshire |
Derby North BC | 71,876 | Derbyshire | Derby |
Derby South BC | 72,067 | Derbyshire | Derby |
Derbyshire Dales CC | 71,435 | Derbyshire | Amber Valley / Derbyshire Dales / South Derbyshire |
Erewash CC | 71,986 | Derbyshire | Erewash |
Gainsborough CC | 74,750 | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey |
Gedling CC | 75,795 | Nottinghamshire | Gedling |
Grantham and Bourne CC | 72,071 | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven / South Kesteven |
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston CC | 74,810 | Leicestershire | Harborough / Oadby and Wigston |
High Peak CC | 73,960 | Derbyshire | High Peak |
Hinckley and Bosworth CC | 75,683 | Leicestershire | Hinckley and Bosworth / North West Leicestershire |
Kettering CC | 76,163 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire |
Leicester East BC | 76,465 | Leicestershire | Leicester |
Leicester South BC | 71,007 | Leicestershire | Leicester |
Leicester West BC | 76,992 | Leicestershire | Leicester |
Lincoln BC | 74,128 | Lincolnshire | Lincoln / North Kesteven |
Loughborough CC | 73,902 | Leicestershire | Charnwood |
Louth and Horncastle CC | 75,959 | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey |
Mansfield CC | 74,680 | Nottinghamshire | Mansfield |
Melton and Syston CC | 71,615 | Leicestershire | Charnwood / Melton |
Mid Derbyshire CC | 70.085 | Derbyshire | Amber Valley / Derby / Erewash |
Mid Leicestershire CC | 76,173 | Leicestershire | Blaby / Charnwood / Hinckley and Bosworth |
Newark CC | 76,478 | Nottinghamshire | Bassetlaw / Newark and Sherwood / Rushcliffe |
North East Derbyshire CC | 72,344 | Derbyshire | Chesterfield / North East Derbyshire |
North West Leicestershire CC | 75,373 | Leicestershire | North West Leicestershire |
Northampton North BC | 75,713 | Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire |
Northampton South BC | 71,512 | Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire |
Nottingham East BC | 75,327 | Nottinghamshire | Nottingham |
Nottingham North and Kimberley BC | 74,515 | Nottinghamshire | Broxtowe / Nottingham |
Nottingham South BC | 76,076 | Nottinghamshire | Nottingham |
Rushcliffe CC | 76,171 | Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe |
Rutland and Stamford CC | 70,864 | Leicestershire / Lincolnshire / Rutland | Harborough / Rutland / South Kesteven |
Sherwood Forest CC | 76,543 | Nottinghamshire | Ashfield / Gedling / Newark and Sherwood |
Sleaford and North Hykeham CC | 73,380 | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven |
South Derbyshire CC | 71,202 | Derbyshire | South Derbyshire |
South Holland and The Deepings CC | 76,139 | Lincolnshire | Boston / South Holland |
South Leicestershire CC | 75,634 | Leicestershire | Blaby / Harborough |
South Northamptonshire CC | 76,555 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire / West Northamptonshire |
Wellingborough and Rushden CC | 76,669 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire |
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising the East Midlands region in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,280,724 | 54.8% | 4.1% | 38 | 7 |
Labour | 740,975 | 31.7% | 8.8% | 8 | 7 |
Liberal Democrats | 182,665 | 7.8% | 3.5% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 60,067 | 2.6% | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 35,344 | 1.5% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 38,677 | 1.6% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2,338,452 | 100.0 | 46 |
Percentage votes
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
UKIP/Br - UK Independence Party 2010 to 2017 (included in Other up to 2005 and in 2019); Brexit Party in 2019
Green - Green Party of England and Wales (included in Other up to 2005)
Seats
Key:
CON - Conservative Party, including National Liberal Party up to 1966
LAB - Labour Party
LIB - Liberal Party up to 1979; SDP-Liberal Alliance 1983 & 1987; Liberal Democrats from 1992
OTH - 1945 - Independent (Denis Kendall); 1974 (Feb) - Democratic Labour (Dick Taverne)
See also
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire
Notes
- ↑ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
- ↑ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.
- ↑ Elected as Labour candidate in 2019, expelled from the party in 2021.
- ↑ Re-elected as Conservative candidate in 2019, expelled from the party and joined Reclaim in 2023, before leaving them too.
References
- ↑ See NUTS 1 statistical regions of England
- ↑ "Results of the 2019 General Election". BBC News. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
- ↑ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
- 1 2 3 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ↑ "2023 Review". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ↑ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ↑ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".