Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bosworth
County constituency

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 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.

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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

Election Member Party
1885 James Ellis Liberal
1892 Sir Charles Benjamin Bright McLaren Liberal
Dec. 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Tredinnick 20,212 42.6 -1.8
Labour Rupert Herd 14,893 31.4 -8.0
Liberal Democrat 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Tredinnick 20,030 44.4 +3.8
Labour Andrew Furlong 17,750 39.4 +0.7
Liberal Democrat 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

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