Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

One of these is a cross-county boundary constituency with Lincolnshire also including the small historic county of Rutland, which was administratively a district of Leicestershire from 1974 to 1997.

Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Independent In the unreformed House of Commons, Leicestershire and Rutland were represented by two Knights of the Shire each, and the only parliamentary borough was Leicester, which sent two burgesses.

Under the Reform Act 1832, Leicestershire was split into two divisions, North and South, which each elected two members.

The Reform Act 1885 redistributed these seats into four single-member divisions: Melton, or Eastern, Loughborough, or Mid, Harborough, or Southern, and Bosworth, or Western.

(previously Blaby CC) Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5] The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Leicestershire and Rutland in the 2024 general election were as follows: 11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance 2 2019- Brexit Party * Included in Other 11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.