Loughborough
East Midlands · County constituency · Charnwood borough
About the Loughborough constituency
Loughborough is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Dr Jeevun Sandher (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 40.8% to 29.1% for the Conservatives, a majority of 4,960 votes on a 61.3% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 28.6% and Reform UK on 25.9%, a margin of 2.8 points.
Who lives in Loughborough? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Loughborough vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Loughborough
Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›
Loughborough within Charnwood
Loughborough sits entirely within Charnwood Council. Charnwood was not due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Charnwood | 100% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2024 | Loughborough East | Lab HOLD | — |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow upon Soar | Labour 41.1%vs Conservative 28.8% | 2023 Conservative 44.4%vs Labour 39.9% | - | 39.3% |
| Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre | Labour 38.4%vs Conservative 33.1% | 2023 Labour 45.9%vs Independent 20.7% | - | 57.9% |
| Loughborough Ashby | Labour 41.7%vs Conservative 25.0% | 2023 Labour 63.1%vs Conservative 20.8% | - | 36.1% |
| Loughborough East | Labour 47.8%vs Reform 19.8% | 2023 Labour 73.2%vs Green 8.5% | - | 35.4% |
| Loughborough Nanpantan | Labour 39.8%vs Conservative 33.7% | 2023 Conservative 45.5%vs Labour 41.6% | - | 46.4% |
| Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe | Labour 46.4%vs Conservative 30.7% | 2023 Labour 53.0%vs Conservative 34.9% | - | 41.8% |
| Loughborough Southfields | Labour 41.5%vs Conservative 25.4% | 2023 Labour 52.1%vs Conservative 38.2% | - | 42.3% |
| Loughborough Storer | Labour 43.0%vs Conservative 21.8% | 2023 Labour 68.2%vs Conservative 14.4% | - | 25.2% |
| Loughborough Woodthorpe | Labour 50.9%vs Conservative 29.7% | 2023 Labour 54.8%vs Conservative 24.9% | - | 34.2% |
| Quorn & Mountsorrel Castle | Conservative 39.2%vs Labour 33.0% | 2023 Conservative 47.3%vs Labour 35.6% | - | 40.8% |
| Shepshed East | Labour 36.8%vs Conservative 29.5% | 2023 Labour 42.8%vs Conservative 41.4% | - | 31.0% |
| Shepshed West | Labour 36.6%vs Conservative 32.9% | 2023 Labour 45.9%vs Conservative 40.8% | - | 29.6% |
| The Wolds | Conservative 41.0%vs Labour 25.7% | 2023 Conservative 47.5%vs Lib Dem 26.9% | - | 41.5% |
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Loughborough at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Loughborough at past general elections?
2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Con gain from Lab | Nicky Morgan | 34.5% | 41.6% | 18.3% | 3,744 | 68.2% |
| 2015 | Con hold | Nicky Morgan | 31.9% | 49.5% | 4.1% | 9,183 | 69.2%+1.0 |
| 2017 | Con hold | Nicky Morgan | 42.0% | 49.9% | 3.6% | 4,269 | 68.0%-1.2 |
| 2019notional | Conservative winner | Jane Hunt 2019 MP, pre-review boundary | 38.8% | 50.6% | 7.6% | 6,091 | 69.8%+1.8 |
| 2024 | Lab gain from Con | Jeevun Sandher | 40.8% | 29.1% | 6.1% | 4,960 | 61.3%-8.5 |
Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.
Constituencies most like Loughborough
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Loughborough. Politics shown for context.
- ↓Employed51.1 / 51.1vs 57.3
- ↑Under 3539.5 / 36.0vs 30.2
- ↑Under 3539.5 / 38.2vs 30.2
- ↓Employed51.1 / 48.6vs 57.3
- ↑Under 3539.5 / 34.8vs 30.2
- ↑Under 3539.5 / 37.2vs 30.2
- ↓Employed51.1 / 54.6vs 57.3
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›
Show full source list
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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