South Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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South Leicestershire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Alberto Costa, a member of the Conservative Party.
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South Leicestershire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Leicestershire |
Electorate | 77,412 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Lutterworth, Whetstone, Braunstone Town, Narborough and Blaby |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Alberto Costa (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Blaby, Harborough |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Created from | Leicestershire |
Replaced by | Bosworth, Harborough |
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The current constituency has similar boundaries to the previous Blaby constituency. Historically the "Southern Division of Leicestershire", was a county constituency, less formally known as South Leicestershire. From 1832 to 1885 it elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the bloc vote system of election.