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Loughborough — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Loughborough was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 4,960 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Loughborough from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson (Liberal) 4,733 56.2% Montagu Curzon (Conservative) 1,040 (12.3 pts) 90.5%
1886 Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle (Conservative) 4,075 50.8% Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson (Liberal) 135 (1.7 pts) 86.1%
1892 Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson (Liberal) 4,715 54.1% Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle (Conservative) 721 (8.3 pts) 86.6%
1895 Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson (Liberal) 4,732 52.0% Robert Lucas-Tooth (Conservative) 372 (4.1 pts) 88.5%
1900 Maurice Levy (Liberal) 4,897 50.3% Hussey Packe (Conservative) 67 (0.7 pts) 85.1%
1906 Maurice Levy (Liberal) 6,803 57.5% William Baring du Pré (Conservative) 1,780 (15.0 pts) 90.1%
Jan 1910 Maurice Levy (Liberal) 6,760 52.9% Neville Woodford Smith-Carington (Conservative) 753 (5.9 pts) 92.8%
Dec 1910 Maurice Levy (Liberal) 6,488 52.3% Neville Woodford Smith-Carington (Conservative) 572 (4.6 pts) 90.2%
1918 Oscar Montague Guest (Liberal) 11,918 65.1% Herbert William Hallam (Labour) 5,537 (30.3 pts) 59.8%
1922 Edward Louis Spears (National Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1923 Edward Louis Spears (Liberal) 8,937 36.0% George Ernest Winterton (Labour) 873 (3.5 pts) 76.9%
1924 Frank Gibbs Rye (Unionist) 11,114 39.8% George Ernest Winterton (Labour) 1,363 (4.9 pts) 83.7%
1929 George Ernest Winterton (Labour) 14,854 40.0% Frank Gibbs Rye (Unionist) 2,644 (7.1 pts) 85.2%
1931 Lawrence Kimball (Conservative) 22,310 60.7% George Ernest Winterton (Labour) 7,852 (21.4 pts) 81.8%
1935 Lawrence Kimball (Conservative) 15,396 42.7% George Ernest Winterton (Labour) 743 (2.1 pts) 77.4%
1945 Montefiore Follick (Labour) 21,152 53.3% Lawrence Kimball (Conservative) 8,751 (22.1 pts) 74.7%
1950 Montefiore Follick (Labour) 25,921 57.5% Samuel Field Middup (Conservative) 6,725 (14.9 pts) 87.0%
1951 Montefiore Follick (Labour) 25,894 57.0% Phylis Spencer (Conservative) 6,323 (13.9 pts) 85.9%
1955 John Desmond Cronin (Labour) 24,044 54.9% Michael Victor Argule (Conservative) 4,263 (9.7 pts) 82.4%
1959 John Desmond Cronin (Labour) 21,496 47.2% Clifford Geoffrey Waite (Conservative) 3,747 (8.2 pts) 84.0%
1964 John Desmond Cronin (Labour) 22,081 47.7% John L Leatham (Conservative) 4,410 (9.5 pts) 83.9%
1966 John Cronin (Labour) 22,935 50.2% Rodney Elton (Conservative) 6,024 (13.2 pts) 82.3%
1970 John Cronin (Labour) 22,806 45.4% Rodney Elton (Conservative) 534 (1.1 pts) 79.1%
Feb 1974 John Cronin (Labour) 22,643 38.6% Richard Michael York (Conservative) 797 (1.4 pts) 84.2%
Oct 1974 John Cronin (Labour) 22,869 41.5% Richard Michael York (Conservative) 2,348 (4.3 pts) 78.5%
1979 Stephen Dorrell (Conservative) 29,788 48.0% John Cronin (Labour) 5,199 (8.4 pts) 81.2%
1983 Stephen Dorrell (Conservative) 29,056 52.9% Mike Jones (Labour) 16,180 (29.4 pts) 77.7%
1987 Stephen Dorrell (Conservative) 31,931 54.7% Christopher Wrigley (Labour) 17,648 (30.2 pts) 79.2%
1992 Stephen Dorrell (Conservative) 30,064 50.7% Andrew Reed (Labour) 10,883 (18.4 pts) 78.5%
1997 Andrew Reed (Labour) 25,448 48.6% Ken Andrews (Conservative) 5,712 (10.9 pts) 76.0%
2001 Andrew Reed (Labour) 22,016 49.7% Neil Lyon (Conservative) 6,378 (14.4 pts) 63.2%
2005 Andrew Reed (Labour) 19,098 41.4% Nicky Morgan (Conservative) 1,996 (4.3 pts) 63.8%
2010 Nicky Morgan (Conservative) 21,971 41.6% Andy Reed (Labour) 3,744 (7.1 pts) 68.3%
2015 Nicky Morgan (Conservative) 25,762 49.5% Matthew O'Callaghan (Labour) 9,183 (17.6 pts) 69.4%
2017 Nicky Morgan (Conservative) 27,022 49.9% Jewel Miah (Labour) 4,269 (7.9 pts) 68.2%
2019 Jane Hunt (Conservative) 27,954 51.2% Stuart Brady (Labour) 7,169 (13.1 pts) 68.8%
2024 Jeevun Sandher (Labour) 17,249 40.8% Jane Hunt (Conservative) 4,960 (11.7 pts) 61.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson Liberal 4,73356.2% Yes
Montagu Curzon Conservative 3,69343.8% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle Conservative 4,07550.8% Yes
Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson Liberal 3,94049.2% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson Liberal 4,71554.1% Yes
Edwin Joseph Lisle March Philipps de Lisle Conservative 3,99445.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jabez Edward Johnson-Ferguson Liberal 4,73252.0% Yes
Robert Lucas-Tooth Conservative 4,36048.0% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Levy Liberal 4,89750.3% Yes
Hussey Packe Conservative 4,83049.7% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Levy Liberal 6,80357.5% Yes
William Baring du Pré Conservative 5,02342.5% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Levy Liberal 6,76052.9% Yes
Neville Woodford Smith-Carington Conservative 6,00747.1% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Maurice Levy Liberal 6,48852.3% Yes
Neville Woodford Smith-Carington Conservative 5,91647.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Oscar Montague Guest Liberal 11,91865.1% Yes
Herbert William Hallam Labour 6,38134.9% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Louis Spears National Liberal Unopposed Yes

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Louis Spears Liberal 8,93736.0% Yes
George Ernest Winterton Labour 8,06432.5% No
Frank Gibbs Rye Unionist 7,80531.5% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Frank Gibbs Rye Unionist 11,11439.8% Yes
George Ernest Winterton Labour 9,75134.9% No
Edward Louis Spears Liberal 7,04025.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Ernest Winterton Labour 14,85440.0% Yes
Frank Gibbs Rye Unionist 12,21032.9% No
Frank Gladstone Hines Liberal 10,04427.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Kimball Conservative 22,31060.7% Yes
George Ernest Winterton Labour 14,45839.3% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lawrence Kimball Conservative 15,39642.7% Yes
George Ernest Winterton Labour 14,65340.6% No
Walter Meakin Liberal 6,00316.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Montefiore Follick Labour 21,15253.3% Yes
Lawrence Kimball Conservative 12,40131.3% No
Charles Alleyne Lidbury Liberal 6,12115.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Montefiore Follick Labour 25,92157.5% Yes
Samuel Field Middup Conservative 19,19642.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Montefiore Follick Labour 25,89457.0% Yes
Phylis Spencer Conservative 19,57143.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Desmond Cronin Labour 24,04454.9% Yes
Michael Victor Argule Conservative 19,78145.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Desmond Cronin Labour 21,49647.2% Yes
Clifford Geoffrey Waite Conservative 17,74939.0% No
Raymond Edward Hancock Liberal 6,30313.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Desmond Cronin Labour 22,08147.7% Yes
John L Leatham Conservative 17,67138.2% No
GR Smedley Stevenson Liberal 6,55814.2% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Cronin Labour 22,93550.2% Yes
Rodney Elton Conservative 16,91137.0% No
Brian Stratford Liberal 5,87512.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Cronin Labour 22,80645.4% Yes
Rodney Elton Conservative 22,27244.3% No
Jan Mokrzycki Liberal 5,18510.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Cronin Labour 22,64338.6% Yes
Richard Michael York Conservative 21,84637.3% No
Maurice Bennett Liberal 14,09624.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Cronin Labour 22,86941.5% Yes
Richard Michael York Conservative 20,52137.2% No
Maurice Bennett Liberal 10,40918.9% No
William Kenneth Sanders National Front 1,2152.2% No
Harold Smith Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain 1250.2% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Dorrell Conservative 29,78848.0% Yes
John Cronin Labour 24,58939.6% No
Reginald Thomas Palmer Liberal 6,65010.7% No
David George Whitebread Green 5951.0% No
John Peacock National Front 4840.8% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Dorrell Conservative 29,05652.9% Yes
Mike Jones Labour 12,87623.4% No
John Russell Frears SDP-Liberal Alliance 12,18922.2% No
David George Whitebread Green 5911.1% No
John Peacock BNP 2280.4% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Dorrell Conservative 31,93154.7% Yes
Christopher Wrigley Labour 14,28324.5% No
Roger Fox SDP-Liberal Alliance 11,49919.7% No
Rama Gupta Green 6561.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Dorrell Conservative 30,06450.7% Yes
Andrew Reed Labour 19,18132.4% No
Anthony William Stott Liberal Democrat 8,95315.1% No
Ian Sinclair Green 8171.4% No
Peter Reynolds Natural Law 2330.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andrew Reed Labour 25,44848.6% Yes
Ken Andrews Conservative 19,73637.7% No
Diana Brass Liberal Democrat 6,19011.8% No
Rama Gupta Referendum Party 9911.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andrew Reed Labour 22,01649.7% Yes
Neil Lyon Conservative 15,63835.3% No
Julie Simons Liberal Democrat 5,66712.8% No
John Bigger UKIP 9332.1% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Andrew Reed Labour 19,09841.4% Yes
Nicky Morgan Conservative 17,10237.1% No
Graeme Smith Liberal Democrat 8,25817.9% No
Bernard Sherratt UKIP 1,0942.4% No
John McVay Veritas 5881.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicky Morgan Conservative 21,97141.6% Yes
Andy Reed Labour 18,22734.5% No
Mike Willis Liberal Democrat 9,67518.3% No
Kevan Stafford BNP 2,0403.9% No
Jamie Foden UKIP 9251.8% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicky Morgan Conservative 25,76249.5% Yes
Matthew O'Callaghan Labour 16,57931.9% No
Bill Piper UKIP 5,70411.0% No
Steve Coltman Liberal Democrat 2,1304.1% No
Matt Sisson Green 1,8453.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nicky Morgan Conservative 27,02249.9% Yes
Jewel Miah Labour 22,75342.0% No
David Walker Liberal Democrat 1,9373.6% No
Andy McWilliam UKIP 1,4652.7% No
Philip Leicester Green 9711.8% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jane Hunt Conservative 27,95451.2% Yes
Stuart Brady Labour 20,78538.0% No
Ian Sharpe Liberal Democrat 4,1537.6% No
Wes Walton Green 1,5042.8% No
Sally Boon Independent 2350.4% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jeevun Sandher Labour 17,24940.8% Yes
Jane Hunt Conservative 12,28929.1% No
Andy McWilliam Reform UK 7,20417.0% No
Hans Zollinger-Ball Green 2,9567.0% No
Ian Sharpe Liberal Democrat 2,5616.1% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 12.3 pts 1886: Conservative margin 1.7 pts 1892: Liberal margin 8.3 pts 1895: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1900: Liberal margin 0.7 pts 1906: Liberal margin 15.0 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 5.9 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 4.6 pts 1918: Liberal margin 30.3 pts 1923: Liberal margin 3.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 4.9 pts 1929: Labour margin 7.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 21.4 pts 1935: Conservative margin 2.1 pts 1945: Labour margin 22.1 pts 1950: Labour margin 14.9 pts 1951: Labour margin 13.9 pts 1955: Labour margin 9.7 pts 1959: Labour margin 8.2 pts 1964: Labour margin 9.5 pts 1966: Labour margin 13.2 pts 1970: Labour margin 1.1 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 1.4 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 4.3 pts 1979: Conservative margin 8.4 pts 1983: Conservative margin 29.4 pts 1987: Conservative margin 30.2 pts 1992: Conservative margin 18.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 10.9 pts 2001: Labour margin 14.4 pts 2005: Labour margin 4.3 pts 2010: Conservative margin 7.1 pts 2015: Conservative margin 17.6 pts 2017: Conservative margin 7.9 pts 2019: Conservative margin 13.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 11.7 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Loughborough has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, National Liberal, Unionist, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Loughborough in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Loughborough in 2024 with 17,249 votes (40.8%), a majority of 4,960 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Loughborough since 1885?

Since 1885, Loughborough has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, National Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Loughborough?

The closest result on record for Loughborough was 1900, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 67 votes (0.7 percentage points).

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