History
Loughborough was originally part of a larger constituency, Leicestershire, which was split into two districts in the Reform Act of 1832. In the Redistribution of Seats Act of 1885 Leicestershire was divided into four parts, Eastern (Melton), Mid (Loughborough), Western (Bosworth) and Southern (Harborough), each returning one member. Furthermore, there was included a borough constituency for Leicester which returned two MPs.
In 1983 the Leicestershire coalfield, an area loyal to Labour, was removed from the constituency and replaced by much of the Soar Valley, a rural area that tended to vote Conservative. In 1995 the Soar Valley was moved to the newly created Charnwood constituency.
The last time that the Loughborough constituency was not represented by an MP from a governing political party was prior to the February 1974 general election.
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