Charnwood

Charnwood is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East Midlands region of England. The seat was last held by Edward Argar (Conservative) between 7 May 2015 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
16,341
Electorate
78,071
Turnout
70.7%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Edward Argar
Conservative
33,318 60.4% 6.1%
Sean Kelly-Walsh
Labour
16,977 30.8% 8.9%
Simon Sansome
Liberal Democrat
2,052 3.7% -3.2%
Victoria Connor
UK Independence Party
1,471 2.7% -13.3%
Nicholas Cox
Green Party
1,036 1.9% 1.9%
Stephen Denham
British National Party
322 0.6% -0.4%