Hinckley and Bosworth.
Conservative and Unionist Party MP Luke Evans holds the seat on 35.6% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
1 Jun 2026
A GP by training, Luke Evans has been most active recently on assisted dying -- and his votes reveal a consistent position: tighter restrictions. On 20 June 2025 he voted against several amendments to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill that the majority of his Conservative colleagues supported, while backing two amendments designed to prevent voluntary self-starvation from qualifying someone as terminally ill. His stance runs roughly 30 percentage points below his party average on both end-of-life autonomy and assisted dying safeguards, suggesting his medical background is shaping a more cautious line than most Conservative MPs have taken. Beyond the chamber, he is prominent in local news for securing £24.6 million in NHS funding for Hinckley's Community Diagnostic Centre -- a win he has been publicly credited with delivering.
Evans votes with the Conservatives 97% of the time, making him a reliable party-liner outside specific conscience issues. His participation rate of 78% sits somewhat below the Commons average. He votes strongly in favour of parliamentary and Lords scrutiny, backing the upper chamber's positions in every relevant vote recorded -- a consistent pattern across Lords ping-pong exchanges on the Pension Schemes, Children's Wellbeing, and English Devolution bills. His speeches cluster around the economy, health, and social care, reflecting both his shadow health brief and constituency priorities.
His shadow health ministerial role explains his frequent Commons contributions critiquing government health policy -- including NHS referral rationing -- and his strong public health voting record, which runs 31 points above his party average. Local news over the past 90 days skews neutral to slightly negative on crime and economic stories, with health coverage notably more positive. No committee memberships are recorded.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambien | Miriam Jervis Surtees | 631 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Appleby | Richard Blunt | 457 | North West Leicestershire Lab | May 2023 |
| Barlestone Nailstone Osbaston | Bill Crooks | 783 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Barwell(3 seats) | Green · Smith · Simmons | 1,796 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Burbage Sketchley Stretton(3 seats) | Walker · Williams · Flemming | 4,560 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Burbage St Catherines Lash Hill(2 seats) | Glenville · Stead-Davis | 1,626 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Cadeby Carlton Market Bosworth With Shackerstone | Maureen Ann Cook | 610 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Earl Shilton(3 seats) | Weightman · Allen · Allen | 2,357 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Hinckley Castle(2 seats) | Mullaney · Bray | 1,673 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Hinckley Clarendon(3 seats) | Pendlebury · Gibbens · Lynch | 3,342 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Hinckley De Montfort(3 seats) | Hodgkins · Mullaney · Gibbens | 4,504 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Hinckley Trinity(2 seats) | Cope · Moore | 1,608 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Newbold Verdon With Desford Peckleton(3 seats) | Crooks · Bools · Webber-Jones | 4,533 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
| Oakthorpe Donisthorpe | Mike Ball | 336 | North West Leicestershire Lab | May 2023 |
| Twycross Witherley With Sheepy | Brian Edmund Sutton | 639 | Hinckley and Bosworth LD | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The seat’s population is concentrated in Hinckley (50,724), with Rural & dispersed (10,660) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 98,541.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Hinckley | 50,724 | large town |
| Rural & dispersed | 10,660 | town |
| Earl Shilton | 10,630 | town |
| Barwell | 9,152 | town |
| Desford | 4,063 | village |
| Barlestone | 3,260 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 59.7% | 57.1% | +4% |
| Owner-occupied | 74.2% | 63.1% | +18% |
| Private rented | 15.2% | 20.0% | -24% |
| Social rented | 10.5% | 16.8% | -37% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £300m |
| Taxpayers | 54,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,900 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £5,590 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Hinckley and Bosworth and North West Leicestershire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke EvansWON | Con | 17,032 | 35.6 |
| Michael Mullaney | LD | 11,624 | 24.3 |
| Peter Cheshire | Ref | 8,817 | 18.4 |
| Rebecca Pawley | Lab | 8,601 | 18.0 |
| Cassie Wells | Grn | 1,514 | 3.2 |
| Harry Masters | Ind | 211 | 0.4 |
Turnout 47,799
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo