The placeConstituency · East Midlands · Electorate 68,961 · 2023 boundaries

Loughborough.

Labour Party MP Jeevun Sandher holds the seat on 40.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentJeevun Sandher · Labour Party
CouncilCharnwood
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001342
Electorate · 2024
69.0k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
40.8%
Labour Party · +11.7pp over Con
Settlements
8
Largest: Loughborough
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
22.8
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A steady Labour loyalist, Jeevun Sandher has nevertheless carved out a visible policy role since entering Parliament in 2024. He founded the Living Standards Coalition -- a group of over 100 Labour MPs lobbying Ed Miliband for a radical overhaul of energy bills -- and leads the Hydrogen All-Party Parliamentary Group, where he has pushed for government investment in Loughborough University's Hydrogen Works project. Neither move broke with Labour's direction, but both show an MP willing to organise around constituency priorities rather than wait for ministerial direction.

His voting record is exactly what you would expect from a first-term Labour MP: 100% party alignment across 446 votes, with an 87% participation rate that sits comfortably above the Commons average. He votes strongly for progressive taxation and workers' rights, and consistently against Lords amendments -- more so than the average Labour MP, by 17 percentage points. His most notable deviation from Labour's centre of gravity is on end-of-life legislation: he sits noticeably closer to the anti-assisted-dying position than most of his colleagues. He has no rebel votes to his name.

His 169 parliamentary contributions span economy and jobs, fiscal policy, and defence -- reflecting both his economics background (he holds a doctorate in the subject) and Loughborough's defence-sector employers. Local news coverage over the past 90 days is high in volume but neutral in tone, dominated by culture and community stories rather than controversy. He holds no committee seats. No significant negative coverage appears in available data, and no rebel votes or public confrontations with the government define his record so far.

40.8%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
12
Wards · 24 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.12 wards · 24 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Barrow Upon Soar(2 seats)Forrest · Fryer1,537Charnwood ConMay 2023
Dishley Hathern Thorpe Acre(3 seats)Jadeja · Campsall · Monk3,153Charnwood ConMay 2023
Loughborough Ashby(3 seats)Ashcroft · Bradshaw · Taylor2,409Charnwood ConMay 2023
Loughborough East Louise Taylor-Durant1,489Charnwood ConMay 2024
Loughborough Nanpantan Margaret Smidowicz593Charnwood ConMay 2023
Loughborough Outwoods Shelthorpe(3 seats)Gray · Gray · Maynard4,113Charnwood ConMay 2023
Loughborough Southfields(2 seats)Cory-Lowsley · Goode1,369Charnwood ConMay 2023
Loughborough Storer(2 seats)Tillotson · Forrest1,176Charnwood ConMay 2023
Quorn Mountsorrel Castle(2 seats)Westley · Fox1,825Charnwood ConMay 2023
Shepshed East(2 seats)Roberts · Popley1,373Charnwood ConMay 2023
Shepshed West(2 seats)Northage · Lennie1,452Charnwood ConMay 2023
The Wolds Jenny Bokor511Charnwood ConMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.8 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Loughborough (65,642), with Shepshed (14,869) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 100,732.

large-town 65,642town 29,486village 5,604

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Loughborough65,642large town
Shepshed14,869town
Barrow upon Soar7,358town
Quorndon5,408town
Hathern2,351village
Wymeswold1,895village
Showing 6 of 8·All 8 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate51.3%57.1%-10%
Owner-occupied65.4%63.1%+4%
Private rented20.6%20.0%+3%
Social rented13.9%16.8%-17%

Ethnicity.

White83.3%
Asian10.7%
Black2.0%
Mixed2.6%
Other1.4%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 51.0% Female 49.0% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£25,800
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£34,100
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
3,370
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
46
23 primary · 7 secondary
GCSE pass
66.8%
Attainment 8: 46.9

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£222m
Taxpayers45,000
Median per taxpayer£2,380
Mean per taxpayer£4,950

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
22.8
+10% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.6
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
31% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences7.0
Anti-social behaviour3.5
Shoplifting3.0
Criminal damage & arson2.1
Public order1.5
Other theft1.4
Vehicle crime1.4

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Jeevun SandherWONLab17,24940.8
Jane HuntCon12,28929.1
Andy McWilliamRef7,20417.1
Hans Zollinger-BallGrn2,9567.0
Ian SharpeLD2,5616.1

Turnout 42,259

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Jane HuntCon51.2
2017Nicky MorganCon49.9
2015Nicky MorganCon49.5
2010Morgan, NickyCon41.6
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission