Loughborough.
Labour Party MP Jeevun Sandher holds the seat on 40.8% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Upon Soar(2 seats) | Forrest · Fryer | 1,537 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Dishley Hathern Thorpe Acre(3 seats) | Jadeja · Campsall · Monk | 3,153 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Loughborough Ashby(3 seats) | Ashcroft · Bradshaw · Taylor | 2,409 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Loughborough East | Louise Taylor-Durant | 1,489 | Charnwood Con | May 2024 |
| Loughborough Nanpantan | Margaret Smidowicz | 593 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Loughborough Outwoods Shelthorpe(3 seats) | Gray · Gray · Maynard | 4,113 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Loughborough Southfields(2 seats) | Cory-Lowsley · Goode | 1,369 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Loughborough Storer(2 seats) | Tillotson · Forrest | 1,176 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Quorn Mountsorrel Castle(2 seats) | Westley · Fox | 1,825 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Shepshed East(2 seats) | Roberts · Popley | 1,373 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| Shepshed West(2 seats) | Northage · Lennie | 1,452 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
| The Wolds | Jenny Bokor | 511 | Charnwood Con | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Loughborough | 65,642 | large town |
| Shepshed | 14,869 | town |
| Barrow upon Soar | 7,358 | town |
| Quorndon | 5,408 | town |
| Hathern | 2,351 | village |
| Wymeswold | 1,895 | village |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 51.3% | 57.1% | -10% |
| Owner-occupied | 65.4% | 63.1% | +4% |
| Private rented | 20.6% | 20.0% | +3% |
| Social rented | 13.9% | 16.8% | -17% |
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 | £222m |
| Taxpayers | 45,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,380 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,950 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeevun SandherWON | Lab | 17,249 | 40.8 |
| Jane Hunt | Con | 12,289 | 29.1 |
| Andy McWilliam | Ref | 7,204 | 17.1 |
| Hans Zollinger-Ball | Grn | 2,956 | 7.0 |
| Ian Sharpe | LD | 2,561 | 6.1 |
Turnout 42,259
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jane Hunt | Con | 51.2 |
| 2017 | Nicky Morgan | Con | 49.9 |
| 2015 | Nicky Morgan | Con | 49.5 |
| 2010 | Morgan, Nicky | Con | 41.6 |
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