The placeConstituency · East Midlands · Electorate 77,750 · 2023 boundaries

North West Leicestershire.

Labour Party MP Amanda Hack holds the seat on 34.7% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentAmanda Hack · Labour Party
CouncilNorth West Leicestershire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001404
Electorate · 2024
77.8k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
34.7%
Labour Party · +2.1pp over Con
Settlements
15
Largest: Coalville
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
15.2
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

All five of Amanda Hack's rebel votes came on a single day -- 20 June 2025 -- when she broke from Labour's majority on the assisted dying bill. Her votes consistently backed tighter safeguards against abuse of the voluntary starvation loophole, and she was notably more willing than most of her colleagues to support procedural amendments enabling further scrutiny. Her stance profile reflects this pattern: she sits 32 percentage points above Labour's average on pro-assisted-dying-access votes, but equally 31 points below on the anti-assisted-dying measure -- suggesting she supports access to the bill's provisions while favouring stricter eligibility protections. Outside Westminster, she has generated positive local coverage championing the revival of the Ivanhoe railway line and challenging a banking hub rejection in her constituency.

Hack votes with Labour 98% of the time and participated in 85% of divisions -- slightly below the Commons average. Her speeches concentrate heavily on economy and jobs, local government, and health and social care, which aligns with her seat on the Work and Pensions Committee. She votes consistently for progressive taxation (100%) and workers' rights (88%), but registers low alignment on pro-business votes (14%) and shows limited appetite for parliamentary or Lords scrutiny, voting in line with the government against Lords amendments across the board.

Context worth noting: her elevated scores on parliamentary scrutiny relative to party average are driven by the assisted dying votes, not a broader pattern of dissent. Local news coverage over the past 90 days skews positive on economic and constituency service stories, though transport and housing coverage is more neutral. As a 2024 intake MP, her committee work and local campaigning suggest a constituency-focused rather than ideologically conspicuous political style so far.

34.7%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
36
Wards · 36 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.36 wards · 36 councillors

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

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Ashby Castle Kenny Horn523North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ashby Holywell Avril Wilson439North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ashby Ivanhoe Liz Parle426North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ashby Money Hill Murrae Blair-Park392North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ashby Willesley Dave Bigby456North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ashby Woulds Doug Cooper327North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Bardon Morgan Burke246North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Blackfordby Andrew Christopher Woodman422North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Broom Leys Lee Windram290North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Castle Donington Castle Tony Saffell254North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Castle Donington Central Rachel Canny440North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Castle Donington Park Alison Morley189North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Castle Rock Michael Wyatt346North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Coalville East Marie French229North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Coalville West John Legrys212North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Daleacre Hill Carol Ann Sewell328North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ellistown Battleflat Keith Merrie282North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Greenhill Jake Windram221North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Hermitage Anthony Barker262North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Holly Hayes Tony Gillard325North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Hugglescote St Johns Russell Johnson256North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Hugglescote St Marys Terri Eynon342North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ibstock East Jenny Simmons228North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ibstock West Simon David Lambeth252North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Kegworth Ray Sutton283North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Long Whatton Diseworth Nick Rushton563North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Measham North Paul Lees388North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Measham South Sean Sheahan319North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Ravenstone Packington Nigel Smith511North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Sence Valley Guy Leonard Rogers338North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Snibston North Arthur John Geary210North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Snibston South Catherine Beck222North West Leicestershire LabMay 2024
Thornborough Peter Moult363North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Thringstone Dave Everitt289North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Valley Russell Antony Boam419North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023
Worthington Breedon Raymond Leslie Morris489North West Leicestershire LabMay 2023

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

§ 02Settlements.15 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in Coalville (21,135), with Rural & dispersed (17,942) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,355.

town 81,208village 18,147

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
Coalville21,135town
Rural & dispersed17,942town
Ashby-de-la-Zouch15,121town
Whitwick7,946town
Castle Donington7,031town
Ibstock6,662town
Showing 6 of 15·All 15 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate60.3%57.1%+6%
Owner-occupied72.9%63.1%+15%
Private rented13.5%20.0%-32%
Social rented13.5%16.8%-19%

Ethnicity.

White95.9%
Asian1.5%
Black0.6%
Mixed1.5%
Other0.5%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.3% Female 50.7% 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
£28,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£36,300
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
4,035
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
50
41 primary · 6 secondary
GCSE pass
58.3%
Attainment 8: 41.2

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£295m
Taxpayers55,000
Median per taxpayer£2,890
Mean per taxpayer£5,400

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by 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.

For household tax breakdown

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

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
15.2
-27% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
5.1
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
37% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences5.7
Anti-social behaviour2.1
Shoplifting1.3
Criminal damage & arson1.2
Public order1.2
Vehicle crime1.0
Other theft1.0

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%
Amanda HackWONLab16,87134.7
Craig SmithCon15,85932.6
Noel MatthewsRef9,67819.9
Carl BenfieldGrn2,8315.8
Alice DelemareLD1,6293.4
Andrew BridgenInd1,5683.2
Siobhan DillonInd1360.3

Turnout 48,572

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Andrew BridgenCon62.8
2017Andrew BridgenCon58.2
2015Andrew BridgenCon49.5
2010Bridgen, AndrewCon44.5
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