Proposed Constituency Boundary Changes
Boundary changes have been proposed by England's boundary commission in September 2011, which could change the face of Westminster, removing 31 MPs from England.
The Boundary commissioners have reduce the total of MPs in England from 533 to 502 in time for a 2015 general election - the first move in a UK-wide scheme to limit the seats to 600, down from the current 650. It was brought in by the Liberal-Conservative coalition government in an attempt to iron out discrepancies in constituency electorates.
The proposed boundary changes in the East Midlands, outlined below, will reduced the number of constituencies in the region by two, down to 44.
| Proposed New Constituency | Make-up from Old Constituencies |
| Ashfield | Ashfield 77,049 (100%) |
| Bassetlaw | Bassetlaw 74,687 (100%) |
| Blaby | Bosworth 19,407 (24.33%) / Charnwood 16,880 (21.16%) / Leicestershire South 43,490 (54.51%) |
| Bolsover | Amber Valley 16,889 (21.62%) / Bolsover 57,694 (73.87%) / Derbyshire North East 3,520 (4.51%) |
| Boston & Skegness | Boston & Skegness 69,068 (94.67%) / Louth & Horncastle 3,890 (5.33%) |
| Bosworth | Bosworth 41,819 (56.41%) / Leicestershire North West 32,312 (43.59%) |
| Broxtowe | Broxtowe 71,961 (97.72%) / Rushcliffe 1,682 (2.28%) |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield 72,866 (94.11%) / Derbyshire North East 4,559 (5.89%) |
| Coalville & Keyworth | Leicestershire North West 39,710 (54.47%) / Rushcliffe 33,186 (45.53%) |
| Corby | Corby 79,468 (100%) |
| Daventry | Daventry 52,128 (71.02%) / Leicestershire South 21,266 (28.98%) |
| Derbyshire East | Derby North 19,861 (24.7%) / Derby South 40,559 (50.44%) / Derbyshire Mid 19,997 (24.87%) |
| Derbyshire South & Swadlincote | Derby South 21,396 (26.84%) / Derbyshire South 58,321 (73.16%) |
| Derby West | Derby North 52,756 (71.44%) / Derby South 10,093 (13.67%) / Derbyshire Mid 10,997 (14.89%) |
| Derbyshire Dales | Derbyshire Dales 60,547 (78.13%) / Derbyshire Mid 3,946 (5.09%) / Derbyshire South 13,005 (16.78%) |
| Erewash | Erewash 70,022 (87.84%) / Derbyshire Mid 9,694 (12.16%) |
| Gainsborough | Gainsborough 73,795 (100%) |
| Grantham & Stamford | Grantham & Stamford 79,118 (100%) |
| Harborough | Harborough 78,753 (100%) |
| High Peak | Derbyshire Dales 3,1825 (4.23%) / High Peak 72,178 (95.77%) |
| Kettering | Kettering 79,610 (93.04%) / Wellingborough 5,208 (6.96%) |
| Leicester East | Leicester East 74,377 (100%) |
| Leicester South | Leicester South 78,433 (100%) |
| Leicester West | Leicester West 65,432 (83.79%) / Leicestershire South 12,656 (16.21%) |
| Lincoln | Lincoln 65,994 (83.89%) / Sleaford & North Hykeham 12,670 (16.11%) |
| Loughborough | Loughborough 77,884 (100%) |
| Louth & Horncastle | Boston & Skegness 1,552 (2.1%) / Louth & Horncastle 72,343 (97.9%) |
| Mansfield | Mansfield 75,502 (100%) |
| Mid Derbyshire | Amber Valley 52,649 (70.59%) / Derbyshire Mid 21,938 (29.41%) |
| Mid Leicestershire | Bosworth 16,561 (22.04%) / Charnwood 58,574 (77.96%) |
| Newark | Gedling 2,939 (4.15%) / Newark 61,723 (80.78%) / Rushcliffe 11,743 (15.37%) |
| North East Derbyshire | Bolsover 14,468 (18.37%) / Derbyshire North East 64,295 (81.63%) |
| Northampton North | Northampton North 62,095 (84.56%) / Northampton South 11,335 (15.44%) |
| Northampton South | Northampton South 52,413 (69.3%) / Northamptonshire South 23,221 (30.7%) |
| Nottingham East | Gedling 42,621 (58.03%) / Nottingham East 30,824 (41.97%) |
| Nottingham North & Hucknall | Gedling 8,838 (12.07%) / Nottingham North 32,355 (44.19%) / Sherwood 32,029 (43.74%) |
| Nottingham South & West Bridgford | Nottingham South 51,548 (65.78%) / Rushcliffe 26,819 (34.22%) |
| Nottingham West | Nottingham East 28,665 (36.52%) / Nottingham North 32,223 (41.05%) / Nottingham South 17,606 (22.43%) |
| Rutland & Melton | Rutland & Melton 77,324 (100%) |
| Sleaford | Lincoln 6,668 (8.38%) / Sleaford & North Hykeham 72,891 (91.62%) |
| Sherwood | Bassetlaw 3,619 (4.81%) / Gedling 16,488 (21.92%) / Mansfield 4,347 (5.78%) / Newark 10,684 (14.2%) / Sherwood 40,082 (53.29%) |
| South Holland & The Deepings | South Holland & The Deepings 76,939 (100%) |
| South Northamptonshire | Daventry 14,240 (19.25%) / Northamptonshire South 59,735 (80.75%) |
| Wellingborough | Daventry 5,535 (7.17%) / Wellingborough 71,640 (92.83%) |