Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)

Harborough
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Harborough in Leicestershire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Leicestershire within England.
County	Leicestershire
Electorate	78,753 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Market Harborough, Oadby, Wigston
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Edward Garnier (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	South Leicestershire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Harborough /ˈhɑːrbrə/ or /ˈhɑːrbᵿrə/is a constituency covering the south of Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Conservative Party member and barrister Sir Edward Garnier QC.

Sir Edward Garnier QC was Shadow Attorney General England and Wales, scrutinizing decisions of the head of the UK government's highest legal office and "earned wide acclaim for a thoughtful performance in that role, in which he demonstrated his legal expertise without becomingly excessively partisan" from 1997 until 2001. From 2007 until 8 September 2009 he was Shadow Minister for Prisons after which he once again became Shadow Attorney General. He served for two years from 2010 until a reshuffle on 4 September 2012 as Solicitor General which is a slightly lower position than Attorney-General, delegated specific advice responsibilities, without litigation responsibilities.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Leicester, the Sessional Divisions of Lutterworth and Market Harborough, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Leicester and East Norton.