Harborough

Harborough /ˈhɑːrbrə/ is a local government district of Leicestershire, England, named after its main town, Market Harborough. Covering 230 square miles (600 km²), the District is by far the largest of the eight district authorities in Leicestershire and covers almost a quarter of the County.

The District extends south and east from the Leicester urban area; on the east it adjoins the County of Rutland; has a boundary on the north with the Boroughs of Charnwood and Melton; on the south it has a long boundary with the County of Northamptonshire comprising the Boroughs of Corby, Kettering and the District of Daventry. To the west the boundary is with Warwickshire and the Borough of Rugby, a boundary formed for much of its length by the line of Watling Street. The north-western boundary of the district adjoins Blaby District and the Borough of Oadby and Wigston. The villages of Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft abut the suburbs of the City of Leicester.

The population of the District at mid-2007 was estimated as 82,300.

Harborough (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Current representative

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.

Boundaries

The constituency takes its name from Market Harborough, seat of the Harborough local government district. The constituency excludes parts of the Harborough district (including some eastern suburbs of Leicester which are in the Rutland & Melton constituency, but includes the smaller borough of Oadby and Wigston that adjoins Leicester.