Shepshed
Town and county electoral division in Leicestershire.
At the 2021 census, Shepshed had 14,875 residents; the Leicestershire market town also gives its name to a county electoral division.
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Elected a Labour councillor on 15 October
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Shepshed is a Leicestershire market town and civil parish with 14,875 residents at the 2021 census. It is Charnwood's second-largest settlement, west of the M1 and on the edge of Charnwood Forest. The town centre remains focused on its marketplace, while the A512 passes about a mile to the south.
Wool shaped Shepshed from the medieval period, followed by framework knitting and small manufacturing. Many former factory sites now hold housing, although employment areas remain north of the A512. Charnwood's adopted 2025 local plan recorded that 20 per cent of residents worked in Shepshed and 27 per cent worked in nearby Loughborough. Shepshed also names a one-member county electoral division.
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