List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Until 2010, the county of Warwickshire was divided into 5 parliamentary constituencies - they were all county constituencies. Now it has six parliamentary constituencies - 5 county constituencies and 1 borough constituency.

Constituencies[edit]

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest Opposition[2] Electoral wards[3][4] Map
Kenilworth and Southam CC 68,154 20,353   Jeremy Wright†   Richard Dickson¤ Rugby Borough Council: Dunchurch and Knightlow, Leam Valley, Ryton-on-Dunsmore. Stratford on Avon District Council: Burton Dassett, Fenny Compton, Harbury, Kineton, Long Itchington, Southam, Stockton and Napton, Wellsbourne. Warwick District Council: Abbey, Cubbington, Lapworth, Leek Wootton, Park Hill, Radford Semele, St John's, Stoneleigh.
North Warwickshire CC 70,271 17,956   Craig Tracey†   Claire Breeze‡ North Warwickshire Borough Council: Atherstone Central, Atherstone North, Atherstone South and Mancetter, Baddesley and Grendon, Coleshill North, Coleshill South, Curdworth, Dordon, Fillongley, Hurley and Wood End, Kingsbury, Newton Regis and Warton, Polesworth East, Polesworth West, Water Orton. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council: Bede, Exhall, Heath, Poplar, Slough.
Nuneaton CC 70,226 13,144   Marcus Jones†   Zoe Mayou‡ North Warwickshire Borough Council: Arley and Whitacre, Hartshill. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council: Abbey, Arbury, Attleborough, Bar Pool, Camp Hill, Galley Common, Kingswood, St Nicolas, Weddington, Wem Brook, Whitestone.
Rugby CC 72,292 13,447   Mark Pawsey†   Debbie Bannigan‡ Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council: Bulkington. Rugby Borough Council: Admirals, Avon and Swift, Benn, Bilton, Brownsover North, Brownsover South, Caldecott, Earl Craven and Wolston, Eastlands, Fosse, Hillmorton, Lawford and King's Newnham, New Bilton, Newbold, Overslade, Paddox, Wolvey.
Stratford-on-Avon CC 74,037 19,972   Nadhim Zahawi†   Dominic Skinner¤ Stratford on Avon District Council: Alcester, Aston Cantlow, Bardon, Bidford and Salford, Brailes, Claverdon, Ettington, Henley, Kinwarton, Long Compton, Quinton, Sambourne, Shipston, Snitterfield, Stratford Alveston, Stratford Avenue and New Town, Stratford Guild and Hathaway, Stratford Mount Pleasant, Studley, Tanworth, Tredington, Vale of the Red Horse, Welford.
Warwick and Leamington BC 76,362 789   Matt Western‡   Jack Rankin† Warwick District Council: Bishop's Tachbrook, Brunswick, Budbrooke, Clarendon, Crown, Manor, Milverton, Warwick North, Warwick South, Warwick West, Whitnash, Willes.

2010 boundary changes[edit]

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to the number of constituencies in Warwickshire from 5 to 6 for the 2010 election, with the creation of the new constituency of Kenilworth and Southam, combining the two towns of Kenilworth, transferred from Rugby and Kenilworth (renamed Rugby), and Southam, transferred from Stratford-on-Avon. The revised, more compact, Warwick and Leamington constituency was redesignated as a Borough constituency.

Former name Boundaries 1997-2010 Current name Boundaries 2010–present
  1. North Warwickshire CC
  2. Nuneaton CC
  3. Rugby and Kenilworth CC
  4. Stratford-on-Avon CC
  5. Warwick and Leamington CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire
Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire
  1. Kenilworth and Southam CC
  2. North Warwickshire CC
  3. Nuneaton CC
  4. Rugby CC
  5. Stratford-on-Avon CC
  6. Warwick and Leamington BC
Proposed Revision
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes[edit]

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[5] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed retaining the current six constituencies in Warwickshire, with minor boundary changes primarily to reflect changes to ward boundaries. Although its boundaries are unchanged, it is proposed that North Warwickshire is renamed North Warwickshire and Bedworth.[6]

Results history[edit]

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]

2019[edit]

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Warwickshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 173,517 57.1% Increase2.0% 5 0
Labour 81,727 26.9% Decrease8.4% 1 0
Liberal Democrats 36,502 12.0% Increase5.8% 0 0
Greens 10,358 3.5% Increase1.4% 0 0
Brexit 807 0.3% 0 0
Others 677 0.2% Decrease1.1% 0 0
Total 303,768 100.0 6

Percentage votes[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 49.2 50.9 49.6 38.7 39.4 40.7 45.7 50.3 55.1 57.1
Labour 24.3 26.3 33.4 43.8 42.4 36.9 27.6 26.8 35.3 26.9
Liberal Democrat1 26.0 22.1 16.0 13.9 15.6 17.9 20.5 6.2 6.2 12.0
Green Party - * * * * * 0.8 3.3 2.1 3.5
UKIP - - - * * * 2.0 13.0 1.1 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - 0.3
Other 0.4 0.7 0.9 3.6 2.5 4.5 3.4 0.4 0.2 0.2

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats[edit]

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 5 5 3 1 1 2 6 6 5 5
Labour 0 0 2 4 4 3 0 0 1 1
Total 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6

Maps[edit]

1885-1910[edit]

  • 1885
    1885
  • 1886
    1886
  • 1892
    1892
  • 1895
    1895
  • 1900
    1900
  • 1906
    1906
  • Jan 1910
    Jan 1910
  • Dec 1910
    Dec 1910

1918-1945[edit]

  • 1918
    1918
  • 1922
    1922
  • 1923
    1923
  • 1924
    1924
  • 1929
    1929
  • 1931
    1931
  • 1935
    1935
  • 1945
    1945

1950-1979[edit]

  • 1950
    1950
  • 1951
    1951
  • 1955
    1955
  • 1959
    1959
  • 1964
    1964
  • 1966
    1966
  • 1970
    1970
  • Feb 1974
    Feb 1974
  • Oct 1974
    Oct 1974
  • 1979
    1979

1983-present[edit]

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019

Historical representation by party[edit]

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918[edit]

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist   Speaker

Constituency 1885 1886 87 89 91 1892 95 1895 98 99 1900 01 04 1906 09 09 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 11 12 14 17
Aston Manor Gilzean Reid Kynoch Grice-Hutchinson Cecil
Birmingham Bordesley Broadhurst Collings →
Birmingham Central J. Bright → J. A. Bright Parkes →
Birmingham East Cook Matthews Stone Steel-Maitland
Birmingham Edgbaston Dixon → Lowe
Birmingham North Kenrick → Middlemore →
Birmingham South Powell-Williams → Howard Amery →
Birmingham West J. Chamberlain → → A. Chamberlain
Stratford upon Avon Compton Townsend Freeman-Mitford Milward P. Foster Kincaid-Smith → P. Foster
Warwick and Leamington Peel Lyttelton Berridge Pollock
Rugby Cobb Verney Grant Baird
Coventry Eaton Ballantine Murray A. Mason J. Foster D. Mason
Nuneaton Johns Dugdale Newdigate Johnson → →
Tamworth Muntz Newdegate Wilson-Fox

1918 to 1950[edit]

  Coalition National Democratic & Labour   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   New Party

Constituency 1918 19 21 22 1922 1923 1924 1929 29 31 1931 35 1935 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 1945
Birmingham Acock's Green Usborne
Coventry West Edelman
Nuneaton Maddocks Willison Hope Smith North Fletcher Bowles
Birmingham Duddeston Hallas → Hiley Burman Sawyer Simmonds Wills
Coventry / Coventry East (1945) Manville Purcell Boyd-Carpenter Noel-Baker Strickland Crossman
Birmingham Aston Cecil Strachey → Hope Kellett Prior Wyatt
Birmingham Deritend Dennis Crooke Longden Crooke Longden
Birmingham Erdington Steel-Maitland Simmons Eales Wright Silverman
Birmingham King's Norton Austin Dennison Thomas Cartland Peto Blackburn
Birmingham Ladywood N. Chamberlain Whiteley Lloyd Yates
Birmingham Yardley Jephcott Gossling Salt Perrins
Birmingham Sparkbrook Amery Shurmer
Birmingham West A. Chamberlain Higgs Simmons
Birmingham Edgbaston Lowe N. Chamberlain Bennett
Birmingham Handsworth* Meysey-Thompson Locker-Lampson Roberts
Birmingham Moseley Rogers Hannon
Rugby Baird Wallace A. Brown Margesson W. Brown
Warwick and Leamington Pollock Eden
Tamworth / Sutton Coldfield (1945) Wilson-Fox Newson Iliffe Steel-Maitland Mellor
Solihull Lindsay

*Transferred from Staffordshire 1911

1950 to 1983[edit]

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal

Constituency 1950 50 1951 52 53 1955 57 1959 61 63 1964 65 1966 67 68 69 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 76 77 1979 82
Birmingham Aston Wyatt Silverman
Birmingham Erdington Silverman Silverman
Birmingham Ladywood Yates Lawler Fisher Walden Sever
Birmingham Small Heath Longden Wheeldon Howell
Coventry East / Coventry NE (1974) Crossman Park
Coventry North / Coventry NW (1974) Edelman Robinson
Nuneaton Bowles Cousins Huckfield
Birmingham Northfield Blackburn → Chapman Carter Cadbury Spellar
Birmingham Stechford Jenkins MacKay Davis
Birmingham Perry Barr Poole Howell Davies Price Kinsey Rooker
Birmingham All Saints Howell Hollingworth Walden
Birmingham Sparkbrook Shurmer Seymour Hattersley
Coventry South / Coventry SE (1974) Burton Hocking Wilson
Birmingham Yardley Usborne Cleaver Evans Coombs Tierney Bevan
Coventry South West Wise Butcher
Rugby Johnson Wise Price Pawsey
Meriden Moss Matthews Rowland Speed Tomlinson Mills
Birmingham Handsworth Roberts Boyle Chapman Lee Wright
Birmingham Selly Oak Gurden Litterick Beaumont-Dark
Birmingham Edgbaston Bennett Pitt Knight
Birmingham Hall Green Jones Eyre
Solihull Lindsay Grieve
Stratford-on-Avon Profumo Maude
Sutton Coldfield Mellor Lloyd Fowler
Warwick and Leamington Eden Hobson Smith
Birmingham King's Norton Lloyd

1983 to present[edit]

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 95 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
North Warwickshire Maude O'Brien Byles Tracey
Nuneaton Stevens Olner Jones
Warwick and Leamington Smith Plaskitt White Western
Rugby and Kenilworth / Kenilworth and Southam (2010) J. Pawsey King Wright
Stratford-on-Avon Howarth → Maples Zahawi
Rugby M. Pawsey

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007, page 4". Office of Public Sector Information. Crown copyright. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  4. ^ Boundary Commission for England pp. 1004–1007
  5. ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  6. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1314-1324. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  7. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_parliamentary_constituencies_in_Warwickshire&oldid=1220775263"