List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire

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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.

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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency [nb 1] ElectorateMajority [nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest OppositionElectoral wards [1] Map
Kenilworth and Southam CC 74,9236,574  Jeremy Wright Cat Price‡ Rugby Borough Council: Dunsmore, Leam Valley. Stratford on Avon District Council: Bishop’s Itchington, Harbury, Kineton, Long Itchington & Stockton, Napton & Fenny Compton, Red Horse, Southam North, Southam South, Wellesbourne East, Wellesbourne West. Warwick District Council: Budbrooke, Cubbington & Leek Wootton, Kenilworth Abbey & Arden, Kenilworth Park Hill, Kenilworth St. John’s.
West Midlands - Kenilworth and Southam constituency.svg
North Warwickshire and Bedworth CC 69,7522,198  Rachel Taylor  Craig Tracey 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.
West Midlands - North Warwickshire and Bedworth constituency.svg
Nuneaton CC 71,8433,479  Jodie Gosling  Marcus Jones 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.
West Midlands - Nuneaton constituency.svg
Rugby CC 74,9014,428  John Slinger Yousef Dahmash† Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council: Bulkington. Rugby Borough Council: Admirals and Cawston, Benn, Bilton, Clifton, Newton and Churchover, Coton and Boughton, Eastlands, Hillmorton, New Bilton, Newbold and Brownsover, Paddox, Revel and Binley Woods, Rokeby and Overslade, Wolston and the Lawfords, Wolvey and Shilton.
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Stratford-on-Avon CC 75,7257,122  Manuela Perteghella¤  Chris Clarkson Stratford on Avon District Council: Alcester and Rural, Alcester Town, Avenue, Bidford East, Bidford West and Salford, Bishopton, Brailes and Compton, Bridgetown, Clopton, Ettington, Guildhall, Hathaway, Henley-in-Arden, Kinwarton, Quinton, Shipston North, Shipston South, Shottery, Snitterfield, Studley with Mappleborough Green, Studley with Sambourne, Tanworth-in-Arden, Tiddington, Welcombe, Welford-on-Avon, Wotton Wawen.
West Midlands - Stratford-on-Avon constituency.svg
Warwick and Leamington BC 76,29412,412  Matt Western James Uffindell† Warwick District Council: Bishop’s Tachbrook, Leamington Brunswick, Leamington Clarendon, Leamington Lillington, Leamington Milverton, Leamington Willes, Radford Semele, Warwick All Saints and Woodloes, Warwick Aylesford, Warwick Myton and Heathcote, Warwick Saltisford, Whitnash.
West Midlands - Warwick and Leamington constituency.svg

2010 boundary changes

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 nameBoundaries 1997-2010Current nameBoundaries 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 WarwickshireParliamentaryConstituenciesNumbered.svg
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 WarwickshireParliamentaryConstituencies2007.svg
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

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. [2] 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. [3]

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [4]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Warwickshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019
Labour 90,02531.4%Increase2.svg4.5%4Increase2.svg3
Conservative 86,65730.2%Decrease2.svg26.9%1Decrease2.svg4
Reform 47,81216.7%Increase2.svg16.4%00
Liberal Democrats 43,61515.2%Increase2.svg3.2%1Increase2.svg1
Greens 15,9985.6%Increase2.svg2.1%00
Others2,5070.9%Increase2.svg0.7%00
Total286,614100.06

Percentage votes

Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Labour 24.326.333.443.842.436.927.626.835.326.931.4
Conservative 49.250.949.638.739.440.745.750.355.157.130.2
Reform ---------0.316.7
Liberal Democrat 126.022.116.013.915.617.920.56.26.212.015.2
Green Party -*****0.83.32.13.55.6
UKIP ---***2.013.01.1**
Other0.40.70.93.62.54.53.40.40.20.20.9

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year19831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Labour 00244300114
Conservative 55311266551
Liberal Democrats 00000000001
Total55555566666

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

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

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal    Liberal-Labour    Liberal Unionist    Speaker

Constituency18851886878991189295189598991900010419060909Jan 1910Dec 191011121417
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
Coventry Eaton Ballantine Murray A. Mason J. Foster D. Mason
Nuneaton Johns Dugdale Newdigate Johnson
Rugby Cobb Verney Grant Baird
Stratford upon Avon Compton Townsend Freeman-Mitford Milward P. Foster Kincaid-Smith P. Foster
Tamworth Muntz Newdegate Wilson-Fox
Warwick and Leamington Peel Lyttelton Berridge Pollock

1918 to 1950

   Coalition National Democratic & Labour    Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal    New Party

Constituency1918192122192219231924192929311931351935363739404142431945
Birmingham Aston Cecil Strachey Hope Kellett Prior Wyatt
Birmingham Deritend Dennis Crooke Longden Crooke Longden
Birmingham Duddeston Hallas HileyBurman Sawyer Simmonds Wills
Birmingham Edgbaston Lowe N. Chamberlain Bennett
Birmingham Erdington Steel-Maitland Simmons Eales Wright Silverman
Birmingham Handsworth* Meysey-Thompson Locker-Lampson Roberts
Birmingham King's Norton Austin Dennison Thomas Cartland Peto Blackburn
Birmingham Ladywood N. Chamberlain Whiteley Lloyd Yates
Birmingham Moseley Rogers Hannon
Birmingham Sparkbrook Amery Shurmer
Birmingham West A. Chamberlain Higgs Simmons
Birmingham Yardley Jephcott Gossling Salt Perrins
Coventry / Coventry East (1945) Manville Purcell Boyd-Carpenter Noel-Baker Strickland Crossman
Nuneaton Maddocks Willison Hope Smith North Fletcher Bowles
Rugby Baird Wallace A. Brown Margesson W. Brown
Tamworth / Sutton Coldfield (1945) Wilson-Fox Newson Iliffe Steel-Maitland Mellor
Warwick and Leamington Pollock Eden
Solihull Lindsay
Birmingham Acock's Green Usborne
Coventry West Edelman

*Transferred from Staffordshire 1911

1950 to 1983

   Conservative    Independent    Labour    Liberal

Constituency195050195152531955571959616319646519666768691970Feb 1974Oct 19747677197982
Birmingham Erdington Silverman Silverman
Birmingham Aston Wyatt Silverman
Birmingham Edgbaston Bennett Pitt Knight
Birmingham Hall Green Jones Eyre
Birmingham Handsworth Roberts Boyle Chapman Lee Wright
B'ham King's Norton / B'ham Selly Oak ('55) Lloyd Gurden Litterick Beaumont-Dark
Birmingham Ladywood Yates Lawler Fisher Walden Sever
Birmingham Northfield Blackburn Chapman Carter Cadbury Spellar
Birmingham Perry Barr Poole Howell Davies Price Kinsey Rooker
Birmingham Small Heath Longden Wheeldon Howell
Birmingham Sparkbrook Shurmer Seymour Hattersley
Birmingham Stechford Jenkins MacKay Davis
Birmingham Yardley Usborne Cleaver Evans Coombs Tierney Bevan
Coventry East / Coventry NE (1974) Crossman Park
Coventry North / Coventry NW (1974) Edelman Robinson
Coventry South / Coventry SE (1974) Burton Hocking Wilson
Nuneaton Bowles Cousins Huckfield
Rugby Johnson Wise Price Pawsey
Solihull Lindsay Grieve
Stratford-on-Avon Profumo Maude
Sutton Coldfield Mellor Lloyd Fowler
Warwick and Leamington Eden Hobson Smith
Meriden Moss Matthews Rowland Speed Tomlinson Mills
Birmingham All Saints Howell Hollingworth Walden
Coventry South West Wise Butcher

1983 to present

   Conservative    Labour

Constituency1983198719929519972001200520102015201720192024
North Warwickshire / N Warks and Bedworth (2024) Maude O'Brien Byles Tracey Taylor
Nuneaton Stevens Olner Jones Gosling
Rugby and Kenilworth / Kenilworth and Southam (2010) J. Pawsey King Wright
Stratford-on-Avon Howarth Maples Zahawi Perteghella
Warwick and Leamington Smith Plaskitt White Western
Rugby M. Pawsey Slinger

See also

Notes

  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.

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References

  1. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/1230
  2. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. "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.
  4. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)