North Warwickshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Warwickshire |
Electorate | 70,544 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Atherstone, Bedworth, Coleshill and Polesworth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Craig Tracey (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Meriden Nuneaton |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Warwickshire |
Replaced by | Nuneaton Rugby Tamworth |
North Warwickshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Craig Tracey, a Conservative. [n 2]
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency will be unchanged, but is to be renamed North Warwickshire and Bedworth - to be first contested at the next general election. [2]
Election | 1st Member [3] | 1st Party | 2nd Member [3] | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | William Stratford Dugdale | Tory [4] | Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt | Tory [4] | ||
1834 | Conservative [4] | Conservative [4] | ||||
1843 by-election | Charles Newdegate | Conservative [4] | ||||
1847 | Richard Spooner | Conservative | ||||
1864 by-election | William Bromley-Davenport | Conservative | ||||
1884 by-election | Philip Muntz | Conservative | ||||
1885 | Constituency abolished: see Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth |
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1983 | Francis Maude | Conservative | |
1992 | Mike O'Brien | Labour | |
2010 | Dan Byles | Conservative | |
2015 | Craig Tracey | Conservative |
Warwickshire North has wards which are the most "working-class" (lowest average income) and industrial of the six constituencies in the county, politically frequently with the best returns locally for Labour candidates. In the 2010 election all six Warwickshire constituencies were won by the Conservative party, though this constituency was the most marginal, falling on a substantial swing of 8.1% from Labour to the Conservatives (compared to a national swing of 5%).
Like much of the county, the area includes many rural villages which can today be classified as 'commuter' and 'retirement', south of the National Forest, south east of Tamworth and the small cathedral city of Lichfield and centred less than 10 miles (16 km) east of Birmingham, which provides some work locally in the creative and international export sectors. Many towns and villages have a history of coal mining and heavy industry, linked to a strong Labour vote. [5]
Settlements include Bedworth, just north of Coventry, and the historic market town of Atherstone. [n 3]
The constituency since 2010 has all but two wards of North Warwickshire. [n 4]
1832–1885: The Hundred of Hemlingford, the County of the City of Coventry, and the Rugby and Kirby Divisions of the Hundred of Knightlow. [6]
1983–2010: The Borough of North Warwickshire, and the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth wards of Exhall, Heath, Mount Pleasant, and Poplar.
2010–present: The Borough of North Warwickshire wards of 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, and Water Orton, and the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth wards of Bede, Exhall, Heath, Poplar, and Slough.
The North Warwickshire constituency was created for the 1832 general election, when the Great Reform Act divided the former Warwickshire constituency into two new divisions: North Warwickshire and South Warwickshire.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, North Warwickshire was abolished for the 1885 general election, when Warwickshire was divided into six new single-member constituencies: Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon, Nuneaton, Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Tamworth.
The current North Warwickshire county constituency was created for the 1983 general election, replacing outlying parts of the Meriden and Nuneaton constituencies. The seat was won by Francis Maude of the Conservative Party at the 1983 general election, who held it until 1992, when it was taken by Mike O'Brien of Labour. Labour held the seat comfortably until 2010.
On 8 March 2007, former Army Officer and polar explorer Dan Byles was selected at an open primary to contest North Warwickshire for the Conservative Party. At the 2010 general election, Byles won the seat off Mike O'Brien by just 54 votes, making him the Conservative Member of Parliament with the smallest majority in the country. However, a strong Conservative performance during the latter part of the decade saw the seat become safer for the Conservatives - the result in 2019 being akin to a safe Conservative seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Craig Tracey | 30,249 | 65.9 | 9.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Claire Breeze | 12,293 | 26.8 | 12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Whelan | 2,069 | 4.5 | 2.3 | |
Green | James Platt | 1,303 | 2.8 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 17,956 | 39.1 | 21.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,914 | 65.3 | 1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 10.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Craig Tracey | 26,860 | 56.9 | 14.6 | |
Labour | Julie Jackson | 18,350 | 38.9 | 2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Cox | 1,028 | 2.2 | 0.1 | |
Green | Keith Kondakor | 940 | 2.0 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 8,510 | 18.0 | 11.7 | ||
Turnout | 47,178 | 63.5 | 3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 5.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Craig Tracey | 20,042 | 42.3 | 2.1 | |
Labour | Mike O'Brien | 17,069 | 36.0 | 4.1 | |
UKIP | William Cash [9] | 8,256 | 17.4 | 14.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Beddow | 978 | 2.1 | 9.5 | |
Green | Ian Bonner | 894 | 1.9 | New | |
TUSC | Eileen Hunter | 138 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 2,973 | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,377 | 67.2 | 0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.05 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daniel Byles | 18,993 | 40.2 | 8.2 | |
Labour | Mike O'Brien | 18,939 | 40.1 | 8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Martin | 5,481 | 11.6 | 1.9 | |
BNP | Jason Holmes | 2,106 | 4.5 | 0.4 | |
UKIP | Stephen Fowler | 1,335 | 2.8 | 0.1 | |
English Democrat | David Lane | 411 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 54 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,265 | 67.4 | 5.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 8.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike O'Brien | 22,561 | 48.1 | 6.0 | |
Conservative | Ian Gibb | 15,008 | 32.0 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jerry Roodhouse | 6,212 | 13.2 | 1.8 | |
BNP | Michaela Mackenzie | 1,910 | 4.1 | New | |
UKIP | Ian Campbell | 1,248 | 2.7 | 0.6 | |
Majority | 7,553 | 16.1 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,939 | 62.2 | 2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike O'Brien | 24,023 | 54.1 | 4.3 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Parsons | 14,384 | 32.4 | 1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Powell | 5,052 | 11.4 | 4.0 | |
UKIP | John Flynn | 950 | 2.1 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 9,639 | 21.7 | 5.5 | ||
Turnout | 44,409 | 60.2 | 14.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.75 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike O'Brien | 31,669 | 58.4 | 12.3 | |
Conservative | Stephen Hammond | 16,902 | 31.2 | 13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Powell | 4,040 | 7.4 | 2.9 | |
Referendum | Roland Mole | 917 | 1.7 | New | |
UKIP | Christopher Cooke | 533 | 1.0 | New | |
Berties Party | Ian Moorecroft | 178 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 14,767 | 27.2 | 24.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,239 | 74.7 | 8.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike O'Brien | 27,599 | 46.1 | 6.0 | |
Conservative | Francis Maude | 26,145 | 43.6 | 1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Noel R Mitchell | 6,167 | 10.3 | 4.6 | |
Majority | 1,454 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,862 | 82.8 | 2.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 25,453 | 45.1 | 3.1 | |
Labour | Mike O'Brien | 22,624 | 40.1 | 3.0 | |
SDP | Suzan Neale | 8,382 | 14.9 | 6.1 | |
Majority | 2,829 | 5.0 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 56,459 | 79.9 | 1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Francis Maude | 22,452 | 42.0 | ||
Labour Co-op | John Tomlinson | 19,867 | 37.1 | ||
SDP | Howard Kerry | 11,207 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | 2,585 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 53,526 | 78.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philip Muntz | 5,282 | 59.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Archibald Corbett | 3,538 | 40.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,744 | 19.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,820 | 73.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,993 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,789 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | 4,672 | 38.3 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | 4,322 | 35.5 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | George Frederick Muntz [21] | 3,189 | 26.2 | −16.8 | |
Majority | 1,133 | 9.3 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,686 (est) | 75.4 (est) | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,200 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | 4,547 | 29.0 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | William Bromley-Davenport | 4,377 | 28.0 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | George Frederick Muntz | 3,411 | 21.8 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Edward Fordham Flower | 3,322 | 21.2 | +6.9 | |
Majority | 966 | 6.2 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,829 (est) | 76.3 (est) | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,266 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | 3,159 | 37.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Bromley | 2,873 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Frederick Muntz | 2,408 | 28.5 | New | |
Majority | 465 | 5.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,424 (est) | 80.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,710 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Bromley | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Richard Spooner | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,871 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Richard Spooner | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,832 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | 2,950 | 30.0 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | Richard Spooner | 2,822 | 28.7 | -3.4 | |
Whig | Frederick Craven [23] | 2,038 | 20.7 | ||
Whig | Sir Thomas George Skipwith, 9th Baronet | 2,021 | 20.6 | ||
Majority | 784 | 8.0 | +5.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,916 (est) | 70.2 (est) | -7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,002 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | 2,915 | 38.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Spooner | 2,451 | 32.1 | N/A | |
Whig | William Henry Leigh [24] | 2,278 | 29.8 | New | |
Majority | 173 | 2.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,961 (est) | 77.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Stratford Dugdale | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Eardley-Wilmot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,785 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Stratford Dugdale | 3,326 | 32.7 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | John Eardley-Wilmot | 2,768 | 27.2 | −10.1 | |
Whig | Grey Skipwith | 2,292 | 22.5 | +9.2 | |
Whig | Charles Holte Bracebridge | 1,787 | 17.6 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 476 | 4.7 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,099 | 76.9 | c. +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 6,632 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Eardley-Wilmot | 2,600 | 37.3 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | William Stratford Dugdale | 2,513 | 36.1 | +5.7 | |
Whig | Arthur Francis Gregory [25] | 1,854 | 26.6 | −2.1 | |
Majority | 659 | 9.5 | +7.8 | ||
Turnout | c. 3,484 | c. 72.9 | c. −10.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,779 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | John Eardley-Wilmot | 2,237 | 40.9 | ||
Tory | William Stratford Dugdale | 1,666 | 30.4 | ||
Whig | Dempster Heming | 1,573 | 28.7 | ||
Majority | 93 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,109 | 83.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,730 | ||||
Tory win (new seat) | |||||
Tory win (new seat) |
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