Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Stratford-on-Avon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
West Midlands - Stratford-on-Avon constituency.svg
Boundary of Stratford-on-Avon in West Midlands region
County Warwickshire
Electorate 69,108 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Stratford-on-Avon, Alcester, Henley-in-Arden, Shipston-on-Stour
Current constituency
Created 1950
Member of Parliament Manuela Perteghella (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created from Warwick and Leamington and Rugby
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Type of constituency County constituency
Created from South Warwickshire
Replaced by Tamworth, Rugby and Warwick & Leamington

Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Manuela Perteghella of the Liberal Democrats. The constituency is in Warwickshire; as its name suggests, it is centred on the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, but also takes in the surrounding areas, including the towns of Alcester and Henley-in-Arden.

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Boundaries

Historic

1885–1918: The Boroughs of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Leamington, the Sessional Divisions of Alcester, Brailes, Henley, Stratford, Snitterfield, and Warwick, and the part of the Sessional Division of Kenilworth in the Parliamentary Borough of Warwick and Leamington.

1950–1974: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Rural Districts of Stratford-on-Avon, Alcester, Shipston-on-Stour, and Southam.

1974–1983: As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries.

1983–1997: The District of Stratford-on-Avon.

1997–2010: All the wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon except the wards of Henley, Tanworth, and Tanworth Earlswood.

2010–2024: The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of 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, and Welford.

At the 2010 general election, following the Fifth periodic review of Westminster constituencies, this seat was reduced in size: a new constituency of Kenilworth and Southam was created, taking in much of the eastern half of the previous version of this constituency, along with parts of the abolished seat of Rugby and Kenilworth.

Current

Under the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, there were minor changes to align the boundaries with those of local authority wards. The constituency was defined as composing the following wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon as they existed on 1 December 2020:

Following a further local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023 [3] [4] , the constituency now comprises the following wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon from the 2024 general election:

Constituency profile

The constituency consists primarily of agricultural land with relatively widely spaced rural villages which are now predominantly inhabited by commuters, [6] with its boundaries taking in the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon itself and the south and west of the Stratford-on-Avon local government district. It has been a Conservative seat since 1906. [7]

In May 2023, the Lib Dems gained majority control of the Stratford-on-Avon council for the first time in its history with a 15-seat gain. That compared with the Conservatives, who not only lost their majority but dropped 14 of their seats. On the doorstep, campaigners said issues around the town's Conservative MP came up repeatedly. [8]

After Stratford itself the next largest settlements in the constituency are Studley and Alcester each with just under 5,000 electors.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [9]

History

Stratford-on-Avon was first created in 1885 out of the South Warwickshire constituency. It was competitive between the Conservative and Liberal parties, and was abolished in 1918 to be divided between the Warwick and Leamington and Rugby constituencies.

Stratford-on-Avon was reestablished as a constituency in 1950. From its recreation until 2024, the seat elected only Conservative MPs. The earliest member, John Profumo, resigned in 1963 following a scandal involving his extramarital affair; he was followed by Angus Maude from 1963 to 1983. In 1983, Alan Howarth was elected; he crossed the floor in 1995 to serve as a Labour Party MP and moved to the Labour-leaning Newport East constituency for the 1997 general election. Howarth was succeeded by John Maples from 1997 to 2010, followed by Nadhim Zahawi from 2010 to 2024; Zahawi served as Chancellor of the Exchequer for three months in 2022. In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Zahawi stood down, [10] [11] with Chris Clarkson replacing him as the Conservative candidate for the constituency; he was, at that time, was the MP for the Heywood and Middleton seat. Clarkson would eventually be unsuccessful, with the seat being taken by the Liberal Democrat Manuela Perteghella.

With the exception of a relatively close 1963 by-election, the constituency always returned majorities of over 20% for the Conservatives between 1950 and 2024. Up until 1970, Labour always came second and the Liberals (when they stood) third; and the Liberal/Liberal Democratic parties came second and Labour third in every subsequent general election until 2010. The only occasion on which any other party has been in the top three (or managed to save their deposit) was in 2015, when UKIP came second with just over 13% of the vote. Since then, Labour has come second in 2017, and the Liberal Democrats in 2019.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

ElectionMember [12] Party
1885 Lord William Compton Liberal
1886 Frederick Townsend Conservative
1892 Algernon Freeman-Mitford Conservative
1895 Victor Milward Conservative
1901 by-election Philip Foster Conservative
1906 Thomas Kincaid-Smith Liberal
1909 by-election Philip Foster Conservative
1918 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1950

ElectionMember [12] PartyNotes
1950 John Profumo Conservative Secretary of State for War 1960–63; resigned
1963 by-election Angus Maude Conservative
1983 Alan Howarth Conservative
1995 Labour
1997 John Maples Conservative Previously MP for Lewisham West 1983–92
2010 Nadhim Zahawi Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer July–September 2022
2024 Manuela Perteghella Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Stratford-on-Avon [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Manuela Perteghella 23,450 44.3 +19.6
Conservative Chris Clarkson 16,32830.8−29.4
Reform UK James Crocker7,75314.6N/A
Labour Seyi Agboola3,7537.1−4.2
Green Doug Rouxel1,1972.2−1.6
Independent Kevin Taylor2920.5N/A
New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership (NONPOL)Neil O'Neil1660.3N/A
Majority7,12213.5N/A
Turnout 52,93970.0−4.0
Registered electors 75,725
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +24.5

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Stratford-on-Avon [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 33,343 60.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Dominic Skinner13,37124.3+12.2
Labour Felix Ling6,22211.3−11.0
Green David Passingham2,1123.8+1.2
Majority19,97236.3−3.6
Turnout 55,04874.4+2.1
Registered electors 74,038
Conservative hold Swing -6.9
General election 2017: Stratford-on-Avon [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 33,657 62.9 +5.2
Labour Jeff Kenner11,69921.9+8.9
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Adams6,35711.9−0.1
Green Dominic Giles1,3452.6−1.5
Independent Jandy Spurway2550.5New
Independent Tom Darwood2190.4New
Majority21,95841.0−4.6
Turnout 52,53272.3−0.3
Conservative hold Swing -2.4
General election 2015: Stratford-on-Avon [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 29,674 57.7 +6.2
UKIP Edward Fila6,79813.2+9.5
Labour Jeff Kenner6,67713.0+3.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Adams6,18212.0−17.1
Green Dominic Giles2,1284.1+3.1
Majority22,87644.5+22.1
Turnout 51,45972.6−0.1
Conservative hold Swing -1.75
General election 2010: Stratford-on-Avon [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 26,052 51.5 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Turner14,70629.1+0.8
Labour Robert Johnston4,8099.5−5.9
UKIP Brett Parsons1,8463.7+0.9
BNP George Jones1,0972.2New
Independent Neil Basnett1,0322.0New
Green Karen Varga5271.0−1.3
English Democrat Frederick Bishop4730.9New
Majority11,34622.4+1.5
Turnout 50,54272.7+3.5
Conservative hold Swing +0.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stratford-on-Avon [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Maples 28,652 49.2 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Juned16,46828.3−0.5
Labour Co-op Rachel Blackmore10,14517.4+0.7
UKIP Harry Cottam1,6212.8+0.6
Green Mick Davies1,3542.3+0.2
Majority12,18420.9−0.6
Turnout 58,24068.8+4.4
Conservative hold Swing -0.3
General election 2001: Stratford-on-Avon [21] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Maples 27,606 50.3 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Juned15,80428.8+3.3
Labour Mushtaq Hussain9,16416.7−3.8
UKIP Ron Mole1,1842.2+1.3
Green Mick Davies1,1562.1New
Majority11,80221.5−1.3
Turnout 54,91464.4−11.9
Conservative hold Swing -0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stratford-on-Avon [22] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Maples 29,967 48.3 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Juned15,86125.5±0.0
Labour Stewart Stacey12,75420.5+7.4
Referendum Adrian Hilton2,0643.3New
UKIP JEM Spilsbury5560.9New
Natural Law James Brewster3070.5+0.3
Stratford First Democratic ConservativeSimon Marcus3060.5New
ProLife Alliance Sarah Miller2840.5New
Majority14,10622.8−10.9
Turnout 62,09976.3−5.8
Conservative hold Swing -5.45
General election 1992: Stratford-on-Avon [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Howarth 40,251 59.2 −2.7
Liberal Democrats JN Fogg17,35925.5−2.4
Labour SM Brookes8,93213.1+2.9
Green RG Roughan7291.1New
Ind. Conservative AJ Saunders5730.8New
Natural Law MR Twite1300.2New
Majority22,89233.7−0.4
Turnout 67,97482.1+5.6
Conservative hold Swing -0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Stratford-on-Avon [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Howarth 38,483 61.9 +1.0
Liberal David Cowcher17,31827.9−1.0
Labour Robert Rhodes6,33510.2−0.1
Majority21,16534.1+2.1
Turnout 62,13676.5+3.6
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General election 1983: Stratford-on-Avon [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Howarth 34,041 60.9 +0.5
Liberal James Taylor16,12428.9+8.9
Labour Frank Hooley 5,73110.3−7.4
Majority17,91732.0−6.4
Turnout 55,89672.9−3.8
Conservative hold Swing -4.2

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Maude 35,470 60.41 +9.4
Liberal James Taylor12,91622.00−5.3
Labour CA Purnell10,33417.60−4.1
Majority22,55438.41+14.8
Turnout 58,72076.67+2.6
Conservative hold Swing +7.4
General election October 1974: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Maude 27,12350.96−0.8
Liberal MJW Wright14,55527.34−1.7
Labour DV Hunt11,55121.70+2.5
Majority12,56823.62+ 0.9
Turnout 53,22974.04−7.0
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
General election February 1974: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Maude 30,106 51.77 −6.3
Liberal MJW Wright16,88529.03+10.7
Labour M Burton11,16519.20−4.3
Majority13,22122.74−11.8
Turnout 58,15681.06+7.0
Conservative hold Swing -8.5
General election 1970: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Maude 28,106 58.08 +6.8
Labour Peter Eric Tombs11,39323.54−6.2
Liberal David R Bruce8,89518.38+3.4
Majority16,71334.54+12.9
Turnout 48,39474.08−4.0
Conservative hold Swing +6.5

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Maude 22,381 51.30 −2.5
Labour Vernon G Hale12,95429.69+0.4
Liberal Gordon H Herringshaw6,55615.03−1.9
Ind. Conservative Christopher G Clayton-Wright1,7333.97New
Majority9,42721.61−2.9
Turnout 43,62478.03−5.0
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
General election 1964: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Maude 23,236 53.80 −14.7
Labour Andrew Faulds 12,64629.28−2.2
Liberal Derick Mirfin7,30716.92New
Majority10,59024.52−12.5
Turnout 43,18983.07+ 6.2
Conservative hold Swing -6.3
Stratford by-election, 1963
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angus Maude 15,846 43.61 −24.9
Labour Andrew Faulds 12,37634.06+2.6
Liberal Derick Mirfin7,62220.98New
Independent MS Blair2810.77New
Teenage Party David Sutch 2090.58New
Majority3,4709.55−27.5
Turnout 36,334
Conservative hold Swing -13.7

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Profumo 26,146 68.5 −0.1
Labour Joseph Stretton12,01731.5+0.1
Majority14,12937.0−0.2
Turnout 38,16376.9+1.3
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
General election 1955: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Profumo 24,587 68.6 +4.1
Labour Thomas LK Locksley11,27531.4−4.1
Majority13,31237.2+8.2
Turnout 35,86275.6−4.3
Conservative hold Swing +4.1
General election 1951: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Profumo 24,041 64.5 +7.2
Labour Henry Hilditch13,24635.5−3.5
Majority10,79529.0+4.4
Turnout 37,28779.9−3.2
Conservative hold Swing +5.36
General election 1950: Stratford-on-Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Profumo 21,492 57.3
Labour RGM Brown12,14332.0
Liberal Hadleigh Sydney Seaborne4,31811.4
Majority9,34924.6
Turnout 37,95383.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election December 1910: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Foster 5,147 59.8 Increase2.svg 0.9
Liberal Walter King3,46240.2Decrease2.svg 0.9
Majority1,68519.6Increase2.svg 1.8
Turnout 8,60979.5Decrease2.svg 6.7
Registered electors 10,835
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 0.9
General election January 1910: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Foster 5,505 58.9 Increase2.svg 9.8
Liberal Oscar William Bowen3,83841.1Decrease2.svg 9.8
Majority1,66717.8N/A
Turnout 9,34386.2Increase2.svg 2.7
Registered electors 10,835
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Increase2.svg 9.8

Elections in the 1900s

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Martin
1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Foster 5,374 62.5 Increase2.svg 13.4
Liberal Joseph Martin 2,74731.9Decrease2.svg 19.0
Independent Thomas Kincaid-Smith 4795.6New
Majority2,62730.6N/A
Turnout 8,60080.9Decrease2.svg 2.6
Registered electors 10,628
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Increase2.svg 16.2
General election 1906: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Kincaid-Smith 4,321 50.9 N/A
Conservative Philip Foster 4,17349.1N/A
Majority1481.8N/A
Turnout 8,49483.5N/A
Registered electors 10,173
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
1901 Stratford-on-Avon by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Foster 4,755 61.5 N/A
Liberal Bolton King2,97738.5New
Majority1,77823.0N/A
Turnout 7,73276.8N/A
Registered electors 10,063
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1900: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Milward Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victor Milward 4,598 61.9 +6.1
Liberal Isaac Thomas Sadler2,82738.1−6.1
Majority1,77123.8+12.2
Turnout 7,42576.2−2.2
Registered electors 9,745
Conservative hold Swing +6.1
General election 1892: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Algernon Freeman-Mitford 4,157 55.8 +2.4
Liberal George Septimus Warmington [32] 3,29344.2−2.4
Majority86411.6+4.8
Turnout 7,45078.4+3.9
Registered electors 9,505
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1880s

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Compton
General election 1886: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Townsend 3,833 53.4 Increase2.svg 8.8
Liberal William Compton 3,34446.6Decrease2.svg 8.8
Majority4896.8N/A
Turnout 7,17774.5Decrease2.svg 12.5
Registered electors 9,631
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Increase2.svg 8.8
General election 1885: Stratford-on-Avon [28] [30] [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Compton 4,639 55.4
Conservative Sampson Lloyd 3,73844.6
Majority90110.8
Turnout 8,37787.0
Registered electors 9,631
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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