Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)

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Warwick and Leamington
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Warwick and Leamington in Warwickshire
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Location of Warwickshire within England
County Warwickshire
Electorate 66,278 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Warwick and Leamington
Current constituency
Created 1885
Member of Parliament Matt Western (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Warwick

Warwick and Leamington is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2017 general election by Matt Western, of the Labour Party.

Contents

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] PartyNotes
1885 Arthur Peel Liberal Speaker of the House of Commons 1884–95
1886 Liberal Unionist
1895 by-election Alfred Lyttelton Liberal Unionist
1906 Thomas Berridge Liberal
Jan 1910 Ernest Pollock Conservative Solicitor General then Attorney General (1919–1922)
1923 Sir Anthony Eden Conservative Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister (1955–1957), resigned January 1957
1957 by-election John Hobson Conservative Solicitor General then Attorney General (1962–1964), died December 1967
1968 by-election Dudley Smith Conservative
1997 James Plaskitt Labour
2010 Chris White Conservative
2017 Matt Western Labour

Constituency profile

The seat comprises the two eponymous towns, with modest hills surrounding them, in the upper valley of the River Avon.

The towns of Warwick and Royal Leamington Spa are still distinct, however, and form, in the modern seat, a contiguous urban area. Both towns are relatively affluent, although there are pockets of deprivation in Leamington. Warwick, with its historic castle, is an internationally advertised tourist destination, while Leamington's economy is more dependent on storage, distribution, manufacturing, processing, engineering and industry. Leamington is also more ethnically diverse (e.g. five per cent of the constituency's population is of Asian ethnicity)[ clarification needed ] and is home to some students of the University of Warwick that lies close to Coventry.

Unemployment claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian . [3]

Boundaries

Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries since the 2010 general election

2010–present: The District of Warwick wards of Bishop's Tachbrook, Brunswick, Budbrooke, Clarendon, Crown, Manor, Milverton, Warwick North, Warwick South, Warwick West, Whitnash, and Willes. The 2010 boundary changes reduced the constituency's area by removing outlying villages, reflecting population and housing growth.

1997–2010: The District of Warwick wards of Bishop's Tachbrook, Brunswick, Budbrooke, Clarendon, Crown, Cubbington, Lapworth, Leek Wootton, Manor, Milverton, Radford Semele, Warwick North, Warwick South, Warwick West, Whitnash, and Willes, and the District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of Henley, Tanworth, and Tanworth Earlswood.

1983–1997: The District of Warwick wards of Bishop's Tachbrook, Brunswick, Budbrooke, Clarendon, Crown, Cubbington, Lapworth, Leek Wootton, Manor, Milverton, Radford Semele, Warwick North, Warwick South, Warwick West, Whitnash, and Willes.

1974–1983: As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries.

1950–1974: The Boroughs of Warwick and Royal Leamington Spa, the Urban District of Kenilworth, and the Rural District of Warwick.

1918–1950: The Boroughs of Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa, and Stratford-on-Avon, the Urban District of Kenilworth, the Rural Districts of Warwick and Alcester, and parts of the Rural Districts of Stratford-on-Avon and Brailes.

1885-1918: The existing parliamentary borough of Warwick, the municipal borough of Royal Leamington Spa, and the local government districts of Milverton and Lillington. [4]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Minor changes to align boundaries with those of wards in the District of Warwick. Budbrooke transferred to Kenilworth and Southam in exchange for Radford Semele.

History

The constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, partially replacing the earlier and ancient Warwick constituency which until that year had sent two MPs to Westminster. [6]

Political history

Represented by Conservatives from 1910 to 1997, the seat was for much of this time a safe seat, seeing frequent majorities of more than 10,000 votes, and the seat was uncontested in both 1918 and 1922. The seat had not been expected to change hands in the 1997 general election: as such James Plaskitt's defeat of Dudley Smith was a Portillo moment, without the decapitation of a government frontbencher. Plaskitt increased his majority in the 2001 election, but on a lower turnout. In the 2005 election, Warwick and Leamington was 85th on the Conservative list of target seats, meaning that to gain it they would have required a somewhat greater swing than was seen nationally. With a greater swing from Labour to the Liberal Democrats, Plaskitt narrowly held the seat with a majority slashed from nearly 6,000 votes to only 266.

However, minor boundary changes in Labour's favour took effect at the 2010 general election and the winner was variously predicted.[ citation needed ] In the event the seat was gained by a Conservative, Chris White, with a majority of 7% of the vote. On this occasion the Conservative Party was the main beneficiary from swings away from the Labour Party and the Green Party. White held the seat in 2015 with an increased majority of 6,606. Labour's Matthew Western won the seat from the Conservatives on a swing of 7.6% in the 2017 election, overturning a 6,606 vote lead [7] (this was the 4th biggest lead overturned by Labour at this election). This made Matt Western just the second Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington in the seat's history. In 2019, Western held the seat with a slightly reduced majority.

Prominent members

From 1923 to 1957, the seat was represented by Anthony Eden, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957.

For part of the early 1920s, the Solicitor General for England and Wales, then Attorney General for England and Wales, represented the seat, Sir Ernest Pollock. Eden's successor, Sir John Hobson, was also in all of those senior positions for part of the early 1960s.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next United Kingdom general election: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Louis Adam [8]
Reform UK Nigel Clarke [9]
Conservative James Uffindell [10]
Green Hema YellaPragada [11]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Warwick and Leamington [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Western 23,718 43.8 −2.9
Conservative Jack Rankin22,92942.3−2.1
Liberal Democrats Louis Adam4,9959.2+4.0
Green Jonathan Chilvers1,5362.8+0.6
Brexit Party Tim Griffiths8071.5New
Independent Bob Dhillon1530.3New
SDP Xander Bennett670.1New
Majority7891.5−0.8
Turnout 54,20571.0−1.8
Labour hold Swing −0.4
General election 2017: Warwick and Leamington [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matt Western 25,227 46.7 +11.8
Conservative Chris White 24,02144.4−3.5
Liberal Democrats Nick Solman2,8105.2+0.2
Green Jonathan Chilvers1,1982.2−1.7
UKIP Bob Dhillon7991.5−6.8
Majority1,2062.3N/A
Turnout 54,16072.8+2.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +7.6
General election 2015: Warwick and Leamington [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris White 24,249 47.9 +5.3
Labour Lynnette Kelly17,64334.9−0.5
UKIP Alastair MacBrayne4,1838.3+6.4
Liberal Democrats Haseeb Arif2,5125.0−13.3
Green Azzees Minott1,9943.9+2.5
Majority6,60613.0+5.8
Turnout 50,77070.7−0.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.5
General election 2010: Warwick and Leamington [16] [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris White 20,876 42.6 +8.2
Labour James Plaskitt 17,36335.4−9.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Beddow8,97718.3+2.4
UKIP Christopher Lenton9261.9+0.2
Green Ian Davison6931.4−1.9
Independent Jim Cullinane1970.4New
Majority3,5137.2N/A
Turnout 49,03271.0+5.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +8.75

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Warwick and Leamington [19] [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Plaskitt 22,238 40.6 -8.2
Conservative Chris White 21,97240.1+2.5
Liberal Democrats Linda Forbes8,11914.8+3.7
Green Ian Davison1,5342.8New
UKIP Greville Warwick9211.7+0.5
Majority2660.5-10.7
Turnout 54,74467.4+1.6
Labour hold Swing -5.4
General election 2001: Warwick and Leamington [22] [21] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Plaskitt 26,108 48.8 +4.3
Conservative David Campbell-Bannerman 20,15537.6-1.3
Liberal Democrats Linda Forbes5,96411.1-0.8
Socialist Alliance Claire Kime6641.2New
UKIP Greville Warwick6481.2New
Majority5,95311.2+5.6
Turnout 53,53965.8-9.3
Labour hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Warwick and Leamington [22] [21] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Plaskitt 26,747 44.5 +11.5
Conservative Dudley Smith 23,34938.9-9.5
Liberal Democrats Nigel Hicks7,13311.9-4.7
Referendum Val Davis1,4842.5New
Green Paul Baptie7641.3-0.1
Independent Greville Warwick3060.5New
Independent Michael Gibbs1830.3New
Natural Law Roddy McCarthy1250.2-0.1
Majority3,3985.6N/A
Turnout 60,09175.1-6.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.5
General election 1992: Warwick and Leamington [21] [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 28,093 48.4 -1.4
Labour Matthew Taylor 19,15833.0+9.5
Liberal Democrats S. E. Boad9,64516.6-7.9
Green Janet Alty8031.4-0.8
Independent R. Newby2510.4New
Natural Law J. Brewster1560.3New
Majority8,93515.4-9.9
Turnout 58,10881.6-5.6
Conservative hold Swing -5.5

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Warwick and Leamington [26] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 27,530 49.8 -1.1
Alliance Kevin O'Sullivan13,54824.5-1.4
Labour Ann Christina13,01923.5+1.5
Green Janet Alty1,2142.2+0.9
Majority13,98225.3+0.3
Turnout 55,31176.0+2.4
Conservative hold Swing -1.3
General election 1983: Warwick and Leamington [27] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 26,512 50.9 -3.5
Alliance Robert Behrens13,48025.9+10.9
Labour Richard Chessum11,46322.0-7.3
Ecology Nicholas Charlton6851.3-0.1
Majority13,03225.0-0.1
Turnout 52,14073.6-4.1
Conservative hold Swing -7.2

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 35,925 54.4 +7.3
Labour C. J. Gray19,36729.3-3.8
Liberal D. Woodcock9,90515.0-4.8
Ecology P. Sizer9051.4New
Majority16,55825.1+11.1
Turnout 66,10277.7+2.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.6
General election October 1974: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 27,721 47.1 -0.4
Labour J. W. England19,47633.1+3.4
Liberal Timothy A. Jones11,62519.8-3.0
Majority8,24514.0-3.8
Turnout 58,82274.8-6.8
Conservative hold Swing -1.9
General election February 1974: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 30,167 47.5 -15.9
Labour J. W. England18,87429.7-6.9
Liberal Timothy A. Jones14,50022.8New
Majority11,29317.8-9.0
Turnout 63,54181.6+9.0
Conservative hold Swing -19.4
General election 1970: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 36,994 63.4 +11.8
Labour John Watkinson 21,35536.6+0.5
Majority15,63926.8+11.3
Turnout 58,34972.6-6.3
Conservative hold Swing -12.5

Elections in the 1960s

1968 Warwick and Leamington by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dudley Smith 28,914 68.3 +16.7
Labour Raymond Carter 6,99216.5-19.6
Liberal Antony Butcher6,41515.2+2.9
Majority21,92251.8+36.3
Turnout 42,321
Conservative hold Swing +18.2
General election 1966: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hobson 28,918 51.6 -2.2
Labour Les Huckfield 20,22136.1+2.0
Liberal Antony Butcher6,91212.3+0.2
Majority8,69715.5-4.2
Turnout 56,05178.9-1.5
Conservative hold Swing -2.1
General election 1964: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hobson 29,749 53.8 -8.8
Labour Nigel Spearing 18,86534.1-3.3
Liberal Peter Gibson6,67612.1New
Majority10,88419.7-5.5
Turnout 55,29080.4-2.3
Conservative hold Swing -10.5

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hobson 32,51362.59-1.89
Labour William Wilson 19,43437.41+1.89
Majority13,07925.18-3.78
Turnout 51,94782.7
Conservative hold Swing
1957 Warwick and Leamington by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Hobson 24,94852.26-12.22
Labour William Wilson 22,79147.74+12.22
Majority2,1574.52-24.44
Turnout 47,739
Conservative hold Swing -12.2
General election 1955: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Eden 29,97964.484.0
Labour William Wilson 16,51335.52-4.0
Majority13,46628.96
Turnout 46,49278.77
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
General election 1951: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Eden 28,28260.480.7
Labour William Wilson 18,47939.52-0.7
Majority9,80320.96
Turnout 46,76182.38
Conservative hold Swing +0.7
General election 1950: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Eden 27,35359.78-1.5
Labour H. Bithell18,40040.22+8.0
Majority8,95319.56
Turnout 45,75382.86
Conservative hold Swing -4.8

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Warwick and Leamington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Eden 37,11061.34-15.3
Labour Donald Chesworth 19,47632.19+8.8
Liberal Walter Dingley 3,9086.46New
Majority17,63429.15
Turnout 60,49469.18
Conservative hold Swing -12.1

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Warwick and Leamington [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Eden 35,74676.58-4.0
Labour J. Perry10,93023.42+4.0
Majority24,81653.16
Turnout 46,67665.66
Conservative hold Swing −4.0
General election 1931: Warwick and Leamington [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Eden 38,58480.64
Independent Labour Jim Garton 9,26119.36
Majority29,32361.28
Turnout 47,84572.43
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Warwick and Leamington [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Anthony Eden 23,045 47.6 -12.6
Liberal Walter Dingley 17,58536.4-3.4
Labour Jim Garton 7,74116.0New
Majority5,46011.2-9.2
Turnout 48,37177.5+3.9
Unionist hold Swing -4.6
General election 1924: Warwick and Leamington [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Anthony Eden 19,575 60.2 +8.4
Liberal George Nicholls 12,96639.8+4.4
Majority6,60920.4+4.0
Turnout 32,54173.6+0.7
Unionist hold Swing +2.0
General election 1923: Warwick and Leamington [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Anthony Eden 16,337 51.8 N/A
Liberal George Nicholls 11,13435.4New
Labour Daisy Greville 4,01512.8New
Majority5,20316.4N/A
Turnout 31,48672.9N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1922: Warwick and Leamington [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Ernest Pollock Unopposed N/AN/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Warwick and Leamington [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Ernest Pollock Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election December 1910: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Pollock 3,321 56.1 1.5
Liberal Thomas Berridge 2,59643.9+1.5
Majority72512.23.0
Turnout 5,91789.15.1
Registered electors 6,642
Conservative hold Swing 1.5
General election January 1910: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernest Pollock 3,605 57.6 +9.4
Liberal Thomas Berridge 2,65142.49.4
Majority95415.2N/A
Turnout 6,25694.2+1.9
Registered electors 6,642
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.4

Elections in the 1900s

1906 general election: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Berridge 3,011 51.8 +10.6
Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton 2,80248.210.6
Majority2093.6N/A
Turnout 5,81392.3+12.2
Registered electors 6,296
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +10.6
By-election, 1903: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton 2,689 51.8 7.0
Liberal Thomas Berridge 2,49948.2+7.0
Majority1903.614.0
Turnout 5,18886.5+6.4
Registered electors 5,999
Liberal Unionist hold Swing 7.0
1900 general election: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton 2,785 58.8 N/A
Liberal Halford Mackinder 1,95441.2New
Majority83117.6N/A
Turnout 4,73980.1N/A
Registered electors 5,920
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890s

1895 general election: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
By-election, 23 May 1895 Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Unionist Alfred Lyttelton 2,815 55.7 N/A
Liberal James Duckworth 2,23644.3New
Majority57911.4N/A
Turnout 3,39486.2N/A
Registered electors 5,858
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A
1892 general election: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker (Liberal Unionist) Arthur Peel Unopposed
Speaker hold

Elections in the 1880s

1886 general election: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker (Liberal Unionist) Arthur Peel Unopposed
Speaker hold
1885 general election: Warwick and Leamington [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Speaker (Liberal) Arthur Peel 2,644 53.8
Conservative Edward Montague Nelson [32] 2,27246.2
Majority3727.6
Turnout 4,91689.6
Registered electors 5,486
Speaker win (new seat)

See also

Notes

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

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