Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kenilworth and Southam
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Kenilworth and Southam in Warwickshire
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Location of Warwickshire within England
County Warwickshire
Electorate 63,772 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements Kenilworth, Southam
Current constituency
Created 2010
Member of Parliament Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
SeatsOne
Created from Rugby & Kenilworth, Warwick & Leamington, Stratford-on-Avon

Kenilworth and Southam is a constituency [n 1] in Warwickshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jeremy Wright, a Conservative who served as Culture Secretary until 24 July 2019, having previously served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2018. [n 2]

Contents

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [2] Party
2010 Jeremy Wright Conservative

Constituency profile

The seat is overwhelmingly rural; most properties have large plots and a substantial majority are semi-detached or detached. [3] This is geographically one of the largest seats in the West Midlands and one of its safest Conservative seats.

The historic town of Kenilworth, with a population of around 23,000, is the largest settlement in the area, with the small town of Southam (8,000) second. There are plenty of small villages, hamlets and farms elsewhere.

The seat surrounds the much more urban Warwick and Leamington constituency on three sides. It also borders southern Coventry; Coventry Airport is just within the constituency.

Boundaries

Current

Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The District of Warwick wards of Abbey, Cubbington, Lapworth, Leek Wootton, Park Hill, Radford Semele, St John's, and Stoneleigh, the District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of Burton Dassett, Fenny Compton, Harbury, Kineton, Long Itchington, Southam, Stockton and Napton, and Wellesbourne, and the Borough of Rugby wards of Dunchurch and Knightlow, Leam Valley, and Ryton-on-Dunsmore.

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Warwickshire, the Boundary Commission created this new constituency, pairing Kenilworth and Southam and breaking the parliamentary link between Rugby and Kenilworth established in 1983.

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 to those of local authority wards. Radford Semele transferred to Warwick and Leamington in exchange for Budbrooke.

Following a further local government boundary review in Stratford-on-Avon which came into effect in May 2023 [5] [6] , the constituency will now comprise the following from the next general election:

History

The constituency was created for the 2010 general election. The result from 2005 for its wards (nominal result as the constituency was not then formed) gave a Conservative majority of 24.8%.

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Kenilworth and Southam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Jacqui Harris [8]
Liberal Democrats Jenny Wilkinson [9]
Conservative Jeremy Wright [10]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Kenilworth and Southam [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Wright 30,351 57.7 –3.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Dickson9,99819.0+9.4
Labour Antony Tucker9,44017.9–7.7
Green Alison Firth2,3514.5+2.3
Monster Raving Loony Nicholas Green4570.9New
Majority20,35338.7+3.5
Turnout 52,59777.2–0.2
Conservative hold Swing –6.25
General election 2017: Kenilworth and Southam [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Wright 31,207 60.8 +2.4
Labour Bally Singh13,12125.6+10.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Dickson4,9219.6–0.5
Green Rob Ballantyne1,1332.2–1.8
UKIP Harry Cottam9291.8–9.4
Majority18,08635.2–6.9
Turnout 51,31177.4+2.6
Conservative hold Swing –3.9
General election 2015: Kenilworth and Southam [14] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Wright 28,474 58.4 +4.8
Labour Bally Singh7,47215.3+0.9
UKIP Harry Cottam5,46711.2+8.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Dickson4,91310.1–17.6
Green Rob Ballantyne [15] 1,9564.0+2.8
Monster Raving Loony Nicholas Green3700.8New
Digital Democracy [16] Jon Foster-Smith [16] 1390.3New
Majority21,00243.1+17.2
Turnout 48,79174.8–0.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.9
General election 2010: Kenilworth and Southam [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Wright 25,945 53.6
Liberal Democrats Nigel Rock13,39327.7
Labour Nicholas Milton6,94914.4
UKIP John Moore1,2142.4
Green James Harrison 5681.2
Independent Joe Rukin3620.7
Majority12,55225.9
Turnout 48,43175.3
Conservative win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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  2. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
  3. ↑ "2011 census interactive maps". Archived from the original on 29 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  5. ↑ LGBCE. "Stratford-on-Avon | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Stratford-on-Avon (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
  7. ↑ "New Seat Details - Kenilworth and Southam". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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  15. ↑ "Rob Ballantyne – Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Kenilworth and Southam". Green Party of England and Wales. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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