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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.

Constituencies

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  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest Opposition Electoral wards[1] Map
Kenilworth and Southam CC 74,923 6,574   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.
North Warwickshire and Bedworth CC 69,752 2,198   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.
Nuneaton CC 71,843 3,479   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.
Rugby CC 74,901 4,428   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.
Stratford-on-Avon CC 75,725 7,122   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.
Warwick and Leamington BC 76,294 12,412   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.

2010 boundary changes

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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 name Boundaries 1997-2010 Current name Boundaries 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
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
Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

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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

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

2024

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

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 90,025 31.4% Increase4.5% 4 Increase3
Conservative 86,657 30.2% Decrease26.9% 1 Decrease4
Reform 47,812 16.7% Increase16.4% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 43,615 15.2% Increase3.2% 1 Increase1
Greens 15,998 5.6% Increase2.1% 0 0
Others 2,507 0.9% Increase0.7% 0 0
Total 286,614 100.0 6

Percentage votes

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 24.3 26.3 33.4 43.8 42.4 36.9 27.6 26.8 35.3 26.9 31.4
Conservative 49.2 50.9 49.6 38.7 39.4 40.7 45.7 50.3 55.1 57.1 30.2
Reform - - - - - - - - - 0.3 16.7
Liberal Democrat1 26.0 22.1 16.0 13.9 15.6 17.9 20.5 6.2 6.2 12.0 15.2
Green Party - * * * * * 0.8 3.3 2.1 3.5 5.6
UKIP - - - * * * 2.0 13.0 1.1 * *
Other 0.4 0.7 0.9 3.6 2.5 4.5 3.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.9

11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 0 0 2 4 4 3 0 0 1 1 4
Conservative 5 5 3 1 1 2 6 6 5 5 1
Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historical representation by party

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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

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist   Speaker

Constituency 1885 1886 87 89 91 1892 95 1895 98 99 1900 01 04 1906 09 09 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 11 12 14 17
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

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  Coalition National Democratic & Labour   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal   New Party

Constituency 1918 19 21 22 1922 1923 1924 1929 29 31 1931 35 1935 36 37 39 40 41 42 43 1945
Birmingham Aston Cecil Strachey Hope Kellett Prior Wyatt
Birmingham Deritend Dennis Crooke Longden Crooke Longden
Birmingham Duddeston Hallas Hiley Burman 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

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal

Constituency 1950 50 1951 52 53 1955 57 1959 61 63 1964 65 1966 67 68 69 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 76 77 1979 82
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

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 95 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
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

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Notes

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  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.

References

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  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)