Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)

Kenilworth and Southam
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Kenilworth and Southam in Warwickshire.
Location of Warwickshire within England.
County	Warwickshire
Electorate	63,772 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Jeremy Wright (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Rugby & Kenilworth
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

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.^{[n 2]}

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%.

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.

Constituency profile

The new seat is overwhelmingly rural and intertwined with the countryside in nature, most properties having large plots and a substantial majority being semi-detached or detached.^[2] This is geographically one of the largest in the West Midlands and one of its safest Conservative seats.

The historic town of Kenilworth, with a population of around 27,000 is the only settlement of any significant size, while there are plenty of small villages, hamlets and farms and the ancient and prosperous little town of Southam.

The seat almost entirely surrounds the much more urban Warwick and Leamington constituency, and borders southern Coventry — Coventry airport is just in this area.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	Party
	2010	Jeremy Wright	Conservative

Elections

General Election 2015: Kenilworth and Southam^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Wright	28,474	58.4	+4.8
	Labour	Bally Singh	7,472	15.3	+1.0
	UKIP	Harry Cottam	5,467	11.2	+8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Dickson	4,913	10.1	-17.6
	Green	Rob Ballantyne^[5]	1,956	4	+2.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Nicholas Robert Blunderbuss Green	370	0.8	+0.8
	Digital Democracy ^[6]	Jon Foster-Smith ^[7]	139	0.3	+0.3
Majority			21,002	43.0	+17.1
Turnout			48,791	74.8	-6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Kenilworth and Southam^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Wright	25,945	53.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Rock	13,393	27.7	N/A
	Labour	Nicholas Milton	6,949	14.4	N/A
	UKIP	John Moore	1,214	2.4	N/A
	Green	James Harrison	568	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Joe Rukin	362	0.7	N/A
Majority			12,552	25.9	N/A
Turnout			48,431	81.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

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

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2011 census interactive maps
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 1)
↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000767
↑ "Rob Ballantyne - Green Party Parliamentary Candidate for Kenilworth and Southam". Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
↑ http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2554/statement_of_persons_nominated_kenilworth_and_southam_constituency.pdf
↑ http://www.warwickdc.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2554/statement_of_persons_nominated_kenilworth_and_southam_constituency.pdf
↑ "UK > England > West Midlands > Kenilworth & Southam". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.

Constituencies in the West Midlands (59)

Conservative (34)	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Hereford and South Herefordshire Kenilworth and Southam Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Herefordshire North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby Shrewsbury and Atcham Solihull South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth Telford The Wrekin Warwick and Leamington West Worcestershire Worcester Wyre Forest

Labour (25)	Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Birmingham, Yardley Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Walsall North Walsall South Warley West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East Wolverhampton South West

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°15′N 1°24′W / 52.25°N 1.40°W / 52.25; -1.40

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