List of Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire

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

      † Conservative       ‡ Labour       ¤ Liberal Democrat

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate Majority[nb 2] Member of Parliament Nearest Opposition Electoral wards[1][2] Map
Kenilworth and Southam CC 72,670 21,002   Jeremy Wright   Bally Singh‡ Rugby Borough Council: Dunchurch and Knightlow, Leam Valley, Ryton-on-Dunsmore. Stratford on Avon District Council: Burton Dassett, Fenny Compton, Harbury, Kineton, Long Itchington, Southam, Stockton and Napton, Wellsbourne. Warwick District Council: Abbey, Cubbington, Lapworth, Leek Wootton, Park Hill, Radford Semele, St John’s, Stoneleigh.
North Warwickshire CC 70,152 2,973   Craig Tracey   Mike O'Brien 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 68,037 4,882   Marcus Jones   Vicky Fowler‡ 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 71,655 10,345   Mark Pawsey   Claire Edwards‡ Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council: Bulkington. Rugby Borough Council: Admirals, Avon and Swift, Benn, Bilton, Brownsover North, Brownsover South, Caldecott, Earl Craven and Wolston, Eastlands, Fosse, Hillmorton, Lawford and King’s Newnham, New Bilton, Newbold, Overslade, Paddox, Wolvey.
Stratford-on-Avon CC 71,312 22,876   Nadhim Zahawi   Edward Fila Stratford on Avon District Council: 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, Welford.
Warwick and Leamington BC 71,566 6,606   Chris White   Lynnette Kelly‡ Warwick District Council: Bishop’s Tachbrook, Brunswick, Budbrooke, Clarendon, Crown, Manor, Milverton, Warwick North, Warwick South, Warwick West, Whitnash, Willes.

Boundary changes

NamePre-2010 boundaries
  1. North Warwickshire CC
  2. Nuneaton CC
  3. Rugby and Kenilworth CC
  4. Stratford-on-Avon CC
  5. Warwick and Leamington CC

The Boundary Commission for England has recommended that the county should in future be divided into six constituencies. The revised, more compact, Warwick & Leamington has been redesignated as a Borough constituency. These changes were implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.

Revised namePost-2010 boundaries
  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

Results

2005 2010 2015

The results of the agglomerate of the Warwickshire constituencies for the 2015 General Elections were as follows:

Party Votes Votes% Seats
Conservatives 147,306 50.3 6
Labour 78,501 26.8
UKIP 38,141 13.0
Liberal Democrats 18,177 6.2
Greens 9,668 3.3
TUSC 557 0.2
Monster Raving Loony 370 0.1
Digital Democracy 139 0.0
English Democrats 104 0.0
Total 292,963 100.0 6

Notes

  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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