North Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Warwickshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North Warwickshire in Warwickshire.
Location of Warwickshire within England.
County	Warwickshire
Electorate	70,544 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Atherstone, Bedworth, Coleshill and Polesworth
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Craig Tracey (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Meriden Nuneaton
1832–1885
Number of members	Two
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Nuneaton Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Tamworth
Created from	Warwickshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

North Warwickshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Craig Tracey, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1983-2010: The Borough of North Warwickshire, and the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth wards of Exhall, Heath, Mount Pleasant, and Poplar.

2010-present: The Borough of North Warwickshire wards of 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, and Water Orton, and the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth wards of Bede, Exhall, Heath, Poplar, and Slough.

The constituency since 2010 has all but two wards of North Warwickshire.^{[n 3]}

History

History 1832–1885

The North Warwickshire constituency was created for the 1832 general election, when the Great Reform Act divided the former Warwickshire constituency into two new divisions: North Warwickshire and South Warwickshire.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, North Warwickshire was abolished for the 1885 general election, when Warwickshire was divided into four new single-member constituencies: Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth.

History 1983–present

The current North Warwickshire county constituency was created for the 1983 general election, replacing outlying parts of the Meriden and Nuneaton constituencies. The seat was won by Francis Maude of the Conservative Party at the 1983 general election, who held it until 1992, when it was taken by Mike O'Brien of Labour. Labour held the seat comfortably until 2010.

On 8 March 2007, former Army Officer and polar explorer Dan Byles was selected at an open primary to contest North Warwickshire for the Conservative Party. At the 2010 general election, Byles won the seat off Mike O'Brien by just 54 votes, making him the Conservative Member of Parliament with the smallest majority in the country.

Constituency profile

Warwickshire North has wards which are the most "working-class" (lowest average income) and industrial of the six constituencies in the county, politically frequently with the best returns locally for Labour candidates. In the 2010 election all six Warwickshire constituencies were won by the Conservative party, this constituency was the most marginal, falling on a substantial swing of 8.1% from Labour to the Conservatives (compared to a national swing of 5%).

Like much of the county, the area includes many rural villages which can today be classified as 'commuter' and 'retirement' south of the National Forest, south east of Tamworth and the small cathedral city of Lichfield and centred less than 10 miles (16 km) east of Birmingham which provides some work locally in the creative and international export sectors. Many towns and villages have a history of coal mining and heavy industry and with that a strong Labour vote.^[2]

Settlements include Bedworth, just north of Coventry, and the historic market town of Atherstone.^{[n 4]}

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election	1st Member^[3]		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		William Stratford Dugdale	Conservative	Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt	Conservative
1843 by-election		William Stratford Dugdale	Conservative	Charles Newdigate Newdegate	Conservative
1847		Richard Spooner	Conservative
1864 by-election		William Bromley-Davenport	Conservative
1884 by-election		Philip Muntz	Conservative
1885	Constituency abolished: see Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth

MPs since 1983

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Francis Maude	Conservative
1992	Mike O'Brien	Labour
2010	Dan Byles	Conservative
2015	Craig Tracey	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North Warwickshire^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Tracey	20,042	42.3	+2.1
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	17,069	36.0	-4.0
	UKIP	William Cash^[5]	8,256	17.4	+14.6
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Beddow	978	2.1	-9.8
	Green	Ian Bonner	894	1.9	N/A
	TUSC	Eileen Hunter	138	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,973	6.3	+6.2
Turnout			47,377	67.2	-0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.05

General Election 2010: North Warwickshire^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Byles	18,993	40.2	+8.2
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	18,939	40.1	-8.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Martin	5,481	11.6	-1.9
	BNP	Jason Holmes	2,106	4.5	+0.4
	UKIP	Stephen Fowler	1,335	2.8	+0.1
	English Democrats	David Lane	411	0.9	N/A
Majority			54	0.1	N/A
Turnout			47,265	67.4	+5.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.1

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North Warwickshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	22,561	48.1	-6.0
	Conservative	Ian Gibb	15,008	32.0	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jerry Roodhouse	6,212	13.2	+1.8
	BNP	Michaela Mackenzie	1,910	4.1	N/A
	UKIP	Ian Campbell	1,248	2.7	+0.6
Majority			7,553	16.1	-5.6
Turnout			46,939	62.2	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.8

General Election 2001: North Warwickshire^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	24,023	54.1	-4.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Parsons	14,384	32.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	William Powell	5,052	11.4	+4.0
	UKIP	John Flynn	950	2.1	+1.1
Majority			9,639	21.7	-5.5
Turnout			44,409	60.2	-14.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.75

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North Warwickshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	31,669	58.4	+12.3
	Conservative	Stephen Hammond	16,902	31.2	-13.4
	Liberal Democrat	William Powell	4,040	7.4	-2.9
	Referendum	Roland Mole	917	1.7	N/A
	UKIP	Christopher Cooke	533	1.0	N/A
	Independent	Ian Moorecroft	178	0.3	N/A
Majority			14,767	27.2	+24.8
Turnout			54,239	74.7	-8.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.85

General Election 1992: North Warwickshire^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	27,577	46.1	+6.0
	Conservative	Francis Maude	26,124	43.6	-1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Noel R Mitchell	6,161	10.3	N/A
Majority			1,453	2.4	N/A
Turnout			59,862	82.8	+4.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: North Warwickshire ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Maude	25,453	45.08	+3.13
	Labour	Mike O'Brien	22,624	40.07	+2.95
	Social Democratic	SJ Neale	8,382	14.85	-6.09
Majority			2,829	5.01	+0.18
Turnout			56,459	79.87	-1.87
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.09

General Election 1983: North Warwickshire^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis Maude	22,452	41.95	N/A
	Labour	JE Tomlinson	19,867	37.12	N/A
	Social Democratic	H Kerry	11,207	20.94	N/A
Majority			2,585	4.83	N/A
Turnout			53,526	78.00	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

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.
↑ Arley and Whitacre and Hartshill, moved in 2010 to Nuneaton
↑ This saw considerable population expansion from 1995-2010

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/warwickshirenorth/
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "UK > England > West Midlands > Warwickshire North". Election 2010 (BBC). 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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°30′N 1°42′W / 52.50°N 1.70°W / 52.50; -1.70

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