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Rugby and Kenilworth | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Warwickshire |
Major settlements | Rugby, Kenilworth |
1983–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Rugby and Warwick & Leamington [1] |
Replaced by | Kenilworth & Southam Rugby |
Rugby and Kenilworth was a county constituency in Warwickshire, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It existed from 1983 to 2010.
The constituency of Rugby and Kenilworth was created for the 1983 election and was held by the Conservative Jim Pawsey until the 1997 election when the Labour candidate Andy King was narrowly elected. In the 2001 election he increased his majority slightly. The Conservatives regained the seat in 2005, with Jeremy Wright becoming the Member of Parliament.
Rugby and Kenilworth was a marginal seat from 1997 onwards, but had been a safe Conservative seat previously (see Elections). Rugby, being an industrial town, traditionally leans towards Labour. Kenilworth, however, is a prosperous dormitory town and leans towards the Conservatives. [2]
1983–2010: The Borough of Rugby wards of Admirals, Benn, Bilton, Brownsover, Caldecott, Clifton and Newton, Dunchurch and Thurlaston, Eastlands, Hillmorton, Knightlow, Lawford, Leam Valley, New Bilton, Newbold, Overslade, Paddox, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, St Mary's, and Wolston, and the District of Warwick wards of Abbey, Park Hill, St John's, and Stoneleigh.
This Warwickshire seat took in areas from the Rugby and Warwick local authorities. From Rugby came the town itself, and parishes on the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire borders. From neighbouring Warwick came Kenilworth and country villages bordering Coventry and Solihull.
Following the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in Warwickshire, the Rugby and Kenilworth constituency was abolished for the 2010 general election.
The successor seats were Kenilworth and Southam, which was originally to be named "Mid Warwickshire",[ citation needed ] and a re-created Rugby constituency.
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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1983 | Jim Pawsey | Conservative | |
1997 | Andy King | Labour | |
2005 | Jeremy Wright | Conservative | |
2010 | constituency abolished: see Kenilworth & Southam and Rugby |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 23,447 | 41.2 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Andy King | 21,891 | 38.4 | -6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Allanach | 10,143 | 17.8 | +4.0 | |
UKIP | John Thurley | 911 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Brian Hadland | 298 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | Lillian Phallikaropoulos | 258 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,556 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,949 | 68.4 | +1.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy King | 24,221 | 45.0 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | David Martin | 21,344 | 39.7 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gwen Fairweather | 7,444 | 13.8 | -0.5 | |
UKIP | Paul Garrett | 787 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 2,877 | 5.3 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,796 | 67.4 | -9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy King | 26,356 | 43.0 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Jim Pawsey | 25,861 | 42.2 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Roodhouse | 8,737 | 14.3 | −1.0 | |
Natural Law | Michael Twite | 251 | 0.4 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 495 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 61,205 | 77.1 | -6.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim Pawsey | 34,110 | 52.4 | +0.8 | |
Labour | J Airey | 20,862 | 32.0 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | JM Roodhouse | 9,934 | 15.3 | −8.2 | |
Natural Law | SH Withers | 202 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 13,248 | 20.4 | −6.2 | ||
Turnout | 65,108 | 83.7 | +4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim Pawsey | 31,485 | 51.57 | ||
Labour | John Airey | 15,221 | 24.93 | ||
Liberal | David Owen-Jones | 14,343 | 23.49 | ||
Majority | 16,264 | 26.64 | |||
Turnout | 61,409 | 79.64 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim Pawsey | 29,622 | 50.91 | ||
Liberal | David Owen-Jones | 15,381 | 26.44 | ||
Labour | Philip Blundell | 13,180 | 22.65 | ||
Majority | 14,241 | 24.47 | |||
Turnout | 58,223 | 78.10 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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