Rugby and Kenilworth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Rugby and Kenilworth | |
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| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Rugby and Kenilworth in Warwickshire for the 2005 general election. |
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 Location of Warwickshire within England. |
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| County | Warwickshire |
| Major settlements | Rugby, Kenilworth |
| 1983–2010 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Kenilworth & Southam Rugby |
| Created from | 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.
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[edit] History
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.[citation needed]
[edit] Boundaries
The Warwickshire seat took areas from the Rugby and Warwick 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.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Warwickshire, the seat of Rugby and Kenilworth was abolished for the 2010 election.
The successor seats were Kenilworth and Southam, which was originally to be named "Mid Warwickshire"[citation needed], and a re-formed Rugby constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Jim Pawsey | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Andy King | Labour | |
| 2005 | Jeremy Wright | Conservative | |
| 2010 | constituency abolished: see Kenilworth & Southam and Rugby | ||
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Rugby and Kenilworth[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 23,447 | 41.2 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | Andy King | 21,891 | 38.4 | -6.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard Allanach | 10,143 | 17.8 | +4.0 | |
| UKIP | John Thurley | 911 | 1.6 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Brian Hadland | 298 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Lillian Phallikaropoulos | 258 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,556 | 2.7 | −2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 56,949 | 68.4 | +1.0 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.0 | |||
| General Election 2001: Rugby & Kenilworth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andy King | 24,221 | 45.0 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | David Martin | 21,344 | 39.7 | -2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gwen Fairweather | 7,444 | 13.8 | -0.4 | |
| UKIP | Paul Garrett | 787 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,877 | 5.3 | +0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 53,796 | 67.4 | -9.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Rugby & Kenilworth[3][4][5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Andy King | 26,356 | 43.0 | +11.0 | |
| Conservative | Jim Pawsey | 25,861 | 42.2 | −10.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Roodhouse | 8,737 | 14.3 | −1.0 | |
| Natural Law | Michael Twite | 251 | 0.4 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 495 | 5.3 | −15.1 | ||
| Turnout | 61,205 | 77.1 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.6 | |||
| General Election 1992: Rugby and Kenilworth[6] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jim Pawsey | 34,110 | 52.4 | +0.8 | |
| Labour | J Airey | 20,862 | 32.0 | +7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | JM Roodhouse | 9,934 | 15.3 | −8.2 | |
| Natural Law | SH Withers | 202 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 13,248 | 20.3 | −6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 65,108 | 83.7 | +4.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −3.1 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ^ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/elections/results/general_elections/uk-general-election-2005/rugby--and--kenilworth
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/496.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.142 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ^ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.
