Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)

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This article is about the UK Parliamentary constituency. For the town in south Warwickshire, see Stratford-upon-Avon. For other uses of the name, see Stratford. For the former Parliamentary constituency in East London, see Stratford West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)

Stratford-on-Avon County constituency

Stratford-on-Avon shown within Warwickshire, and Warwickshire shown within England
Created:	1885, 1983
MP:	John Maples
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Warwickshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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The constituency currently covers a predominantly rural area, with boundaries almost identical to the Stratford-on-Avon local government district.

At the next general election however, it will be much reduced in size: A new constituency, Kenilworth and Southam will be created. Taking in much of the eastern half of the present constituency. Along with parts of the present Rugby and Kenilworth constituency.

For more information on the boundary changes see List of Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1885 – 1886: Lord William Compton, Liberal
1886 – 1892: Frederick Townsend
1892 – 1895: Algernon Freeman-Mitford
1895 – 1901: Victor Milward
1901 – 1906: Philip Staveley Foster
1906 – 1909: Thomas Malcolm Harvey Kincaid-Smith
1909 – 1918: Philip Staveley Foster

Constituency abolished 1918; revived 1950

1950 – 1963: John Profumo, Conservative
1963 – 1983: Angus Maude, Conservative

(1983: Boundary Commission re-organisation)

1983 – 1997: Alan Howarth, Conservative then Labour
1997 – present: John Maples, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Stratford-on-Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Maples	28,652	49.2	−1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Juned	16,468	28.3	−0.5
	Labour	Rachel Blackmore	10,145	17.4	+0.7
	UK Independence	Harry Cottam	1,621	2.8	+0.6
	Green	Mick Davies	1,354	2.3	+0.2
Majority			12,184	20.9
Turnout			58,240	68.8	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.3

General Election 2001: Stratford-on-Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Maples	27,606	50.3	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Juned	15,804	28.8	+3.2
	Labour	Mushtaq Hussain	9,164	16.7	-3.9
	UK Independence	Ron Mole	1,184	2.2	+1.3
	Green	Mick Davies	1,156	2.1	N/A
Majority			11,802	21.5
Turnout			54,914	65.2	-11.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford by-election, 15 August 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Maude	15,846	43.61	−24.9
	Labour	Andrew Faulds	12,376	34.06	+2.57
	Liberal	Derick Mirfin	7,622	20.98	N/A
	Independent	M. S. Blair	281	0.77	N/A
	Teenage Party	David Sutch	209	N/A	0.58
Majority			3,470	9.55	−27.47
Turnout			36,334
	Conservative hold		Swing	−

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire

v • d • e Constituencies in the West Midlands

Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston • Birmingham, Erdington • Birmingham Hall Green • Birmingham Hodge Hill • Birmingham Northfield • Birmingham Perry Barr • Birmingham Selly Oak • Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath • Burton • Cannock Chase • Coventry North East • Coventry North West • Coventry South • Dudley North • Dudley South • Halesowen and Rowley Regis • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton • Redditch • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent Central • Stoke-on-Trent North • Stoke-on-Trent South • Stourbridge • Tamworth • Telford • Walsall North • Walsall South • Warley • Warwick and Leamington • West Bromwich East • West Bromwich West • Wolverhampton North East • Wolverhampton South East • Wolverhampton South West • Worcester

Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills • Bromsgrove • Leominster • Lichfield • Ludlow • Meriden • Mid Worcestershire • North Shropshire • Rugby and Kenilworth • Shrewsbury and Atcham • South Staffordshire • Stone • Stratford-on-Avon • Sutton Coldfield • The Wrekin • West Worcestershire

Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley • Hereford • Solihull

Health Concern	Wyre Forest

Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)

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