Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)

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
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire.

Location of Warwickshire within England.
County Warwickshire
Electorate 69,108 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1950 (1950)
Member of Parliament Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative)
Number of members One
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members One
Type of constituency County constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Stratford-on-Avon is a county 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.

Contents

Boundaries

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 of 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.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member [2] Party
1885 Lord William Compton Liberal
1886 Frederick Townsend Conservative
1892 Algernon Freeman-Mitford Conservative
1895 Victor Milward Conservative
1901 by-election Philip Staveley Foster Conservative
1906 Thomas Malcolm Harvey Kincaid-Smith Liberal
1909 by-election Philip Staveley Foster Conservative
1918 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1950

Election Member [2] Party Notes
1950 John Profumo Conservative Secretary of State for War 1960–63; resigned
1963 by-election Angus Maude Conservative
1983 Alan Howarth Conservative
1995 Labour
1997 John Maples Conservative Previously MP for Lewisham West 1983–92
2010 Nadhim Zahawi Conservative

Elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General Election 2010 [3]
Turnout: 50,542 (72.7%) +3.5		 Conservative hold
Majority: 11,346 (22.4%) +1.5
Swing: 0.7% from Con to Lib Dem		 Nadhim Zahawi Conservative 26,052 51.5 +0.3
Martin Turner Liberal Democrat 14,706 29.1 +1.7
Robert Johnston Labour 4,809 9.5 -6.0
Brett Parsons UKIP 1,846 3.7 +1.0
George Jones BNP 1,097 2.2 N/A
Neil Basnett Independent 1,032 2.0 N/A
Karen Varga Green 527 1.0 -2.2
Frederick Bishop English Democrats 473 0.9 N/A
General Election 2005 [4]
Turnout: 58,240 (68.8%) +4.4		 Conservative hold
Majority: 12,184 (20.9%) -0.6
Swing: 0.3% from Con to Lib Dem		 John Maples Conservative 28,652 49.2 -1.1
Susan Juned Liberal Democrat 16,468 28.3 -0.5
Rachel Blackmore Labour 10,145 17.4 +0.7
Harry Cottam UKIP 1,621 2.8 +0.6
Mick Davies Green 1,354 2.3 +0.2
General Election 2001 [5]
Turnout: 54,914 (64.4%) -11.0		 Conservative hold
Majority: 11,802 (21.5%) +12.9		 John Maples Conservative 27,606 50.3 +2.0
Susan Juned Liberal Democrat 15,804 28.8 +3.2
Mushtaq Hussain Labour 9,164 16.7 -3.9
Ron Mole UKIP 1,184 2.2 +1.3
Mick Davies Green 1,156 2.1 N/A
General Election 1997 [6]
Turnout: 62,099 (76.3%) -5.8		 Conservative hold
Majority: 14,106 (22.8%) -10.9		 John Maples Conservative 29,967 48.3 -10.9
Susan Juned Liberal Democrat 15,861 25.5 ±0
Stewart Stacey Labour 12,754 20.5 +7.4
A. Hilton Referendum Party 2,064 3.3 N/A
J. Spilsbury UKIP 556 0.9 N/A
J. Brewster Natural Law 307 0.5 +0.3
S. Marcus Stratford First Democratic Conservative 306 0.5 N/A
S. Miller ProLife Alliance 284 0.5 N/A
General Election 1992 [7]
Turnout: 67,974 (82.1%) +5.6		 Conservative hold
Majority: 22,892 (33.7%) −0.4
Swing: 0.2% from Con to Lib Dem		 Alan Howarth Conservative 40,251 59.2 −2.7
JN Fogg Liberal Democrat 17,359 25.5 −2.3
Ms. SM Brookes Labour 8,932 13.1 +2.9
RG Roughan Green 729 1.1 N/A
AJ Saunders Independent Conservative 573 0.8 +0.8
MR Twite Natural Law 130 0.2 N/A

By-elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
Stratford By-election 1963
Turnout: 36,334		 Conservative hold
Majority: 3,470 (9.55%) −27.47		 Angus Maude Conservative 15,846 43.6 -24.9
Andrew Faulds Labour 12,376 34.1 +2.57
Derick Mirfin Liberal 7,622 21.0 N/A
M.S. Blair Independent 281 0.8 N/A
David Sutch Teenage Party 209 0.6 N/A

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
  3. ^ "UK > England > West Midlands > Stratford-on-Avon". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/e52.stm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "News > Politics > Constituency > Stratford-on-Avon". Elections. The Guardian. 7 May 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/constituency/1343/stratford-on-avon. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  5. ^ "News > Politics > Constituency > Stratford-on-Avon". Elections. The Guardian. 7 May 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/constituency/1343/stratford-on-avon. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  6. ^ "News > Politics > Constituency > Stratford-on-Avon". Elections. The Guardian. 7 May 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/constituency/1343/stratford-on-avon. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  7. ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i19.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06. 
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