| North Warwickshire | |
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| County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of North Warwickshire in Warwickshire. |
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Location of Warwickshire within England. |
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| County | Warwickshire |
| Electorate | 70,544 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of Parliament | Dan Byles (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 parliamentary 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.
The current North Warwickshire constituency was created for the 1983 general election. An earlier two-member North Warwickshire constituency existed from 1832 to 1885.
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The current constituency covers a similar area to the district of North Warwickshire including the town of Atherstone and the villages of Arley, Baddesley Ensor, Coleshill, Hartshill, Kingsbury and Polesworth. However, it also includes the town of Bedworth, which lies in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district.
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.
The current North Warwickshire county constituency was created for the 1983 general election, replacing 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 in 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 Daniel Byles was selected at an open primary to contest North Warwickshire for the Conservative Party at the 2010 general election.
Warwickshire North is probably the most working-class and industrial of the six constituencies in the county, and politically the most promising for Labour, though in the 2010 election all six Warwickshire constituencies were Conservative gains, with North falling unexpectedly on a substantial swing. It is now hyper-marginal.
Like the rest of the county, the area includes some pleasant rural commuter villages, but there is a history of coal mining and heavy industry in the area, and with that a strong Labour vote.
The current boundaries include Bedworth, just north of Coventry, and the historic market town of Atherstone which has seen considerable population expansion in recent years.
| Election | 1st Member[2] | 1st Party | 2nd Member[2] | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | William Stratford Dugdale | Conservative | Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, Bt | Conservative | ||
| 1843 by-election | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | Conservative | ||||
| 1847 | Richard Spooner | Conservative | ||||
| 1864 by-election | William Bromley-Davenport | Conservative | ||||
| 1884 by-election | Philip Muntz | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished: see Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth | |||||
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Francis Maude | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Mike O'Brien | Labour | |
| 2010 | Dan Byles | Conservative | |
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Election 2010 [3][4] Turnout: 47,265 (67.4%) +4.5 |
Conservative gain from Labour Majority: 54 (0.1%) -16.0 Swing: +7.7% from Lab to Con |
Dan Byles | Conservative | 18,993 | 40.2 | +8.2 | ||
| Mike O'Brien | Labour | 18,939 | 40.1 | -8.0 | ||||
| Stephen Martin | Liberal Democrat | 5,481 | 11.6 | -1.9 | ||||
| Jason Holmes | BNP | 2,106 | 4.5 | +0.4 | ||||
| Steven Fowler | UKIP | 1,335 | 2.8 | +0.1 | ||||
| David Lane | English Democrats | 411 | 0.9 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 2005 Turnout: 46,939 (62.2%) +2.0 |
Labour hold Majority: 7,553 (16.1%) -5.6 Swing: +2.8% from Lab to Con |
Mike O'Brien | Labour | 22,561 | 48.1 | -6.0 | ||
| Ian Gibb | Conservative | 15,008 | 32.0 | -0.4 | ||||
| Jerry Roodhouse | Liberal Democrat | 6,212 | 13.2 | +1.8 | ||||
| Michaela Mackenzie | BNP | 1,910 | 4.1 | N/A | ||||
| Iain Campbell | UKIP | 1,248 | 2.7 | +0.6 | ||||
| General Election 2001 Turnout: 44,409 (60.2%) -14.6 |
Labour hold Majority: 9,639 (21.7%) -5.5 Swing: +2.6% from Lab to Con |
Mike O'Brien | Labour | 24,023 | 54.1 | -4.3 | ||
| Geoffrey Parsons | Conservative | 14,384 | 32.4 | +1.2 | ||||
| William Powell | Liberal Democrat | 5,052 | 11.4 | +4.0 | ||||
| John Flynn | UKIP | 950 | 2.1 | +1.1 | ||||
| General Election 1997 Turnout: 54,239 (74.7%) -8.1 |
Labour hold Majority: 14,767 (27.2%) +24.8 Swing: +12.4% from Con to Lab |
Mike O'Brien | Labour | 31,669 | 58.4 | +12.3 | ||
| Stephen Hammond | Conservative | 16,902 | 31.2 | -13.4 | ||||
| William Powell | Liberal Democrat | 4,040 | 7.4 | -2.9 | ||||
| Roland Mole | Referendum Party | 917 | 1.7 | N/A | ||||
| Christopher Cooke | UKIP | 533 | 1.0 | N/A | ||||
| Ian Moorecroft | Independent | 178 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
| General Election 1992 [5] Turnout: 59,862 (82.8%) +4.0 |
Labour gain from Conservative Majority: 1,453 (2.4%) −2.6 Swing: +3.7% from Con to Lab |
Mike O'Brien | Labour | 27,577 | 46.1 | +6.0 | ||
| Francis Maude | Conservative | 26,124 | 43.6 | −1.4 | ||||
| N.R. Mitchell | Liberal Democrat | 6,161 | 10.3 | −4.6 | ||||