Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)

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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
Created from	South Warwickshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nadhim Zahawi, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The constituency consists of relatively widely spaced rural villages, inhabited largely by commuters,^[2] with boundaries almost taking in all of the Stratford-on-Avon local government district.

Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

At the 2010 general election, following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was reduced in size: a new constituency of Kenilworth and Southam was created, taking in much of the eastern half of the previous version of this constituency, along with parts of the abolished seat of Rugby and Kenilworth.

The seat has electoral wards:

Alcester, Aston Cantlow, Bardon, Bidford and Salford, Brailes, Claverdon, Ettington, Henley, Kinwarton, Long Compton, Quinton, Sambourne, Shipston, Snitterfield, Stratford: Alveston, Avenue and New Town, Guild and Hathaway, and Mount Pleasant wards, Studley, Tanworth, Tredington, Vale of the Red Horse, and Welford^[3]

History

Since its recreation in 1950, the seat has elected only Conservatives. The earliest member was noted for his personal life scandal, John Profumo and one member for two years served on the benches of the Labour Party, choosing to cross the floor.

Political history

The Liberal Democrats have amassed the second largest share of the vote since 1992. The majority obtained in 2010 by Nadhim Zahawi was an absolute majority, with 51% of the vote and the largest since 1992. However with the Labour vote down to 9.5%, this has also been the smallest majority since that date of 11,346 votes.

No minor parties have broken the keep-deposit threshold of 5% of the vote.

Constituency profile

The seat includes the historic town itself, as with Warwick, a major place in England for international tourism with its buildings, museums and Royal Shakespeare Company theatre, surrounded by green belt villages southeast of Birmingham, with the next largest wards being Studley and Alcester each with just under 5,000 electors.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.^[4]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

	Member^[5]	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

	Member^[5]	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	Alan Howarth	Labour
1997	John Maples	Conservative	Previously MP for Lewisham West 1983–92
2010	Nadhim Zahawi	Conservative

Elections

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Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
General Election 2010 ^[6] Turnout: 50,542 (72.7%) +3.5	Conservative hold Majority: 11,346 (22.4%) +1.5 Swing: 0.7% from Lib Dem to Con	Nadhim Zahawi	Conservative	26,052	51.5	+2.3
		Martin Turner	Liberal Democrat	14,706	29.1	+0.8
		Robert Johnston	Labour	4,809	9.5	-5.9
		Brett Parsons	UKIP	1,846	3.7	+0.9
		George Jones	BNP	1,097	2.2	N/A
		Neil Basnett	Independent	1,032	2.0	N/A
		Karen Varga	Green	527	1.0	-1.3
		Frederick Bishop	English Democrats	473	0.9	N/A
General Election 2005 ^[7] 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 ^[8] 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
		Mrs. Susan A. Juned	Liberal Democrat	15,804	28.8	+3.2
		Mushtaq Hussain	Labour	9,164	16.7	-3.9
		Ron A. Mole	UKIP	1,184	2.2	+1.3
		Mick E. Davies	Green	1,156	2.1	N/A
General Election 1997 ^[9] 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
		Mrs. Susan A. Juned	Liberal Democrat	15,861	25.5	±0
		Stewart C. Stacey	Labour	12,754	20.5	+7.4
		Adrian K. Hilton	Referendum Party	2,064	3.3	N/A
		J.E.M. Spilsbury	UKIP	556	0.9	N/A
		James L. Brewster	Natural Law	307	0.5	+0.3
		Simon G. Marcus	Stratford First Democratic Conservative	306	0.5	N/A
		Mrs. Sarah A. Miller	ProLife Alliance	284	0.5	N/A
General Election 1992 ^[10] 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
General Election 1987 Turnout: 76.46%	Conservative hold Majority: 21,165 (34.06%)	Alan Howarth	Conservative	38,483	61.93
		DG Cowcher	Liberal	17,318	27.87
		RH Rhodes	Labour	6,335	10.20
General Election 1983 Turnout: 72.92%	Conservative hold Majority: 17,917 (32.05%)	Alan Howarth	Conservative	34,041	60.90
		WJB Taylor	Liberal	16,124	28.85
		FO Hooley	Labour	5,731	10.25
General Election 1979 Turnout: 76.67%	Conservative hold Majority: 22,554 (38.41%)	Angus Maude	Conservative	35,470	60.41
		J Taylor	Liberal	12,916	22.00
		CA Purnell	Labour	10,334	17.60
General Election October 1974 Turnout: 74.04%	Conservative hold Majority: 12,568 (23.61%)	Angus Maude	Conservative	27,123	50.96
		MJW Wright	Liberal	14,555	27.34
		DV Hunt	Labour	11,551	21.70
General Election February 1974 Turnout: 81.06%	Conservative hold Majority: 13,221 (22.73%)	Angus Maude	Conservative	30,106	51.77
		M Wright	Liberal	16,885	29.03
		M Burton	Labour	11,165	19.20
General Election 1970 Turnout: 74.08%	Conservative hold Majority: 16,713 (34.54%)	Angus Maude	Conservative	28,106	58.08
		PE Tombs	Labour	11,393	23.54
		DR Bruce	Liberal	8,895	18.38
General Election 1966 Turnout: 78.03%	Conservative hold Majority: 9,427 (21.61%)	Angus Maude	Conservative	22,381	51.30
		VG Hale	Labour	12,954	29.69
		GH Herrinshaw	Liberal	6,556	15.03
		CG Clayton-Wright	Independent Conservative	1,733	3.97
General Election 1964 Turnout: 83.07%	Conservative hold Majority: 10,590 (24.52%)	Angus Maude	Conservative	23,236	53.80
		Andrew Faulds	Labour	12,646	29.28
		Derick Mirfin	Liberal	7,307	16.92
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
General Election 1959 Turnout: 76.85%	Conservative hold Majority: 14,129 (37.02%)	John Profumo	Conservative	26,146	68.51
General Election 1959 Turnout: 76.85%	Conservative hold Majority: 14,129 (37.02%)	J Stretton	Labour	12,017	31.49
General Election 1955 Turnout: 75.58%	Conservative hold Majority: 13,312 (37.12%)	John Profumo	Conservative	24,587	68.56
General Election 1955 Turnout: 75.58%	Conservative hold Majority: 13,312 (37.12%)	TLK Locksley	Labour	11,275	31.44
General Election 1951 Turnout: 79.90%	Conservative hold Majority: 10,795 (28.95%)	John Profumo	Conservative	24,041	64.48
General Election 1951 Turnout: 79.90%	Conservative hold Majority: 10,795 (28.95%)	H Hilditch	Labour	13,246	35.52
General Election 1950 Turnout: 83.12%	Conservative hold Majority: 9,349 (24.63%)	John Profumo	Conservative	21,492	57.30
		RGM Brown	Labour	12,143	31.99
		HS Seaborne	Liberal	4,318	11.38

By-elections

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Election			Party	Votes	%	±%
Stratford By-election 1901^[11] Turnout: 7,732	Conservative hold Majority: 1,778	Philip Staveley Foster	Conservative	4,755	61.5
Stratford By-election 1901^[11] Turnout: 7,732	Conservative hold Majority: 1,778	Bolton King	Liberal	2,977	38.5
Stratford By-election 1909	Conservative gain from Liberal Majority: 2,627	Philip Staveley Foster	Conservative	5,374
		Joseph Martin	Liberal	2,747
		Thomas Malcolm Harvey Kincaid-Smith	Independent	479
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

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2001 Census
↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
↑ 5.0 5.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5)
↑ "UK > England > West Midlands > Stratford-on-Avon". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
↑ "News > Politics > Constituency > Stratford-on-Avon". Elections. The Guardian. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "News > Politics > Constituency > Stratford-on-Avon". Elections. The Guardian. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "News > Politics > Constituency > Stratford-on-Avon". Elections. The Guardian. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 27 June 1901. (36492), p. 10.

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Coordinates: 52°09′N 1°42′W / 52.15°N 1.70°W / 52.15; -1.70

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