Rugby and Kenilworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Rugby and Kenilworth
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Rugby and Kenilworth in Warwickshire for the 2005 general election.
Location of Warwickshire within England.
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.

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.

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.

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", and a re-formed Rugby constituency.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[1]	Party
1983	Jim Pawsey	Conservative
1997	Andy King	Labour
2005	Jeremy Wright	Conservative
2010	constituency abolished: see Kenilworth & Southam and Rugby

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Rugby and Kenilworth^[2]
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

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]
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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Rugby and Kenilworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Pawsey	31,485	51.57
	Labour	J Airey	15,221	24.93
	Liberal	DR Owen-Jones	14,343	23.49
Majority			16,264	26.64
Turnout				79.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Rugby and Kenilworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Pawsey	29,622	50.91
	Liberal	DR Owen-Jones	15,381	26.44
	Labour	P Blundell	13,180	22.65
Majority			14,241	24.48
Turnout				78.10
	Conservative hold		Swing

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. 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. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.

Constituencies in the West Midlands (59)

Conservative (33)	Aldridge-Brownhills Bromsgrove Burton Cannock Chase Dudley South Halesowen and Rowley Regis Hereford and South Herefordshire Kenilworth and Southam Lichfield Ludlow Meriden Mid Worcestershire North Herefordshire North Shropshire North Warwickshire Nuneaton Redditch Rugby Shrewsbury and Atcham South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stone Stourbridge Stratford-on-Avon Sutton Coldfield Tamworth The Wrekin Warwick and Leamington West Worcestershire Wolverhampton South West Worcester Wyre Forest

Labour (24)	Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, Erdington Birmingham, Hall Green Birmingham, Hodge Hill Birmingham, Ladywood Birmingham, Northfield Birmingham, Perry Barr Birmingham, Selly Oak Coventry North East Coventry North West Coventry South Dudley North Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent South Telford Walsall North Walsall South Warley West Bromwich East West Bromwich West Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton South East

Liberal Democrats (2)	Birmingham, Yardley Solihull

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°21′N 1°21′W / 52.35°N 1.35°W / 52.35; -1.35