Rugby and Kenilworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

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
Seats	One
Created from	Rugby and Warwick & Leamington^[1]
Replaced by	Kenilworth & Southam Rugby

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.^[2]

Boundaries

1983–2010: The Borough of Rugby wards of Admirals, Benn, Bilton, Brownsover, Caldecott, Clifton and Newton, Dunchurch and Thurlaston, Eastlands, Hillmorton, Knightlow, Lawford, Leam Valley, New Bilton, Newbold, Overslade, Paddox, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, St Mary's, and Wolston, and the District of Warwick wards of Abbey, Park Hill, St John's, and Stoneleigh.

This Warwickshire seat took in areas from the Rugby and Warwick local 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 the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in Warwickshire, the Rugby and Kenilworth constituency was abolished for the 2010 general election.

The successor seats were Kenilworth and Southam, which was originally to be named "Mid Warwickshire",^{[citation needed]} and a re-created Rugby constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[3]	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^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Wright	23,447	41.2	+1.5
	Labour	Andy King	21,891	38.4	-6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Allanach	10,143	17.8	+4.0
	UKIP	John Thurley	911	1.6	+0.1
	Independent	Brian Hadland	298	0.5	New
	Independent	Lillian Phallikaropoulos	258	0.5	New
Majority			1,556	2.8	N/A
Turnout			56,949	68.4	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.0

General election 2001: Rugby & Kenilworth^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy King	24,221	45.0	+2.0
	Conservative	David Martin	21,344	39.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gwen Fairweather	7,444	13.8	-0.5
	UKIP	Paul Garrett	787	1.5	New
Majority			2,877	5.3	+4.5
Turnout			53,796	67.4	-9.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Rugby & Kenilworth^[6][7][8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andy King	26,356	43.0	+11.0
	Conservative	Jim Pawsey	25,861	42.2	−10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Roodhouse	8,737	14.3	−1.0
	Natural Law	Michael Twite	251	0.4	+0.1
Majority			495	0.8	N/A
Turnout			61,205	77.1	-6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.6

General election 1992: Rugby and Kenilworth^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Pawsey	34,110	52.4	+0.8
	Labour	J Airey	20,862	32.0	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	JM Roodhouse	9,934	15.3	−8.2
	Natural Law	SH Withers	202	0.3	New
Majority			13,248	20.4	−6.2
Turnout			65,108	83.7	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.1

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Rugby and Kenilworth^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Pawsey	31,485	51.57
	Labour	John Airey	15,221	24.93
	Liberal	David Owen-Jones	14,343	23.49
Majority			16,264	26.64
Turnout			61,409	79.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Rugby and Kenilworth^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Pawsey	29,622	50.91
	Liberal	David Owen-Jones	15,381	26.44
	Labour	Philip Blundell	13,180	22.65
Majority			14,241	24.47
Turnout			58,223	78.10
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire

Notes and references

1. "'Rugby and Kenilworth', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Kenilworth and Southam (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results - UK Parliament". electionresults.parliament.uk. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
4. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
5. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
6. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
7. "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
8. C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.142 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
9. The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
10. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
12. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. . Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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