Rugby and Kenilworth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rugby and Kenilworth County constituency

Rugby and Kenilworth shown within Warwickshire, and Warwickshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Jeremy Wright
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Warwickshire
EP constituency:	West Midlands

Rugby and Kenilworth is a Parliamentary constituency in Warwickshire, England. It covers the towns of Rugby and Kenilworth and the rural areas in between.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Warwickshire, the seat of Rugby and Kenilworth is to be abolished.

The successor seats are Kenilworth and Southam, which was originally to be named "Mid Warwickshire", and a re-formed Rugby constituency.

[edit] History

The constituency 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 got back in, in 2005, with Jeremy Wright.

Rugby and Kenilworth is a marginal seat. Rugby, being an industrial town, traditionally leans towards Labour. Kenilworth, however, is a prosperous dormitory town and leans towards the Conservatives.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 1997: Jim Pawsey, Conservative
1997 – 2005: Andy King, Labour
2005 – present: Jeremy Wright, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Rugby & Kenilworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Wright	23,447	41.2	+1.5
	Labour	Andy King	21,890	38.4	-6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Allanach	10,143	17.8	+4.0
	UK Independence	John Thurley	911	1.6	+0.1
	Independent (politician)	Brian Hadland	298	0.5	+0.5
	Independent (politician)	Lillian Phallikaropoulos	258	0.5	+0.5
Majority			1,557	2.7
Turnout			56,947	68.4	+1.0

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 Democrats	Gwen Fairweather	7,444	13.8	-0.4
	UK Independence	Paul Garrett	787	1.5	N/A
Majority			2,877	5.3
Turnout			53,796	67.4	-9.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire

Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour	Birmingham Edgbaston \| Birmingham, Erdington \| Birmingham Hall Green \| Birmingham Hodge Hill \| Birmingham Northfield \| Birmingham Perry Barr \| Birmingham Selly Oak \| Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath \| Burton \| Cannock Chase \| Coventry North East \| Coventry North West \| Coventry South \| Dudley North \| Dudley South \| Halesowen and Rowley Regis \| Newcastle-under-Lyme \| North Warwickshire \| Nuneaton \| Redditch \| Stafford \| Staffordshire Moorlands \| Stoke-on-Trent Central \| Stoke-on-Trent North \| Stoke-on-Trent South \| Stourbridge \| Tamworth \| Telford \| Walsall North \| Walsall South \| Warley \| Warwick and Leamington \| West Bromwich East \| West Bromwich West \| Wolverhampton North East \| Wolverhampton South East \| Wolverhampton South West \| Worcester
Conservative	Aldridge-Brownhills \| Bromsgrove \| Leominster \| Lichfield \| Ludlow \| Meriden \| Mid Worcestershire \| North Shropshire \| Rugby and Kenilworth \| Shrewsbury and Atcham \| South Staffordshire \| Stone \| Stratford-on-Avon \| Sutton Coldfield \| The Wrekin \| West Worcestershire
Liberal Democrat	Birmingham Yardley \| Hereford \| Solihull
Health Concern	Wyre Forest
Independent	Birmingham, Ladywood
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) \| Labour (2) \| UKIP (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)