North Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| North Warwickshire County constituency |
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| North Warwickshire shown within Warwickshire, and Warwickshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1832, 1983 |
| MP: | Mike O'Brien |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Warwickshire |
| EP 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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[edit] Boundaries
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.
[edit] History
[edit] History 1832-1885
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 abolished for the 1885 general election, when it was replaced by four new single-member constituencies: Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth.
[edit] History 1983-present
The current North Warwickshire constituency was created in 1983, replacing parts of the Meriden and Nuneaton constituencies. The area has a history of coal mining, as well as some pleasant rural commuter villages. 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 have held the seat comfortably since then.
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 next General Election.
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1832-1885
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1832 | William Stratford Dugdale | Sir John Eardley-Wilmot | ||||
| 1843 | Charles Newdigate Newdegate | |||||
| 1847 | Richard Spooner | |||||
| 1864 | William Bromley-Davenport | |||||
| 1884 | Philip Albert Muntz | |||||
| 1885 | Constituency abolished: see Nuneaton, Rugby, Stratford-on-Avon and Tamworth | |||||
[edit] MPs 1983-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Francis Maude | Conservative | |
| 1992 | Mike O'Brien | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: North Warwickshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike O'Brien | 22,561 | 48.1 | -6.0 | |
| Conservative | Ian Gibb | 15,008 | 32.0 | -0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jerry Roodhouse | 6,212 | 13.2 | +1.8 | |
| British National Party | Michaela Mackenzie | 1,910 | 4.1 | ||
| UK Independence | Iain Campbell | 1,248 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 7,553 | 16.1 | -3.2 | ||
| Turnout | 46,939 | 62.2 | +2.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 | |||
| General Election 2001: North Warwickshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike O'Brien | 24,023 | 54.1 | -4.3 | |
| Conservative | Geoffrey Parsons | 14,384 | 32.4 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | William Powell | 5,052 | 11.4 | +4.0 | |
| UK Independence | John Flynn | 950 | 2.1 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 9,639 | 21.7 | |||
| Turnout | 44,409 | 60.2 | -14.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
| General Election 1997: North Warwickshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike O'Brien | 31,669 | 58.4 | +12.3 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Hammond | 16,902 | 31.2 | -13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Bill Powell | 4,040 | 7.4 | -3.9 | |
| Referendum Party | Roland Mole | 917 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| UK Independence | Christopher Cooke | 533 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Ian Moorecroft | 178 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 14,767 | 27.2 | +24.8 | ||
| Turnout | 54,239 | 74.7 | -8.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +12.40 | |||
| General Election 1992: North Warwickshire | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mike O'Brien | 27,577 | 46.1 | ||
| Conservative | Francis Maude | 26,124 | 43.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | N.R. Mitchell | 6,161 | 10.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,453 | 2.43 | |||
| Turnout | 59,862 | 82.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
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