Rugby and Kenilworth was a

county constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called " constituen ...

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. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It existed from

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History

The constituency of Rugby and Kenilworth was created for the 1983 election and was held by the

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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

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regained the seat in 2005, with

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becoming the Member of Parliament. Rugby and Kenilworth was a marginal seat from 1997 onwards, but had been a safe Conservative seat previously (see

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

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

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and

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borders. From neighbouring Warwick came Kenilworth and country villages bordering

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and

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Boundary review

Following the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary representation in

, 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", and a re-created Rugby constituency.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Notes and references

External links

Rugby and Kenilworth UK Parliament constituency
(boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK'' {{Coord, 52.35, -1.35, type:adm2nd_region:GB-WAR, display=title Kenilworth Borough of Rugby Parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010