Kenilworth_and_Southam_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards
Kenilworth and Southam is a constituency[n 1] in Warwickshire, England represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Jeremy Wright, a Conservative who served as Culture Secretary until 24 July 2019, having previously served as Attorney General for England and Wales from 2014 to 2018.[n 2]
| Kenilworth and Southam | |
|---|---|
| County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Kenilworth and Southam in Warwickshire | |
Location of Warwickshire within England | |
| County | Warwickshire |
| Electorate | 63,772 (December 2010)[1] |
| Major settlements | Kenilworth, Southam |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2010 |
| Member of Parliament | Jeremy Wright (Conservative) |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Rugby & Kenilworth, Warwick & Leamington, Stratford-on-Avon |
The seat is overwhelmingly rural; most properties have large plots and a substantial majority are semi-detached or detached.[3] This is geographically one of the largest seats in the West Midlands and one of its safest Conservative seats.
The historic town of Kenilworth, with a population of around 23,000, is the largest settlement in the area, with the small town of Southam (8,000) second. There are plenty of small villages, hamlets and farms elsewhere.
The seat surrounds the much more urban Warwick and Leamington constituency on three sides. It also borders southern Coventry; Coventry Airport is just within the constituency.
Current
The District of Warwick wards of Abbey, Cubbington, Lapworth, Leek Wootton, Park Hill, Radford Semele, St John's, and Stoneleigh, the District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of Burton Dassett, Fenny Compton, Harbury, Kineton, Long Itchington, Southam, Stockton and Napton, and Wellesbourne, and the Borough of Rugby wards of Dunchurch and Knightlow, Leam Valley, and Ryton-on-Dunsmore.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Warwickshire, the Boundary Commission created this new constituency, pairing Kenilworth and Southam and breaking the parliamentary link between Rugby and Kenilworth established in 1983.
Proposed
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The Borough of Rugby wards of: Dunsmore; Leam Valley.
- The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of: Bishop’s Itchington; Harbury; Kineton; Long Itchington & Stockton; Napton & Fenny Compton; Red Horse; Southam North; Southam South; Wellesbourne East; Wellesbourne West.
- The District of Warwick wards of: Budbrooke; Cubbington & Leek Wootton; Kenilworth Abbey & Arden; Kenilworth Park Hill; Kenilworth St. John’s.[4]
Minor changes to align boundaries to those of local authority wards. Radford Semele transferred to Warwick and Leamington in exchange for Budbrooke.
Following a further local government boundary review in Stratford-on-Avon which came into effect in May 2023,[5][6] the constituency will now comprise the following from the next general election:
- The Borough of Rugby wards of: Dunsmore; Leam Valley.
- The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of: Bishop's Itchington, Fenny Compton & Napton; Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne; Harbury; Southam East, Central & Stockton; Southam North & Long Itchington; Southam South; Southam West; Tysoe (majority); Wellesbourne East & Rural (most); Wellesbourne North & Rural (most); Wellesbourne South.
- The District of Warwick wards of: Budbrooke; Cubbington & Leek Wootton; Kenilworth Abbey & Arden; Kenilworth Park Hill; Kenilworth St. John’s.[7]
The constituency was created for the 2010 general election. The result from 2005 for its wards (nominal result as the constituency was not then formed) gave a Conservative majority of 24.8%.
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Jacqui Harris[8] | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Wilkinson[9] | ||||
| Conservative | Jeremy Wright[10] | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 30,351 | 57.7 | –3.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Dickson | 9,998 | 19.0 | +9.4 | |
| Labour | Antony Tucker | 9,440 | 17.9 | –7.7 | |
| Green | Alison Firth | 2,351 | 4.5 | +2.3 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Nicholas Green | 457 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 20,353 | 38.7 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 52,597 | 77.2 | –0.2 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –6.25 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 31,207 | 60.8 | +2.4 | |
| Labour | Bally Singh | 13,121 | 25.6 | +10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Dickson | 4,921 | 9.6 | –0.5 | |
| Green | Rob Ballantyne | 1,133 | 2.2 | –1.8 | |
| UKIP | Harry Cottam | 929 | 1.8 | –9.4 | |
| Majority | 18,086 | 35.2 | –6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 51,311 | 77.4 | +2.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | –3.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 28,474 | 58.4 | +4.8 | |
| Labour | Bally Singh | 7,472 | 15.3 | +0.9 | |
| UKIP | Harry Cottam | 5,467 | 11.2 | +8.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Dickson | 4,913 | 10.1 | –17.6 | |
| Green | Rob Ballantyne[15] | 1,956 | 4.0 | +2.8 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Nicholas Green | 370 | 0.8 | New | |
| Digital Democracy[16] | Jon Foster-Smith[16] | 139 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 21,002 | 43.1 | +17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 48,791 | 74.8 | –0.5 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 25,945 | 53.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Rock | 13,393 | 27.7 | ||
| Labour | Nicholas Milton | 6,949 | 14.4 | ||
| UKIP | John Moore | 1,214 | 2.4 | ||
| Green | James Harrison | 568 | 1.2 | ||
| Independent | Joe Rukin | 362 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 12,552 | 25.9 | |||
| Turnout | 48,431 | 75.3 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
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