Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)

Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)
Nuneaton
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Nuneaton in Warwickshire.
Outline map
Location of Warwickshire within England.
County Warwickshire
Electorate 68,288 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament Marcus Jones (Conservative)
Number of members One
Created from South Warwickshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Nuneaton is a county 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.

Contents

Boundaries

Pre-2010

The boundary changes which took effect for the 1983 General Election removed the town of Bedworth, which was transferred to the newly created North Warwickshire constituency. As a result the sitting MP, Les Huckfield declined to stand and unsuccessfully sought the nomination in other constituencies such as Wigan[2] and Sedgefield.[3]

From 1983 to the 2010 election, the Nuneaton consistency covered most of the borough of Nuneaton & Bedworth (12 out of 17 wards), and the northern part of the borough of Rugby (3 out of 20 wards).

The remaining five wards of Nuneaton & Bedworth borough, covering the town of Bedworth, formed – and indeed still form – part of the North Warwickshire constituency. The rest of Rugby borough formed part of the (now abolished) Rugby & Kenilworth constituency.

The composition of the constituency, in terms of borough wards, was as follows:

  • From Nuneaton & Bedworth: Abbey, Arbury, Attleborough, Bar Pool, Bulkington, Camp Hill, Galley Common, Kingswood, St Nicolas, Weddington, Wem Brook, Whitestone;
  • From Rugby: Earl Craven & Wolston, Fosse, Wolvey.

Places covered by the pre-2007 constituency include the town of Nuneaton and the villages of Ansty, Brinklow, Bulkington, Burton Hastings, Monks Kirby, Stretton-under-Fosse, Wolston and Wolvey.

2010 onwards

Following a review of constituency boundaries in Warwickshire in 2001/02, an extra constituency was created in the county to reflect an increase in the electorate; this had an impact on all the existing constituencies.[4] The Nuneaton constituency was modified as follows:

  • the three Rugby borough wards of Earl Craven & Wolston, Fosse, and Wolvey were lost to the new Rugby constituency;
  • the Nuneaton & Bedworth borough ward of Bulkington was also lost to the new Rugby constituency;
  • the two North Warwickshire borough wards of Arley & Whitacre, and Hartshill were gained from the North Warwickshire constituency.

The new composition, in terms of borough wards, is therefore as follows:

  • From North Warwickshire: Arley & Whitacre, Hartshill;
  • From Nuneaton & Bedworth: Abbey, Arbury, Attleborough, Bar Pool, Camp Hill, Galley Common, Kingswood, St Nicolas, Weddington, Wem Brook, Whitestone.

Places covered by the new constituency include the town of Nuneaton and the villages of Ansley, Ansley Common, Birchley Heath, Caldecote, Furnace End, Hartshill, New Arley, Old Arley, Over Whitacre and Whitacre Heath.

The new constituency boundaries came into effect on 13 June 2007,[5] and were used for the first time for the 2010 general election.

History

A seat with a strong industrial and mining tradition, Nuneaton was held by the Labour Party for nearly 50 years until they lost it to the Conservatives in their heavy defeat in the 1983 general election.

Labour regained the constituency at the 1992 election, with Bill Olner beating the incumbent Conservative Lewis Stevens, and retaining the seat in 2001 and 2005. Bill Olner announced in 2007 that he would not be contesting the 2010 General Election and would be standing down at the end of the 2005-2010 parliament.[6] Former Nuneaton and Bedworth Council Leader, Marcus Jones was successful in taking the seat for the Conservative Party at the 2010 election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[7] Party
1885 Jasper Wilson Johns Liberal
1886 John Stratford Dugdale Conservative
1892 Francis Newdigate, from 1902 Francis Newdigate-Newdegate Conservative
1906 William Johnson Liberal
1909 Labour
1918 Sir Henry Maddocks Coalition Conservative
1923 Herbert Willison Liberal
1924 Arthur Hope Conservative
1929 Francis Smith Labour
1931 Edward North Conservative
1935 Reginald Fletcher Labour
1942 by-election Frank Bowles Labour
1965 by-election Frank Cousins Labour
1967 by-election Les Huckfield Labour
1983 Lewis Stevens Conservative
1992 Bill Olner Labour
2010 Marcus Jones Conservative

Elections

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes % ±%
General Election 2010 [8]
Turnout: 44,646 (65.8%) +6.9
Conservative gain from Labour
Majority: 2,069 (4.6%) -0.4
Swing: 7.2% from Lab to Con
Marcus Jones Conservative 18,536 41.5 +4.6
Jayne Innes Labour 16,467 36.9 -9.8
Christina Jebb Liberal Democrat 6,846 15.3 +2.8
Martyn Findley BNP 2,797 6.3 N/A
General Election 2005 [9]
Turnout: 45,279 (61.7%) +1.6
Labour hold
Majority: 2,280 (5.0%) -12.4
Swing: 6.2% from Lab to Con
Bill Olner Labour 19,945 44.0 -8.1
Mark Pawsey Conservative 17,665 39.0 +4.3
Ali Asghar Liberal Democrat 5,884 13.0 +1.9
Keith Tyson UKIP 1,786 3.9 +1.9
General Election 2001 [10]
Turnout: 43,312 (60.1%) −14.3
Labour hold
Majority: 7,535 (17.4%) -7.9
Swing: 4.0% from Lab to Con
Bill Olner Labour 22,577 52.1 -4.1
Mark Lancaster Conservative 15,042 34.7 +3.8
Tony Ferguson Liberal Democrat 4,820 11.1 +2.3
Brian James UKIP 873 2.0 +1.5
General Election 1997
Turnout: 53,513 (74.4%) −8.6
Labour hold
Majority: 13,540 (25.3%) +22.5
Bill Olner Labour 30,080 56.2 +10.5
Richard Blunt Conservative 16,540 30.9 -12.1
Ron Cockings Liberal Democrat 4,732 8.8 -2.4
R. English Referendum Party 1,533 2.9 N/A
D. Bray Independent 390 0.7 N/A
P. Everitt UKIP 238 0.5 N/A
General Election 1992 [11]
Turnout: 59,354 (83.0%) +2.7
Labour gain from Conservative
Majority: 1,631 (2.8%) -7.5
Swing: 6.6% from Con to Lab
Bill Olner Labour 27,157 45.8 +11.2
Lewis Stevens Conservative 25,526 43.0 -1.9
Ruth Merritt Liberal Democrat 6,671 11.2 -8.0
General Election 1987
Turnout: 54,874 (80.3%) +2.7
Conservative hold
Majority: 5655 (10.3%) +0.4
Lewis Stevens Conservative 24,630 44.9 +4.4
V. Veness Labour 18,975 34.6 +4.0
A. Trembath Liberal 10,550 19.2 -8.8
J. Morrissey Green 719 1.3 N/A
General Election 1983
Turnout: 51,039 (77.3%) -1.2
Conservative gain from Labour
Majority: 5,061 (9.9%) -2.3
Lewis Stevens Conservative 20,666 40.5 +2.8
J. Haynes Labour 15,605 30.6 -19.3
R. Levitt Social Democrat 14,264 28.0 +18.2
G.E. Davies Independent 504 1.0 ±0
General Election 1979
Turnout: 62,959 (78.5%) +4.6
Labour hold
Majority: 7,688 (12.2%) -18.6
Les Huckfield Labour 31,403 49.9 -6.2
Lewis Stevens Conservative 23,715 37.7 +12.5
C.E.G. Williams Liberal 6,184 9.8 -8.8
R.P. Matthews National Front 1,028 1.6 N/A
G.E. Davies Independent 504 1.0 N/A
General Election Oct' 1974 [12]
Electorate: 77,892
Turnout: 57,584 (73.9%)
Labour hold
Majority: 17,761 (30.8%)
Les Huckfield Labour 32,308 56.1
R Freeman Conservative 14,547 25.3
N Hawkins Liberal 10,729 18.6

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Coordinates: 52°30′N 1°27′W / 52.50°N 1.45°W / 52.50; -1.45


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