Kenilworth and Southam | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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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 |
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]
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.
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies decided on the following boundaries:
Minor changes to align boundaries to those of local authority wards. Radford Semele transferred to Warwick and Leamington in exchange for Budbrooke.
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 completely surrounds the much more urban Warwick and Leamington constituency. It also borders southern Coventry; Coventry Airport is just within the constituency.
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%.
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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2010 | Jeremy Wright | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 19,395 | 36.4 | 22.6 | |
Labour | Cat Price | 12,821 | 24.0 | 5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Wilkinson | 10,464 | 19.6 | 2.7 | |
Reform UK | Jacqui Harris | 6,920 | 13.0 | 12.8 | |
Green | Alix Dearing | 3,125 | 5.9 | 1.7 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Nick Green | 442 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Paul De'Ath | 153 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,574 | 12.4 | 27.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,320 | 75.5 | 2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 [10] | 1,956 | 4.0 | 2.8 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Nicholas Green | 370 | 0.8 | New | |
Digital Democracy [11] | Jon Foster-Smith [11] | 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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 25,945 | 53.6 | 12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Rock | 13,393 | 27.7 | 19.9 | |
Labour | Nicholas Milton | 6,949 | 14.4 | 24.0 | |
UKIP | John Moore | 1,214 | 2.4 | 0.8 | |
Green | James Harrison | 568 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent | Joe Rukin | 362 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 12,552 | 25.9 | 23.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,431 | 75.3 | 6.9 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Kenilworth and Southam | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
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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 |
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]
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.
2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies decided on the following boundaries:
Minor changes to align boundaries to those of local authority wards. Radford Semele transferred to Warwick and Leamington in exchange for Budbrooke.
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 completely surrounds the much more urban Warwick and Leamington constituency. It also borders southern Coventry; Coventry Airport is just within the constituency.
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%.
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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2010 | Jeremy Wright | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 19,395 | 36.4 | 22.6 | |
Labour | Cat Price | 12,821 | 24.0 | 5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Wilkinson | 10,464 | 19.6 | 2.7 | |
Reform UK | Jacqui Harris | 6,920 | 13.0 | 12.8 | |
Green | Alix Dearing | 3,125 | 5.9 | 1.7 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Nick Green | 442 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
UKIP | Paul De'Ath | 153 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,574 | 12.4 | 27.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,320 | 75.5 | 2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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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 [10] | 1,956 | 4.0 | 2.8 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Nicholas Green | 370 | 0.8 | New | |
Digital Democracy [11] | Jon Foster-Smith [11] | 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 | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Wright | 25,945 | 53.6 | 12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Rock | 13,393 | 27.7 | 19.9 | |
Labour | Nicholas Milton | 6,949 | 14.4 | 24.0 | |
UKIP | John Moore | 1,214 | 2.4 | 0.8 | |
Green | James Harrison | 568 | 1.2 | New | |
Independent | Joe Rukin | 362 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 12,552 | 25.9 | 23.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,431 | 75.3 | 6.9 | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |