Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)
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Warwick and Leamington is a 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 constituency includes the towns of Warwick and Leamington Spa as well as surrounding villages. Its current MP is James Plaskitt of the Labour Party, who was first elected in the 1997 general election.
The name of the constituency changed to Warwick and Leamington in 1885. Before then it was known as Warwick.
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Members of Parliament
- James Plaskitt, Labour (1997–)
- Dudley Smith, Conservative (1968–1997)
- John Hobson, Conservative (1957–1968)
- Anthony Eden, Conservative (1923–1957)
- Ernest Pollock, Conservative (1910–1923)
- Thomas Berridge, Liberal (1906–1910)
- Alfred Lyttelton, Liberal Unionist (1895–1906)
- Arthur Wellesley Peel, Liberal (1885–1895)
Election results
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Politics and history of the constituency
Warwick and Leamington are close together and although still distinct towns, they are now joined into a continuous urban area. Both are relatively prosperous, although there are pockets of deprivation in Leamington. Warwick is a popular tourist destination while Leamington's economy is more industrial. Leamington is also more ethnically diverse (some five per cent of the constituency's population is Asian) and is home to many students of the University of Warwick. Represented by Conservatives since 1910, including for 34 years Anthony Eden, the seat had not been expected to change hands in the 1997 general election. James Plaskitt's defeat of the Conservative incumbent, Dudley Smith, came as a surprise, even in the context of Labour's landslide victory. Plaskitt increased his majorty in the 2001 election, but on a lower turnout. In the 2005 election, Warwick and Leamington was 85th on the Conservative list of target seats, meaning that to gain it they would have required a somewhat greater swing than was seen nationally. With the greatest increase in support being seen by the Liberal Democrats, Plaskitt only narrowly held the seat, at the cost of almost his entire majority, making Warwick and Leamington extremely marginal for the next general election.
References
- BBC: Vote 2005 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/vote2005/html/613.stm)
- BBC: Vote 2001 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/results_constituencies/constituencies/613.stm)
- Guardian Unlimited Politics: Ask Aristotle (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,9338,-1408,00.html)
- Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832 (http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm)
- Lee Rayment's Peerage Page: House of Commons (http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/commons.htm)
- 1968 By Election Results (http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/68.html)
- 1957 By Election Results (http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/57.html)