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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards}}
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox UK constituency main
{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Stratford-on-Avon
|name = Stratford-on-Avon
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|parliament = uk
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|image2 = [[File:West Midlands - Stratford-on-Avon constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]]
|image2 = [[File:West Midlands - Stratford-on-Avon constituency.svg|215px|alt=Map of constituency]]
|caption2 = Boundary of Stratford-on-Avon in [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] region
|caption2 = Boundary of Stratford-on-Avon in [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] region

|year = 1950
|year = 1950
|abolished =
|abolished =
|type = County
|type = County
|elects_howmany = One
|previous = [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]] and [[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby]]
|previous = [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick and Leamington]] and [[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby]]
|next =
|next =

|electorate = 69,108 (December 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|title=Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England|date=4 March 2011|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|access-date=13 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|archive-date=6 November 2010}}</ref>
|elects_howmany = One
|mp = [[Nadhim Zahawi]]
|party = Conservative
|region = England
|county = [[Warwickshire]]
|european = West Midlands
|year2 = 1885
|year2 = 1885
|abolished2 = 1918
|abolished2 = 1918
|type2 = County
|type2 = County
|elects_howmany2 = One
|previous2 = [[South Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Warwickshire]]
|previous2 = [[South Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Warwickshire]]
|next2 = [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]], [[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby]] and [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick & Leamington]]
|next2 = [[Tamworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Tamworth]], [[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby]] and [[Warwick and Leamington (UK Parliament constituency)|Warwick & Leamington]]

|elects_howmany2 = One
|electorate = 69,108 (December 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|title=Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England|date=4 March 2011|work=2011 Electorate Figures|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|access-date=13 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106204053/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm|archive-date=6 November 2010}}</ref>
|region = England
|county = [[Warwickshire]]
|mp = [[Manuela Perteghella]]
|party =[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
}}
}}


'''Stratford-on-Avon''' is a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] since [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] by [[Nadhim Zahawi]], a member of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]],{{#tag:ref|As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election at least every five years.|group= n}} who briefly served as the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] in mid-2022. The constituency is in [[Warwickshire]]; as its name suggests, it is centred on the town of [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], birthplace of [[William Shakespeare]], but also takes in the surrounding areas around the town, including the towns of [[Alcester]] and [[Henley-in-Arden]].
'''Stratford-on-Avon''' is a [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituency]]{{#tag:ref|A [[county constituency]] (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)|group= n}} represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]] since [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]] by [[Manuela Perteghella]]. The constituency is in [[Warwickshire]]; as its name suggests, it is centred on the town of [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], birthplace of [[William Shakespeare]], but also takes in the surrounding areas, including the towns of [[Alcester]] and [[Henley-in-Arden]].

==Boundaries==
'''2024–present''': The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of: Alcester East; Alcester West; Bidford East; Bidford West; Brailes & Compton; Claverdon & Snitterfield; Henley-in-Arden; Kinwarton; Long Marston; Quinton; Salford Priors & Alcester Rural; Shipston North; Shipston South; Stratford Avenue; Stratford Bishopton; Stratford Clopton; Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown; Stratford Hathaway; Stratford Orchard Hill; Stratford Shottery; Stratford Tiddington; Stratford Welcombe; Studley North; Studley South; Tanworth-in-Arden; Tredington; Tysoe (part); Welford-on-Avon; Wellesbourne East & Rural (small part); Wellesbourne North & Rural (small part); Wootton Wawen.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Seat Details – Stratford-on-Avon |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Stratford-on-Avon |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>

'''2010–2024''': The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of Alcester, Aston Cantlow, Bardon, Bidford and Salford, Brailes, Claverdon, Ettington, Henley, Kinwarton, Long Compton, Quinton, Sambourne, Shipston, Snitterfield, Stratford Alveston, Stratford Avenue and New Town, Stratford Guild and Hathaway, Stratford Mount Pleasant, Studley, Tanworth, Tredington, Vale of the Red Horse, and Welford.

'''1997–2010''': All the wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon except the wards of Henley, Tanworth, and Tanworth Earlswood.

'''1983–1997''': The District of Stratford-on-Avon.

'''1974–1983''': As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries.

'''1950–1974''': The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Rural Districts of Stratford-on-Avon, Alcester, Shipston-on-Stour, and Southam.

'''1885–1918''': The Boroughs of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Leamington, the Sessional Divisions of Alcester, Brailes, Henley, Stratford, Snitterfield, and Warwick, and the part of the Sessional Division of Kenilworth in the Parliamentary Borough of Warwick and Leamington.

At the 2010 general election, following the [[Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], this seat was reduced in size: a new constituency of [[Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)|Kenilworth and Southam]] was created, taking in much of the eastern half of the previous version of this constituency, along with parts of the abolished seat of [[Rugby and Kenilworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby and Kenilworth]].

At the 2024 general election, following the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] the constituency underwent changes described as the following:

:''Minor changes to align boundaries with those of wards in the District of Stratford-on-Avon.''

==Constituency profile==
The constituency consists primarily of agricultural land with relatively widely spaced rural villages which are now predominantly inhabited by commuters, <ref>{{cite web |title=Local statistics – Office for National Statistics |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |archive-date=11 February 2003 |access-date=26 March 2013 |website=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk}}</ref> with its boundaries taking in the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon itself and the south and west of the [[Stratford-on-Avon (district)|Stratford-on-Avon]] local government district. It has been a Conservative seat since 1906.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 June 2024 |title=MP for Stratford-on-Avon – to be or not to be a Lib Dem? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeelwwd125o |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=BBC News}}</ref>

In May 2023, the Lib Dems gained majority control of the Stratford-on-Avon council for the first time in its history with a 15-seat gain. That compared with the Conservatives, who not only lost their majority but dropped 14 of their seats. On the doorstep, campaigners said issues around the town's Conservative MP came up repeatedly. <ref>{{cite news |date=5 May 2023 |title=Lib Dems win Stratford-on-Avon council from Conservatives |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-65498758 |accessdate=20 June 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

After Stratford itself the next largest settlements in the constituency are [[Studley, Warwickshire|Studley]] and [[Alcester, Warwickshire|Alcester]] each with just under 5,000 electors.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>

==History since 1950==
Since its recreation in 1950, the seat has elected only [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. The earliest member, [[John Profumo]], was noted for his personal life scandal; another MP, [[Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport|Alan Howarth]], served on the benches of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] for two years after [[cross the floor|crossing the floor]] in 1995.

;Political history
With the exception of a relatively close 1963 by-election, the constituency has always returned majorities of over 20% for the Conservatives. Up until 1970, Labour always came second and the Liberals (when they stood) third; and the Liberal/Liberal Democratic parties came second and Labour third in every subsequent general election until 2010. The only occasion on which any other party has been in the top three (or managed to save their deposit) was in 2015, when UKIP came second with just over 13% of the vote. Since then, Labour has come second in 2017, and the Liberal Democrats in 2019.


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==
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| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] July–September 2022
| [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] July–September 2022
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
|[[Manuela Perteghella]]
|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
|
|}
|}

==Constituency profile==
The constituency consists primarily of agricultural land with relatively widely spaced rural villages which are now predominantly inhabited by commuters, <ref>{{cite web|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/|title=Local statistics - Office for National Statistics|website=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk|access-date=26 March 2013|archive-date=11 February 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> with its boundaries taking in the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon itself and the south and west of the [[Stratford-on-Avon (district)|Stratford-on-Avon]] local government district.

After Stratford itself the next largest settlements in the constituency are [[Studley, Warwickshire|Studley]] and [[Alcester, Warwickshire|Alcester]] each with just under 5,000 electors.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/nov/17/unemployment-and-employment-statistics-economics Unemployment claimants by constituency] ''[[The Guardian]]''</ref>

==Boundaries==

'''2010–present''': The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of Alcester, Aston Cantlow, Bardon, Bidford and Salford, Brailes, Claverdon, Ettington, Henley, Kinwarton, Long Compton, Quinton, Sambourne, Shipston, Snitterfield, Stratford Alveston, Stratford Avenue and New Town, Stratford Guild and Hathaway, Stratford Mount Pleasant, Studley, Tanworth, Tredington, Vale of the Red Horse, and Welford.

'''1997–2010''': All the wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon except the wards of Henley, Tanworth, and Tanworth Earlswood.

'''1983–1997''': The District of Stratford-on-Avon.

'''1974–1983''': As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries.

'''1950–1974''': The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Rural Districts of Stratford-on-Avon, Alcester, Shipston-on-Stour, and Southam.

'''1885–1918''': The Boroughs of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Leamington, the Sessional Divisions of Alcester, Brailes, Henley, Stratford, Snitterfield, and Warwick, and the part of the Sessional Division of Kenilworth in the Parliamentary Borough of Warwick and Leamington.

At the 2010 general election, following the [[Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], this seat was reduced in size: a new constituency of [[Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)|Kenilworth and Southam]] was created, taking in much of the eastern half of the previous version of this constituency, along with parts of the abolished seat of [[Rugby and Kenilworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby and Kenilworth]].

=== Proposed ===
Further to the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]], the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

* The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of: Alcester & Rural; Alcester Town; Avenue; Bidford East; Bidford West & Salford; Bishopton; Brailes & Compton; Bridgetown; Clopton; Ettington; Guildhall; Hathaway; Henley-in-Arden; Kinwarton; Quinton; Shipston North; Shipston South; Shottery; Snitterfield; Studley with Mappleborough Green; Studley with Sambourne; Tanworth-in-Arden; Tiddington; Welcombe; Welford-on-Avon; Wotton Wawen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region}}</ref>

''Minor changes to align boundaries with those of wards in the District of Stratford-on-Avon.''

Following a further local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,<ref>{{Cite web |last=LGBCE |title=Stratford-on-Avon {{!}} LGBCE |url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/stratford-avon |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.lgbce.org.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Stratford-on-Avon (Electoral Changes) Order 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1137/contents/made}}</ref> the constituency will now comprise the following wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon from the 2024 general election:

* Alcester East; Alcester West; Bidford East; Bidford West; Brailes & Compton; Claverdon & Snitterfield; Henley-in-Arden; Kinwarton; Long Marston; Quinton; Salford Priors & Alcester Rural; Shipston North; Shipston South; Stratford Avenue; Stratford Bishopton; Stratford Clopton; Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown; Stratford Hathaway; Stratford Orchard Hill; Stratford Shottery; Stratford Tiddington; Stratford Welcombe; Studley North; Studley South; Tanworth-in-Arden; Tredington; Tysoe (part); Welford-on-Avon; Wellesbourne East & Rural (small part); Wellesbourne North & Rural (small part); Wootton Wawen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seat Details - Stratford-on-Avon |url=https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Stratford-on-Avon |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=www.electoralcalculus.co.uk}}</ref>

==History since 1950==
Since its recreation in 1950, the seat has elected only [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. The earliest member, [[John Profumo]], was noted for his personal life scandal; another MP, [[Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport|Alan Howarth]], served on the benches of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] for two years after [[cross the floor|crossing the floor]] in 1995.

;Political history
With the exception of a relatively close 1963 by-election, the constituency has always returned majorities of over 20% for the Conservatives. Up until 1970, Labour always came second and the Liberals (when they stood) third; and the Liberal/Liberal Democratic parties came second and Labour third in every subsequent general election until 2010. The only occasion on which any other party has been in the top three (or managed to save their deposit) was in 2015, when UKIP came second with just over 13% of the vote. Since then, Labour has come second in 2017, and the Liberal Democrats in 2019.


==Elections==
==Elections==


=== Elections in the 2020s ===
=== Elections in the 2020s ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001526 Stratford-on-Avon]</ref> }}
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001526|title=Stratford-on-Avon Constituency Candidates – General Election 2024|accessdate=20 June 2024|work=BBC News}}</ref> }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Seyi Agboola<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stratford Labour Party announces Parliamentary candidate |url= https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/labour-party-announced-seyi-agboola-as-parliamentary-candida-9361772/ |access-date=16 April 2024 |publisher=Stratford Herald}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Manuela Perteghella]]|votes=23,450|percentage=44.3|change=+19.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative|candidate=[[Chris Clarkson (politician)|Chris Clarkson]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-03 |title=Former Greater Manchester MP Chris Clarkson chosen as Stratford’s Conservative candidate |url=https://www.stratford-herald.com/news/former-greater-manchester-mp-chris-clarkson-chosen-as-stratf-9368871/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=Stratford Herald |language=en}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Chris Clarkson (politician)|Chris Clarkson]]|votes=16,328|percentage=30.8|change=-29.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=James Crocker<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stratford-on-Avon Constituency |url= https://www.reformparty.uk/stratford-on-avon-constituency |access-date=13 March 2024 |publisher=[[Reform UK]]}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=James Crocker|votes=7,753|percentage=14.6|change=''new''}}
{{Election box candidate|party=New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership (NONPOL)|candidate=Neil O'Neil<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stratford-on-Avon Constituency |url= https://nonpol.com/stratford/ |access-date=27 May 2024 |publisher=[[NONPOL]]}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=|colour=black|color=black}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Seyi Agboola|votes=3,753|percentage=7.1|change=-4.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=[[Manuela Perteghella]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates |url= https://www.markpack.org.uk/167842/liberal-democrat-prospective-parliamentary-candidates/ |access-date=13 March 2024 |publisher=[[Mark Pack]]}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Doug Rouxel|votes=1,197|percentage=2.2|change=-1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Doug Rouxel<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.greenparty.org.uk/our-candidates.html |title=Our Candidates |access-date=2 June 2024}}</ref>|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kevin Taylor|votes=292|percentage=0.5|change=''new''}}
{{Election box candidate
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kevin Taylor|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|party = New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership (NONPOL)
{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|candidate = Neil O'Neil
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
|votes =166
|percentage =0.3
|change =''new''
|colour = black
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{{Election box majority|votes=7,122|percentage=13.5|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=52,939|percentage=70.0|change=-4.0}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 75,725 }}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +24.5}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
* ''Chris Clarkson (Conservative) ― Incumbent MP for [[Heywood and Middleton North (UK Parliament constituency)|Heywood and Middleton]]''


===Elections in the 2010s===
===Elections in the 2010s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref>{{cite news |title=Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000977 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref>{{cite news |title=Stratford-on-Avon Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000977 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 November 2019}}</ref>
}}
}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Nadhim Zahawi]]|votes=33,343|percentage=60.6|change=-1.6}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Dominic Skinner|votes=13,371|percentage=24.3|change=+12.2}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Nadhim Zahawi]]|votes=33,343|percentage=60.6|change=-1.6}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Dominic Skinner|votes=13,371|percentage=24.3|change=+12.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Felix Ling|votes=6,222|percentage=11.3|change=-11.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Felix Ling|votes=6,222|percentage=11.3|change=-11.0}}
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{{Election box majority|votes=19,972|percentage=36.3|change=-3.6}}
{{Election box majority|votes=19,972|percentage=36.3|change=-3.6}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=55,048|percentage=74.4|change=+2.1}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=55,048|percentage=74.4|change=+2.1}}
{{Election box registered electors|
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 74,038 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = -6.9 }}
|reg. electors = 74,038
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -6.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


{{Election box begin
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stratford-herald.com/70402-candidates-confirmed-for-general-election.html | title=Candidates confirmed for General Election | publisher=Stratford-upon-Avon Herald | date=11 May 2017 | access-date=12 May 2017}}</ref>}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stratford-herald.com/70402-candidates-confirmed-for-general-election.html | title=Candidates confirmed for General Election | publisher=Stratford-upon-Avon Herald | date=11 May 2017 | access-date=12 May 2017}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = [[Nadhim Zahawi]] |votes = 33,657 |percentage = 62.9 |change = +5.2 }}
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jeff Kenner|change=+8.9|percentage=21.9|votes=11,699}}
|candidate = [[Nadhim Zahawi]]
{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Elizabeth Adams|votes=6,357|percentage=11.9|change=-0.1}}
|votes = 33,657
{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Dominic Giles|votes=1,345|percentage=2.6|change=-1.5}}
|percentage = 62.9
{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jandy Spurway|votes=255|percentage=0.5|change= ''New''}}
|change = +5.2
{{Election box candidate with party link |party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Tom Darwood|votes=219|percentage=0.4|change= ''New''}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Jeff Kenner|change=+8.9|percentage=21.9|votes=11,699}}
{{Election box majority |votes=21,958|percentage=41.0|change=-4.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Elizabeth Adams|votes=6,357|percentage=11.9|change=-0.1}}
{{Election box turnout |votes=52,532|percentage=72.3|change=-0.3}}
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|candidate = [[Nadhim Zahawi]]
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{{Election box begin|title= [[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i19.htm|title=UK General Election results April 1992|date=9 April 1992|work=Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2010-12-06}}</ref> }}
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==Election results 1885-1918==
==Election results 1885–1918==
===Elections in the 1910s ===
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{{Election box begin| title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Stratford-on-Avon<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=410}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">The Liberal Year Book, 1907</ref><ref>Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886</ref>
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire]]
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Warwickshire]]
* [[Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (region)|List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)]]


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Stratford-on-Avon
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Boundaries since 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Stratford-on-Avon in West Midlands region
CountyWarwickshire
Electorate69,108 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1950
Member of ParliamentManuela Perteghella (Liberal Democrats)
SeatsOne
Created fromWarwick and Leamington and Rugby
1885–1918
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
Created fromSouth Warwickshire
Replaced byTamworth, Rugby and Warwick & Leamington

Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Manuela Perteghella. The constituency is in Warwickshire; as its name suggests, it is centred on the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, but also takes in the surrounding areas, including the towns of Alcester and Henley-in-Arden.

Boundaries

2024–present: The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of: Alcester East; Alcester West; Bidford East; Bidford West; Brailes & Compton; Claverdon & Snitterfield; Henley-in-Arden; Kinwarton; Long Marston; Quinton; Salford Priors & Alcester Rural; Shipston North; Shipston South; Stratford Avenue; Stratford Bishopton; Stratford Clopton; Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown; Stratford Hathaway; Stratford Orchard Hill; Stratford Shottery; Stratford Tiddington; Stratford Welcombe; Studley North; Studley South; Tanworth-in-Arden; Tredington; Tysoe (part); Welford-on-Avon; Wellesbourne East & Rural (small part); Wellesbourne North & Rural (small part); Wootton Wawen.[2]

2010–2024: The District of Stratford-on-Avon wards of Alcester, Aston Cantlow, Bardon, Bidford and Salford, Brailes, Claverdon, Ettington, Henley, Kinwarton, Long Compton, Quinton, Sambourne, Shipston, Snitterfield, Stratford Alveston, Stratford Avenue and New Town, Stratford Guild and Hathaway, Stratford Mount Pleasant, Studley, Tanworth, Tredington, Vale of the Red Horse, and Welford.

1997–2010: All the wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon except the wards of Henley, Tanworth, and Tanworth Earlswood.

1983–1997: The District of Stratford-on-Avon.

1974–1983: As 1950 but with redrawn boundaries.

1950–1974: The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon, and the Rural Districts of Stratford-on-Avon, Alcester, Shipston-on-Stour, and Southam.

1885–1918: The Boroughs of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, and Leamington, the Sessional Divisions of Alcester, Brailes, Henley, Stratford, Snitterfield, and Warwick, and the part of the Sessional Division of Kenilworth in the Parliamentary Borough of Warwick and Leamington.

At the 2010 general election, following the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, this seat was reduced in size: a new constituency of Kenilworth and Southam was created, taking in much of the eastern half of the previous version of this constituency, along with parts of the abolished seat of Rugby and Kenilworth.

At the 2024 general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the constituency underwent changes described as the following:

Minor changes to align boundaries with those of wards in the District of Stratford-on-Avon.

Constituency profile

The constituency consists primarily of agricultural land with relatively widely spaced rural villages which are now predominantly inhabited by commuters, [3] with its boundaries taking in the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon itself and the south and west of the Stratford-on-Avon local government district. It has been a Conservative seat since 1906.[4]

In May 2023, the Lib Dems gained majority control of the Stratford-on-Avon council for the first time in its history with a 15-seat gain. That compared with the Conservatives, who not only lost their majority but dropped 14 of their seats. On the doorstep, campaigners said issues around the town's Conservative MP came up repeatedly. [5]

After Stratford itself the next largest settlements in the constituency are Studley and Alcester each with just under 5,000 electors.

Workless claimants, registered jobseekers, were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 1.4% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[6]

History since 1950

Since its recreation in 1950, the seat has elected only Conservatives. The earliest member, John Profumo, was noted for his personal life scandal; another MP, Alan Howarth, served on the benches of the Labour Party for two years after crossing the floor in 1995.

Political history

With the exception of a relatively close 1963 by-election, the constituency has always returned majorities of over 20% for the Conservatives. Up until 1970, Labour always came second and the Liberals (when they stood) third; and the Liberal/Liberal Democratic parties came second and Labour third in every subsequent general election until 2010. The only occasion on which any other party has been in the top three (or managed to save their deposit) was in 2015, when UKIP came second with just over 13% of the vote. Since then, Labour has come second in 2017, and the Liberal Democrats in 2019.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member[7] Party
1885 Lord William Compton Liberal
1886 Frederick Townsend Conservative
1892 Algernon Freeman-Mitford Conservative
1895 Victor Milward Conservative
1901 by-election Philip Foster Conservative
1906 Thomas Kincaid-Smith Liberal
1909 by-election Philip Foster Conservative
1918 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1950

Election Member[7] Party Notes
1950 John Profumo Conservative Secretary of State for War 1960–63; resigned
1963 by-election Angus Maude Conservative
1983 Alan Howarth Conservative
1995 Labour
1997 John Maples Conservative Previously MP for Lewisham West 1983–92
2010 Nadhim Zahawi Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer July–September 2022
2024 Manuela Perteghella Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Stratford-on-Avon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Manuela Perteghella 23,450 44.3 +19.6
Conservative Chris Clarkson 16,328 30.8 −29.4
Reform UK James Crocker 7,753 14.6 new
Labour Seyi Agboola 3,753 7.1 −4.3
Green Doug Rouxel 1,197 2.2 −1.6
Independent Kevin Taylor 292 0.5 new
New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership (NONPOL) Neil O'Neil 166 0.3 new
Majority 7,122 13.5 N/A
Turnout 52,939 70.0 −4.0
Registered electors 75,725
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +24.5

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Stratford-on-Avon[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 33,343 60.6 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Dominic Skinner 13,371 24.3 +12.2
Labour Felix Ling 6,222 11.3 −11.0
Green David Passingham 2,112 3.8 +1.2
Majority 19,972 36.3 −3.6
Turnout 55,048 74.4 +2.1
Registered electors 74,038
Conservative hold Swing -6.9
General election 2017: Stratford-on-Avon[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 33,657 62.9 +5.2
Labour Jeff Kenner 11,699 21.9 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Adams 6,357 11.9 −0.1
Green Dominic Giles 1,345 2.6 −1.5
Independent Jandy Spurway 255 0.5 New
Independent Tom Darwood 219 0.4 New
Majority 21,958 41.0 −4.6
Turnout 52,532 72.3 −0.3
Conservative hold Swing -2.4
General election 2015: Stratford-on-Avon[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 29,674 57.7 +6.2
UKIP Edward Fila 6,798 13.2 +9.5
Labour Jeff Kenner 6,677 13.0 +3.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Adams 6,182 12.0 −17.1
Green Dominic Giles 2,128 4.1 +3.1
Majority 22,876 44.5 +22.1
Turnout 51,459 72.6 −0.1
Conservative hold Swing -1.75
General election 2010: Stratford-on-Avon[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nadhim Zahawi 26,052 51.5 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Turner 14,706 29.1 +0.8
Labour Robert Johnston 4,809 9.5 −5.9
UKIP Brett Parsons 1,846 3.7 +0.9
BNP George Jones 1,097 2.2 New
Independent Neil Basnett 1,032 2.0 New
Green Karen Varga 527 1.0 −1.3
English Democrat Frederick Bishop 473 0.9 New
Majority 11,346 22.4 +1.5
Turnout 50,542 72.7 +3.5
Conservative hold Swing +0.7

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Stratford-on-Avon[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Maples 28,652 49.2 −1.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Juned 16,468 28.3 −0.5
Labour Co-op Rachel Blackmore 10,145 17.4 +0.7
UKIP Harry Cottam 1,621 2.8 +0.6
Green Mick Davies 1,354 2.3 +0.2
Majority 12,184 20.9 −0.6
Turnout 58,240 68.8 +4.4
Conservative hold Swing -0.3
General election 2001: Stratford-on-Avon[16][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Maples 27,606 50.3 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Susan Juned 15,804 28.8 +3.3
Labour Mushtaq Hussain 9,164 16.7 −3.8
UKIP Ron Mole 1,184 2.2 +1.3
Green Mick Davies 1,156 2.1 New
Majority 11,802 21.5 −1.3
Turnout 54,914 64.4 −11.9
Conservative hold Swing -0.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Stratford-on-Avon[17][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Maples 29,967 48.3 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Juned 15,861 25.5 ±0.0
Labour Stewart Stacey 12,754 20.5 +7.4
Referendum Adrian Hilton 2,064 3.3 New
UKIP JEM Spilsbury 556 0.9 New
Natural Law James Brewster 307 0.5 +0.3
Stratford First Democratic Conservative Simon Marcus 306 0.5 New
ProLife Alliance Sarah Miller 284 0.5 New
Majority 14,106 22.8 −10.9
Turnout 62,099 76.3 −5.8
Conservative hold Swing -5.45
General election 1992: Stratford-on-Avon[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Howarth 40,251 59.2 −2.7
Liberal Democrats JN Fogg 17,359 25.5 −2.4
Labour SM Brookes 8,932 13.1 +2.9
Green RG Roughan 729 1.1 New
Ind. Conservative AJ Saunders 573 0.8 New
Natural Law MR Twite 130 0.2 New
Majority 22,892 33.7 −0.4
Turnout 67,974 82.1 +5.6
Conservative hold Swing -0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Stratford-on-Avon[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Howarth 38,483 61.9 +1.0
Liberal David Cowcher 17,318 27.9 −1.0
Labour Robert Rhodes 6,335 10.2 −0.1
Majority 21,165 34.1 +2.1
Turnout 62,136 76.5 +3.6
Conservative hold Swing +1.0
General election 1983: Stratford-on-Avon[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Howarth 34,041 60.9 +0.5
Liberal James Taylor 16,124 28.9 +8.9
Labour Frank Hooley 5,731 10.3 −7.4
Majority 17,917 32.0 −6.4
Turnout 55,896 72.9 −3.8
Conservative hold Swing -4.2

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Maude 35,470 60.41 +9.4
Liberal James Taylor 12,916 22.00 −5.3
Labour CA Purnell 10,334 17.60 −4.1
Majority 22,554 38.41 +14.8
Turnout 58,720 76.67 +2.6
Conservative hold Swing +7.4
General election October 1974: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Maude 27,123 50.96 −0.8
Liberal MJW Wright 14,555 27.34 −1.7
Labour DV Hunt 11,551 21.70 +2.5
Majority 12,568 23.62 + 0.9
Turnout 53,229 74.04 −7.0
Conservative hold Swing +0.4
General election February 1974: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Maude 30,106 51.77 −6.3
Liberal MJW Wright 16,885 29.03 +10.7
Labour M Burton 11,165 19.20 −4.3
Majority 13,221 22.74 −11.8
Turnout 58,156 81.06 +7.0
Conservative hold Swing -8.5
General election 1970: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Maude 28,106 58.08 +6.8
Labour Peter Eric Tombs 11,393 23.54 −6.2
Liberal David R Bruce 8,895 18.38 +3.4
Majority 16,713 34.54 +12.9
Turnout 48,394 74.08 −4.0
Conservative hold Swing +6.5

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Maude 22,381 51.30 −2.5
Labour Vernon G Hale 12,954 29.69 +0.4
Liberal Gordon H Herringshaw 6,556 15.03 −1.9
Ind. Conservative Christopher G Clayton-Wright 1,733 3.97 New
Majority 9,427 21.61 −2.9
Turnout 43,624 78.03 −5.0
Conservative hold Swing -1.5
General election 1964: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Maude 23,236 53.80 −14.7
Labour Andrew Faulds 12,646 29.28 −2.2
Liberal Derick Mirfin 7,307 16.92 New
Majority 10,590 24.52 −12.5
Turnout 43,189 83.07 + 6.2
Conservative hold Swing -6.3
Stratford by-election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angus Maude 15,846 43.61 −24.9
Labour Andrew Faulds 12,376 34.06 +2.6
Liberal Derick Mirfin 7,622 20.98 New
Independent MS Blair 281 0.77 New
Teenage Party David Sutch 209 0.58 New
Majority 3,470 9.55 −27.5
Turnout 36,334
Conservative hold Swing -13.7

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Profumo 26,146 68.5 −0.1
Labour Joseph Stretton 12,017 31.5 +0.1
Majority 14,129 37.0 −0.2
Turnout 38,163 76.9 +1.3
Conservative hold Swing -0.1
General election 1955: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Profumo 24,587 68.6 +4.1
Labour Thomas LK Locksley 11,275 31.4 −4.1
Majority 13,312 37.2 +8.2
Turnout 35,862 75.6 −4.3
Conservative hold Swing +4.1
General election 1951: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Profumo 24,041 64.5 +7.2
Labour Henry Hilditch 13,246 35.5 −3.5
Majority 10,795 29.0 +4.4
Turnout 37,287 79.9 −3.2
Conservative hold Swing +5.36
General election 1950: Stratford-on-Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Profumo 21,492 57.3
Labour RGM Brown 12,143 32.0
Liberal Hadleigh Sydney Seaborne 4,318 11.4
Majority 9,349 24.6
Turnout 37,953 83.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election December 1910: Stratford-on-Avon[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Foster 5,147 59.8 Increase 0.9
Liberal Walter King 3,462 40.2 Decrease 0.9
Majority 1,685 19.6 Increase 1.8
Turnout 8,609 79.5 Decrease 6.7
Registered electors 10,835
Conservative hold Swing Increase 0.9
General election January 1910: Stratford-on-Avon[23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Foster 5,505 58.9 Increase 9.8
Liberal Oscar William Bowen 3,838 41.1 Decrease 9.8
Majority 1,667 17.8 N/A
Turnout 9,343 86.2 Increase 2.7
Registered electors 10,835
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Increase 9.8

Elections in the 1900s

Martin
1909 Stratford-on-Avon by-election[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Foster 5,374 62.5 Increase 13.4
Liberal Joseph Martin 2,747 31.9 Decrease 19.0
Independent Thomas Kincaid-Smith 479 5.6 New
Majority 2,627 30.6 N/A
Turnout 8,600 80.9 Decrease 2.6
Registered electors 10,628
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Increase 16.2
General election 1906: Stratford-on-Avon[23][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Kincaid-Smith 4,321 50.9 N/A
Conservative Philip Foster 4,173 49.1 N/A
Majority 148 1.8 N/A
Turnout 8,494 83.5 N/A
Registered electors 10,173
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A
1901 Stratford-on-Avon by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Foster 4,755 61.5 N/A
Liberal Bolton King 2,977 38.5 New
Majority 1,778 23.0 N/A
Turnout 7,732 76.8 N/A
Registered electors 10,063
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1900: Stratford-on-Avon[23][25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Milward Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Stratford-on-Avon[23][25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victor Milward 4,598 61.9 +6.1
Liberal Isaac Thomas Sadler 2,827 38.1 −6.1
Majority 1,771 23.8 +12.2
Turnout 7,425 76.2 −2.2
Registered electors 9,745
Conservative hold Swing +6.1
General election 1892: Stratford-on-Avon[23][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Algernon Freeman-Mitford 4,157 55.8 +2.4
Liberal George Septimus Warmington[27] 3,293 44.2 −2.4
Majority 864 11.6 +4.8
Turnout 7,450 78.4 +3.9
Registered electors 9,505
Conservative hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1880s

Compton
General election 1886: Stratford-on-Avon[23][25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Townsend 3,833 53.4 Increase 8.8
Liberal William Compton 3,344 46.6 Decrease 8.8
Majority 489 6.8 N/A
Turnout 7,177 74.5 Decrease 12.5
Registered electors 9,631
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing Increase 8.8
General election 1885: Stratford-on-Avon[23][25][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Compton 4,639 55.4
Conservative Sampson Lloyd 3,738 44.6
Majority 901 10.8
Turnout 8,377 87.0
Registered electors 9,631
Liberal win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

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