Warwickshire North (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of North Warwickshire in Warwickshire.
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Location of Warwickshire within England.
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| County | Warwickshire |
| Electorate | 70,544 (December 2010) |
| Major settlements | Atherstone, Bedworth, Coleshill and Polesworth |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Craig Tracey (Conservative) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from |
Meriden Nuneaton |
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| Number of members | Two |
| Type of constituency | County constituency |
| Replaced by |
Nuneaton Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Tamworth |
| Created from | Warwickshire |
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| European Parliament constituency | West Midlands |
North Warwickshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Craig Tracey, a Conservative.
Warwickshire North has wards which are the most "working-class" (lowest average income) and industrial of the six constituencies in the county, politically frequently with the best returns locally for Labour candidates. In the 2010 election all six Warwickshire constituencies were won by the Conservative party, this constituency was the most marginal, falling on a substantial swing of 8.1% from Labour to the Conservatives (compared to a national swing of 5%).
Like much of the county, the area includes many rural villages which can today be classified as 'commuter' and 'retirement' south of the National Forest, south east of Tamworth and the small cathedral city of Lichfield and centred less than 10 miles (16 km) east of Birmingham which provides some work locally in the creative and international export sectors. Many towns and villages have a history of coal mining and heavy industry and with that a strong Labour vote.
Settlements include Bedworth, just north of Coventry, and the historic market town of Atherstone.
The constituency since 2010 has all but two wards of North Warwickshire.
1832-1885: The Hundred of Hemlingford, the County of the City of Coventry, and the Rugby and Kirby Divisions of the Hundred of Knightlow.
1983–2010: The Borough of North Warwickshire, and the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth wards of Exhall, Heath, Mount Pleasant, and Poplar.
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