Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Nadhim Zahawi, a member of the Conservative Party,[n 2] 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.
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Stratford-on-Avon | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Warwickshire |
Electorate | 69,108 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Nadhim Zahawi (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Warwick and Leamington and Rugby |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | South Warwickshire |
Replaced by | Tamworth, Rugby and Warwick & Leamington |
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