Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)

Stratford-on-Avon is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Manuela Perteghella of the Liberal Democrats.

Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, there were minor changes to align the boundaries with those of local authority wards.

The constituency was defined as composing the following wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon as they existed on 1 December 2020: Following a further local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[3][4] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the District of Stratford-on-Avon from the 2024 general election: The constituency consists primarily of agricultural land with relatively widely spaced rural villages which are now predominantly inhabited by commuters, [6] 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.

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.

The earliest member, John Profumo, resigned in 1963 following a scandal involving his extramarital affair; he was followed by Angus Maude from 1963 to 1983.

In the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Zahawi stood down,[10][11] with Chris Clarkson replacing him as the Conservative candidate for the constituency; he was, at that time, was the MP for the Heywood and Middleton seat.

Martin
Compton