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Nuneaton is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Marcus Jones, a Conservative. Since 1997, the seat has been seen as an important national bellwether. In the 2015 general election, Nuneaton was the first key marginal seat between the Conservatives and Labour to declare its results.
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Early history
Nuneaton was originally an Anglo-Saxon settlement known as 'Etone' or 'Eaton', which translates literally as 'settlement by water', referring to the River Anker. 'Etone' was listed in the Domesday Book as a small farming settlement with a population of around 150. In the early 12th century, the settlement came under the control of the Beaumont family, and in around 1155 Robert de Beaumont granted his manor of Etone to the French Abbey of Fontevraud, who established a Benedictine nunnery here,...
Civic history
Nuneaton was an ancient parish, which covered the hamlets of Attleborough and Stockingford as well as the town itself. The parish was made a local board district in 1850, which was Nuneaton's first modern form of local government; previously it had been governed by its vestry and manorial court. The local board's main responsibilities were to provide the town with infrastructure such as paved roads, clean drinking water, street lighting and sewerage. The neighbouring parish of Chilvers Cotonw...
Second World War
Nuneaton suffered severe bomb damage during The Blitz in the Second World Warbetween 1940 and 1942. The heaviest bombing raid on Nuneaton took place on 17 May 1941, when 130 people were killed, 380 houses were destroyed, and over 10,000 damaged.
Nuneaton is 9 miles (14 km) north of Coventry, 18 miles (29 km) east of Birmingham and 16 miles (26 km) south-west of Leicester. The town centre lies 2 miles (3 km) south-west of the Leicestershire border (which is defined by the A5 road the former Roman Watling Street), 9 miles (14 km) south-east of Staffordshire, and 12 miles (19 km) south-south-...
National
Nuneaton is part of the constituency of the same name in the House of Commons. The constituency is currently represented by the Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Marcus Jones, who was first elected in the 2010 general election. From 1935 to 1983, Nuneaton was a safe Labour seat, but it has become more marginal. Between 1983 and 1992, the Conservatives held the seat, until losing it back to Labour. For the next 18 years, the Labour Party (in the form of Bill Olner) was the local re...
Local
There are two-tiers of local government covering Nuneaton; Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council as the lower tier and Warwickshire County Council as the upper tier. Nuneaton is an unparished area and so there is no tier of administration below the Borough council. Nuneaton and Bedworth council was once solidly controlled by the Labour Party, but has in more recent years become more changeable: It was Labour controlled from its creation in 1974, until the 2008 local elections, when the Conser...
Nuneaton's traditional industries like textiles, mining and manufacturing have declined significantly in the post-war years. Due to its transport links, Nuneaton is to some extent a commuter town for nearby Coventry and Birmingham. However a relatively large number of businesses involved in the automotive, aerospace and engineering supply chains in...
Nuneaton's name reflects the effect that Christianity has had upon the town's history. Although the Benedictine nunnery which gave the town its name was destroyed at the time of the Reformation, the remaining fragments were incorporated into the Anglican church building now known as the Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin in Manor Court Road. This i...
At the 2021 census, there were 88,813 residents in Nuneaton. In terms of ethnicity in 2021: 1. 87.3% of Nuneaton residents were White 2. 8.4% were Asian 3. 1.8% were Black 4. 1.8% were Mixed. 5. 0.9% were from another ethnic group. In terms of religion, 50.7% of Nuneaton residents identified as Christian, 40.2% said they had no religion, 4.1% were ...
Road
The town is near the M6, the M42 and M69 motorways and the main A5 trunk road (Watling Street), which also acts as a border with Leicestershire and the neighbouring town of Hinckley. The A444 provides a high-speed dual-carriageway route into the town from the south and also acts as the often busy town centre ring road. The A47links the town with neighbouring Hinckley and onwards to Leicester, and the A4254 – Eastern Relief Road – provides direct access from the east of Nuneaton to the south,...
Railway
The town has two railway stations. The main Nuneaton railway station, located near the town centre, is an important railway junction and is served by the West Coast Main Line running from London to the North West, the cross-country Birmingham to Peterborough Line and by a line to Coventry via Bedworth. A new railway station at Bermuda Park was opened south of the town centre in 2016 on the line towards Coventry, as part of the NUCKLE (Nuneaton, Coventry, Kenilworth and Leamington) rail upgrad...
Bus
The principal operator around Nuneaton is Stagecoach in Warwickshire and the depot is located next to the fire station on Newtown Road, just west from the bus station. Arriva Midlands also operate a number of routes around Nuneaton with buses running to Tamworth, Hinckley, Barwell, Leicester. MIRA, and Coventry. Arriva Midlands also operate service 78 to Walsgrave Hospital, a service operated by Travel de Courceyuntil the company entered administration in 2020. In January 2020 NX Coventryanno...
Nuneaton has two non-league football teams: Nuneaton Borough who play in the National League North and Nuneaton Griff who play in the Midland Football LeagueDivision One. Sunday League football is played in the town, with teams from Nuneaton, Bedworth and North Warwickshire competing in the Nuneaton & District Sunday Football League (NDSFL). There ...
A major local landmark in Nuneaton, which can be seen for many miles is Mount Judd which is a conical shaped former spoil heap, 158 metres (518 ft) high made from spoil from the former Judkins Quarry. It is also known locally as the Nuneaton Nipple. In May 2018 it was voted the best UK landmark in an online poll for the Daily Mirror newspaper, beat...
Places of interest in Nuneaton include: 1. Abbey Theatre 2. Arbury Hall 3. Coventry Canal 4. Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery 5. Riversley Park 6. Whittleford Park Places of interest near Nuneaton: 1. Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre 2. Battlefield Line Railway- Heritage railway 3. Hartshill Hayes Country Park
Nuneaton is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the West Midlands region of England. The seat was last held by Mr Marcus Jones (Conservative) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024. The dissolution of Parliament took place on 30th May 2024.
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Nuneaton: Replaced by: North Warwickshire and Bedworth: 1832–1885; Seats: Two: Type of constituency: County constituency: Created from: Warwickshire: Replaced by: Nuneaton Rugby Tamworth
Summary. CON. Conservative Hold. Majority. 13,144. Electorate. 70,226. Turnout. 64.3% You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages . Share of the vote. The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates. Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Green Party. Breakdown.
