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The seat was created in 1983 from parts of the Meriden and Nuneaton constituencies. Mike O'Brien took the seat for Labour in 1992, from the Tories Francis Maude with a majority 1,453 votes.

Since 1992 O'Brien has increased his majority: his share of the vote rose to 58.4% in 1997, increasing his majority tenfold to 14,767. In 2001 O'Brien's margin of victory remained at 21.7%. In 2005 there was little change here, as a 2.8% swing to the Conservatives still left Labour with a 16% majority.

At the election, the seat gains part of the Bede and Slough Ward from the Nuneaton constituency. It also loses the wards of Arley, Whitacare and Hartshill. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

North Warwickshire lies to the east of Birmingham and north of Coventry. It comprises a collection of post-industrial villages and the town of Bedworth.

Historically, it had a large coal mining industry, but this has almost petered out. The district is relatively remote from the rest of Warwickshire, as the county is almost split in two by the West Midlands.

North Warwickshire still has the mines and canal networks that dominated its economy during the industrial revolution; it still retains an economy based on manufacturing and production industries.

As elsewhere in the Midlands, the production and construction industries are strong. Manufacturing alone brings arou

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BBC Profile:
The seat was created in 1983 from parts of the Meriden and Nuneaton constituencies. Mike O'Brien took the seat for Labour in 1992, from the Tories Francis Maude with a majority 1,453 votes.

Since 1992 O'Brien has increased his majority: his share of the vote rose to 58.4% in 1997, increasing his majority tenfold to 14,767. In 2001 O'Brien's margin of victory remained at 21.7%. In 2005 there was little change here, as a 2.8% swing to the Conservatives still left Labour with a 16% majority.

At the election, the seat gains part of the Bede and Slough Ward from the Nuneaton constituency. It also loses the wards of Arley, Whitacare and Hartshill. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

North Warwickshire lies to the east of Birmingham and north of Coventry. It comprises a collection of post-industrial villages and the town of Bedworth.

Historically, it had a large coal mining industry, but this has almost petered out. The district is relatively remote from the rest of Warwickshire, as the county is almost split in two by the West Midlands.

North Warwickshire still has the mines and canal networks that dominated its economy during the industrial revolution; it still retains an economy based on manufacturing and production industries.

As elsewhere in the Midlands, the production and construction industries are strong. Manufacturing alone brings around 8,000 jobs to the constituency.

Demographically, North Warwickshire comes very close to the national average in most categories.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
Lab 20,735 (47.37%)
C 14,051 (32.10%)
LD 5,923 (13.53%)
Others 1,910 (4.36%)
UKIP 1,155 (2.64%)

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