Editing Rugby, Warwickshire (section)

===National representation===
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From 1885 until 1983 Rugby was a constituency in itself, a status it regained in 2010. Rugby was historically one of the Midlands' most marginal seats. From 1885 until 1924 Rugby was a marginal seat which changed hands between the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] parties. From 1924 until 1942, the prominent Conservative [[David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson|David Margesson]] was Rugby's MP, his resignation triggered the [[1942 Rugby by-election]] which was won by an independent trade unionist [[William Brown (trade unionist)|William Brown]], who retained the seat until losing it to [[James Johnson (British politician)|James Johnson]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 1950. From 1950 until 1983 Rugby was a Labour-Conservative marginal, with the Labour Party holding it for the majority of that period.<ref name="CR">{{cite web|title=The House of Commons Constituencies Beginning With "R"|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Rcommons2.htm|publisher=leighrayment|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219110721/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Rcommons2.htm|archive-date=19 December 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

In 1983 Rugby was joined with [[Kenilworth]] to become part of the parliamentary constituency of [[Rugby and Kenilworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby and Kenilworth]]. Between 1983 and 1997 [[Jim Pawsey]] was the Conservative Member of Parliament, losing in 1997 to Labour's [[Andy King (British politician)|Andy King]]. At the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]]  [[Jeremy Wright (politician)|Jeremy Wright]] regained the seat for the Conservatives.<ref name="CR"/>

Following the recommendations of the [[Boundary Commission for England]], Warwickshire was allocated a sixth parliamentary seat. In the 2010 general election, the existing Rugby and Kenilworth constituency was abolished and split in two. A new [[Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)|Rugby constituency]] was created, and a new constituency of [[Kenilworth and Southam (UK Parliament constituency)|Kenilworth and Southam]] formed to the south of Rugby, and as a result the town regained its pre-1983 status of returning its own member of parliament, albeit with the addition of the [[Bulkington]] Ward from [[Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)|Nuneaton]]. Jeremy Wright chose to stand for Kenilworth and Southam in the 2010 general election and was successful. [[Mark Pawsey]], son of former Rugby MP [[Jim Pawsey]], was elected for Rugby in 2010. In the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]] the Labour Party's [[John Slinger]] won the seat from the Conservatives.<ref name="CR"/>