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Rugby — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Rugby was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 4,428 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Rugby from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Henry Peyton Cobb (Liberal) 4,877 58.0% James Darlington (Conservative) 1,344 (16.0 pts) 86.7%
1886 Henry Peyton Cobb (Liberal) 4,006 53.2% Marston Clarke Buszard (Liberal Unionist) 478 (6.3 pts) 77.7%
1892 Henry Peyton Cobb (Liberal) 4,519 54.1% William Johnson Galloway (Conservative) 688 (8.2 pts) 85.3%
1895 Richard Greville Verney (Conservative) 4,354 51.7% Corrie Grant (Liberal) 284 (3.4 pts) 86.2%
1900 Corrie Grant (Liberal) 4,349 51.3% F E Muntz (Conservative) 219 (2.6 pts) 82.4%
1906 Corrie Grant (Liberal) 5,181 51.3% Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland (Conservative) 272 (2.7 pts) 88.1%
Jan 1910 John Lawrence Baird (Conservative) 6,191 55.4% Rupert Charles Scott (Liberal) 1,205 (10.8 pts) 91.1%
Dec 1910 John Lawrence Baird (Conservative) 5,712 53.6% Arthur Frederic Basil Williams (Liberal) 771 (7.2 pts) 86.8%
1918 John Lawrence Baird (Unionist) 11,325 60.5% Oscar Frederick Maclagan (Liberal) 3,926 (21.0 pts) 59.0%
1922 David Euan Wallace (Unionist) 11,934 47.6% Arthur George Villiers Peel (Liberal) 3,738 (14.9 pts) 76.9%
1923 Alfred Ernest Brown (Liberal) 13,798 55.0% David Euan Wallace (Unionist) 2,512 (10.0 pts) 75.2%
1924 Henry David Reginald Margesson (Unionist) 14,434 50.2% Alfred Ernest Brown (Liberal) 3,910 (13.6 pts) 84.7%
1929 Henry David Reginald Margesson (Unionist) 15,147 41.1% John Morgan (Labour) 3,559 (9.7 pts) 84.8%
1931 Henry David Reginald Margesson (Conservative) 24,493 69.9% Edward Pay (Labour) 13,970 (39.9 pts) 78.9%
1935 Henry David Reginald Margesson (Conservative) 20,905 61.5% William Fenner (Labour) 7,844 (23.1 pts) 73.8%
1945 William John Brown (Independent) 18,615 40.3% John Lakin (Conservative) 1,566 (3.4 pts) 73.5%
1950 James Johnson (Labour) 15,983 41.0% James Cyril George Dance (Conservative) 1,036 (2.7 pts) 88.2%
1951 James Johnson (Labour) 19,995 50.3% Cyril Dance (Conservative) 199 (0.5 pts) 87.7%
1955 James Johnson (Labour) 19,709 50.1% Harold Benjamin Soref (Conservative) 1,378 (3.5 pts) 85.4%
1959 Alfred Roy Wise (Conservative) 17,429 42.6% James Johnson (Labour) 470 (1.1 pts) 85.6%
1964 Alfred Roy Wise (Conservative) 19,221 45.1% David Haslam Childs (Labour) 1,689 (4.0 pts) 84.6%
1966 William Price (Labour) 21,797 50.0% Alfred Wise (Conservative) 409 (0.9 pts) 84.9%
1970 William Price (Labour) 25,041 52.9% John Huw Price Griffith (Conservative) 2,955 (6.2 pts) 82.0%
Feb 1974 William Price (Labour) 25,176 49.5% Tim Boswell (Conservative) 6,154 (12.1 pts) 86.1%
Oct 1974 William Price (Labour) 22,926 48.2% Antony Marlow (Conservative) 5,204 (10.9 pts) 79.8%
1979 Jim Pawsey (Conservative) 24,417 47.3% William Price (Labour) 2,729 (5.3 pts) 83.9%
2010 Mark Pawsey (Conservative) 20,901 44.0% Andy King (Labour) 6,000 (12.6 pts) 69.0%
2015 Mark Pawsey (Conservative) 24,040 49.1% Claire Edwards (Labour) 10,345 (21.1 pts) 68.5%
2017 Mark Pawsey (Conservative) 27,872 54.3% Claire Edwards (Labour) 8,212 (16.0 pts) 71.3%
2019 Mark Pawsey (Conservative) 29,255 57.6% Debbie Bannigan (Labour) 13,447 (26.5 pts) 70.6%
2024 John Slinger (Labour) 19,533 39.9% Yousef Dahmash (Conservative) 4,428 (9.0 pts) 65.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Peyton Cobb Liberal 4,87758.0% Yes
James Darlington Conservative 3,53342.0% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Peyton Cobb Liberal 4,00653.2% Yes
Marston Clarke Buszard Liberal Unionist 3,52846.8% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Peyton Cobb Liberal 4,51954.1% Yes
William Johnson Galloway Conservative 3,83145.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Greville Verney Conservative 4,35451.7% Yes
Corrie Grant Liberal 4,07048.3% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Corrie Grant Liberal 4,34951.3% Yes
F E Muntz Conservative 4,13048.7% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Corrie Grant Liberal 5,18151.3% Yes
Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland Conservative 4,90948.7% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawrence Baird Conservative 6,19155.4% Yes
Rupert Charles Scott Liberal 4,98644.6% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawrence Baird Conservative 5,71253.6% Yes
Arthur Frederic Basil Williams Liberal 4,94146.4% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Lawrence Baird Unionist 11,32560.5% Yes
Oscar Frederick Maclagan Liberal 7,39939.5% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Euan Wallace Unionist 11,93447.6% Yes
Arthur George Villiers Peel Liberal 8,19632.7% No
Thomas Holt-Hughes Labour 4,94019.7% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Ernest Brown Liberal 13,79855.0% Yes
David Euan Wallace Unionist 11,28645.0% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry David Reginald Margesson Unionist 14,43450.2% Yes
Alfred Ernest Brown Liberal 10,52436.6% No
Henry Yates Labour 3,76813.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry David Reginald Margesson Unionist 15,14741.1% Yes
John Morgan Labour 11,58831.4% No
Robert Hamilton Bernays Liberal 10,15827.5% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry David Reginald Margesson Conservative 24,49369.9% Yes
Edward Pay Labour 10,52330.1% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry David Reginald Margesson Conservative 20,90561.5% Yes
William Fenner Labour 13,06138.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William John Brown Independent 18,61540.3% Yes
John Lakin Conservative 17,04937.0% No
Ronald Howard Lewis Labour 10,47022.7% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Johnson Labour 15,98341.0% Yes
James Cyril George Dance Conservative 14,94738.3% No
William John Brown Independent 8,08020.7% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Johnson Labour 19,99550.3% Yes
Cyril Dance Conservative 19,79649.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Johnson Labour 19,70950.1% Yes
Harold Benjamin Soref Conservative 18,33146.6% No
Eric Shafer Independent 1,2743.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Roy Wise Conservative 17,42942.6% Yes
James Johnson Labour 16,95941.4% No
Simon Goldblatt Liberal 6,41315.7% No
Archie S Frost Independent 1420.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Roy Wise Conservative 19,22145.1% Yes
David Haslam Childs Labour 17,53241.2% No
Simon Goldblatt Liberal 5,52213.0% No
Archie Smith Frost Social Credit 3040.7% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Price Labour 21,79750.0% Yes
Alfred Wise Conservative 21,38849.1% No
Archie Frost Social Credit Party 3970.9% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Price Labour 25,04152.9% Yes
John Huw Price Griffith Conservative 22,08646.6% No
Archie Smith Frost Social Credit Party 2540.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Price Labour 25,17649.5% Yes
Tim Boswell Conservative 19,02237.4% No
John Campbell Liberal 6,56012.9% No
Archie Smith Frost Social Credit Party 1060.2% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Price Labour 22,92648.2% Yes
Antony Marlow Conservative 17,72237.3% No
Antony Butcher Liberal 6,77514.2% No
Archie Smith Frost Social Credit Party 1370.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Jim Pawsey Conservative 24,41747.3% Yes
William Price Labour 21,68842.0% No
Brian Martin Lomax Liberal 4,9459.6% No
Alan John Gresham National Front 5511.1% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pawsey Conservative 20,90144.0% Yes
Andy King Labour 14,90131.4% No
Jerry Roodhouse Liberal Democrat 9,43419.9% No
Mark Badrick BNP 1,3752.9% No
Roy Sandison Green 4511.0% No
Barry Milford UKIP 4060.9% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pawsey Conservative 24,04049.1% Yes
Claire Edwards Labour 13,69527.9% No
Gordon Davies UKIP 6,85514.0% No
Ed Goncalves Liberal Democrat 2,7765.7% No
Terry White Green 1,4152.9% No
Pete McLaren Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2250.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pawsey Conservative 27,87254.3% Yes
Claire Edwards Labour 19,66038.3% No
Jerry Roodhouse Liberal Democrat 2,8515.6% No
Graham Bliss Green 9531.9% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Mark Pawsey Conservative 29,25557.6% Yes
Debbie Bannigan Labour 15,80831.1% No
Rana Das-Gupta Liberal Democrat 4,2078.3% No
Becca Stevenson Green 1,5443.0% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Slinger Labour 19,53339.9% Yes
Yousef Dahmash Conservative 15,10530.8% No
Devenne Kedward Reform UK 8,22516.8% No
Richard Dickson Liberal Democrat 3,2526.6% No
Becca Stevenson Green 2,5565.2% No
Mark Townsend Independent 2150.4% No
Anand Swayamprakasam Independent 1180.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 16.0 pts 1886: Liberal margin 6.3 pts 1892: Liberal margin 8.2 pts 1895: Conservative margin 3.4 pts 1900: Liberal margin 2.6 pts 1906: Liberal margin 2.7 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 10.8 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 7.2 pts 1918: Unionist margin 21.0 pts 1922: Unionist margin 14.9 pts 1923: Liberal margin 10.0 pts 1924: Unionist margin 13.6 pts 1929: Unionist margin 9.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 39.9 pts 1935: Conservative margin 23.1 pts 1945: Independent margin 3.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 2.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 0.5 pts 1955: Labour margin 3.5 pts 1959: Conservative margin 1.1 pts 1964: Conservative margin 4.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 0.9 pts 1970: Labour margin 6.2 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 12.1 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 10.9 pts 1979: Conservative margin 5.3 pts 2010: Conservative margin 12.6 pts 2015: Conservative margin 21.1 pts 2017: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 2019: Conservative margin 26.5 pts 2024: Labour margin 9.0 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Rugby has been contested at 31 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, Independent, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Rugby in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Rugby in 2024 with 19,533 votes (39.9%), a majority of 4,428 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Rugby since 1885?

Since 1885, Rugby has been won by: Conservative, Independent, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Rugby?

The closest result on record for Rugby was 1951, when Labour beat Conservative by just 199 votes (0.5 percentage points).

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