General Election 2024: Rugby candidates as incumbent Mark Pawsey steps down

It’s all change for Rugby at the 2024 general election as longtime trustee Mark Pawsey steps down. Mr Pawsey has represented the constituency since 2010 and said it was “an honour” to be the city’s MP.

His father, Jim Pawsey, was the town’s MP from 1979 until 1997, when the constituency, then known as Rugby and Kenilworth, was won by Labour.

Yousef Dahmash now takes up the mantle of defending the Conservative seat in the upcoming election. You can see a full list of candidates for this constituency at the bottom of the article.

And rugby could be one to watch in July. In recent political history, residents have voted in line with national trends, with the seat – albeit with slightly different boundaries – being won by Labor in 1997 when Tony Blair took power and regained by the Conservatives in 2010 under David Cameron.

During that time, Mr Pawsey increased his majority, taking 29,255 votes from a strong electorate of 72,292 in 2019 – 57.6% of the total vote.

The Rugby constituency covers the town of Rugby itself, along with Bilton, Hillmorton and Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, as well as the countryside east of Coventry, including Harborough Magna, Wolston, Brinklow and Bulkington.

For more information on candidates running in constituencies in the local area, you can see the Coventry candidates here; Rugby candidates here; Kenilworth and Southam here; Stratford-on-Avon candidates here; Warwick and Leamington candidates here; candidates Meriden and Solihull East here; and candidates Solihull West and Shirley here.

Full List of Rugby Candidates

Yousef Dahmash – Conservative and Unionist Party

Richard Dickson – Liberal Democrat

Devanne Taylor Kedward – Reform Uk

John Anthony Slinger – Labor Party

Becca Stevenson – Green Party

Anand Prakesh Swayamprakasam – independent

Mark Anthony Townsend – independent

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