Hurley and Wood End

Hurley and Wood End
Ward
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region West Midlands
Administrative county Warwickshire
District North Warwickshire
Admin. HQ Wood End (De facto)
Government
 • Type Ward
 • Member of Parliament Dan Byles
 • Councillors Ann Lewis (Lab), Hayden Phillip (Lab)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode CV and B
Ethnicity 99.5% White British
Website Kingsbury Parish Council

Hurley and Wood End is a ward within North Warwickshire, it is named after the villages of Hurley and Wood End, the ward also contains the villages of Piccadilly, Hurley Common and Foul End. The ward is covered by Kingsbury Civil Parish.

Profile

The ward is within the mining area of the Warwickshire Coalfield. There were two mines in the ward one being Kingsbury Colliery near Piccadilly which closed 1968 and Dexter Colliery in Hurley which closed in the 1980s. Kingsbury Oil Terminal also lies within the Ward. Because of the wards status as an old mining community it is considered a Safe Labour seat.

Settlements

Wood End

Main article: Wood End, Atherstone

Wood End is the largest settlement in the village and is home to both councillors of the ward, Wood End dates from 1890 and is an old Pit village it has a school, a church and several shops, a village hall and a garage.

Hurley

Main article: Hurley, Warwickshire

Hurley the oldest village is the ward and the second largest Hurley dates from before the mining era of the 1890s. it has a shop, a school, a church, a pub and a village hall.

Piccadilly

Piccadilly is a Hamlet in the ward, it is the newest settlement in the ward dating from 1904 and is named after Piccadilly in London, Piccadilly is the only settlement with a Birmingham (B) postcode.

Foul End

Main article: Foul End

Foul End is an area to the south of Hurley, Foul End Consists of several farms.

Hurley Common

Main article: Hurley Common

Hurley Common is the smallest settlement in the ward and is just a simple hamlet with a pub.

Election results

Local Election 2011: Hurley and Wood End (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Green tickY Ann Lewis 671 30% -0.2%
Labour Green tickY Hayden Phillips 630 28.2% +0.5%
Conservative Red XN Richard Freer 320 14.3% -8.7%
Conservative Red XN Howard Smith 293 13.1% -6%
Independent Red XN Ian Frederick Thomas 163 7.3% N/A
Independent Red XN Tony Moppett 158 7% N/A
Majority 688 58.2% +0.3%
Labour hold Swing N/A
Local Election 2007: Hurley and Wood End (2 Councillors)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Green tickY Ann Lewis 582 30.2% N/A
Labour Green tickY Hayden Phillips 534 27.7% N/A
Conservative Red XN Lee Clarke 443 23% N/A
Conservative Red XN Andrew David Watkins 368 19.1% N/A
Majority 305 57.9 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
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