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Encyclopedia > Warwick and Leamington Spa

Warwick and Leamington Spa is the name of a British parliamentary constituency which includes the towns of Warwick and Leamington Spa as well as surrounding settlements.


It has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997 by James Plaskitt MP.


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The M40 motorway hit the headlines on 18 November, 1993.
The previous night a minibus, carrying 15 pupils from Hagley R.C High School in Worcestershire back from a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, crashed on the motorway near Warwick after the teacher driving the minibus allegedly fell asleep at the wheel.
The fact that the M40 led from London to Oxford and the M11 from London to Cambridge led to a famous sketch in one episode of the BBC's sitcom Yes, Minister.
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