Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry North East
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
2010–2024 boundary of Coventry North East in West Midlands
Outline map
Location of West Midlands within England
CountyWest Midlands
Electorate74,870 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlementsCoventry
1974 (1974)–2024
SeatsOne
Created fromCoventry North, Coventry East
Replaced by

Coventry North East was a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes. As a consequence, it will be renamed Coventry East, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]

Constituency profile

In the seat is a wide demographic mix: across it is scattered an above UK average level of social housing and unemployment claimants. However, income is close to the UK average.[3] The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, consisting mainly of Sikhs and Muslims; one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

Boundaries

Map
Map of boundaries 1997-2024

Based entirely within the borough of Coventry, the seat of Coventry North East includes the Stoke, Walsgrave-on-Sowe, Wyken, Longford, and Foleshill areas of the cathedral city.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

1997–2024: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

History

Since its 1974 creation, the area has been a Labour Party stronghold, with the Conservative Party finishing second. The Liberal Democrats (including their two predecessor parties) amassed their largest shares of the vote in 1983 and in 2010, on 16.6% of the vote. In 2010, between 2% and 5% of the vote went to British National Party, Socialist and UKIP candidates. Completing the choice of seven was a Christian party candidate, who attracted the fewest votes.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[4] Party
Feb 1974 George Park Labour
1987 John Hughes Labour
1992 Bob Ainsworth Labour
2015 Colleen Fletcher Labour
2024 Constituency abolished


Election results 1974-2024

Elections in the 1970s

February 1974 general election: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Park 30,496 63.9
Conservative Nigel Forman 15,069 31.6
PEOPLE Alan Pickard[5] 1,332 2.8
Communist John Hosey 838 1.8
Majority 15,427 32.3
Turnout 47,735 75.5
Labour win (new seat)
October 1974 general election: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Park 26,489 59.5 –4.4
Conservative Ian Clarke[6] 10,520 23.6 –8.0
Liberal Roy Dredge[6] 6,846 15.4 New
Workers Revolutionary Alan Wilkins[6] 352 0.8 New
Communist John Hosey[6] 309 0.7 –1.1
Majority 15,969 35.9 +3.6
Turnout 44,516 70.0 –5.5
Labour hold Swing +1.8
1979 general election: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Park 27,010 57.3 –2.2
Conservative Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice 16,487 35.0 +11.4
Liberal Raj-Mal Singh 2,291 4.9 –10.5
National Front H. Robbins 546 1.2 New
Communist Paul Corrigan 390 0.8 +0.1
Workers Revolutionary S. Perkin 378 0.8 0.0
Majority 10,523 22.3 –13.6
Turnout 47,062 72.7 +2.7
Labour hold Swing –6.8

Elections in the 1980s

1983 general election: Coventry North East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Park 22,190 47.8 –9.5
Conservative David Weeks[8] 13,415 28.9 –6.1
SDP David Simmons[8] 10,251 22.1 +18.1
Workers Revolutionary Robert Prince[8] 342 0.7 –0.1
Communist John Meacham[8] 193 0.4 –0.4
Majority 8,775 18.9 –3.4
Turnout 46,389 69.2 +1.3
Labour hold Swing
1987 general election: Coventry North East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hughes 25,832 54.3 +6.5
Conservative Charles Prior 13,965 29.3 +0.4
Liberal Stephen Woods 7,502 15.8 –6.3
Communist Michael McNally 310 0.7 +0.3
Majority 11,867 25.0 +6.1
Turnout 47,573 70.5 +1.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

1992 general election: Coventry North East[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 24,896 52.5 –1.8
Conservative Keith R. Perrin 13,220 27.9 –1.4
Liberal Democrats Vincent J. McKee 5,306 11.2 –4.6
Independent Labour John Hughes 4,008 8.5 New
Majority 11,676 24.6 –0.4
Turnout 47,430 73.2 +2.7
Labour hold Swing –0.2
1997 general election: Coventry North East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 31,856 66.3 +16.6
Conservative Michael Burnett 9,287 19.3 –8.7
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Sewards 3,866 8.0 –2.5
Liberal Nick Brown 1,181 2.5 New
Referendum Ron Hurrell 1,125 2.3 New
Socialist Labour Hanna Khamis 597 1.2 New
Rainbow Dream Ticket Christopher Sidwell 173 0.4 New
Majority 22,569 47.0 +25.3
Turnout 48,085 64.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

2001 general election: Coventry North East[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 22,739 61.0 –5.3
Conservative Gordon Bell 6,988 18.8 –0.5
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Sewards 4,163 11.2 +3.2
Socialist Alliance Dave Nellist 2,638 7.1 New
BNP Edward Sheppard 737 2.0 New
Majority 15,751 42.2 –4.8
Turnout 37,265 50.3 –14.5
Labour hold Swing
2005 general election: Coventry North East[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 21,178 56.94 –4.1
Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi 6,956 18.70 –0.1
Liberal Democrats Russell Field 6,123 16.46 +5.3
Socialist Alternative Dave Nellist 1,874 5.04 –2.1
UKIP Paul Sootheran 1,064 2.9 New
Majority 14,222 38.24 +4.0
Turnout 37,195 52.97 +2.61
Labour hold Swing –2.0

Elections in the 2010s

2010 general election: Coventry North East[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 21,384 49.3 –7.6
Conservative Hazel Noonan 9,609 22.1 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Russell Field 7,210 16.6 +0.1
BNP Tom Gower 1,863 4.3 New
Socialist Alternative Dave Nellist 1,592 3.7 –1.2
UKIP Chris Forbes 1,291 3.0 –0.1
Christian Movement for Great Britain Ron Lebar 434 1.0 New
Majority 11,775 27.2 –11.0
Turnout 43,383 59.4 +6.0
Labour hold Swing –5.5
2015 general election: Coventry North East[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colleen Fletcher 22,025 52.2 +2.9
Conservative Michelle Lowe 9,751 23.1 +1.0
UKIP Avtar Taggar 6,278 14.9 +11.9
Liberal Democrats Russell Field 2,007 4.8 –11.8
Green Matthew Handley 1,245 2.9 New
TUSC Nicky Downes 633 1.5 New
Christian Movement for Great Britain William Sidhu 292 0.7 –0.3
Majority 12,274 29.1 +1.9
Turnout 42,231 55.3 –4.1
Labour hold Swing
2017 general election: Coventry North East [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colleen Fletcher 29,499 63.4 +11.2
Conservative Timothy Mayer 13,919 29.9 +6.8
UKIP Avtar Taggar 1,350 2.9 –12.0
Liberal Democrats Russell Field 1,157 2.5 –2.3
Green Matthew Handley 502 1.1 –1.8
Independent Afzal Mahmood 81 0.2 New
Majority 15,580 33.5 +4.4
Turnout 46,508 61.4 +6.1
Labour hold Swing +2.25
2019 general election: Coventry North East[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colleen Fletcher 23,412 52.7 –10.7
Conservative Sophie Richards 15,720 35.4 +5.5
Brexit Party Iddrisu Sufyan 2,110 4.7 New
Liberal Democrats Nukey Proctor 2,061 4.6 +2.1
Green Matthew Handley 1,141 2.6 +1.5
Majority 7,692 17.3 –16.2
Turnout 44,444 58.5 –2.9
Labour hold Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

References

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