Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coventry North East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Coventry North East in West Midlands.
Outline map
Location of West Midlands within England.
County West Midlands
Electorate 74,870 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements Coventry
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of parliament Colleen Fletcher (Labour)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency West Midlands

Coventry North East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from the 2015 General Election by Colleen Fletcher of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Boundaries

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-present: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

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.

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.[2] The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, mainly Sikhs and Muslims and one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

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 were a British National Party, Socialist and UKIP candidates completing the choice of seven was a Christian party's candidate who attracted the least votes.

Members of Parliament

Election Member[3] Party
Feb 1974 George Park Labour
1987 John Hughes Labour
1992 Bob Ainsworth Labour
2015 Colleen Fletcher Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Coventry North East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colleen Fletcher [5] 22,025 52.2 +2.9
Conservative Michelle Lowe 9,751 23.1 +0.9
UKIP Avtar Taggar 6,278 14.9 +11.9
Liberal Democrat Russell Field [6] 2,007 4.8 −11.9
Green Matthew Handley[7] 1,245 2.9 +2.9
TUSC Nicky Downes 633 1.5 +1.5
Christian Movement for Great Britain William Sidhu 292 0.7 −0.3
Majority 12,274 29.1 +2
Turnout 42,231 55.3 −4.1
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2010: Coventry North East[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 21,384 49.3 −7.6
Conservative Hazel Noonan 9,609 22.1 +3.3
Liberal Democrat Russell Field 7,210 16.6 +0.1
BNP Tom Gower 1,863 4.3 N/A
Socialist Alternative Dave Nellist 1,592 3.7 −1.2
UKIP Christ Forbes 1,291 3.0 −0.1
Christian Movement for Great Britain Ron Lebar 434 1.0 N/A
Majority 11,775 27.1
Turnout 43,383 59.4 +6.0
Labour hold Swing −5.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Coventry North East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 21,178 56.94 −4.1
Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi 6,956 18.70 −0.1
Liberal Democrat 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 N/A
Majority 14,222 38.24 −4.0
Turnout 37,195 52.97 +2.61
Labour hold Swing −2.0
General Election 2001: Coventry North East[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 22,739 61.0 −5.2
Conservative Gordon Bell 6,988 18.8 −0.6
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Sewards 4,163 11.2 +3.1
Socialist Alliance Dave Nellist 2,638 7.1 N/A
BNP Edward Sheppard 737 2.0 N/A
Majority 15,751 42.2
Turnout 37,265 50.3 −14.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: 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 Democrat Geoffrey Sewards 3,866 8.0 −2.5
Liberal Nick Brown 1,181 2.5 N/A
Referendum Ron Hurrell 1,125 2.3 N/A
Socialist Labour Hanna Khamis 597 1.2 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket Christopher Sidwell 173 0.4 N/A
Majority 22,569 47.0
Turnout 48,085 64.8
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1992: Coventry North East[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 24,896 52.5 −1.8
Conservative Keith R. Perrin 13,220 27.9 −1.5
Liberal Democrat Vincent J. McKee 5,306 11.2 −4.6
Independent Labour John Hughes 4,008 8.5 N/A
Majority 11,676 24.6 −0.3
Turnout 47,430 73.2 +2.7
Labour hold Swing −0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Coventry North East[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Hughes 25,832 54.3 +6.5
Conservative Charles Campbell Leathes Prior 13,965 29.3 +0.4
Liberal Stephen Woods 7,502 15.8 −6.3
Communist Michael Anthony McNally 310 0.7 +0.3
Majority 11,867 24.9 +6.0
Turnout 47,573 70.5 +1.3
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1983: Coventry North East[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George MacLean Park 22,190 47.8 −9.5
Conservative D. Weeks 13,415 28.9 −6.1
Social Democratic D. Simmons 10,251 22.1 +18.1
Workers Revolutionary R. Prince 342 0.7 −0.1
Communist J. Meacham 193 0.4 −0.4
Majority 8,775 18.9 −3.4
Turnout 46,389 69.2 +1.3
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George MacLean Park 27,010 57.3 −2.2
Conservative Earl of Shelburne 16,487 35.0 +11.4
Liberal Raj-Mal Singh 2,291 4.9 −10.5
National Front H. Robbins 546 1.2 N/A
Communist Paul David Corrigan 390 0.8 +0.1
Workers Revolutionary S. Perkin 378 0.8 +0.0
Majority 10,523 22.3
Turnout 47,062 72.7
Labour hold Swing −6.8
General Election October 1974: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George MacLean Park 26,489 59.5 −4.4
Conservative I. Clarke 10,520 23.6 −8.0
Liberal R. Dredge 6,846 15.4 N/A
Workers Revolutionary A. Wilkins 352 0.8 N/A
Communist John Hosey 309 0.7 −1.1
Majority 15,969 35.9
Turnout 44,516 70.0
Labour hold Swing +1.8
General Election February 1974: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George MacLean Park 30,496 63.9 N/A
Conservative Francis Nigel Forman 15,069 31.6 N/A
People A. Pickard 1,332 2.8 N/A
Communist John Hosey 838 1.8 N/A
Majority 15,427 32.3 N/A
Turnout 47,735 75.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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  2. ↑ 2001 Census
  3. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)[self-published source][better source needed]
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  5. ↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/coventry-north-east-2015.html
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