Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

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

1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
2. 2001 Census
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
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5. http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/coventry-north-east-2015.html
6. "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
7. https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/105903
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9. "UK > England >West Midlands > Coventry North East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
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13. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
14. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
15. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
16. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 52°26′N 1°28′W / 52.43°N 1.47°W