Coventry City Council elections

One third of Coventry City Council in the West Midlands, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 1978
Conservative	1978 - 1979
Labour	1979 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - 2006
Conservative	2006 - 2008
No overall control	2008 - 2010
Labour	2010–present

Council elections

Coventry City Council election, 1998
Coventry City Council election, 1999
Coventry City Council election, 2000
Coventry City Council election, 2002
Coventry City Council election, 2003
Coventry City Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes took place)^[3]
Coventry City Council election, 2006
Coventry City Council election, 2007
Coventry City Council election, 2008
Coventry City Council election, 2010
Coventry City Council election, 2011
Coventry City Council election, 2012
Coventry City Council election, 2015
Coventry City Council election, 2016

Overview

Year		Conservative		Labour		Liberal Democrats		Socialist		Independent
2015	13		41		0		0		0
2012	11		43		0		0		0
2011	17		35		1		1		0
2010	22		30		1		1		0
2008	27		24		1		2		0
2007	28		23		1		2		0
2006	29		19		2		3		1
2004	27		22		3		2		0
2003	23		26		2		3		0
2002	19		31		1		3		0

Borough result maps

2004 results map
2007 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

Foleshill By-Election 6 June 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,674	49.0
	Conservative		953	27.9
	Militant Labour		535	15.6
	Liberal Democrat		255	7.5
Majority			721	21.1
Turnout			3,417	28.9
	Labour hold		Swing

1997-2001

Henley By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		4,801	63.7	-7.2
	Conservative		1,600	21.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat		1,136	15.1	+4.8
Majority			3,201	42.5
Turnout			7,537	62.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wainbody By-Election 13 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,741	61.8	+11.9
	Labour		673	23.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat		360	12.8	-5.6
	Socialist Alliance		44	1.6	+1.6
Majority			1,068	37.9
Turnout			2,818	22.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001-2005

Cheylesmore By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,998	46.9	-5.2
	Conservative		2,146	33.6	-23.2
	Liberal Democrat		987	15.5	+13.9
	Unknown		257	4.0	+4.0
Majority			852	13.3
Turnout			6,388
	Labour hold		Swing

Radford By-Election 20 September 2001^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Skipper	873	53.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Simpson	442	27.1	+11.8
	Conservative	Gary Ridley	316	19.4	-8.4
Majority			431	26.4
Turnout			1,631	13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2006-2011

Lower Stoke By-Election 6 October 2011^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Elizabeth Miks	1,366	53.9	-3.3
	Conservative	Jaswant Singh Birdi	563	22.2	-0.1
	Socialist Alternative	Robert McArdle	254	10.0	+3.6
	BNP	Keith Oxford	149	5.9	+0.2
	Green	Laura Vesty	114	4.5	-3.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Edward Widdop	79	3.1	N/A
Majority			803	31.7
Turnout			2,532	18.51
	Labour hold		Swing

2016-2021

Lower Stoke By-Election 11 February 2016^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rupinder Singh	1,237
	Conservative	Ellane Francoise Yebkal	344
	UKIP	Harjinder Singh Sehmi	290
	Green	Aimee Challenor	165
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Mark Glenn	124
Majority			893
Turnout			2,160
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Coventry City Council". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ "Coventry". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ "Coventry council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ "Tony's win keeps Labour hold". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 21 September 2001. p. 5.
↑ "Notice of By-election". Coventry City Council. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Coventry City Council. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
↑ "Statement of results". Coventry City Council. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
↑ "Labour win by-election after deputy leader's death". Coventry Telegraph. 13 February 2016. p. 8.

By-election results

External links

Council elections in the West Midlands

Birmingham City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Coventry City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2015

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wolverhampton City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Midlands County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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