Coventry North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Coventry North Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1950 |
| Abolished: | 1974 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Coventry North was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Throughout its history this constituencuy provided a reasonably safe seat for Labour backbencher, Maurice Edelman. His majority ranged between 1,241 (2.8%) in the 1959 election to 11,117 (22.2%) in 1950.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency was between 1950 and 1974 one of three divisions of Coventry, a parliamentary borough in the historic county of Warwickshire in the West Midlands of England.
When Coventry was first divided for parliamentary purposes, in the 1945-1950 Parliament, the area that later became this constituency was split between the then two seats of Coventry East and Coventry West.
The constituency consisted of a number of wards of the County Borough of Coventry - Bablake, Foleshill, Holbrook, Radford, and Sherbourne. There were minor boundary changes to the borough and constituency in 1964, but the same wards remained in the division.
From 1974 Coventry was split into four new divisions. Foleshill ward became part of Coventry North East. The remaining four wards from the North division formed the whole of Coventry North West
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Maurice Edelman | Labour | |
| 1974 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945-1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981)
