Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Coventry North East shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Bob Ainsworth |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | West Midlands |
| EP constituency: | West Midlands |
Coventry North East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a solidly Labour seat.
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1974 – 1987: George Park, Labour
- 1987 – 1992: John Hughes, Labour
- 1992 – present: Bob Ainsworth, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Coventry North East | |||||
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| 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 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Paul Sootheran | 1,064 | 2.86 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,222 | 38.24 | −4.03 | ||
| Turnout | 37,195 | 52.97 | +2.61 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −2.02 | |||
| General Election 2001: Coventry North East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Bob Ainsworth | 22,739 | 61.0 | -5.2 | |
| Conservative | Gordon Bell | 6,988 | 18.8 | -0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Sewards | 4,163 | 11.2 | +3.1 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Dave Nellist | 2,638 | 7.1 | N/A | |
| British National | Edward Sheppard | 737 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,751 | 42.2 | |||
| Turnout | 37,265 | 50.3 | -14.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
