Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coventry South
Borough constituency
Coventry South shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created: 1950, 1997
MP: Jim Cunningham
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Midlands
EP constituency: West Midlands

Coventry South 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.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, abolished for the February 1974 general election and recreated for the 1997 general election. It is normally inclined to elect Labour MPs, but the Conservatives can win in their better election results.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1950-1974

Election Member Party
1950 Elain Burton Labour
1959 Philip Hocking Conservative
1964 William Wilson Labour
Feb. 1974 constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1997-present

Election Member Party
1997 Jim Cunningham Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Coventry South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 18,649 45.8 −4.4
Conservative Heather Wheeler 12,394 30.5 +1.0
Liberal Democrat Vincent McKee 7,228 17.8 +3.7
Socialist Alternative Rob Windsor 1,097 2.7 N/A
UK Independence William Brown 829 2.0 N/A
Independent Irene Rogers 344 0.8 −0.6
Families First James Rooney 144 0.4 N/A
Majority 6,255 15.4
Turnout 40,685 59.1 +3.8
Labour hold Swing −2.7
General Election 2001: Coventry South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 20,125 50.2 -0.7
Conservative Heather Wheeler 11,846 29.5 +0.5
Liberal Democrat Vincent McKee 5,672 14.1 +4.9
Socialist Alliance Rob Windsor 1,475 3.7 N/A
Independent Irene Rogers 564 1.4 N/A
Socialist Labour Timothy Logan 414 1.0 N/A
Majority 8,279 20.7
Turnout 40,096 55.3 -13.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Coventry South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 25,511 50.9 N/A
Conservative Paul Ivey 14,558 29.0 N/A
Liberal Democrat Gordon MacDonald 4,617 9.2 N/A
Socialist Alternative Dave Nellist 3,262 6.5 N/A
Referendum Party P. Garratt 943 1.9 N/A
Liberal R. Jenking 725 1.4 N/A
British National Party J. Ashberry 328 0.7 N/A
Rainbow Dream Ticket A. Bradshaw 180 0.4 N/A
Majority 10,953 N/A
Turnout 69.8 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A

[edit] See also

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Constituencies in the West Midlands
Labour
Birmingham Edgbaston • Birmingham, Erdington • Birmingham Hall Green • Birmingham Hodge Hill • Birmingham Northfield • Birmingham Perry Barr • Birmingham Selly Oak • Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath • Burton • Cannock Chase • Coventry North East • Coventry North West • Coventry South • Dudley North • Dudley South • Halesowen and Rowley Regis • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton • Redditch • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent Central • Stoke-on-Trent North • Stoke-on-Trent South • Stourbridge • Tamworth • Telford • Walsall North • Walsall South • Warley • Warwick and Leamington • West Bromwich East • West Bromwich West • Wolverhampton North East • Wolverhampton South East • Wolverhampton South West • Worcester
Conservative
Liberal Democrat
Health Concern
Independent
West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (3) • Labour (2) • UKIP (1) • Liberal Democrats (1)
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