Coventry local elections

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One third of Coventry Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Contents 1 Political control 2 Council elections 3 By-election results 4 External links

[edit] Political control

Labour 1973 - 1978

Conservative 1978 - 1979

Labour 1979 - 2003

No overall control 2003 - 2006

Conservative 2006 - 2008

No overall control 2008 - present

[edit] Council elections

Coventry Council election, 1998

Coventry Council election, 1999

Coventry Council election, 2000

Coventry Council election, 2002

Coventry Council election, 2003

Coventry Council election, 2004

Coventry Council election, 2006

Coventry Council election, 2007

Coventry Council election, 2008

[edit] By-election results

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

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		44	1.6	+1.6
Majority			1,068	37.9
Turnout			2,818	22.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		873	53.5	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat		442	27.1	+11.8
	Conservative	Gary C Ridley	316	19.4	-8.4
Majority			431	26.4
Turnout			1,631	13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] External links

• Coventry Council
• The City of Coventry (Electoral Changes) Order 2003