Coventry South West | |
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Former Borough constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
February 1974–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Coventry South, Coventry North West |
Coventry South West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election, when it was partially replaced by Coventry South.
Contents |
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Audrey Wise | Labour | |
1979 | John Butcher | Conservative | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Coventry South and Coventry North West |
General Election 1992: Coventry South West[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | John Butcher | 23,225 | 45.7 | +2.4 | |
Labour | REG Slater | 21,789 | 42.8 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | GB Sewards | 4,666 | 9.2 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | R Wheway | 989 | 1.9 | −17.8 | |
Natural Law | DS Morris | 204 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,436 | 2.8 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,873 | 80.1 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.7 |