Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry North East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Coventry North East in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	74,870 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Coventry
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Bob Ainsworth (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Coventry North East is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1992 by Bob Ainsworth of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1983-1997: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

1997-present: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

Based entirely within the borough of Coventry, the seat of Coventry North East includes the Stoke, Walsgrave-on-Sowe, Wyken, Longford, and Foleshill areas of the cathedral city.

Constituency profile

In the seat is a wide demographic mix, across it is scattered an above UK average level of social housing and unemployment claimants however income is close to the UK average.^[2] The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, mainly Sikhs and Muslims and one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

History

Since its 1983 creation the area has been a Labour Party stronghold with the Conservative Party finishing second. The Liberal Democrats including their two predecessor parties amassed their largest shares of the vote in 1983 and in 2010 on 16.6% of the vote. In 2010 between 2% and 5% of the vote were a British National Party, Socialist and UKIP candidates completing the choice of seven was a Christian party's candidate who attracted the least votes.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[3]	Party
Feb 1974	George Park	Labour
1987	John Hughes	Labour
1992	Bob Ainsworth	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TUSC	Nicky Downes
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Field ^[4]
	Labour	Colleen Fletcher ^[5]
	Green	Matthew Handley^[6]
	Conservative	Michelle Lowe
	Christian Movement for Great Britain	William Sidhu
	UKIP	Avtar Taggar

General Election 2010: Coventry North East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	21,384	49.3	−7.6
	Conservative	Hazel Noonan	9,609	22.1	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Field	7,210	16.6	+0.1
	BNP	Tom Gower	1,863	4.3	N/A
	Socialist Alternative	Dave Nellist	1,592	3.7	−1.2
	UKIP	Christ Forbes	1,291	3.0	−0.1
	Christian Movement for Great Britain	Ron Lebar	434	1.0	N/A
Majority			11,775	27.1
Turnout			43,383	59.4	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	21,178	56.94	−4.1
	Conservative	Jaswant Singh Birdi	6,956	18.70	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Field	6,123	16.46	+5.3
	Socialist Alternative	Dave Nellist	1,874	5.04	−2.06
	UKIP	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	22,739	61.0	−5.2
	Conservative	Gordon Bell	6,988	18.8	−0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Sewards	4,163	11.2	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	Dave Nellist	2,638	7.1	N/A
	BNP	Edward Sheppard	737	2.0	N/A
Majority			15,751	42.2
Turnout			37,265	50.3	−14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	31,856	66.3	+16.6
	Conservative	Michael Burnett	9,287	19.3	−8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Sewards	3,866	8.0	−2.5
	Liberal	Nick Brown	1,181	2.5	N/A
	Referendum Party	Ron Hurrell	1,125	2.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Hanna Khamis	597	1.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	Christopher Sidwell	173	0.4	N/A
Majority			22,569	47.0
Turnout				64.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Coventry North East^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	24,896	52.5	−1.8
	Conservative	Keith R. Perrin	13,220	27.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Vincent J. McKee	5,306	11.2	−4.6
	Independent Labour	John Hughes	4,008	8.5	N/A
Majority			11,676	24.6	−0.3
Turnout			47,430	73.2	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hughes	25,832	54.3	+6.5
	Conservative	C. Prior	13,965	29.3	+0.4
	Liberal	S. Woods	7,502	15.8	−6.3
	Communist	A. McNally	310	0.7	+0.3
Majority			11,867	24.9	+6.0
Turnout			47,573	70.5%	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	22,190	47.8	−9.5
	Conservative	D. Weeks	13,415	28.9	−6.1
	Social Democratic	D. Simmons	10,251	22.1	+18.1
	Workers Revolutionary	R. Prince	342	0.7	−0.1
	Communist	J. Meacham	193	0.4%	−0.4
Majority			8,775	18.9	−3.4
Turnout			46,389	69.2	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	27,010	57.34
	Conservative	Ernie of Shelburne	16,487	35.00
	Liberal	Raj-Mal Singh	2,291	4.86
	National Front	H Robbins	546	1.16
	Communist	P Corrigan	390	0.83
	Workers Revolutionary	S Perkin	378	0.80
Majority			10,523	22.34
Turnout				72.68
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	26,489	59.50
	Conservative	I Clarke	10,520	23.63
	Liberal	R Dredge	6,846	15.38
	Workers Revolutionary	A Wilkins	352	0.79
	Communist	J Hosey	309	0.69
Majority			15,969	35.87
Turnout				69.99
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	30,496	63.89	N/A
	Conservative	Francis Nigel Forman	15,069	31.57	N/A
	People	A Pickard	1,332	2.79	N/A
	Communist	J Hosey	838	1.76	N/A
Majority			15,427	32.32	N/A
Turnout				75.47	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2001 Census
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
↑ "List of selected candidates". Liberal Democrats. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/coventry-north-east-2015.html
↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/105903
↑ "UK > England >West Midlands > Coventry North East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

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Liberal Democrats (2)	Birmingham, Yardley Solihull

West Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (2) UKIP (3)

Coordinates: 52°26′N 1°28′W / 52.43°N 1.47°W / 52.43; -1.47