Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry North East is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from the 2015 General Election by Colleen Fletcher of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Members of Parliament

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.^[3] The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, mainly Sikhs and Muslims and one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

Boundaries

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.

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

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

1974-1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

History

Since its 1974 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.

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Coventry North East^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Colleen Fletcher	22,025	52.2	2.9
	Conservative	Michelle Lowe	9,751	23.1	0.9
	UKIP	Avtar Taggar	6,278	14.9	11.9
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Field	2,007	4.8	11.9
	Green	Matthew Handley	1,245	2.9
	TUSC	Nicky Downes	633	1.5
	Christian Movement for Great Britain	William Sidhu	292	0.7	0.3
Majority			12,274	29.1	2
Turnout			42,231	55.3	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Coventry North East^[6][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
	Socialist Alternative	Dave Nellist	1,592	3.7	1.2
	UKIP	Chris Forbes	1,291	3.0	0.1
	Christian Movement for Great Britain	Ron Lebar	434	1.0
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^[8]

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	2.1
	UKIP	Paul Sootheran	1,064	2.9	N/A
Majority			14,222	38.24	4.0
Turnout			37,195	52.97	2.61
	Labour hold		Swing	2.0

General Election 2001: Coventry North East^[9]

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^[10]

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	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			48,085	64.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Coventry North East^[11][12]

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^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hughes	25,832	54.3	6.5
	Conservative	Charles Prior	13,965	29.3	0.4
	Liberal	Stephen Woods	7,502	15.8	6.3
	Communist	Michael 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^[14]

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	57.3	2.2
	Conservative	Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice	16,487	35.0	11.4
	Liberal	Raj-Mal Singh	2,291	4.9	10.5
	National Front	H. Robbins	546	1.2	N/A
	Communist	Paul Corrigan	390	0.8	0.1
	Workers Revolutionary	S. Perkin	378	0.8
Majority			10,523	22.3
Turnout			47,062	72.7
	Labour hold		Swing	6.8

General Election October 1974: Coventry North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Park	26,489	59.5	4.4
	Conservative	I. Clarke	10,520	23.6	8.0
	Liberal	R. Dredge	6,846	15.4	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	A. Wilkins	352	0.8	N/A
	Communist	John Hosey	309	0.7	1.1
Majority			15,969	35.9
Turnout			44,516	70.0
	Labour hold		Swing	1.8

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

Notes and references

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