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Coventry North East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 74,870 (December 2010) [1] |
Major settlements | Coventry |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Colleen Fletcher (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Coventry North, Coventry East |
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]
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes. As a consequence, it will be renamed Coventry East , to be first contested at the 2024 general election. [2]
Election | Member [3] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | George Park | Labour | |
1987 | John Hughes | Labour | |
1992 | Bob Ainsworth | Labour | |
2015 | Colleen Fletcher | Labour |
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. [4] The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, consisting mainly of Sikhs and Muslims; one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.
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.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.
1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.
1997–2024: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.
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 went to British National Party, Socialist and UKIP candidates. Completing the choice of seven was a Christian party candidate, who attracted the fewest votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Colleen Fletcher | 23,412 | 52.7 | –10.7 | |
Conservative | Sophie Richards | 15,720 | 35.4 | +5.5 | |
Brexit Party | Iddrisu Sufyan | 2,110 | 4.7 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Nukey Proctor | 2,061 | 4.6 | +2.1 | |
Green | Matthew Handley | 1,141 | 2.6 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 7,692 | 17.3 | –16.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,444 | 58.5 | –2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Colleen Fletcher | 29,499 | 63.4 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Timothy Mayer | 13,919 | 29.9 | +6.8 | |
UKIP | Avtar Taggar | 1,350 | 2.9 | –12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Field | 1,157 | 2.5 | –2.3 | |
Green | Matthew Handley | 502 | 1.1 | –1.8 | |
Independent | Afzal Mahmood | 81 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 15,580 | 33.5 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,508 | 61.4 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.25 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Colleen Fletcher | 22,025 | 52.2 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Michelle Lowe | 9,751 | 23.1 | +1.0 | |
UKIP | Avtar Taggar | 6,278 | 14.9 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Field | 2,007 | 4.8 | –11.8 | |
Green | Matthew Handley | 1,245 | 2.9 | New | |
TUSC | Nicky Downes | 633 | 1.5 | New | |
Christian Movement for Great Britain | William Sidhu | 292 | 0.7 | –0.3 | |
Majority | 12,274 | 29.1 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,231 | 55.3 | –4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bob Ainsworth | 21,384 | 49.3 | –7.6 | |
Conservative | Hazel Noonan | 9,609 | 22.1 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Field | 7,210 | 16.6 | +0.1 | |
BNP | Tom Gower | 1,863 | 4.3 | New | |
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 | New | |
Majority | 11,775 | 27.2 | –11.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,383 | 59.4 | +6.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bob Ainsworth | 21,178 | 56.94 | –4.1 | |
Conservative | Jaswant Singh Birdi | 6,956 | 18.70 | –0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | New | |
Majority | 14,222 | 38.24 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 37,195 | 52.97 | +2.61 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bob Ainsworth | 22,739 | 61.0 | –5.3 | |
Conservative | Gordon Bell | 6,988 | 18.8 | –0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Sewards | 4,163 | 11.2 | +3.2 | |
Socialist Alliance | Dave Nellist | 2,638 | 7.1 | New | |
BNP | Edward Sheppard | 737 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 15,751 | 42.2 | –4.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,265 | 50.3 | –14.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bob Ainsworth | 31,856 | 66.3 | +16.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Burnett | 9,287 | 19.3 | –8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Sewards | 3,866 | 8.0 | –2.5 | |
Liberal | Nick Brown | 1,181 | 2.5 | New | |
Referendum | Ron Hurrell | 1,125 | 2.3 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Hanna Khamis | 597 | 1.2 | New | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Christopher Sidwell | 173 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 22,569 | 47.0 | +25.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,085 | 64.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Bob Ainsworth | 24,896 | 52.5 | –1.8 | |
Conservative | Keith R. Perrin | 13,220 | 27.9 | –1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vincent J. McKee | 5,306 | 11.2 | –4.6 | |
Independent Labour | John Hughes | 4,008 | 8.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,676 | 24.6 | –0.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,430 | 73.2 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 25.0 | +6.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,573 | 70.5 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Park | 22,190 | 47.8 | –9.5 | |
Conservative | David Weeks [17] | 13,415 | 28.9 | –6.1 | |
SDP | David Simmons [17] | 10,251 | 22.1 | +18.1 | |
Workers Revolutionary | Robert Prince [17] | 342 | 0.7 | –0.1 | |
Communist | John Meacham [17] | 193 | 0.4 | –0.4 | |
Majority | 8,775 | 18.9 | –3.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,389 | 69.2 | +1.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | New | |
Communist | Paul Corrigan | 390 | 0.8 | +0.1 | |
Workers Revolutionary | S. Perkin | 378 | 0.8 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 10,523 | 22.3 | –13.6 | ||
Turnout | 47,062 | 72.7 | +2.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Park | 26,489 | 59.5 | –4.4 | |
Conservative | Ian Clarke [18] | 10,520 | 23.6 | –8.0 | |
Liberal | Roy Dredge [18] | 6,846 | 15.4 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Alan Wilkins [18] | 352 | 0.8 | New | |
Communist | John Hosey [18] | 309 | 0.7 | –1.1 | |
Majority | 15,969 | 35.9 | +3.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,516 | 70.0 | –5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Park | 30,496 | 63.9 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Forman | 15,069 | 31.6 | ||
PEOPLE | Alan Pickard [19] | 1,332 | 2.8 | ||
Communist | John Hosey | 838 | 1.8 | ||
Majority | 15,427 | 32.3 | |||
Turnout | 47,735 | 75.5 | |||
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