Coventry North West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 74,180 (December 2010) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Taiwo Owatemi (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Coventry North |
Coventry North West is a constituency [n 1] in the city of Coventry represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Taiwo Owatemi of the Labour Party. [n 2]
Election | Member [2] | Party | Notes | |
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Feb 1974 | Maurice Edelman | Labour | Died December 1975 | |
1976 by-election | Geoffrey Robinson | Labour | Paymaster General 1997-98 | |
2019 | Taiwo Owatemi | Labour | ||
1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Bablake, Holbrook, Radford, and Sherbourne
1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Bablake, Holbrook, Radford, and Sherbourne
1997–present: The City of Coventry wards of Bablake, Holbrook, Radford, Sherbourne, Whoberley, and Woodlands
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the 2024 general election will be unchanged. [3]
The area's electorate has roughly grown in line with national trends, leading to minimal boundary changes and has elected Labour MPs at every election since its first election in February 1974.
In 2019, the long-time incumbent Geoffrey Robinson retired, and at the ensuing general election the Conservatives achieved a swing of more than 8% in their favour, with the Labour majority falling to three figures for the first time in the seat's history.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tom Holder [4] | ||||
Conservative | Tom Mercer [5] | ||||
Labour | Taiwo Owatemi [6] | ||||
Green | Esther Reeves [7] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Taiwo Owatemi | 20,918 | 43.8 | 10.2 | |
Conservative | Clare Golby | 20,710 | 43.4 | 6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Judge | 2,717 | 5.7 | 4.1 | |
Brexit Party | Joshua Richardson | 1,956 | 4.1 | New | |
Green | Stephen Gray | 1,443 | 3.0 | 1.7 | |
Majority | 208 | 0.4 | 16.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,744 | 63.5 | 2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 8.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 26,894 | 54.0 | 13.0 | |
Conservative | Resham Kotecha | 18,314 | 36.7 | 5.7 | |
UKIP | Michael Gee | 1,525 | 3.1 | 12.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hilton | 1,286 | 2.6 | 1.4 | |
Independent | Ciaran Norris | 1,164 | 2.3 | New | |
Green | Stephen Gray | 666 | 1.3 | 3.0 | |
Majority | 8,580 | 17.3 | 7.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,849 | 66.3 | 5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 18,557 | 41.0 | 1.8 | |
Conservative | Parvez Akhtar | 14,048 | 31.0 | 1.7 | |
UKIP | Harjinder Sehmi | 7,101 | 15.7 | 12.9 | |
Green | Laura Vesty [11] | 1,961 | 4.3 | 3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Furse | 1,810 | 4.0 | 13.9 | |
TUSC | Dave Nellist | 1,769 | 3.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,509 | 10.0 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,246 | 60.7 | 2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 19,936 | 42.8 | 5.2 | |
Conservative | Gary Ridley | 13,648 | 29.3 | 2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vincent McKee | 8,344 | 17.9 | 0.5 | |
BNP | Edward Sheppard | 1,666 | 3.6 | 0.1 | |
UKIP | Mark Nattrass | 1,295 | 2.8 | 1.0 | |
Independent | Nobby Clarke | 640 | 1.4 | New | |
Green | Justin Wood | 497 | 1.1 | New | |
Socialist Alternative | Nicky Downes | 370 | 0.8 | 0.7 | |
Christian Movement for Great Britain | William Sidhu | 164 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 6,288 | 13.5 | 7.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,560 | 63.9 | 3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 20,942 | 48.2 | 3.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Connell | 11,627 | 26.8 | 0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iona Anderson | 7,932 | 18.3 | 4.6 | |
BNP | David Clarke | 1,556 | 3.6 | New | |
UKIP | Sandra List | 766 | 1.8 | 0.3 | |
Socialist Alternative | Nicky Downes | 615 | 1.4 | New | |
Majority | 9,315 | 21.4 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,438 | 59.4 | 3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 21,892 | 51.4 | 5.5 | |
Conservative | Andrew Fairburn | 11,018 | 25.9 | 0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Napier Penlington | 5,832 | 13.7 | 3.2 | |
Independent | Christine Oddy | 3,159 | 7.4 | New | |
UKIP | Mark Benson | 650 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 10,874 | 25.5 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,551 | 55.5 | 15.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 30,901 | 56.86 | ||
Conservative | Paul Bartlett | 14,300 | 26.33 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Napier Penlington | 5,690 | 10.48 | ||
Referendum | Douglas Butler | 1,269 | 2.34 | New | |
Socialist Labour | Dave Spencer | 940 | 1.73 | New | |
Liberal | Rob Wheway | 687 | 1.27 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Paul Mills | 359 | 0.66 | New | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | Leslie Francis | 176 | 0.32 | New | |
Majority | 16,601 | 30.53 | |||
Turnout | 54,322 | 70.69 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 20,349 | 51.7 | 2.7 | |
Conservative | Agnes A. B. Hill | 13,917 | 35.4 | 0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Simpson | 5,070 | 12.9 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 6,432 | 16.3 | 2.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,336 | 77.6 | 2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 19,450 | 49.0 | 4.7 | |
Conservative | James Powell | 13,787 | 34.7 | 1.8 | |
SDP | Hywel Jones | 6,455 | 16.3 | 2.9 | |
Majority | 5,663 | 14.3 | 6.5 | ||
Turnout | 39,692 | 74.8 | 0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 17,239 | 44.3 | 5.7 | |
Conservative | Anthony Coombs | 14,201 | 36.5 | 3.4 | |
Liberal | Bill Talbot [22] | 7,479 | 19.2 | 10.4 | |
Majority | 3,038 | 7.8 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,919 | 74.7 | 4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 19,460 | 50.13 | ||
Conservative | Derek Miles [23] | 15,489 | 39.90 | ||
Liberal | Chris Poole [23] | 3,413 | 8.79 | ||
National Front | Alan Stewart [23] | 359 | 0.92 | N/A | |
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 98 | 0.25 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,971 | 10.23 | |||
Turnout | 38,819 | 79.21 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 17,118 | 47.72 | 4.14 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Guinness | 13,424 | 37.42 | 6.08 | |
Liberal | Alan Leighton | 4,062 | 11.32 | 4.34 | |
National Front | Andrew Fountaine | 986 | 2.75 | New | |
National Party | John Kingsley Read | 208 | 0.60 | New | |
More Prosperous Britain | Thomas Keen | 40 | 0.11 | New | |
Logic Party | William Dunmore | 33 | 0.09 | New | |
Majority | 3,694 | 10.30 | |||
Turnout | 35,871 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maurice Edelman | 19,205 | 51.86 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Guinness | 11,717 | 31.64 | ||
Liberal | Patricia Newnham [24] | 5,798 | 15.66 | New | |
PEOPLE | Lesley Whittaker | 313 | 0.85 | ||
Majority | 7,488 | 20.22 | |||
Turnout | 37,033 | 75.20 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maurice Edelman | 22,089 | 56.55 | ||
Conservative | Charles L. Wade [25] | 15,431 | 39.50 | ||
PEOPLE | Lesley Whittaker | 1,542 | 3.95 | ||
Majority | 6,658 | 17.05 | |||
Turnout | 39,062 | 79.78 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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