Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coventry South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Coventry South in West Midlands
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Location of West Midlands within England
County West Midlands
Electorate 75,705 (December 2010) [1]
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of Parliament Zarah Sultana (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from Coventry South East, Coventry South West
1950–1974
SeatsOne
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Coventry East and Coventry West
Replaced by Coventry South East,
Coventry South West

Coventry South is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Zarah Sultana of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Members of Parliament

MPs 1950–1974

ElectionMember [2] Party
1950 Elaine Burton Labour
1959 Philip Hocking Conservative
1964 Bill Wilson Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

MPs 1997–present

ElectionMember [2] Party
1997 Jim Cunningham Labour
2019 Zarah Sultana Labour

Constituency profile and boundaries

Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of present boundaries

Coventry city centre is in the north of the constituency, with its cathedral, expanses of concrete offices and the university, which leads to a significant student vote in the seat. [3] The residential tower blocks in St Michael's ward lie amid one of the most deprived areas in the country but south of the city centre it is more mixed, with the more middle-class areas of Cheylesmore, Earlsdon and Whoberley, Cannon Park, Gibbet Hill (aka Wainbody) and Westwood Heath among areas with large numbers of professionals, comfortably self-employed and academics.

1997–present: The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, St Michael's, Wainbody, and Westwood.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, Godiva, St Michael's, Westwood, and Whoberley.

From 1974 to 1997, the city centre was part of the now abolished Coventry South East constituency.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The Binley and Willenhall ward will be transferred to the re-established seat of Coventry East in exchange for the Lower Stoke ward from Coventry North East (to be abolished).

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, abolished for the February 1974 general election and recreated for the 1997 general election by the merger of the former seats of Coventry South East and Coventry South West. Since 1964 the various forms of the seat, excluding the gap period, have elected the Labour candidate. The Conservative candidates, since a win in 1959, have consistently taken second place. In 2019, following the retirement of Jim Cunningham, Labour narrowly held onto the seat by 401 votes; the Conservatives made their best performance since the seat's recreation,

In 2015, the local UKIP party originally selected Mark Taylor as candidate, but he stood aside when instructed to by "party bosses." [5] UKIP wanted to replace Taylor with "anti-gay Christian preacher" [6] George Hargreaves. [5] The following week, Taylor was reinstated as candidate. [7]

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Steve Attridge [8]
Conservative Mattie Heaven [9]
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richmond [10]
Labour Zarah Sultana [11]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Coventry South [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zarah Sultana 19,544 43.4 -11.6
Conservative Mattie Heaven19,14342.5+4.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richmond3,3987.5+4.6
Brexit Party James Crocker1,4323.2New
Green Becky Finlayson1,0922.4+1.1
Independent Ed Manning4351.0New
Majority4010.9-16.0
Turnout 45,04463.5-2.9
Registered electors 70,970
Labour hold Swing -8.0
General election 2017: Coventry South [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Cunningham [14] 25,874 55.0 +12.7
Conservative Michelle Lowe [15] 17,92738.1+3.1
Liberal Democrats Greg Judge1,3432.9-1.2
UKIP Ian Rogers1,0372.2-10.9
Green Aimee Challenor [16] 6041.3-2.6
Independent Sandra Findlay2240.5New
Majority7,94716.9+9.6
Turnout 47,00966.4+5.2
Registered electors 70,754
Labour hold Swing +4.8
General election 2015: Coventry South [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 18,472 42.3 +0.5
Conservative Gary Ridley15,28435.0+1.6
UKIP Mark Taylor [7] 5,70913.1+9.3
Liberal Democrats Greg Judge1,7794.1-13.9
Green Benjamin Gallaher [18] 1,7193.9+2.5
TUSC Judy Griffiths6501.5New
MainstreamChristopher Rooney860.2New
Majority3,1887.3-1.1
Turnout 43,69961.2-1.2
Labour hold Swing -0.5
General election 2010: Coventry South [19] [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 19,197 41.8 -4.0
Conservative Kevin Foster 15,35233.4+2.9
Liberal Democrats Brian Patton8,27818.0+0.4
UKIP Mark Taylor1,7673.8+1.8
Socialist Alternative Judy Griffiths6911.5-1.3
Green Stephen Gray6391.4New
Majority3,8458.4-6.9
Turnout 45,92462.4+3.3
Labour hold Swing -3.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Coventry South [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 18,649 45.8 -4.4
Conservative Heather Wheeler 12,39430.5+1.0
Liberal Democrats Vincent McKee7,22817.8+3.7
Socialist Alternative Robert Windsor1,0972.7New
UKIP William Brown8292.0New
Independent Irene Rogers3440.8-0.6
Families FirstJames Rooney1440.4New
Majority6,25515.3-5.4
Turnout 40,68559.1+3.8
Labour hold Swing -2.7
General election 2001: Coventry South [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 20,125 50.2 -0.7
Conservative Heather Wheeler 11,84629.5+0.5
Liberal Democrats Vincent McKee5,67214.1+4.9
Socialist Alliance Robert Windsor1,4753.7New
Independent Irene Rogers5641.4New
Socialist Labour Timothy Logan4141.0New
Majority8,27920.7-1.2
Turnout 40,09655.3-13.4
Labour hold Swing -0.6

Election in the 1990s

General election 1997: Coventry South [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 25,511 50.9
Conservative Paul Ivey14,55829.0
Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald4,6179.2
Socialist Alternative Dave Nellist 3,2626.5
Referendum Paul Garratt9431.9
Liberal Roger Jenking7251.4
BNP Jeffrey Ashberry3280.7
Rainbow Dream Ticket Anne−Marie Bradshaw1800.4
Majority10,95321.9
Turnout 50,12468.7
Labour win (seat recreated)

Election in the 1970s

General election 1970: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Wilson 30,010 51.90
Conservative George Gardiner 27,81648.10
Majority2,1943.80
Turnout 57,82674.42
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Wilson 31,237 54.87
Conservative Philip Hocking 25,69745.13
Majority5,5409.74
Turnout 56,93480.21
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bill Wilson 29,240 51.62
Conservative Philip Hocking 27,40748.38
Majority1,8333.24N/A
Turnout 56,64779.79
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Hocking 28,584 51.65 +3.24
Labour Elaine Burton 26,75448.35-3.24
Majority1,8303.30N/A
Turnout 55,33882.11
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.24
General election 1955: Coventry South [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Burton 27,449 51.59 -3.56
Conservative Muriel Williamson25,76148.41+3.56
Majority1,6883.18-7.12
Turnout 53,21081.36-4.81
Labour hold Swing -3.56
General election 1951: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Burton 29,271 55.15 +2.46
Conservative John Biggs-Davison 23,80344.85+3.64
Majority5,46810.30-1.18
Turnout 53,07486.17-1.08
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Burton 27,977 52.69
Conservative Leslie Hore-Belisha 21,88541.21
Liberal Richard Soper3,2396.10
Majority6,09211.48
Turnout 53,10187.25
Labour win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ 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.

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