Coventry South East | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
February 1974–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Coventry South, Coventry East |
Replaced by | Coventry South, Coventry North East |
Coventry South East was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Godiva, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.
1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Cheylesmore, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.
For its entire existence the constituency included Coventry city centre, which had previously been part of the Coventry South seat; in 1997 the city centre was transferred to the re-created Coventry South constituency, with Jim Cunningham being elected as MP.
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Bill Wilson | Labour | |
1983 | Dave Nellist | Labour | |
1992 | Jim Cunningham | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Coventry South & Coventry North East |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Wilson | 22,217 | 58.23 | ||
Conservative | Ian Taylor | 11,466 | 30.05 | ||
Liberal | Dhani Prem | 4,472 | 11.72 | ||
Majority | 10,751 | 28.18 | |||
Turnout | 38,155 | 75.53 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Wilson | 20,771 | 60.45 | ||
Conservative | C Hannington | 8,640 | 25.14 | ||
Liberal | D Woodcock | 4,952 | 14.41 | ||
Majority | 12,131 | 35.31 | |||
Turnout | 46,494 | 67.62 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Wilson | 19,583 | 55.00 | ||
Conservative | T Sawdon | 12,097 | 33.98 | ||
Liberal | M Brazier | 2,984 | 8.38 | ||
National Front | R Clarke | 513 | 1.44 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | A Wilkins | 426 | 1.20 | New | |
Majority | 7,486 | 21.02 | |||
Turnout | 35,603 | 69.86 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Nellist | 15,307 | 41.1 | ―13.9 | |
Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 12,625 | 33.9 | ―0.1 | |
Liberal | Gordon Kilby | 9,323 | 25.0 | +15.6 | |
Majority | 2,682 | 7.2 | ―13.8 | ||
Turnout | 37,255 | 70.9 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dave Nellist | 17,969 | 47.5 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Alan Grant | 11,316 | 29.9 | ―4.0 | |
SDP | Frank Devine | 8,095 | 21.4 | ―3.6 | |
Green | Neil Hutchinson | 479 | 1.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,653 | 17.6 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,856 | 73.0 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Cunningham | 11,902 | 32.6 | ―14.9 | |
Conservative | Martine Hyams | 10,591 | 29.0 | ―0.9 | |
Independent Labour | Dave Nellist | 10,551 | 28.9 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Armstrong | 3,318 | 9.1 | ―12.3 | |
National Front | Norman Tomkinson | 173 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,311 | 3.6 | ―14.0 | ||
Turnout | 36,535 | 74.9 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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