Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry North East was a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Coventry North East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
2010–2024 boundary of Coventry North East in West Midlands
Location of West Midlands within England
County	West Midlands
Electorate	74,870 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Coventry
1974 (1974)–2024
Seats	One
Created from	Coventry North, Coventry East
Replaced by	Coventry East Coventry South (minor part)

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]

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, consisting mainly of Sikhs and Muslims; one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

Boundaries

Map of boundaries 1997–2024

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.

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 went to British National Party, Socialist and UKIP candidates. Completing the choice of seven was a Christian party candidate, who attracted the fewest votes.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[4]	Party
	Feb 1974	George Park	Labour
	1987	John Hughes	Labour
	1992	Bob Ainsworth	Labour
	2015	Colleen Fletcher	Labour
	2024	Constituency abolished

Election results 1974–2024

Elections in the 1970s

February 1974 general election: Coventry North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	30,496	63.9
	Conservative	Nigel Forman	15,069	31.6
	PEOPLE	Alan Pickard[5]	1,332	2.8
	Communist	John Hosey	838	1.8
Majority			15,427	32.3
Turnout			47,735	75.5
	Labour win (new seat)

October 1974 general election: Coventry North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	26,489	59.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Ian Clarke[6]	10,520	23.6	−8.0
	Liberal	Roy Dredge[6]	6,846	15.4	New
	Workers Revolutionary	Alan Wilkins[6]	352	0.8	New
	Communist	John Hosey[6]	309	0.7	−1.1
Majority			15,969	35.9	+3.6
Turnout			44,516	70.0	−5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

1979 general election: 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	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

Elections in the 1980s

1983 general election: Coventry North East^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	22,190	47.8	−9.5
	Conservative	David Weeks[8]	13,415	28.9	−6.1
	SDP	David Simmons[8]	10,251	22.1	+18.1
	Workers Revolutionary	Robert Prince[8]	342	0.7	−0.1
	Communist	John Meacham[8]	193	0.4	−0.4
Majority			8,775	18.9	−3.4
Turnout			46,389	69.2	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1987 general election: Coventry North East^[9]

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	25.0	+6.1
Turnout			47,573	70.5	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

1992 general election: Coventry North East^[10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1997 general election: Coventry North East^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 2000s

2001 general election: Coventry North East^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2005 general election: Coventry North East^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 2010s

2010 general election: Coventry North East^[15][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2015 general election: Coventry North East^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2017 general election: Coventry North East ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2019 general election: Coventry North East^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

See also

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

Notes

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