Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)
| Coventry South East | |
|---|---|
| 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.
Boundaries
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.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Bill Wilson |
Labour | |
| 1983 | Dave Nellist | Labour | |
| 1992 | Jim Cunningham |
Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Coventry South & Coventry North East | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
| 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 | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
| 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 | 36,533 | 74.9 | +1.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2011.