Coventry_North_East

Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

UK Parliament constituency since 1974


Coventry North East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from the 2015 general election by Colleen Fletcher of the Labour Party.[n 2]

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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 next general election.[2]

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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.[4] The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, consisting mainly of Sikhs and Muslims; one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

Boundaries

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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.

1997–present: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, 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.

Elections

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Elections in the 1990s

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Elections in the 1970s

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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.

References

  1. "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. "2001 Census". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. "Coventry North East Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. "Coventry Green Party 2017 Election Candidates". Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. "UK > England >West Midlands > Coventry North East". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  8. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  13. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  14. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  15. "I'll care for everyone, vows Park". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 June 1983. pp. 20–21.
  16. "Park bounces back - as Clarke vows he will fight again". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 October 1973. p. 73.
  17. "Election Notebook". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 20 February 1974. p. 31.

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