Coventry_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Coventry South East
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 (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1997

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.

Quick Facts County, February 1974–1997 ...

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

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	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

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

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

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

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			36,533	74.9	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing