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Coventry South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coventry South is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Zarah Sultana of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Coventry South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Map of constituency
Boundary of Coventry South in West Midlands region
CountyWest Midlands
Electorate75,705 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1997
Member of ParliamentZarah Sultana (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromCoventry South East, Coventry South West
1950–1974
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Created fromCoventry East and Coventry West
Replaced byCoventry South East,
Coventry South West

Members of Parliament edit

MPs 1950–1974 edit

ElectionMember[2]Party
1950Elaine BurtonLabour
1959Philip HockingConservative
1964Bill WilsonLabour
Feb 1974constituency abolished

MPs 1997–present edit

ElectionMember[2]Party
1997Jim CunninghamLabour
2019Zarah SultanaLabour

Constituency profile and boundaries edit

Coventry city centre is in the north of the constituency, with its cathedral, expanses of concrete offices and the university, which leads to a significant student vote in the seat.[3] The residential tower blocks in St Michael's ward lie amid one of the most deprived areas in the country but south of the city centre it is more mixed, with the more middle-class areas of Cheylesmore, Earlsdon and Whoberley, Cannon Park, Gibbet Hill (aka Wainbody) and Westwood Heath among areas with large numbers of professionals, comfortably self-employed and academics.

1997–present: The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, St Michael's, Wainbody, and Westwood.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, Godiva, St Michael's, Westwood, and Whoberley.

From 1974 to 1997, the city centre was part of the now abolished Coventry South East constituency.

Proposed edit

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 general election, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The City of Coventry wards of: Cheylesmore; Earlsdon; Lower Stoke; St. Michael’s; Wainbody; Westwood.[4]

The Binley and Willenhall ward will be transferred to the re-established seat of Coventry East in exchange for the Lower Stoke ward from Coventry North East (to be abolished).

History edit

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, abolished for the February 1974 general election and recreated for the 1997 general election by the merger of the former seats of Coventry South East and Coventry South West. Since 1964 the various forms of the seat, excluding the gap period, have elected the Labour candidate. The Conservative candidates, since a win in 1959, have consistently taken second place. In 2019, following the retirement of Jim Cunningham, Labour narrowly held onto the seat by 401 votes; the Conservatives made their best performance since the seat's recreation,

In 2015, the local UKIP party originally selected Mark Taylor as candidate, but he stood aside when instructed to by "party bosses."[5] UKIP wanted to replace Taylor with "anti-gay Christian preacher"[6] George Hargreaves.[5] The following week, Taylor was reinstated as candidate.[7]

Elections edit

Elections in the 2020s edit

General election 2024: Coventry South[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UKChris Baddon[9]
ConservativeMattie Heaven[10]
SDPAlastair Mellon[11]
IndependentJoshua Morland
IndependentNiko Omilana
GreenAnne Patterson[12]
Liberal DemocratsStephen Richmond[13]
LabourZarah Sultana[14]
Workers PartyDr Mohammed Ali Syed[15]
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Elections in the 2010s edit

General election 2019: Coventry South[16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourZarah Sultana 19,544 43.4 -11.6
ConservativeMattie Heaven19,14342.5+4.4
Liberal DemocratsStephen Richmond3,3987.5+4.6
Brexit PartyJames Crocker1,4323.2New
GreenBecky Finlayson1,0922.4+1.1
IndependentEd Manning4351.0New
Majority4010.9-16.0
Turnout45,04463.5-2.9
Registered electors70,970
Labour holdSwing-8.0
General election 2017: Coventry South[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJim Cunningham[18] 25,874 55.0 +12.7
ConservativeMichelle Lowe[19]17,92738.1+3.1
Liberal DemocratsGreg Judge1,3432.9-1.2
UKIPIan Rogers1,0372.2-10.9
GreenAimee Challenor[20]6041.3-2.6
IndependentSandra Findlay2240.5New
Majority7,94716.9+9.6
Turnout47,00966.4+5.2
Registered electors70,754
Labour holdSwing+4.8
General election 2015: Coventry South[21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJim Cunningham 18,472 42.3 +0.5
ConservativeGary Ridley15,28435.0+1.6
UKIPMark Taylor[7]5,70913.1+9.3
Liberal DemocratsGreg Judge1,7794.1-13.9
GreenBenjamin Gallaher[22]1,7193.9+2.5
TUSCJudy Griffiths6501.5New
MainstreamChristopher Rooney860.2New
Majority3,1887.3-1.1
Turnout43,69961.2-1.2
Labour holdSwing-0.5
General election 2010: Coventry South[23][24][25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJim Cunningham 19,197 41.8 -4.0
ConservativeKevin Foster15,35233.4+2.9
Liberal DemocratsBrian Patton8,27818.0+0.4
UKIPMark Taylor1,7673.8+1.8
Socialist AlternativeJudy Griffiths6911.5-1.3
GreenStephen Gray6391.4New
Majority3,8458.4-6.9
Turnout45,92462.4+3.3
Labour holdSwing-3.4

Elections in the 2000s edit

General election 2005: Coventry South[26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJim Cunningham 18,649 45.8 -4.4
ConservativeHeather Wheeler12,39430.5+1.0
Liberal DemocratsVincent McKee7,22817.8+3.7
Socialist AlternativeRobert Windsor1,0972.7New
UKIPWilliam Brown8292.0New
IndependentIrene Rogers3440.8-0.6
Families FirstJames Rooney1440.4New
Majority6,25515.3-5.4
Turnout40,68559.1+3.8
Labour holdSwing-2.7
General election 2001: Coventry South[27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJim Cunningham 20,125 50.2 -0.7
ConservativeHeather Wheeler11,84629.5+0.5
Liberal DemocratsVincent McKee5,67214.1+4.9
Socialist AllianceRobert Windsor1,4753.7New
IndependentIrene Rogers5641.4New
Socialist LabourTimothy Logan4141.0New
Majority8,27920.7-1.2
Turnout40,09655.3-13.4
Labour holdSwing-0.6

Election in the 1990s edit

General election 1997: Coventry South[28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourJim Cunningham 25,511 50.9
ConservativePaul Ivey14,55829.0
Liberal DemocratsGordon MacDonald4,6179.2
Socialist AlternativeDave Nellist3,2626.5
ReferendumPaul Garratt9431.9
LiberalRoger Jenking7251.4
BNPJeffrey Ashberry3280.7
Rainbow Dream TicketAnne−Marie Bradshaw1800.4
Majority10,95321.9
Turnout50,12468.7
Labour win (seat recreated)

Election in the 1970s edit

General election 1970: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBill Wilson 30,010 51.90
ConservativeGeorge Gardiner27,81648.10
Majority2,1943.80
Turnout57,82674.42
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1960s edit

General election 1966: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBill Wilson 31,237 54.87
ConservativePhilip Hocking25,69745.13
Majority5,5409.74
Turnout56,93480.21
Labour holdSwing
General election 1964: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourBill Wilson 29,240 51.62
ConservativePhilip Hocking27,40748.38
Majority1,8333.24N/A
Turnout56,64779.79
Labour gain from ConservativeSwing

Elections in the 1950s edit

General election 1959: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePhilip Hocking 28,584 51.65 +3.24
LabourElaine Burton26,75448.35-3.24
Majority1,8303.30N/A
Turnout55,33882.11
Conservative gain from LabourSwing+3.24
General election 1955: Coventry South[29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourElaine Burton 27,449 51.59 -3.56
ConservativeMuriel Williamson25,76148.41+3.56
Majority1,6883.18-7.12
Turnout53,21081.36-4.81
Labour holdSwing-3.56
General election 1951: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourElaine Burton 29,271 55.15 +2.46
ConservativeJohn Biggs-Davison23,80344.85+3.64
Majority5,46810.30-1.18
Turnout53,07486.17-1.08
Labour holdSwing
General election 1950: Coventry South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourElaine Burton 27,977 52.69
ConservativeLeslie Hore-Belisha21,88541.21
LiberalRichard Soper3,2396.10
Majority6,09211.48
Turnout53,10187.25
Labour win (new seat)

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

  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. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  3. ^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  5. ^ a b Gilbert, Simon (12 February 2015). "UKIP parachutes controversial 'pop preacher' into Coventry for general election". Coventry Telegraph.
  6. ^ "UKIP selects candidate who claims gays should 'repent and turn to Christ'". PinkNews. 14 February 2015.
  7. ^ a b Silvera, Ian (18 February 2015). "Ukip candidate calls for selection rules review after party's Coventry U-turn".
  8. ^ Coventry South
  9. ^ "Coventry South Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Cllr Mattie Heaven". Coventry Conservatives. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  11. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES". SDP. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Our Candidates". Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates". Mark Pack. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Zarah Sultana "thrilled" at reselection as Coventry South MP". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  15. ^ "General election 2024". Workers Party of Britain. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Coventry South Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Coventry South parliamentary constituency -Election 2017 -BBC News". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Will Coventry's MPs defend their seats at the 2017 general election?". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  19. ^ "Michelle Lowe and Resham Kotecha Selected for Coventry Conservatives". Mike Rouse. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  20. ^ "Coventry Green Party 2017 Election Candidates". Coventry Green Party. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  21. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  22. ^ "General Election 2017 Candidate -Green Party". Green Party Members' Website.
  23. ^ "Coventry South". YourNextMP. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  24. ^ "Coventry South". guardian.co.uk. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  25. ^ "UK > England > West Midlands > Coventry South". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  26. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  27. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  28. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  29. ^ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1955.

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