Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry North East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Coventry North East in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.
County	West Midlands
Electorate	74,870 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Coventry
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Bob Ainsworth (Labour)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	West Midlands

Coventry North East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

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 city. Boundary changes did not alter the Coventry North East constituency at the general election of 2010.

The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, mainly Sikhs and Muslims. One ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

Members of Parliament

This safe Labour seat has been represented since 1992 by former Cabinet minister Bob Ainsworth.

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	George Park	Labour
	1987	John Hughes	Labour
	1992	Bob Ainsworth	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	21,384	49.3	−7.6
	Conservative	Hazel Noonan	9,609	22.1	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Field	7,210	16.6	+0.1
	BNP	Tom Gower	1,863	4.3	+4.3
	Socialist Alternative	Dave Nellist	1,592	3.7	−1.2
Majority			11,775	27.1
Turnout			43,383	59.4	+6.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	21,178	56.94	−4.1
	Conservative	Jaswant Singh Birdi	6,956	18.70	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Field	6,123	16.46	+5.3
	Socialist Alternative	Dave Nellist	1,874	5.04	−2.06
	UKIP	Paul Sootheran	1,064	2.86	N/A
Majority			14,222	38.24	−4.03
Turnout			37,195	52.97	+2.61
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.02

General Election 2001: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	22,739	61.0	-5.2
	Conservative	Gordon Bell	6,988	18.8	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Sewards	4,163	11.2	+3.1
	Socialist Alliance	Dave Nellist	2,638	7.1	N/A
	BNP	Edward Sheppard	737	2.0	N/A
Majority			15,751	42.2
Turnout			37,265	50.3	-14.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	31,856	66.3	+16.6
	Conservative	M. Burnett	9,287	19.3	-8.7
	Liberal Democrat	G. Sewards	3,866	8.0	-2.5
	Liberal	N. Brown	1,181	2.5	N/A
	Referendum Party	R. Hurrell	1,125	2.3	N/A
	Socialist Labour	H. Khamis	597	1.2	N/A
	Rainbow Dream Ticket	C. Sidwell	173	0.4	N/A
Majority			22,569	47.0
Turnout				64.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Ainsworth	24,896	52.5	−1.8
	Conservative	K. R. Perrin	13,220	27.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrat	V. J. McKee	5,306	11.2	−4.6
	Independent Labour	John Hughes	4,008	8.5	+8.5
Majority			11,676	24.6	−0.3
Turnout			47,430	73.2	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.2

Elections in the 1980s

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General Election 1987: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hughes	25,832	54.3%	+6.5%
	Conservative	C. Prior	13,965	29.3%	+0.4%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	S. Woods	7,502	15.8%	-6.3%
	Communist	A. McNally	310	0.7%	+0.3
Majority			11,867	24.9%	+6.0%
Turnout			47,573	70.5%	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

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General Election 1983: Coventry North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Park	22,190	47.8%	-9.5%
	Conservative	D. Weeks	13,415	28.9%	-6.1%
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	D. Simmons	10,251	22.1%	+18.1%
	Workers Revolutionary	R. Prince	342	0.7%	-0.1%
	Communist	J. Meacham	193	0.4%	-0.4%
Majority			8,775	18.9%	-3.4%
Turnout			46,389	69.2%	+1.3%
	Labour hold		Swing

See also

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