City of Coventry
City of Coventry | |
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 Skyline of Coventry | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Shown within the West Midlands county | |
  City of Coventry Location within England  City of Coventry Location within the United Kingdom  City of Coventry Location within Europe | |
| Coordinates: 52°24′29″N 1°30′38″W / 52.40806°N 1.51056°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | West Midlands |
| Historic county | Warwickshire |
| Administrative HQ | Council House |
| Founded | 1043 |
| Founded by | Leofric, Earl of Mercia |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan borough |
| • Body | Coventry City Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and cabinet |
| • Lord Mayor | Kevin Maton[2] |
| • Council Leader | George Duggins (L) |
| • Chief Executive | Martin Reeves |
| • MPs | Colleen Fletcher (L) Taiwo Owatemi (L) Zarah Sultana (L) |
| Area | |
| • City and metropolitan borough | 38.09 sq mi (98.64 km2) |
| Population (2021 Census) | |
| • City and metropolitan borough | 345,324[1] |
| • Density | 8,050/sq mi (3,108/km2) |
| • Metro | 651,600[3] |
| Demonyms | Coventrian |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode | |
| Area code | 024 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-COV |
| ONS code | 00CQ (ONS) E08000026 (GSS) |
| OS grid reference | SP335785 |
| NUTS 3 | UKG33 |
| 2021 population[4] | 345,328 |
| Ethnicity (2011 Census)[5] | 73.8% White (66.6% White British) 16.3% Asian 5.5% Black 2.7% Mixed Race 1.6% Other |
| Website | www |
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The City of Coventry is a metropolitan borough with city status in the county of the West Midlands, England. It is named after its main settlement, Coventry but covers a larger area that extends to the outlying villages of Allesley, Finham and Keresley. The borough is situated between the boroughs of North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby and Warwick in the county of Warwickshire and the borough of Solihull separated by the Meridan Gap from the rest of the West Midlands Conurbation. The borough contains the unparished area of Coventry and the civil parishes of Allesley, Finham and Keresley. The borough had a population of 345,324, while the unparished area had a population of 338,498. The wider urban area had a population of 388,758.[6]
Government and politics
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 from the County Borough of Coventry and the parishes of Allesley and Keresley and Meriden Rural District.[7]
Local and national government
Traditionally a part of Warwickshire (although it was a county in its own right for 400 years), Coventry became an independent county borough in 1889. It later became a metropolitan district of the West Midlands county under the Local Government Act 1974, even though it was entirely separate to the Birmingham conurbation area (this is why Coventry appears to unnaturally "jut out" into Warwickshire on political maps of the UK). In 1986, the West Midlands County Council was abolished and Coventry became administered as an effective unitary authority in its own right.
Coventry is administered by Coventry City Council, controlled since 2010 by the Labour Party, and led since May 2016 by George Duggins.[8] The city is divided up into 18 Wards each with three councillors. The chairman of the council is the Lord Mayor, who has a casting vote.
Certain local services are provided by West Midlands wide agencies including the West Midlands Police, the West Midlands Fire Service and Transport for West Midlands (Centro) which is responsible for public transport.
In 2006, Coventry and Warwickshire Ambulance Service was merged with the West Midlands Ambulance Service. The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance service is based at Coventry Airport in Baginton.
Coventry is represented in Parliament by three Members of Parliament (MPs) all of whom are from the Labour Party. They are:
- Colleen Fletcher – (Coventry North East)
- Zarah Sultana – (Coventry South)
- Taiwo Owatemi – (Coventry North West)
Up until 1997, Coventry was represented by four Members of Parliament, whereupon the Coventry South West and Coventry South East constituencies were merged to form Coventry South.
On Thursday, 19 May 2016, Councillor Lindsley Harvard was inaugurated Lord Mayor of Coventry for 2016–17 as Coventry's 65th Lord Mayor. Councillor Lindsley Harvard has been a Labour Councillor serving on the council for fourteen years, for Earlsdon Ward (1996–2000) and for Longford Ward since 2006.[9] On Thursday, 19 May 2016, Councillor Tony Skipper was inaugurated as the Deputy Lord Mayor of Coventry for 2016–17. He has been a Labour councillor since 1995; representing Earlsdon Ward between 1995 and 2001, and then Radford Ward since 2001.[10]
The Bishop of Coventry is Christopher John Cocksworth, who was consecrated on 3 July 2008.[11]
Council affiliation
In May 2016, it was as follows[12]
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| Party | Councillors | |
| Labour Party | 39 | |
| Conservative Party | 14 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Total | 54 | |
References
- ^ "Coventry (Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Councillor with 35 years of experience in our city to be new Lord Mayor of Coventry". Coventry Telegraph. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas". Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ " Archived 8 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine. ONS. Retrieved 16 December 2019
- ^ "2011 Census: Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales" Archived 24 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. ONS. Retrieved 25 December 2012
- ^ "United Kingdom: Countries and Major Urban Areas - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1972". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Coventry City Council leader Ann Lucas ousted in Labour Party coup". Coventry Telegraph. BBC. 6 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Lord Mayor of Coventry". Coventry City Council. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Deputy Lord Mayor of Coventry". Coventry City Council. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Diocese of Coventry – The Bishop of Coventry". www.dioceseofcoventry.org. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ Councillors – Coventry City Council Archived 14 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Coventry.gov.uk (1 November 2016). Retrieved on 17 November 2016.
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