Coventry North West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coventry North West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
Electorate | 74,180 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | Geoffrey Robinson (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Coventry North, Coventry West |
Coventry North West is a constituency[n 1] in the city of Coventry represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1976 by Geoffrey Robinson of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
1974-1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Bablake, Holbrook, Radford, and Sherbourne.
1983-1997: The City of Coventry wards of Bablake, Holbrook, Radford, and Sherbourne.
1997-present: The City of Coventry wards of Bablake, Holbrook, Radford, Sherbourne, Whoberley, and Woodlands.
History
The area's electorate has roughly grown in line with national trends, leading to minimal boundary changes and has elected Labour MPs at every election since its first election in February 1974.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Feb 1974 | Maurice Edelman | Labour | Died 1975 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1976 by-election | Geoffrey Robinson | Labour | Paymaster General 1997-98 |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 18,557 | 41.0 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Parvez Akhtar | 14,048 | 31.0 | +1.7 | |
UKIP | Harjinder Sehmi | 7,101 | 15.7 | +12.9 | |
Green | Laura Vesty[5] | 1,961 | 4.3 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Furse | 1,810 | 4.0 | −13.9 | |
TUSC | Dave Nellist | 1,769 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 4,509 | 10.0 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,246 | 60.7 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 19,936 | 42.8 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Gary Ridley | 13,648 | 29.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Vincent McKee | 8,344 | 17.9 | −0.5 | |
BNP | Edward Sheppard | 1,666 | 3.6 | −0.1 | |
UKIP | Mark Nattrass | 1,295 | 2.8 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Nobby Clarke | 640 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Green | Justin Wood | 497 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Socialist Alternative | Nicky Downes | 370 | 0.8 | −0.7 | |
Christian Movement for Great Britain | William Sidhu | 164 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 6,288 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 46,560 | 63.9 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 20,942 | 48.2 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | Brian Connell | 11,627 | 26.8 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iona Anderson | 7,932 | 18.3 | +4.6 | |
BNP | David Clarke | 1,556 | 3.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Sandra List | 766 | 1.8 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Alternative | Nicky Downes | 615 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,315 | 21.4 | |||
Turnout | 43,438 | 59.4 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 21,892 | 51.4 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Andrew Fairburn | 11,018 | 25.9 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Napier Penlington | 5,832 | 13.7 | +3.2 | |
Independent (politician) | Christine Oddy | 3,159 | 7.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Mark Benson | 650 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,874 | 25.5 | |||
Turnout | 42,551 | 55.5 | −15.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 30,901 | 56.86 | ||
Conservative | P Bartlett | 14,300 | 26.33 | ||
Liberal Democrats | N Penlington | 5,690 | 10.48 | ||
Referendum | D Butler | 1,269 | 2.34 | ||
Socialist Labour | Dave Spencer | 940 | 1.73 | ||
Liberal | R Wheway | 687 | 1.27 | ||
ProLife Alliance | P Mills | 359 | 0.66 | ||
Rainbow Dream Ticket | L Francis | 176 | 0.32 | ||
Majority | 16,601 | 30.56 | |||
Turnout | 54,322 | 70.69 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 20,349 | 51.7 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | Mrs Agnes A.B. Hill | 13,917 | 35.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mrs Ann Simpson | 5,070 | 12.9 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 6,432 | 16.4 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,336 | 77.6 | +2.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 19,450 | 49.00 | ||
Conservative | J Powell | 13,787 | 34.73 | ||
SDP | T Jones | 6,455 | 16.26 | ||
Majority | 5,663 | 14.27 | |||
Turnout | 74.76 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 17,239 | 44.29 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Michael Vincent Coombs | 14,201 | 36.49 | ||
Liberal | W Talbot | 7,479 | 19.22 | ||
Majority | 3,038 | 7.81 | |||
Turnout | 74.74 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 19,460 | 50.13 | ||
Conservative | D Miles | 15,489 | 39.90 | ||
Liberal | C Poole | 3,413 | 8.79 | ||
National Front | A Stewart | 359 | 0.92 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 98 | 0.25 | ||
Majority | 3,971 | 10.23 | |||
Turnout | 79.21 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey Robinson | 17,118 | 47.72 | −4.14 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Guinness | 13,424 | 37.42 | +6.08 | |
Liberal | Alan Leighton | 4,062 | 11.32 | −4.34 | |
National Front | Andrew Fountaine | 986 | 2.75 | N/A | |
National Party | John Kingsley Read | 208 | 0.60 | N/A | |
More Prosperous Britain | Thomas Keen | 40 | 0.11 | N/A | |
Logic Party | William Dunmore | 33 | 0.09 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,694 | ||||
Turnout | 35,871 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Edelman | 19,205 | 51.86 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Guinness | 11,717 | 31.64 | ||
Liberal | P Newnham | 5,798 | 15.66 | ||
PEOPLE | Lesley Whittaker | 313 | 0.85 | ||
Majority | 7,488 | 20.22 | |||
Turnout | 75.20 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Maurice Edelman | 22,089 | 56.55 | ||
Conservative | C L Wade | 15,431 | 39.50 | ||
PEOPLE | Lesley Whittaker | 1,542 | 3.95 | ||
Majority | 6,658 | 17.04 | |||
Turnout | 79.78 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000650
- ^ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/105904
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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