The 2015 Coventry City Council election took take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Coventry City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Coventry in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974.
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north-northwest. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
Robert William Ainsworth is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North East from 1992 to 2015, and was the Secretary of State for Defence from 2009 to 2010. Following the general election in 2010 he was the Shadow Defence Secretary, but was replaced by Jim Murphy following the election of new Labour leader Ed Miliband.
Coventry North East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from the 2015 General Election by Colleen Fletcher of the Labour Party.
Coventry North West is a constituency in the city of Coventry represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1976 by Geoffrey Robinson of the Labour Party.
Coventry South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 1997 recreation by Jim Cunningham of the Labour Party.
David John Nellist is a British Trotskyist activist who was the MP for the constituency of Coventry South East from 1983 to 1992. Elected as a Labour MP, his support for the Militant tendency led to his eventual expulsion from the party in late 1991. He is the National Chair of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, a member of the Socialist Party, and was a city councillor in Coventry from 1998 to 2012.
One third of Coventry City Council in the West Midlands, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.
St. Michael's is an electoral ward in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The ward's population is 21,700 (2010). In 2001, its population was 56% White British and 23% Asian or Asian British, many of whom were Bangladeshi. The ward includes many students, and 20- to 24-year-olds make up over 20% of the population. The ward population had increased to 24,119 at the 2011 Census.
Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election.
Elections to Coventry City Council were held in June 2004. Due to boundary changes, the entire council was up for election. The council remained with no overall control, but the Conservatives became the largest party.
Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 6 May 2010. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election.
Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election. The vote took place alongside the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011.
Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday, 3 May 2012, the same day as other 2012 local elections in the United Kingdom. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the city's 18 wards was up for election. The Labour Party won the seat in 15 of the wards, gaining a total of 8 and increasing their majority to 32 seats. The Conservative Party won the remaining three seats, losing six, with the Liberal Democrats and the Socialist Party both losing their only seat on the council.
Elections to Coventry City Council were held on 3 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party retained overall control of the council.
Elections to Coventry City Council in England were held on 1 May 2003. Nineteen seats were up for election - the usual one third of the council, plus an additional seat in Whoberley ward, which was vacant. The Labour lost majority control of the council, but remained the largest party.
The 2014 Coventry City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Kevin John Foster is a British Conservative Party politician, representing the Torbay Parliamentary constituency since 2015.
The 2016 Coventry City Council election is scheduled to took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2018 Coventry City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
The 2019 Coventry City Council election is scheduled to take place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections.
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