Coventry City Council elections

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Coventry City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Coventry City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards. [1]

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Election results

Composition of the council [2]
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Green [b] Socialist Party Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (54 seats)
1973 42120––0Labour
1975 332100–0Labour
1976 282600–0Labour
1978 252900–0Conservative
1979 312300–0Labour
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
1980 391500–0Labour
1982 351900–0Labour
1983 332100–0Labour
1984 342000–0Labour
1986 401310–0Labour
1987 411120–0Labour
1988 431010–0Labour
1990 44910–0Labour
1991 46800–0Labour
1992 421200–0Labour
1994 411300–0Labour
1995 431100–0Labour
1996 49400–1Labour
1998 4570002 [c] Labour
1999 4480020Labour
2000 35151030Labour
2002 35151030Labour
2003 26232030No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2004 22273020No overall control
2006 19292031Conservative
2007 23281020Conservative
2008 24271020No overall control
2010 30221010Labour
2011 35171010Labour
2012 43110000Labour
2014 43110000Labour
2015 42120000Labour
2016 39150000Labour
2018 40140000Labour
2019 40130001Labour
2021 39150000Labour
2022 39140100Labour
2023 37150200Labour
1988 40120200Labour

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994–1998

Foleshill By-Election 6 June 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,67449.0
Conservative 95327.9
Militant Labour 53515.6
Liberal Democrats 2557.5
Majority 72121.1
Turnout 3,41728.9
Labour hold Swing
Henley By-Election 1 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 4,80163.7−7.2
Conservative 1,60021.2+2.4
Liberal Democrats 1,13615.1+4.8
Majority 3,20142.5
Turnout 7,53762.0
Labour hold Swing
Wainbody By-Election 13 November 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,74161.8+11.9
Labour 67323.9−7.8
Liberal Democrats 36012.8−5.6
Socialist Alliance 441.6+1.6
Majority 1,06837.9
Turnout 2,81822.2
Conservative hold Swing
Cheylesmore By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 2,99846.9−5.2
Conservative 2,14633.6−23.2
Liberal Democrats 98715.5+13.9
Unknown2574.0+4.0
Majority 85213.3
Turnout 6,388
Labour hold Swing
Radford By-Election 20 September 2001 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Skipper87353.5+2.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Simpson44227.1+11.8
Conservative Gary Ridley31619.4−8.4
Majority 43126.4
Turnout 1,63113.0
Labour hold Swing

2006–2010

Lower Stoke By-Election 6 October 2011 [5] [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Catherine Elizabeth Miks1,36653.9−3.3
Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi56322.2−0.1
Socialist Alternative Robert McArdle25410.0+3.6
BNP Keith Oxford1495.9+0.2
Green Laura Vesty1144.5−3.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Edward Widdop793.1N/A
Majority 80331.7
Turnout 2,53218.51
Labour hold Swing

2014–2018

Lower Stoke By-Election 11 February 2016 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rupinder Singh 1,237
Conservative Ellane Francoise Yebkal344
UKIP Harjinder Singh Sehmi290
Green Aimee Challenor 165
Liberal Democrats Christopher Mark Glenn124
Majority 893
Turnout 2,160
Labour hold Swing

2018–2022

Wainbody By-Election 5 September 2019 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mattie Heaven 1,560 53
Liberal Democrats James Frederick Morshead63422
Labour Abdul Jobbar54419
Brexit Party George Stuart Ronald Beamish1937
Majority 926
Turnout 2,948
Conservative hold Swing
Upper Stoke By-Election 19 March 2020 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gurdev Singh Hayre 639 53
Conservative Gurdeep Singh Sohal35029
Green Chrissie Lynn Brown12010
Socialist Alternative Jane Elizabeth Nellist1018
Majority 289
Turnout 1,210
Labour hold Swing

2022–2026

Binley and Willenhall By-Election 14 July 2022 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Seyi Agboola 934 36.2 −5.1
Conservative Amarjit Singh Khangura76529.6+0.7
Coventry CitizensPaul Cowley74628.9+9.6
ADF Marianne Fitzgerald913.5+0.1
TUSC Michael Morgan461.8+1.8
Majority 1696.5
Turnout 2,582
Labour hold Swing
Sherbourne By-Election 22 September 2022 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jackie Gardiner 1,409 51.2 +12.3
Labour Des Arthur89532.5−7.4
Green Bruce Tetlow1395.0−4.2
TUSC Jane Nellist1254.5+0.1
Liberal Democrats Jamie Simpson943.4−1.4
Coventry CitizensCameron Baxter923.3+0.6
Majority 51418.7
Turnout 2,754
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Earlsdon By-Election 26 October 2023 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynette Kelly 1,388 43.0 –9.3
Conservative Zaid Rehman1,01731.5+2.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richmond48915.1+7.8
Green John Finlayson1936.0–1.0
Coventry CitizensCameron Baxter1073.3+0.4
TUSC Adam Harmsworth371.1–0.2
Majority 37111.5
Turnout 3,241
Labour hold Swing
St Michael's By-Election 10 October 2024 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sanjida Jobbar 899 49.1 –13.0
TUSC Dave Nellist 32717.9+8.7
Workers Party Ejaz Januja21211.6+11.6
Conservative Mehmet Yetkin1457.9–1.9
Green Thomas Jewell965.2–4.0
Coventry CitizensKaren Wilson945.1–0.1
Liberal Democrats Robyn Simpson573.1–1.0
Majority 57231.3
Turnout 1,830
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ↑ 1 Independent, 1 Socialist Labour

References

  1. 1 2 "The City of Coventry (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2003/2507, retrieved 10 September 2022
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Coventry council". BBC News Online . Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tony's win keeps Labour hold". Coventry Evening Telegraph . 21 September 2001. p. 5.
  5. ↑ "Notice of By-election". Coventry City Council. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Coventry City Council. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Statement of results". Coventry City Council. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "Labour win by-election after deputy leader's death". Coventry Telegraph. 13 February 2016. p. 8.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Wainbody". Coventry City Council. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Election results for Upper Stoke". Coventry City Council. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Binley and Willenhall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sherbourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Earlsdon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Michael's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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