Coventry East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coventry East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1945–February 1974
Seatsone
Created from Coventry
Replaced by Coventry North East,
Coventry South East

Coventry East was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system. It was only ever represented by one Member - Labour cabinet minister Richard Crossman.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be re-established for the next general election, formed primarily from the (to be abolished) constituency of Coventry North East. [1]

History

Until 1945, the city of Coventry was represented by a single Member. Population growth meant that it had grown to 89,001 electors at the time of the 1935 general election, and in the 1939 electoral register it had 87,487 electors. [2] The County Borough of Coventry had also expanded its boundaries in the late 1930s, taking in an additional 66,425 electors. Two nearby divisions of Warwickshire had exceptionally large electorates: Nuneaton at 112,503 and Tamworth at 118,131. Accordingly, the area was included in the Schedule to the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 as abnormally large constituencies to be divided by the Boundary Commission before the first post-war general election.

The Boundary Commission proposed to create two divisions within the new boundaries of the County Borough, with Coventry East comprising ten wards and having a 1939 electorate of 76,860. [3] On the new electoral register compiled for the 1945 general election, the constituency had 74,676 electors on the civilian residence register, 67 on the Business Premises register, and 5,166 on the service register. [4]

A new Boundary Commission review began in 1965 by which time Coventry's electorate had increased and the city was allocated four seats; they were named after the ordinal points of the compass. The recommendations of the Commission came into effect at the February 1974 general election, at which point Coventry East ceased to exist as a Parliamentary constituency. This coincided with Richard Crossman's retirement from parliament; he died of liver cancer two months after the election.

The Conservatives have selected their candidate for the next general election, Councillor Mattie Heaven. Labour is in the process of selecting their candidate during January-February 2024. [5]

Boundaries

Coventry East (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024

1945–1950: The County Borough of Coventry wards of All Saints, Foleshill, Hernall, Hillfields, Longford, Lower Stoke, St Mary's, St Paul's, Upper Stoke, and Walsgrave.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Charterhouse and Binley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Walsgrave.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

The seat will comprise the current Coventry North East seat, after transferring the Lower Stoke ward to Coventry South in exchange for the Binley and Willenhall ward.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1945 Richard Crossman Labour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Election results

General election 1945: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 34,37960.51
Conservative Harry Weston15,63027.51
Communist William Alexander3,9867.02
Liberal Charles Payne2,8204.96
Majority18,47932.50
Turnout 56,81571.15
Registered electors 79,853
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1950: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 30,45659.29−1.22
Conservative Timothy Berthier Meek17,00333.10+5.59
Liberal Samuel Henry Davis3,4206.66+1.70
Communist William Alexander4870.95−6.07
Majority13,45326.19−6.31
Turnout 51,36688.18+17.03
Registered electors 58,254
Labour hold Swing −3.41
General election 1951: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 32,10862.29+3.00
Conservative Gavin Welby19,43737.71+4.61
Majority12,67124.58−1.61
Turnout 51,54585.74−2.44
Registered electors 60,115
Labour hold Swing −0.81
General election 1955: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 27,71256.19−6.10
Conservative Michael Ayerst Hooker21,60843.81+6.10
Majority6,10412.38−12.20
Turnout 49,32081.16−4.58
Registered electors 60,769
Labour hold Swing −6.10
General election 1959: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 32,74456.72+0.53
Conservative John Biffen 24,98243.28−0.53
Majority7,76213.44+1.06
Turnout 57,72681.66+0.50
Registered electors 70,689
Labour hold Swing +0.53
General election 1964: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 36,24659.82+3.10
Conservative Ian Gow 23,20838.30−4.98
Communist Harry Bourne1,1381.88New
Majority13,03821.52+8.08
Turnout 60,59277.86−3.80
Registered electors 77,821
Labour hold Swing +4.04
General election 1966: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 36,75760.83+1.01
Conservative John Wakeham 18,06129.89−8.41
Liberal Jan Maria Mokrzycki4,2357.01New
Communist Harry Bourne1,3682.26+0.38
Majority18,69630.94+9.42
Turnout 60,42177.33−0.53
Registered electors 78,131
Labour hold Swing +4.71
General election 1970: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Crossman 36,27559.34−1.49
Conservative Maurice Edward Jones24,01039.27+9.38
Communist John Hosey8411.38−0.88
Majority12,26520.07−10.87
Turnout 61,12670.58−6.75
Registered electors 86,603
Labour hold Swing −5.44

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Coventry East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Creagh [7]
Reform UK Iddrisu Sufyan [8]
Majority
Turnout

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References

  1. ↑ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Return showing, with regard to each Parliamentary Constituency in England and Wales, the total number of Electors on the register now in force", HCP 10 of session 1943-44, p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Report of the Boundary Commission for England", Cmd. 6634, p. 36.
  4. ↑ "Return showing, with regard to each Parliamentary Constituency in England and Wales, the total number of Electors on the register now in force", HCP 107 of session 1944-45, p. 5.
  5. ↑ Brown, Ellie (18 January 2024). "The people vying to be Labour's candidate as MP in new Cov East seat". Coventry Live. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  7. ↑ "Labour candidate for Coventry East announced". BBC News . Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Coventry East Constituency". Reform UK . Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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