Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coventry South East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
County West Midlands
February 1974–1997
SeatsOne
Created from Coventry South, Coventry East
Replaced by Coventry South, Coventry North East

Coventry South East was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Boundaries

1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Godiva, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.

1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Cheylesmore, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.

For its entire existence the constituency included Coventry city centre, which had previously been part of the Coventry South seat; in 1997 the city centre was transferred to the re-created Coventry South constituency, with Jim Cunningham being elected as MP.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [1] Party
Feb 1974 Bill Wilson Labour
1983 Dave Nellist Labour
1992 Jim Cunningham Labour
1997 constituency abolished: see Coventry South & Coventry North East

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Coventry South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Wilson 22,21758.23
Conservative Ian Taylor 11,46630.05
Liberal Dhani Prem 4,47211.72
Majority10,75128.18
Turnout 38,15575.53
Labour win (new seat)
General election October 1974: Coventry South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Wilson 20,77160.45
Conservative C Hannington8,64025.14
Liberal D Woodcock4,95214.41
Majority12,13135.31
Turnout 46,49467.62
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Coventry South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Wilson 19,58355.00
Conservative T Sawdon12,09733.98
Liberal M Brazier2,9848.38
National Front R Clarke5131.44New
Workers Revolutionary A Wilkins4261.20New
Majority7,48621.02
Turnout 35,60369.86
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Coventry South East [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Nellist 15,307 41.1 ―13.9
Conservative Jacques Arnold 12,62533.9―0.1
Liberal Gordon Kilby9,32325.0+15.6
Majority2,6827.2―13.8
Turnout 37,25570.9+1.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Coventry South East [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Nellist 17,969 47.5 +6.4
Conservative Alan Grant11,31629.9―4.0
SDP Frank Devine8,09521.4―3.6
Green Neil Hutchinson4791.3New
Majority6,65317.6+10.4
Turnout 37,85673.0+2.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Coventry South East [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Cunningham 11,90232.6―14.9
Conservative Martine Hyams10,59129.0―0.9
Independent Labour Dave Nellist 10,55128.9New
Liberal Democrats Tony Armstrong3,3189.1―12.3
National Front Norman Tomkinson1730.4New
Majority1,3113.6―14.0
Turnout 36,53574.9+1.9
Labour hold Swing

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  2. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2011.

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