Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

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

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

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election, February 1974: Coventry South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Wilson	22,217	58.23
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	11,466	30.05
	Liberal	D Prem	4,472	11.72
Majority			10,751	28.18
Turnout				75.53
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election, October 1974: Coventry South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Wilson	20,771	60.45
	Conservative	C Hannington	8,640	25.14
	Liberal	D Woodcock	4,952	14.41
Majority			12,131	35.30
Turnout				67.62
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, 1979: Coventry South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Wilson	19,583	55.00
	Conservative	T Sawdon	12,097	33.98
	Liberal	M Brazier	2,984	8.38
	National Front	R Clarke	513	1.44
	Workers Revolutionary	A Wilkins	426	1.20
Majority			7,486	21.03
Turnout				69.86
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1983: Coventry South East^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dave Nellist	15,307	41.1
	Conservative	Jacques Arnold	12,625	33.9
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	G. Kilby	9,323	25.02
Majority			2,682	7.2
Turnout			37,255	70.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Coventry South East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Dave Nellist	17,969	47.46	+6.4
	Conservative	Alan Grant	11,316	29.89	−4.0
	Social Democratic	Frank Devine	8,095	21.38	−3.6
	Green	Neil Hutchinson	479	1.27	N/A
Majority			6,653	17.57	+10.4
Turnout			37,856	72.97	+2.06
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Coventry South East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jim Cunningham	11,902	32.58	−14.9
	Conservative	Mrs. Martine Hyams	10,591	28.99	−0.9
	Independent Labour	Dave Nellist	10,551	28.88	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Armstrong	3,318	9.08	N/A
	National Front	Norman Douglas William Tomkinson	173	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,311	3.59	−14.0
Turnout			36,533	74.87	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i06.htm
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i06.htm
↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2011.

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