Coventry East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 52°25′30″N 1°27′36″W / 52.425°N 1.46°W / 52.425; -1.46
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Coventry East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Map of constituency
Boundary of Coventry East in West Midlands region
CountyWest Midlands county
Electorate73,389 (2023)[1]
Major settlementsCoventry
Current constituency
Created2024
Member of ParliamentMary Creagh (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromCoventry North East
1945–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created fromCoventry
Replaced byCoventry North East,
Coventry South East

Coventry East is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. Having previously existed from 1945 to 1974, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election in the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, formed primarily from the abolished constituency of Coventry North East.[2] The current MP is Mary Creagh of the Labour Party; she previously represented Wakefield from 2005 to 2019.

Boundaries

1945–1974

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.

2024–present

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the re-established constituency is composed of the City of Coventry wards of:

  • Binley and Willenhall, Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.[3]

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

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1945–1974

Election Member Party
1945 Richard Crossman Labour
Feb 1974 Constituency abolished

MPs since 2024

Coventry North East prior to 2024

Election Member Party
2024 Mary Creagh Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Coventry East [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Creagh 18,308 49.5 −2.6
Reform UK Iddrisu Sufyan 6,685 18.1 +13.0
Conservative Sarah Lesadd 6,240 16.9 −18.1
Green Stephen Gray 2,730 7.4 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Mike Massimi 1,227 3.3 −2.1
Workers Party Paul Bedson 1,027 2.8 N/A
TUSC Dave Nellist 797 2.2 N/A
Majority 11,623 31.3
Turnout 37,014 48.8
Registered electors 75,801
Labour win (new seat)

Election results 1945–1974

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 34,379 60.51
Conservative Harry Weston 15,630 27.51
Communist William Alexander 3,986 7.02
Liberal Charles Payne 2,820 4.96
Majority 18,479 32.50
Turnout 56,815 71.15
Registered electors 79,853
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 30,456 59.29 −1.22
Conservative Timothy Berthier Meek 17,003 33.10 +5.59
Liberal Samuel Henry Davis 3,420 6.66 +1.70
Communist William Alexander 487 0.95 −6.07
Majority 13,453 26.19 −6.31
Turnout 51,366 88.18 +17.03
Registered electors 58,254
Labour hold Swing −3.41
General election 1951: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 32,108 62.29 +3.00
Conservative Gavin Welby 19,437 37.71 +4.61
Majority 12,671 24.58 −1.61
Turnout 51,545 85.74 −2.44
Registered electors 60,115
Labour hold Swing −0.81
General election 1955: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 27,712 56.19 −6.10
Conservative Michael Ayerst Hooker 21,608 43.81 +6.10
Majority 6,104 12.38 −12.20
Turnout 49,320 81.16 −4.58
Registered electors 60,769
Labour hold Swing −6.10
General election 1959: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 32,744 56.72 +0.53
Conservative John Biffen 24,982 43.28 −0.53
Majority 7,762 13.44 +1.06
Turnout 57,726 81.66 +0.50
Registered electors 70,689
Labour hold Swing +0.53

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 36,246 59.82 +3.10
Conservative Ian Gow 23,208 38.30 −4.98
Communist Harry Bourne 1,138 1.88 New
Majority 13,038 21.52 +8.08
Turnout 60,592 77.86 −3.80
Registered electors 77,821
Labour hold Swing +4.04
General election 1966: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 36,757 60.83 +1.01
Conservative John Wakeham 18,061 29.89 −8.41
Liberal Jan Maria Mokrzycki 4,235 7.01 New
Communist Harry Bourne 1,368 2.26 +0.38
Majority 18,696 30.94 +9.42
Turnout 60,421 77.33 −0.53
Registered electors 78,131
Labour hold Swing +4.71

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Coventry East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Crossman 36,275 59.34 −1.49
Conservative Maurice Edward Jones 24,010 39.27 +9.38
Communist John Hosey 841 1.38 −0.88
Majority 12,265 20.07 −10.87
Turnout 61,126 70.58 −6.75
Registered electors 86,603
Labour hold Swing −5.44

See also

References

  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "West Midlands | Boundary Commission for England". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 8 West Midlands region.
  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 10 of session 1943–44, p. 3.
  5. ^ "Report of the Boundary Commission for England", Cmd. 6634, p. 36.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll – Coventry East". Coventry Council. Retrieved 22 June 2024.

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