Coventry city centre is in the north of the constituency, with its cathedral, expanses of concrete offices and the university, which leads to a significant student vote in the seat.[3] The residential tower blocks in St Michael's ward lie amid one of the most deprived areas in the country but south of the city centre it is more mixed, with the more middle-class areas of Cheylesmore, Earlsdon and Whoberley, Cannon Park, Gibbet Hill (aka Wainbody) and Westwood Heath among areas with large numbers of professionals, comfortably self-employed and academics.
1997–present: The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, St Michael's, Wainbody, and Westwood.
1950–1974: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, Godiva, St Michael's, Westwood, and Whoberley.
From 1974 to 1997, the city centre was part of the now abolished Coventry South East constituency.
HistoryEdit
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, abolished for the February 1974 general election and recreated for the 1997 general election by the merger of the former seats of Coventry South East and Coventry South West. Since 1964 the various forms of the seat, excluding the gap period, have elected the Labour candidate. The Conservative candidates, since a win in 1959, have consistently taken second place. In 2019, following the retirement of Jim Cunningham, Labour narrowly held onto the seat by 401 votes; the Conservatives made their best performance since the seat's recreation,
In 2015, the local UKIP party originally selected Mark Taylor as candidate, but he stood aside when instructed to by "party bosses."[4] UKIP wanted to replace Taylor with "anti-gay Christian preacher"[5]George Hargreaves.[4] The following week, Taylor was reinstated as candidate.[6]
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Coventry South is a constituency n 1 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Zarah Sultana of the Labour Party n 2 Coventry SouthBorough constituencyfor the House of CommonsBoundary of Coventry South in West MidlandsLocation of West Midlands within EnglandCountyWest MidlandsElectorate75 705 December 2010 1 Current constituencyCreated1997Member of ParliamentZarah Sultana Labour SeatsOneCreated fromCoventry South East Coventry South West1950 1974SeatsOneType of constituencyBorough constituencyCreated fromCoventry East and Coventry WestReplaced byCoventry South East Coventry South West Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1 1 MPs 1950 1974 1 2 MPs 1997 present 2 Constituency profile and boundaries 3 History 4 Elections 4 1 Elections in the 2010s 4 2 Elections in the 2000s 4 3 Election in the 1990s 4 4 Election in the 1970s 4 5 Elections in the 1960s 4 6 Elections in the 1950s 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesMembers of Parliament EditMPs 1950 1974 Edit Election Member 2 Party1950 Elaine Burton Labour1959 Philip Hocking Conservative1964 Bill Wilson LabourFeb 1974 constituency abolishedMPs 1997 present Edit Election Member 2 Party1997 Jim Cunningham Labour2019 Zarah Sultana LabourConstituency profile and boundaries Edit nbsp Map of present boundaries Coventry city centre is in the north of the constituency with its cathedral expanses of concrete offices and the university which leads to a significant student vote in the seat 3 The residential tower blocks in St Michael s ward lie amid one of the most deprived areas in the country but south of the city centre it is more mixed with the more middle class areas of Cheylesmore Earlsdon and Whoberley Cannon Park Gibbet Hill aka Wainbody and Westwood Heath among areas with large numbers of professionals comfortably self employed and academics 1997 present The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall Cheylesmore Earlsdon St Michael s Wainbody and Westwood 1950 1974 The County Borough of Coventry wards of Cheylesmore Earlsdon Godiva St Michael s Westwood and Whoberley From 1974 to 1997 the city centre was part of the now abolished Coventry South East constituency History EditThe constituency was created for the 1950 general election abolished for the February 1974 general election and recreated for the 1997 general election by the merger of the former seats of Coventry South East and Coventry South West Since 1964 the various forms of the seat excluding the gap period have elected the Labour candidate The Conservative candidates since a win in 1959 have consistently taken second place In 2019 following the retirement of Jim Cunningham Labour narrowly held onto the seat by 401 votes the Conservatives made their best performance since the seat s recreation In 2015 the local UKIP party originally selected Mark Taylor as candidate but he stood aside when instructed to by party bosses 4 UKIP wanted to replace Taylor with anti gay Christian preacher 5 George Hargreaves 4 The following week Taylor was reinstated as candidate 6 Elections EditElections in the 2010s Edit General election 2019 Coventry South 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Zarah Sultana 19 544 43 4 11 6Conservative Mattie Heaven 19 143 42 5 4 4Liberal Democrats Stephen Richmond 3 398 7 5 4 6Brexit Party James Crocker 1 432 3 2 NewGreen Becky Finlayson 1 092 2 4 1 1Independent Ed Manning 435 1 0 NewMajority 401 0 9 16 0Turnout 45 044 63 5 2 9Registered electors 70 970Labour hold Swing 8 0General election 2017 Coventry South 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jim Cunningham 9 25 874 55 0 12 7Conservative Michelle Lowe 10 17 927 38 1 3 1Liberal Democrats Greg Judge 1 343 2 9 1 2UKIP Ian Rogers 1 037 2 2 10 9Green Aimee Challenor 11 604 1 3 2 6Independent Sandra Findlay 224 0 5 NewMajority 7 947 16 9 9 6Turnout 47 009 66 4 5 2Registered electors 70 754Labour hold Swing 4 8General election 2015 Coventry South 12 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jim Cunningham 18 472 42 3 0 5Conservative Gary Ridley 15 284 35 0 1 6UKIP Mark Taylor 6 5 709 13 1 9 3Liberal Democrats Greg Judge 1 779 4 1 13 9Green Benjamin Gallaher 13 1 719 3 9 2 5TUSC Judy Griffiths 650 1 5 NewMainstream Christopher Rooney 86 0 2 NewMajority 3 188 7 3 1 1Turnout 43 699 61 2 1 2Labour hold Swing 0 5General election 2010 Coventry South 14 15 16 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jim Cunningham 19 197 41 8 4 0Conservative Kevin Foster 15 352 33 4 2 9Liberal Democrats Brian Patton 8 278 18 0 0 4UKIP Mark Taylor 1 767 3 8 1 8Socialist Alternative Judy Griffiths 691 1 5 1 3Green Stephen Gray 639 1 4 NewMajority 3 845 8 4 6 9Turnout 45 924 62 4 3 3Labour hold Swing 3 4Elections in the 2000s Edit General election 2005 Coventry South 17 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jim Cunningham 18 649 45 8 4 4Conservative Heather Wheeler 12 394 30 5 1 0Liberal Democrats Vincent McKee 7 228 17 8 3 7Socialist Alternative Robert Windsor 1 097 2 7 NewUKIP William Brown 829 2 0 NewIndependent Irene Rogers 344 0 8 0 6Families First James Rooney 144 0 4 NewMajority 6 255 15 3 5 4Turnout 40 685 59 1 3 8Labour hold Swing 2 7General election 2001 Coventry South 18 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jim Cunningham 20 125 50 2 0 7Conservative Heather Wheeler 11 846 29 5 0 5Liberal Democrats Vincent McKee 5 672 14 1 4 9Socialist Alliance Robert Windsor 1 475 3 7 NewIndependent Irene Rogers 564 1 4 NewSocialist Labour Timothy Logan 414 1 0 NewMajority 8 279 20 7 1 2Turnout 40 096 55 3 13 4Labour hold Swing 0 6Election in the 1990s Edit General election 1997 Coventry South 19 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jim Cunningham 25 511 50 9Conservative Paul Ivey 14 558 29 0Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald 4 617 9 2Socialist Alternative Dave Nellist 3 262 6 5Referendum Paul Garratt 943 1 9Liberal Roger Jenking 725 1 4BNP Jeffrey Ashberry 328 0 7Rainbow Dream Ticket Anne Marie Bradshaw 180 0 4Majority 10 953 21 9Turnout 50 124 68 7Labour win seat recreated Election in the 1970s Edit General election 1970 Coventry South Party Candidate Votes Labour Bill Wilson 30 010 51 90Conservative George Gardiner 27 816 48 10Majority 2 194 3 80Turnout 57 826 74 42Labour hold SwingElections in the 1960s Edit General election 1966 Coventry South Party Candidate Votes Labour Bill Wilson 31 237 54 87Conservative Philip Hocking 25 697 45 13Majority 5 540 9 74Turnout 56 934 80 21Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1964 Coventry South Party Candidate Votes Labour Bill Wilson 29 240 51 62Conservative Philip Hocking 27 407 48 38Majority 1 833 3 24 N ATurnout 56 647 79 79Labour gain from Conservative SwingElections in the 1950s Edit General election 1959 Coventry South Party Candidate Votes Conservative Philip Hocking 28 584 51 65 3 24Labour Elaine Burton 26 754 48 35 3 24Majority 1 830 3 30 N ATurnout 55 338 82 11Conservative gain from Labour Swing 3 24General election 1955 Coventry South 20 Party Candidate Votes Labour Elaine Burton 27 449 51 59 3 56Conservative Muriel Williamson 25 761 48 41 3 56Majority 1 688 3 18 7 12Turnout 53 210 81 36 4 81Labour hold Swing 3 56General election 1951 Coventry South Party Candidate Votes Labour Elaine Burton 29 271 55 15 2 46Conservative John Biggs Davison 23 803 44 85 3 64Majority 5 468 10 30 1 18Turnout 53 074 86 17 1 08Labour hold SwingGeneral election 1950 Coventry South Party Candidate Votes Labour Elaine Burton 27 977 52 69Conservative Leslie Hore Belisha 21 885 41 21Liberal Richard Soper 3 239 6 10Majority 6 092 11 48Turnout 53 101 87 25Labour win new seat See also EditList of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands county Notes Edit A borough constituency for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer As with all constituencies the constituency elects one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system of election at least every five years References Edit Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England 2011 Electorate Figures Boundary Commission for England 4 March 2011 Archived from the original on 6 November 2010 Retrieved 13 March 2011 a b Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with C part 6 Local statistics Office for National Statistics neighbourhood statistics gov uk a b Gilbert Simon 12 February 2015 UKIP parachutes controversial pop preacher into Coventry for general election Coventry Telegraph UKIP selects candidate who claims gays should repent and turn to Christ PinkNews 14 February 2015 a b Silvera Ian 18 February 2015 Ukip candidate calls for selection rules review after party s Coventry U turn Coventry South Parliamentary constituency BBC News BBC Retrieved 1 December 2019 Coventry South parliamentary constituency Election 2017 BBC News Retrieved 9 June 2017 Will Coventry s MPs defend their seats at the 2017 general election Coventry Telegraph Retrieved 30 April 2017 Michelle Lowe and Resham Kotecha Selected for Coventry Conservatives Mike Rouse Retrieved 30 April 2017 Coventry Green Party 2017 Election Candidates Coventry Green Party Archived from the original on 28 April 2017 Retrieved 27 April 2017 Election Data 2015 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 17 October 2015 Retrieved 17 October 2015 General Election 2017 Candidate Green Party Green Party Members Website Coventry South YourNextMP Archived from the original on 1 April 2012 Retrieved 6 April 2010 Coventry South guardian co uk Guardian News and Media Limited Retrieved 28 April 2010 UK gt England gt West Midlands gt Coventry South Election 2010 BBC 7 May 2010 Retrieved 11 May 2010 Election Data 2005 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 Election Data 2001 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 Election Data 1997 Electoral Calculus Archived from the original on 15 October 2011 Retrieved 18 October 2015 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1955 52 23 N 1 31 W 52 39 N 1 51 W 52 39 1 51 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coventry South UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 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