- 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 Number of members One 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 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.
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Boundaries
The constituency included Coventry city centre, which had previously been part of the Coventry South seat; that constituency was recreated in 1997, with Jim Cunningham being elected as MP.
Members of Parliament
Election 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 1990s
General Election 1992: Coventry South East[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Jim Cunningham 11,902 32.58 -14.88 Conservative M Hyams 10,591 28.99 -9.9 Independent Labour Dave Nellist 10,551 28.88 N/A Liberal Democrat A Armstrong 3,318 9.08 N/A National Front Norman Tomkinson 173 0.47 N/A Majority 1,311 3.59 -13.98 Turnout 36,533 74.87 +1.9 Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Coventry South East[3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Dave Nellist 17,969 47.46 +6.37 Conservative A Grant 11,316 29.89 -4.0 SDP–Liberal Alliance F Devine 8,095 21.38 -3.64 Green N Hutchinson 479 1.27 N/A Majority 6,653 17.57 +10.37 Turnout 37,856 72.97 +2.06 General Election 1983: Coventry South East[4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Dave Nellist 15,307 41.09 Conservative J Arnold 12,625 33.89 SDP–Liberal Alliance G Kilby 9,323 25.02 Majority 2,682 7.20 Turnout 37,255 70.91 Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i06.htm. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge87/i06.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge83/i06.htm
Categories:- Politics of Coventry
- Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county) (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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