Coventry South West (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Coventry South West 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, when it was partially replaced by Coventry South.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	Feb 1974	Audrey Wise	Labour
	1979	John Butcher	Conservative
	1997	constituency abolished: see Coventry South and Coventry North West

Elections

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1992: Coventry South West[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Butcher	23,225	45.7	+2.4
	Labour	REG Slater	21,789	42.8	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	GB Sewards	4,666	9.2	−10.5
	Liberal	R Wheway	989	1.9	−17.8
	Natural Law	DS Morris	204	0.4	N/A
Majority			1,436	2.8	−3.4
Turnout			50,873	80.1	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

Notes and references

1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
2. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.