- Coventry North West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coventry North West Borough constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of Coventry North West in West Midlands.
Location of West Midlands within England.County West Midlands Electorate 74,180 (December 2010)[1] Current constituency Created 1974 Member of Parliament Geoffrey Robinson (Labour) Number of members One Overlaps European Parliament constituency West Midlands Coventry North West is a borough constituency in the city of Coventry which is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the First Past The Post system of election
It has elected Labour MPs at every election since its creation in February 1974.
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Boundaries
Members of Parliament
Election Member [2] Party Feb 1974 Maurice Edelman Labour 1976 by-election Geoffrey Robinson Labour Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2010: Coventry North West[3][4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Geoffrey Robinson 19,936 42.8 -5.2 Conservative Gary Ridley 13,648 29.3 +2.7 Liberal Democrat Vincent McKee 8,344 17.9 -0.5 BNP Edward Sheppard 1,666 3.6 -0.1 UKIP Mark Nattrass 1,295 2.8 +1.0 Independent Nobby Clarke 640 1.4 +1.4 Green Justin Wood 497 1.1 +1.1 Socialist Alternative Nikki Downes 370 0.8 -0.7 Christian Movement for Great Britain William Sindhu 164 0.4 +0.4 Majority 6,288 13.5 Turnout 46,560 63.9 +3.8 Labour hold Swing -3.9 Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Coventry North West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Geoffrey Robinson 20,942 48.2 −3.2 Conservative Brian Connell 11,627 26.8 +0.9 Liberal Democrat Iona Anderson 7,932 18.3 +4.6 BNP David Clarke 1,556 3.6 N/A UKIP Sandra List 766 1.8 +0.3 Socialist Alternative Nicola Downes 615 1.4 N/A Majority 9,315 21.4 Turnout 43,438 59.4 +3.9 Labour hold Swing −2.0 General Election 2001: Coventry North West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Geoffrey Robinson 21,892 51.4 -5.4 Conservative Andrew Fairburn 11,018 25.9 -0.4 Liberal Democrat Napier Penlington 5,832 13.7 +3.2 Independent (politician) Christine Oddy 3,159 7.4 N/A UKIP Mark Benson 650 1.5 N/A Majority 10,874 25.5 Turnout 42,551 55.5 -15.2 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1992: Coventry North West[5] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Geoffrey Robinson 20,349 51.7 +2.7 Conservative Mrs AAB Hill 13,917 35.4 +0.6 Liberal Democrat Mrs EA Simpson 5,070 12.9 −3.4 Majority 6,432 16.4 +2.1 Turnout 39,336 77.6 +2.9 Labour hold Swing +1.0 See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)
Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ "Coventry North West". YourNextMP. http://www.yournextmp.com/seats/coventry_north_west. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
- ^ "UK > England > West Midlands > Coventry North West". Election 2010. BBC. 7 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/b22.stm. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
- ^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/i06.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Coordinates: 52°26′N 1°34′W / 52.43°N 1.56°W
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Coventry
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974
- United Kingdom constituency stubs
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