Coventry North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coventry North East
Borough constituency
Coventry North East shown within West Midlands, and West Midlands shown within England
Created: 1974
MP: Bob Ainsworth
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: West Midlands
EP constituency: West Midlands

Coventry North East is a constituency 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 is a solidly Labour seat.

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
Feb. 1974 George Park Labour
1987 John Hughes Labour
1992 Bob Ainsworth Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 21,178 56.94 −4.1
Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi 6,956 18.70 −0.1
Liberal Democrat Russell Field 6,123 16.46 +5.3
Socialist Alternative Dave Nellist 1,874 5.04 N/A
UK Independence Paul Sootheran 1,064 2.86 N/A
Majority 14,222 38.24 −4.03
Turnout 37,195 52.97 +2.61
Labour hold Swing −2.02
General Election 2001: Coventry North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Ainsworth 22,739 61.0 -5.2
Conservative Gordon Bell 6,988 18.8 -0.6
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Sewards 4,163 11.2 +3.1
Socialist Alliance Dave Nellist 2,638 7.1 N/A
British National Party Edward Sheppard 737 2.0 N/A
Majority 15,751 42.2
Turnout 37,265 50.3 -14.5
Labour hold Swing

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