Coventry City Council elections

Coventry City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Coventry City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Coventry in the West Midlands, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.[1]

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Foleshill By-Election 6 June 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,674 49.0
Conservative 953 27.9
Militant Labour 535 15.6
Liberal Democrats 255 7.5
Majority 721 21.1
Turnout 3,417 28.9
Labour hold Swing
Henley By-Election 1 May 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 4,801 63.7 -7.2
Conservative 1,600 21.2 +2.4
Liberal Democrats 1,136 15.1 +4.8
Majority 3,201 42.5
Turnout 7,537 62.0
Labour hold Swing
Wainbody By-Election 13 November 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,741 61.8 +11.9
Labour 673 23.9 -7.8
Liberal Democrats 360 12.8 -5.6
Socialist Alliance 44 1.6 +1.6
Majority 1,068 37.9
Turnout 2,818 22.2
Conservative hold Swing
Cheylesmore By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 2,998 46.9 -5.2
Conservative 2,146 33.6 -23.2
Liberal Democrats 987 15.5 +13.9
Unknown 257 4.0 +4.0
Majority 852 13.3
Turnout 6,388
Labour hold Swing
Radford By-Election 20 September 2001[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Skipper 873 53.5 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Simpson 442 27.1 +11.8
Conservative Gary Ridley 316 19.4 -8.4
Majority 431 26.4
Turnout 1,631 13.0
Labour hold Swing

2006-2010

Lower Stoke By-Election 6 October 2011[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Elizabeth Miks 1,366 53.9 -3.3
Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi 563 22.2 -0.1
Socialist Alternative Robert McArdle 254 10.0 +3.6
BNP Keith Oxford 149 5.9 +0.2
Green Laura Vesty 114 4.5 -3.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Edward Widdop 79 3.1 N/A
Majority 803 31.7
Turnout 2,532 18.51
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Lower Stoke By-Election 11 February 2016[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rupinder Singh 1,237
Conservative Ellane Francoise Yebkal 344
UKIP Harjinder Singh Sehmi 290
Green Aimee Challenor 165
Liberal Democrats Christopher Mark Glenn 124
Majority 893
Turnout 2,160
Labour hold Swing

2018-2022

Wainbody By-Election 5 September 2019[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mattie Heaven 1,560 53
Liberal Democrats James Frederick Morshead 634 22
Labour Abdul Jobbar 544 19
Brexit Party George Stuart Ronald Beamish 193 7
Majority 926
Turnout 2,948
Conservative hold Swing
Upper Stoke By-Election 19 March 2020[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurdev Singh Hayre 639 53
Conservative Gurdeep Singh Sohal 350 29
Green Chrissie Lynn Brown 120 10
Socialist Alternative Jane Elizabeth Nellist 101 8
Majority 289
Turnout 1,210
Labour hold Swing

2022–2026

Binley and Willenhall By-Election 14 July 2022[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Seyi Agboola 934 36.2 -5.1
Conservative Amarjit Singh Khangura 765 29.6 +0.7
Coventry Citizens Paul Cowley 746 28.9 +9.6
ADF Marianne Fitzgerald 91 3.5 +0.1
TUSC Michael Morgan 46 1.8 +1.8
Majority 169 6.5
Turnout 2,582
Labour hold Swing
Sherbourne By-Election 22 September 2022[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jackie Gardiner 1,409 51.2 +12.3
Labour Des Arthur 895 32.5 -7.4
Green Bruce Tetlow 139 5.0 -4.2
TUSC Jane Nellist 125 4.5 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Jamie Simpson 94 3.4 -1.4
Coventry Citizens Cameron Baxter 92 3.3 +0.6
Majority 514 18.7
Turnout 2,754
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Earlsdon By-Election 26 October 2023[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynette Kelly 1,388 43.0 –9.3
Conservative Zaid Rehman 1,017 31.5 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richmond 489 15.1 +7.8
Green John Finlayson 193 6.0 –1.0
Coventry Citizens Cameron Baxter 107 3.3 +0.4
TUSC Adam Harmsworth 37 1.1 –0.2
Majority 371 11.5
Turnout 3,241
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "The City of Coventry (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2507, retrieved 10 September 2022
  2. ^ "Coventry council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Tony's win keeps Labour hold". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 21 September 2001. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Notice of By-election". Coventry City Council. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated". Coventry City Council. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Statement of results". Coventry City Council. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Labour win by-election after deputy leader's death". Coventry Telegraph. 13 February 2016. p. 8.
  8. ^ "Election results for Wainbody". Coventry City Council. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Election results for Upper Stoke". Coventry City Council. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Binley and Willenhall Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sherbourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Earlsdon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.

External links

  • Coventry City Council
  • The City of Coventry (Electoral Changes) Order 2003
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