Coventry East

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UK Parliament constituency (1945–1974; 2024–)

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Field	Value
name	Coventry East
type	Borough
parliament	uk
image
caption	Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
image2	[[File:West Midlands - Coventry East constituency.svg
caption2	Boundary of Coventry East in West Midlands region
year	2024
elects_howmany	One
previous	Coventry North East
year2	1945
abolished2	1974
elects_howmany2	One
previous2	Coventry
next2	Coventry North East,
Coventry South East
region	England
county	West Midlands county
towns	Coventry
electorate	73,389 (2023){{cite web
title	The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands
publisher	Boundary Commission for England
access-date	30 July 2024
df	dmy
mp	Mary Creagh
party	Labour Party (UK)
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|region = England |county = West Midlands county |towns = Coventry |electorate = 73,389 (2023){{cite web |url= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-west-midlands/#lg_coventry-east-bc-73389 |title= The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – West Midlands |publisher=Boundary Commission for England |access-date=30 July 2024 |df=dmy |mp = Mary Creagh |party = Labour Party (UK) Coventry East is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. Having previously existed from 1945 to 1974, the seat was re-established for the 2024 general election in the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, formed primarily from the abolished constituency of Coventry North East. The current MP is Mary Creagh of the Labour Party; she previously represented Wakefield from 2005 to 2019.

Constituency profile

Coventry East is a mostly urban and suburban constituency which covers the eastern and north-eastern neighbourhoods of Coventry, a city in the West Midlands. Parts of the city contained within the constituency include Foleshill, Longford, Wyken, Walsgrave on Sowe, Binley and Willenhall. Coventry is a historic cathedral city which became an important centre for the British motor industry in the mid-20th century, but suffered a decline after the closure of most factories in the 1980s. The constituency has high levels of deprivation, with many areas falling within the 10% most-deprived in England, although the suburb of Binley is more affluent.

Compared to national averages, residents of Coventry East are generally younger and have low levels of income, education and professional employment. The constituency is ethnically diverse; 61% of residents are White, 21% are Asian (primarily Indian) and 11% are Black. The Asian population is concentrated around Foleshill, where they make up around half the population, and the constituency has a large Sikh community (6%). At the city council, all wards in the constituency are represented by Labour Party councillors. Voters in Coventry East strongly supported leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum with an estimated 61% voting in favour of Brexit compared to 52% nationwide.

Boundaries

1945–1974

1945–1950: The County Borough of Coventry wards of All Saints, Foleshill, Hernall, Hillfields, Longford, Lower Stoke, St Mary's, St Paul's, Upper Stoke, and Walsgrave.

1950–1974: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Charterhouse and Binley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Walsgrave.

2024–present

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the re-established constituency is composed of the City of Coventry wards of:

Binley and Willenhall, Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

The seat comprises the previous Coventry North East seat, after transferring the Lower Stoke ward to Coventry South in exchange for the Binley and Willenhall ward.

History

Until 1945, the city of Coventry was represented by a single Member. Population growth meant that it had grown to 89,001 electors at the time of the 1935 general election, and in the 1939 electoral register it had 87,487 electors. The County Borough of Coventry had also expanded its boundaries in the late 1930s, taking in an additional 66,425 electors. Two nearby divisions of Warwickshire had exceptionally large electorates: Nuneaton at 112,503 and Tamworth at 118,131. Accordingly, the area was included in the Schedule to the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 as abnormally large constituencies to be divided by the Boundary Commission before the first post-war general election.

The Boundary Commission proposed to create two divisions within the new boundaries of the County Borough, with Coventry East comprising ten wards and having a 1939 electorate of 76,860. On the new electoral register compiled for the 1945 general election, the constituency had 74,676 electors on the civilian residence register, 67 on the Business Premises register, and 5,166 on the service register.

A new Boundary Commission review began in 1965 by which time Coventry's electorate had increased and the city was allocated four seats; they were named after the ordinal points of the compass. The recommendations of the Commission came into effect at the February 1974 general election, at which point Coventry East ceased to exist as a Parliamentary constituency. This coincided with Richard Crossman's retirement from parliament; he died of liver cancer two months after the election.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1945–1974

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Election	Member	Party
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1945
Feb 1974	Constituency abolished
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MPs since 2024

Coventry North East prior to 2024

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Election	Member	Party
Labour Party (UK) }}"		2024
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Election results

Elections in the 2020s

|reg. electors = 75,801 |winner = Labour Party (UK)

Election results 1945–1974

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

"West Midlands {{!}} Boundary Commission for England".
(2019). "The Little History of Coventry". History Press Limited.
"Constituency data: Deprivation in England".
"Seat Details - Coventry East".
(4 July 2024). "2021 census results: Ethnic groups in your constituency".
"2021 census results: Religion in your constituency".
"The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023".
"Return showing, with regard to each Parliamentary Constituency in England and Wales, the total number of Electors on the register now in force", HCP 10 of session 1943–44, p. 3.
"Report of the Boundary Commission for England", [[Command paper. Cmd.]] 6634, p. 36.
"Return showing, with regard to each Parliamentary Constituency in England and Wales, the total number of Electors on the register now in force", HCP 107 of session 1944–45, p. 5.
"Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll – Coventry East".

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