Coventry South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Coventry South West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | West Midlands |
February 1974–1997 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Coventry South, Coventry North West |
Created from | Coventry South, Coventry 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.
Boundaries
1974-1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, Westwood, Whoberley, and Woodlands.
1983-1997: The City of Coventry wards of Earlsdon, Wainbody, Westwood, Whoberley, and Woodlands.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | Notes | |
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Feb 1974 | Audrey Wise | Labour | Defeated at 1979 general election. Subsequently MP for Preston 1987-2000 | |
1979 | John Butcher | Conservative | Retired at 1997 general election, following boundary changes | |
1997 | constituency abolished: see Coventry South & Coventry North West
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Elections
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Butcher | 23,225 | 45.7 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Robert Ernest Gregory Slater | 21,789 | 42.8 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey Brian Sewards | 4,666 | 9.2 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Wheway | 989 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Natural Law | David S. 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 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Butcher | 22,318 | 43.3 | ||
Labour | Robert Ernest Gregory Slater | 19,108 | 37.0 | ||
Liberal | Robert Wheway | 10,166 | 19.70 | ||
Majority | 3,210 | 6.22 | |||
Turnout | 78.69 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Butcher | 22,223 | 45.00 | ||
Labour | D Edwards | 15,776 | 31.94 | ||
Social Democratic | M Lyle | 11,174 | 22.63 | ||
National Party | M Williamson | 214 | 0.43 | ||
Majority | 6,447 | 13.05 | |||
Turnout | 75.89 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Butcher | 27,928 | 49.27 | ||
Labour | Audrey Wise | 22,274 | 39.30 | ||
Liberal | NB Chapple | 5,921 | 10.45 | ||
National Front | M Williamson | 482 | 0.85 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 79 | 0.14 | ||
Majority | 5,654 | 9.97 | |||
Turnout | 81.50 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Audrey Wise | 23,225 | 43.11 | ||
Conservative | JR Jeffrey | 21,107 | 39.18 | ||
Liberal | NB Chapple | 8,579 | 15.92 | ||
National Front | R Rickard | 822 | 1.53 | ||
More Prosperous Britain | Tom Keen | 144 | 0.27 | ||
Majority | 2,118 | 3.93 | |||
Turnout | 79.42 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Audrey Wise | 22,985 | 40.46 | ||
Conservative | JR Jeffrey | 22,472 | 39.56 | ||
Liberal | NB Chapple | 11,348 | 19.98 | ||
Majority | 513 | 0.90 | |||
Turnout | 84.15 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Notes and references
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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