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Coventry City Council elections

Local government elections in Coventry, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

Election results

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Composition of the council[2]
Year Labour Conservative Socialist Party Reform Liberal Democrats[a] Green[b] Independents
& Others
Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (54 seats)
1973 42 12 – – 0 – 0 Labour
1975 33 21 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1976 28 26 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1978 25 29 – – 0 0 0 Conservative
1979 31 23 – – 0 0 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (54 seats)[3]
1980 39 15 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1982 35 19 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1983 33 21 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1984 34 20 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1986 40 13 – – 1 0 0 Labour
1987 41 11 – – 2 0 0 Labour
1988 43 10 – – 1 0 0 Labour
1990 44 9 – – 1 0 0 Labour
1991 46 8 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1992 42 12 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1994 41 13 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1995 43 11 – – 0 0 0 Labour
1996 49 4 – – 0 0 1 Labour
1998 45 7 0 – 0 0 2[c] Labour
1999 44 8 2 – 0 0 0 Labour
2000 35 15 3 – 0 1 0 Labour
2002 35 15 3 – 1 0 0 Labour
2003 26 23 3 – 2 0 0 No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)[1]
2004 22 27 2 – 3 0 0 No overall control
2006 19 29 3 – 2 0 1 Conservative
2007 23 28 2 – 1 0 0 Conservative
2008 24 27 2 – 1 0 0 No overall control
2010 30 22 1 – 1 0 0 Labour
2011 35 17 1 – 1 0 0 Labour
2012 43 11 0 – 0 0 0 Labour
2014 43 11 0 – 0 0 0 Labour
2015 42 12 0 – 0 0 0 Labour
2016 39 15 0 – 0 0 0 Labour
2018 40 14 0 – 0 0 0 Labour
2019 40 13 0 – 0 0 1 Labour
2021 39 15 0 0 0 0 0 Labour
2022 39 14 0 0 0 1 0 Labour
2023 37 15 0 0 0 2 0 Labour
2024 40 12 0 0 0 2 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (54 seats)[4]
2026 24[5] 6[5] 0 20[5] 0 4[5] 0 No overall control
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By-election results

1994–1998

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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
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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
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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
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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
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Radford By-Election 20 September 2001[6]
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
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2006–2010

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Lower Stoke By-Election 6 October 2011[7][8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Elizabeth Miks 1,366 53.9 −3.3
Conservative Jaswant Singh Birdi 563 22.2 −0.1
Socialist 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
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2014–2018

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Lower Stoke By-Election 11 February 2016[10]
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
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2018–2022

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Wainbody By-Election 5 September 2019[11]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Upper Stoke By-Election 19 March 2020[12]
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
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2022–2026

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Binley and Willenhall By-Election 14 July 2022[13]
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
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Sherbourne By-Election 22 September 2022[14]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Earlsdon By-Election 26 October 2023[15]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
St Michael's By-Election 10 October 2024[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sanjida Jobbar 899 49.1 –13.0
TUSC Dave Nellist 327 17.9 +8.7
Workers Party Ejaz Januja 212 11.6 +11.6
Conservative Mehmet Yetkin 145 7.9 –1.9
Green Thomas Jewell 96 5.2 –4.0
Coventry Citizens Karen Wilson 94 5.1 –0.1
Liberal Democrats Robyn Simpson 57 3.1 –1.0
Majority 572 31.3
Turnout 1,830
Labour hold Swing
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Notes

  1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. 1 Independent, 1 Socialist Labour

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