Coventry North East

Coventry North East was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be subject to boundary changes. As a consequence, it will be renamed Coventry East, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.

Constituency profile

In the seat is a wide demographic mix: across it is scattered an above UK average level of social housing and unemployment claimants. However, income is close to the UK average. The constituency has a large ethnic minority population, consisting mainly of Sikhs and Muslims; one ward, Foleshill, has a majority ethnic minority population.

Boundaries

Based entirely within the borough of Coventry, the seat of Coventry North East includes the Stoke, Walsgrave-on-Sowe, Wyken, Longford, and Foleshill areas of the cathedral city.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.
1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.
1997–2024: The City of Coventry wards of Foleshill, Henley, Longford, Lower Stoke, Upper Stoke, and Wyken.

History

Since its 1974 creation, the area has been a Labour Party stronghold and their safest seat in Coventry, with the Conservative Party finishing second. The Liberal Democrats amassed their largest shares of the vote in 1983 and in 2010, on 16.6% of the vote. In 2010, between 2% and 5% of the vote went to British National Party, Socialist and UKIP candidates. Completing the choice of seven was a Christian party candidate, who attracted the fewest votes.