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

2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map
2024 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Foleshill By-Election 6 June 1996
Party		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		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		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		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

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

By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[2003order-1] "The City of Coventry (Electoral Changes) Order 2003", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2003/2507, retrieved 10 September 2022

[hold-2] "Coventry council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

[tony-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.

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