Coventry South East was a
parliamentary constituency
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in the city of
Coventry
Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...
. It returned one
Member of Parliament (MP) to the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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.
The constituency was created for the
February 1974 general election, and abolished for the
1997 general election.
Boundaries
1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Godiva, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.
1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Cheylesmore, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.
For its entire existence the constituency included Coventry city centre, which had previously been part of
the Coventry South seat; in 1997 the city centre was transferred to the re-created Coventry South constituency, with Jim Cunningham being elected as MP.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1980s
Elections in the 1990s
Notes and references
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Parliamentary constituencies in Coventry
Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county) (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1997