Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Coventry in Warwickshire, 1885-1918
CountyWarwickshire
Major settlementsCoventry
1298–1945
Seats1298–1885: Two
1885–1945: One
Replaced byCoventry East
Coventry West

Coventry was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England and its successors, the House of Commons of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Centred on the City of Coventry in Warwickshire, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1295 until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, when its representation was reduced to one. The Coventry constituency was abolished for the 1945 general election, when it was split into two new constituencies: Coventry East and Coventry West.

Elections were held using the bloc vote system when electing two MPs (until 1885), and then first-past-the-post to elect one MP thereafter.

Boundaries

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1832–1868: The City of Coventry and the suburbs thereof.[1]

1868–1918: The existing parliamentary borough and the Parish of Stoke.[2]

The constituency was unchanged by the Representation of the People Act 1884.[3] By the time its boundaries were revised in 1918, it was defined as consisting of the city of Coventry, the parishes of St. Michael Without and Holy Trinity Without, the parish of Stoke, and part of the parish of Wyken.[4]

1918–1945: The county borough of Coventry.[5]

History

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In the eighteenth century Coventry was, despite its size, known as a corrupt borough.[6]

Members of Parliament

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MPs before 1660

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Parliament First member Second member
1295 Anketil de Coleshull Richard de Weston[7]
1298 Robert Russell Robert Kelle[7]
1301 Thomas Ballard Lawrence de Schepey[7]
1302 Ralph Tewe John Russell[7]
1305 Henry Bagot Peter Baron[7]
1306 Alexander de Moubray Henry Bagot [7]
1315 Richard de Spicer John de Langley [7]
1346 John de Percy Nicholas de Hunt[7]
1353 Nicholas Michel Richard de Stoke[7]
1354–1449 No representation
1450 Thomas Lyttelton ? [7]
1453 William Elton ? [7]
1460 Henry Butler Richard Braytoft[7]
1467 Henry Butler Richard Braytoft[7]
1472 Henry Butler John Wildegryse[7]
1478 Henry Butler John Wildegryse[7]
1485 Sir Robert Onley[7]
1491 Richard Cook John Smith[7]
1495 Henry Marlar[7]
1510-1515 No names known [8]
1523 Ralph Swyllyngton Richard Marlar[8]
1529 Roger Wigston John Bond[8]
1536 ?Roger Wigston ? [8]
1539 Roger Wigston Baldwin Porter[8]
1542 Roger Wigston, died
and replaced Jan 1544 by Edward Saunders		 Henry Over alias Waver[8]
1545 Christopher Warren Henry Porter[8]
1547 Christopher Warren Henry Porter[8]
1553 (Mar) James Rogers John Talonts[8]
1553 (Oct) John Nethermill Thomas Bond[8]
1554 (Apr) Thomas Keyvet Edward Davenport[8]
1554 (Nov) John Throckmorton John Harford[8]
1555 John Throckmorton Henry Porter[8]
1558 John Throckmorton John Talonts[8]
1558–1559 John Throckmorton John Nethermill[9]
1562–1563 Thomas Dudley Richard Grafton[9]
1571 Henry Goodere Edmund Brownell [9]
1572 Edmund Brownell, died
and replaced Apr 1573 by Bartholemew Tate		 Thomas Wight [9]
1584 (Oct) Edward Boughton Thomas Wight [9]
1586 Thomas Saunders Henry Breres[9]
1588 (Oct) Thomas Saunders Henry Breres[9]
1593 Thomas Saunders John Myles[9]
1597 (Sep) Henry Kervyn Thomas Saunders[9]
1601 (Oct) Henry Breres Thomas Saunders[9]
1604 Henry Breres John Rogerson, taken ill
and replaced by Sir John Harington[7]
1614 Sir Robert Coke Sampson Hopkins[7]
1621 Sampson Hopkins Henry Sewall[7]
1624 Sir Edward Coke Henry Harwell[7]
1626 Henry Harwell Isaac Walden[7]
1628 William Purefoy of Caldecote Richard Green of Wyken[7]
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr) William Jesson Simon Norton[7]
1640 (Nov) Simon Norton, died 1641
and replaced by William Jesson		 John Barker
excluded in 1648 in Pride's Purge [7]
1649 John Barker (readmitted 1649) (one seat only)[7]
1653 Coventry not represented in the Barebones Parliament[7]
1654 William Purefoy Robert Beake[7]
1656 William Purefoy Robert Beake
1659 William Purefoy Robert Beake

MPs 1660–1885

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Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1660, March Richard Hopkins Robert Beake
1660, August William Jesson
1661 Sir Clement Fisher, Bt Thomas Flynt
1670 Richard Hopkins
1679, Feb Robert Beake
1679, August John Stratford
1685 Sir Roger Cave, Bt Sir Thomas Norton
1689 John Stratford
1690 Richard Hopkins
1695 George Bohun Thomas Gery
1698 Sir Christopher Hales, Bt Richard Hopkins
1701, Jan Thomas Hopkins
1701, Dec Edward Hopkins
1702 Thomas Gery
1707 Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt Whig Edward Hopkins
1710, Oct Robert Craven Thomas Gery
1710, Dec Clobery Bromley
1711 Sir Christopher Hales, Bt
1713 Sir Fulwar Skipwith, Bt
1715 (Sir) Adolphus Oughton[10] Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt
1722[11] John Neale
1734 John Bird
1737, Feb John Neale
1737, Apr Earl of Euston
1741 William Grove
1747, Jun Viscount Petersham
1747, Dec Samuel Greatheed
1761 James Hewitt Hon. Andrew Archer
1766 Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway
1768 Sir Richard Glyn, Bt
1773 Walter Waring
1774 Edward Roe Yeo Tory[12]
1780, Feb John Baker Holroyd Tory[12]
1780, Oct Election abandoned due to rioting; both seats vacant[12]
1780, Dec[13] Sir Thomas Hallifax Whig[12] Thomas Rogers Whig[12]
1781 Edward Roe Yeo Tory The Lord Sheffield Tory[12]
1783 Hon. William Seymour-Conway
1784 Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt[14] John Eardley Wilmot
1796 William Wilberforce Bird Whig[12] Nathaniel Jefferys Tory[12]
1802 Francis William Barlow Tory[12]
1803 Peter Moore Whig[12]
1805 William Mills Whig[12]
1812 Joseph Butterworth Whig[12]
1818 Edward Ellice Whig[15][16][17][18][19][12][20]
1826 Richard Edensor Heathcote Tory[12] Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler Tory[12]
1830 Edward Ellice Whig[15][16][17][18][19][12][20]
1831 Henry Bulwer Whig[12]
1835 William Williams Radical[20][21][22]
1847 George James Turner Conservative
1851 Charles Geach Radical[23][24][25][26]
1854 Sir Joseph Paxton Whig[27]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1863 Morgan Treherne Conservative
1865 Henry Eaton Conservative
1867 Henry Jackson Liberal
1868, March Samuel Carter Liberal
1868, November Alexander Staveley Hill Conservative
1874 Sir Henry Jackson, Bt Liberal
1880 William Wills Liberal
1881 Henry Eaton Conservative
1885 representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1945

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Election Member Party
1885 Henry Eaton Conservative
1887 by-election William Ballantine Liberal
1895 Charles James Murray Conservative
1906 A. E. W. Mason Liberal
Jan 1910 Kenneth Foster Conservative
Dec 1910 David Marshall Mason Liberal
1918 Edward Manville Coalition Conservative
1923 A. A. Purcell Labour
1924 Archibald Boyd-Carpenter Conservative
1929 Philip Noel-Baker Labour
1931 William Strickland Conservative
1945 constituency abolished: see Coventry East & Coventry West

Election results

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Coventry (2 seats)[12][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler Unopposed
Whig Edward Ellice Unopposed
Tory hold
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1831: Coventry (2 seats)[12][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Ellice 1,658 38.0 N/A
Whig Henry Bulwer 1,560 35.7 N/A
Tory Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler 1,150 26.3 N/A
Majority 410 9.4 N/A
Turnout 2,721 c. 77.7 N/A
Registered electors c. 3,500
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig gain from Tory Swing N/A
General election 1832: Coventry (2 seats)[29][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Ellice 1,613 40.8 +2.8
Whig Henry Bulwer 1,607 40.6 +4.9
Tory Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler 371 9.4 −3.8
Tory Morgan Thomas 366 9.2 −4.0
Majority 1,236 31.2 +21.8
Turnout 1,989 60.5 c. −17.2
Registered electors 3,285
Whig hold Swing +3.4
Whig hold Swing +4.4

Ellice was appointed Secretary at War, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 12 April 1833: Coventry[29][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Ellice 1,502 53.7 −27.7
Tory Morgan Thomas 1,208 43.2 +24.6
Radical John Morgan Cobbett 89 3.2 N/A
Majority 294 10.5 −20.7
Turnout 2,799 85.2 +24.7
Registered electors 3,285
Whig hold Swing −26.2
General election 1835: Coventry (2 seats)[29][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William Williams 1,865 37.1 N/A
Whig Edward Ellice 1,601 31.8 −49.6
Conservative Morgan Thomas 1,566 31.1 +12.5
Turnout 3,206 89.6 +29.1
Registered electors 3,577
Majority 264 5.3 N/A
Radical gain from Whig Swing
Majority 35 0.7 −30.5
Whig hold Swing −31.1
General election 1837: Coventry (2 seats)[29][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Ellice 1,778 27.5 −4.3
Radical William Williams 1,748 27.0 −10.1
Conservative Morgan Thomas 1,511 23.3 +7.8
Conservative John David Hay Hill[30] 1,392 21.5 +6.0
Chartist John Bell 43 0.7 New
Turnout 3,323 90.7 +1.1
Registered electors 3,577
Majority 30 0.5 −0.2
Whig hold Swing −5.6
Majority 237 3.7 −1.6
Radical hold Swing −8.5

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Coventry (2 seats)[29][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical William Williams 1,870 37.5 +10.5
Whig Edward Ellice 1,829 36.7 +9.2
Conservative Thomas Weir 1,290 25.9 −18.9
Turnout c. 3,140 c. 82.9 c. −7.8
Registered electors 3,789
Majority 41 0.8 −2.9
Radical hold Swing +10.0
Majority 539 10.8 +10.3
Whig hold Swing +9.3
General election 1847: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Ellice 2,901 46.1 +9.4
Conservative George James Turner 1,754 27.9 +2.0
Radical William Williams 1,633 26.0 −11.5
Turnout 3,144 (est) 77.8 (est) −5.1
Registered electors 4,043
Majority 1,147 18.2 +7.4
Whig hold Swing +5.2
Majority 121 1.9 N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1850s

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Turner resigned after being appointed Vice-Chancellor of the High Court, causing a by-election.

By-election, 8 April 1851: Coventry (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Charles Geach 1,669 60.2 +34.2
Whig Edward Strutt[24] 1,104 39.8 −6.3
Majority 565 20.4 N/A
Turnout 2,773 65.7 −12.1
Registered electors 4,223
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +20.3
General election 1852: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Charles Geach Unopposed
Whig Edward Ellice Unopposed
Registered electors 4,502
Radical gain from Conservative
Whig hold

Geach's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 2 December 1854: Coventry (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Joseph Paxton Unopposed
Whig gain from Radical
General election 1857: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Edward Ellice 2,810 41.0 N/A
Whig Joseph Paxton 2,384 34.8 N/A
Whig John Mellor[31][32] 703 10.3 N/A
Conservative Morgan Treherne 599 8.7 New
Peelite Robert Phillimore[33][34] 356 5.2 New
Majority 1,681 24.5 N/A
Turnout 3,426 (est) 68.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 4,982
Whig hold
Whig gain from Radical
  • Phillimore retired from the contest two hours into polling.[35]
General election 1859: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Ellice 3,107 41.7 +0.7
Liberal Joseph Paxton 2,409 32.4 −2.4
Conservative Morgan Treherne 1,928 25.9 +17.2
Majority 481 6.5 −18.0
Turnout 4,686 (est) 87.4 (est) +18.6
Registered electors 5,363
Liberal hold Swing −4.0
Liberal hold Swing −5.5

Elections in the 1860s

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Ellice's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 8 October 1863: Coventry (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Morgan Treherne 2,263 51.5 +25.6
Liberal Arthur Peel[36] 2,129 48.5 −25.6
Majority 134 3.0 N/A
Turnout 4,392 84.4 −3.0
Registered electors 5,206
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +25.6

Paxton's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 21 June 1865: Coventry (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Eaton 2,395 52.8 +26.9
Liberal Thomas Mason Jones[37] 2,142 47.2 −26.9
Majority 253 5.6 N/A
Turnout 4,537 91.3 +3.9
Registered electors 4,967
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +26.9
General election 1865: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Eaton 2,489 26.2 +13.2
Conservative Morgan Treherne 2,401 25.3 +12.3
Liberal Edward Fordham Flower 2,342 24.7 −17.0
Liberal Thomas Mason Jones[37] 2,259 23.8 −8.6
Majority 59 0.6 N/A
Turnout 4,746 (est) 95.5 (est) +8.1
Registered electors 4,967
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +13.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.6

Treherne's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 23 July 1867: Coventry (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Jackson 2,429 53.4 +4.9
Conservative William Ferrand 2,123 46.6 −4.9
Majority 306 6.8 N/A
Turnout 4,552 91.6 −3.9
Registered electors 4,967
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.9

The by-election was declared void on petition due to bribery by Jackson's agent.[38]

By-election, 26 March 1868: Coventry (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Carter 2,415 53.1 +4.6
Conservative Alexander Staveley Hill 2,134 46.9 −4.6
Majority 281 6.2 N/A
Turnout 4,549 91.6 −3.9
Registered electors 4,967
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.6
General election 1868: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Eaton 3,781 25.7 −0.5
Conservative Alexander Staveley Hill 3,761 25.6 +0.3
Liberal Henry Jackson 3,594 24.4 −0.3
Liberal Samuel Carter 3,576 24.3 +0.5
Majority 167 1.2 +0.6
Turnout 7,356 (est) 92.8 (est) −2.7
Registered electors 7,925
Conservative hold Swing −0.4
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Eaton 3,823 25.6 −0.1
Liberal Henry Jackson 3,799 25.5 +1.1
Liberal Samuel Carter 3,662 24.6 +0.3
Conservative Frederick du Pré Thornton[39] 3,628 24.3 −1.3
Turnout 7,456 (est) 92.9 (est) +0.1
Registered electors 8,027
Majority 24 0.9 −1.3
Conservative hold Swing −0.2
Majority 171 1.2 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Coventry (2 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Jackson 4,184 26.1 +0.6
Liberal William Wills 4,105 25.6 +1.0
Conservative Henry Eaton 4,008 25.0 −0.6
Conservative Arthur Kekewich 3,715 23.2 −1.1
Majority 97 0.6 N/A
Turnout 8,006 (est) 86.9 (est) −6.0
Registered electors 9,208
Liberal hold Swing +0.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.1

Jackson resigned after being appointed a judge on the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 Mar 1881: Coventry (1 seat)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Eaton 4,011 52.9 +4.7
Liberal Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 3,568 47.1 −4.6
Majority 443 0.8 N/A
Turnout 7,579 91.7 +4.8 (est)
Registered electors 8,263
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.6
General election 1885: Coventry (1 seat) [40][41][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Eaton 4,577 51.4 +3.2
Liberal Courtenay Warner 4,328 48.6 −3.1
Majority 249 2.8 N/A
Turnout 8,905 91.5 +4.6 (est)
Registered electors 9,736
Conservative win
General election 1886: Coventry [40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Henry Eaton 4,201 52.5 +1.1
Liberal William Ballantine 3,796 47.5 −1.1
Majority 405 5.0 +2.2
Turnout 7,996 82.1 −9.4
Registered electors 9,736
Conservative hold Swing +1.1

Eaton was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Cheylesmore, causing a by-election.

By-election, 9 Jul 1887: Coventry [40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ballantine 4,229 50.1 +2.6
Conservative Herbert Eaton 4,213 49.9 −2.6
Majority 16 0.2 N/A
Turnout 8,442 85.6 +3.5
Registered electors 9,867
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.6

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: Coventry [40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Ballantine 4,754 50.8 +3.3
Conservative Charles James Murray 4,611 49.2 −3.3
Majority 143 1.6 N/A
Turnout 9,365 86.4 +4.3
Registered electors 10,838
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.3
Murray
General election 1895: Coventry [40][41][42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles James Murray 4,974 51.8 +2.6
Liberal William Ballantine 4,624 48.2 −2.6
Majority 350 3.6 N/A
Turnout 9,598 87.8 +1.4
Registered electors 10,926
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.6

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Coventry [40][41][42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles James Murray 5,257 55.7 +3.9
Liberal L Cowen 4,188 44.3 −3.9
Majority 1,069 11.4 +7.8
Turnout 9,445 77.8 −10.0
Registered electors 12,145
Conservative hold Swing +3.9
Mason
General election 1906: Coventry [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal A. E. W. Mason 6,554 54.5 +10.2
Conservative Kenneth Foster 5,462 45.5 −10.2
Majority 1,092 9.0 N/A
Turnout 12,016 86.0 +8.2
Registered electors 13,965
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.2

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Coventry[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Foster 7,369 50.7 +5.2
Liberal Silas Hocking 7,153 49.3 −5.2
Majority 216 1.4 N/A
Turnout 14,522 88.2 +2.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.2
Mason
General election December 1910: Coventry[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Marshall Mason 7,351 51.8 +2.5
Conservative Kenneth Foster 6,828 48.2 −2.5
Majority 523 3.6 N/A
Turnout 14,179 86.1 −2.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.5
General election 1918: Coventry [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Edward Manville 17,380 44.8 −3.4
Labour R. C. Wallhead 10,298 26.6 New
Liberal Courtenay Mansel 4,128 10.7 −41.1
Independent Arthur Charles Bannington 3,806 9.8 New
Independent Liberal David Marshall Mason 3,145 8.1 New
Majority 7,082 18.2 N/A
Turnout 38,757 62.4 −23.7
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Mason had opposed the war and was replaced as Liberal candidate by Mansel who supported the Coalition Government. Bannington was the candidate of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers.[43]

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Coventry[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Edward Manville 20,986 42.6 −2.2
Labour Robert Williams 16,289 33.1 +6.5
Liberal John Edward Darnton 11,985 24.3 +13.6
Majority 4,697 9.5 −8.7
Turnout 49,260 80.8 +18.4
Unionist hold Swing -4.3
General election 1923: Coventry [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. A. Purcell 16,346 34.2 +1.1
Unionist Edward Manville 15,726 32.9 −9.7
Liberal Henry Paterson Gisborne 15,716 32.9 +8.6
Majority 620 1.3 N/A
Turnout 47,788 77.1 −3.7
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.4
General election 1924: Coventry[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 22,712 42.4 +9.5
Labour A. A. Purcell 17,888 33.4 −0.8
Liberal Henry Paterson Gisborne 12,953 24.2 −8.7
Majority 620 9.0 N/A
Turnout 53,553 84.9 +7.8
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +5.4
General election 1929: Coventry [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Noel-Baker 34,255 49.4 +16.0
Unionist Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 22,536 32.5 −9.9
Liberal James Wiseman McKay 12,516 18.1 −6.1
Majority 11,719 16.9 N/A
Turnout 69,307 82.2 −2.7
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +13.0

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Coventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Strickland 44,305 61.0 +28.5
Labour Philip Noel-Baker 28,311 39.0 −10.4
Majority 15,994 22.0 N/A
Turnout 72,616 82.7 +0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +23.4
General election 1935: Coventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Strickland 37,313 51.7 −9.3
Labour Philip Noel-Baker 34,841 48.3 +9.3
Majority 2,472 3.4 −18.6
Turnout 72,154 81.0 −1.7
Conservative hold Swing -9.3

References & Notes

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  2. ^ "A Collection of the Public General Statutes: 1867/68. Cap. XLVI. An Act to settle and describe the Limits of certain Boroughs and the Divisions of certain Counties in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1868. pp. 119–166.
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  4. ^ Hesilrige, Arthur G. M., ed. (1918). Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1918. London: Dean & Son, Limited. p. 206.
  5. ^ Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the People Act, 1918: with explanatory notes. London: Sweet and Maxwell.
  6. ^ Pages 102 to 105,Lewis Namier, The Structure of Politics at the Accession of George III (2nd edition - London: St Martin's Press, 1957)
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  10. ^ Created a baronet, August 1718
  11. ^ The election of 1722 was declared void because of the "notorious and outrageous Riots, Tumults and Seditions ... in Defiance of the Civil Authority, and in Violation of the Freedom of Elections", and a new writ was issued, but the original victors (Oughton and Neale) were returned once more at the by-election.
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  13. ^ On petition, the election of Hallifax and Rogers was declared void, and their opponents, Yeo and Seymour-Conway, were declared to have been duly elected and seated in their place
  14. ^ Changed his surname to Eardley, July 1789; created The Lord Eardley (in the Peerage of Ireland, September 1789
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References

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  • "The Constitutional Yearbook, 1913" (London: National Unionist Association, 1913)
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
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