Coventry West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coventry West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1945–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Coventry West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Coventry wards of Bablake, Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, Greyfriars, Radford, and Westwood.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1945 | Maurice Edelman | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maurice Edelman | 38,249 | 62.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Frederick Strickland | 23,236 | 37.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 15,013 | 24.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 61,485 | 66.1 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
References
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)[self-published source][better source needed]
Categories:
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in Coventry
- Parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county) (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1945
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950