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2023 Coventry City Council election

2023 Coventry City Council election

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18 out of 54 seats to Coventry City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader George Duggins Gary Ridley N/A
Party Labour Conservative Green
Last election 39 seats, 48.1% 14 seats, 29.3% 1 seat, 10.4%
Seats before 38 15 1
Seats after 37 15 2
Seat change Decrease1 Steady Increase1

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Coventry City Council election

Leader before election

George Duggins
Labour

Leader after election

George Duggins
Labour

The 2023 Coventry City Council election took place on 4 May 2023. One third of councillors — 18 out of 54 — on Coventry City Council was elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The Labour Party retained its majority on the council, although it did lose one seat to the Green Party.[1]

Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Coventry was a district of the West Midlands metropolitan county.[2] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Midlands Combined Authority was created in 2016 and began electing the mayor of the West Midlands from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former West Midlands metropolitan county.[3]

Coventry Council has variously been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control since it was established. Labour most recently gained control of the council in the 2010 election, when they gained six seats at the expense of the Conservatives and Socialist Alternative.[4] Labour continued to make gains to consolidate its majority on the council in the 2011 and 2012 elections, since when the party's position has remained stable. In the 2022 Coventry City Council election, Labour won 13 of the seats up for election with 48.1% of the vote, the Conservatives won five seats with 29.3% of the vote, and the Greens won one seat with 10.4% of the vote. Labour maintained its majority on the council.[5]

Positions up for election in 2023 were last elected in 2019. In that election, Labour won fourteen seats and the Conservatives won four seats.[6]

Labour retained its majority on the council.[7]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[8][9] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards being represented by three councillors, with one councillor elected in each ward each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Coventry aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election. People voting in this election in Coventry only vote for a councillor in the ward they reside.

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2023 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 39 Labour 38
Conservative 14 Conservative 15
Green 1 Green 1

Summary

Election result

Coventry City Council's composition following the 2023 election.
2023 Coventry City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 13 Decrease 1 72.2 24 37 68.5 31,304 50.4 +2.3
  Conservative 4 Steady 22.2 11 15 27.8 18,301 29.5 +0.2
  Green 1 Increase 1 5.6 1 2 3.7 5,802 9.3 –1.1
  Coventry Citizens 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,007 4.8 +0.4
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,110 3.4 +0.3
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 1,349 2.2 +0.7
  ADF 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 110 0.2 ±0.0
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 93 0.1 N/A

Ward results

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.

Bablake

Bablake (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tarlochan Jandu* 1,770 46.2 –3.8
Labour Co-op Beatriec Christopher 1,393 36.4 +2.9
Green Niall Webb 283 7.4 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Russell Field 186 4.9 +0.1
Coventry Citizens Tony Middleton 180 4.7 ±0.0
TUSC Ted Woodley 20 0.5 N/A
Majority 377 9.8
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 3,832
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.4

Binley and Willenhall

Binley and Willenhall (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ram Lakha* 1,380 45.3 +4.0
Coventry Citizens Paul Cowley 970 31.8 +12.5
Conservative Akpevwe Odje 540 17.7 –11.2
ADF Marianne-Angela Fitzgerald 110 3.6 +0.2
TUSC Michael Morgan 47 1.5 N/A
Majority 410 13.5
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout 3,047
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.3

Cheylesmore

Cheylesmore (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Brown* 1,671 44.3 +5.5
Conservative Amarjit Khangura 1,487 39.4 –7.6
Green Bruce Tetlow 263 7.0 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Anna Richmond 174 4.6 –0.3
Coventry Citizens Ian Stringfellow 124 3.3 +1.2
TUSC Judy Griffiths 53 1.4 –0.2
Majority 184 4.9
Rejected ballots 16
Turnout 3,772
Labour hold Swing Increase6.6

Earlsdon

Earlsdon (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Becky Gittins* 2,627 52.3 –0.7
Conservative Zaid Rehman 1,467 29.2 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richmond 367 7.3 –1.6
Green John Finlayson 350 7.0 +2.3
Coventry Citizens Cameron Baxter 148 2.9 –0.5
TUSC Adam Harmsworth 66 1.3 +0.4
Majority 1,160 23.1
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout 5,025
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.5

Foleshill

Foleshill (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Khan* 2,409 78.5 +32.5
Conservative Ken Taylor 446 14.5 +5.0
TUSC Mila Matharu 213 6.9 N/A
Majority 1,963 64.0
Rejected ballots 26
Turnout 3,068
Labour hold Swing Increase13.8

Henley

Henley (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Seaman* 2,017 62.6 +7.8
Conservative Farzad Misaghi 659 20.5 –7.7
Green Cathy Wattebot 279 8.7 ±0.0
Coventry Citizens Thomas Watts 215 6.7 +0.3
TUSC Aidan O'Toole 51 1.6 –0.3
Majority 1,358 42.1
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 3,242
Labour hold Swing Increase7.8

Holbrook

Holbrook (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Esther Reeves 1,566 44.6 –6.7
Labour Co-op Lynette Kelly 1,487 42.4 +3.1
Conservative Mike Ballinger 396 11.3 +4.2
TUSC Jim Hensman 60 1.7 +0.9
Majority 79 2.2
Rejected ballots 18
Turnout 3,509
Green gain from Labour Co-op Swing Decrease4.9

Longford

Longford (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Bigham* 1,991 67.6 +6.7
Conservative William Sidhu 521 17.7 –2.1
Green Danny Foulstone 228 7.7 –1.4
Coventry Citizens Sian Williamson 150 5.1 +0.5
TUSC Alan Checklin 56 1.9 N/A
Majority 1,470 49.9
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 2,960
Labour hold Swing Increase4.4

Lower Stoke

Lower Stoke (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op John McNicholas 2,142 55.6 –3.9
Conservative Pratibha Reddy 890 23.1 +2.0
Green Thomas Jewell 335 8.7 –1.8
Liberal Democrats Andre Escorio Rodrigues Soares 201 5.2 N/A
Coventry Citizens Dani Stringfellow 190 4.9 –0.6
TUSC John O'Sullivan 93 2.4 –1.0
Majority 1,252 32.5
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 3,865
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease3.0

Radford

Radford (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maya Ali* 1,686 60.1 –1.0
Conservative Muhammad Tariq 535 19.1 –1.2
Green Julie Spriddle 266 9.5 +0.7
Coventry Citizens Marcus Fogden 199 7.1 +1.2
TUSC Dave Anderson 118 4.2 +0.3
Majority 1,151 41.0
Rejected ballots 20
Turnout 2,804
Labour hold Swing Increase0.1

Sherbourne

Sherbourne (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gavin Lloyd* 1,444 41.4 +1.5
Conservative Stephen Smith 1,423 40.8 +1.9
Green David Priestley 253 7.3 –1.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Spence 150 4.3 –0.5
TUSC Jane Nellist 115 3.3 –1.1
Coventry Citizens Teri Fogden 100 2.9 +0.2
Majority 21 0.6
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 3,495
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.2

St Michael's

St Michael's (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim O'Boyle* 1,869 66.2 –3.6
Conservative Ioannis Kalianidis 313 11.1 +1.2
TUSC Dave Nellist 221 7.8 –1.6
Green Chrissie Brown 176 6.2 –0.5
Liberal Democrats Benoit Jones 135 4.8 N/A
Coventry Citizens Karen Wilson 109 3.9 –0.3
Majority 1,556 55.1
Rejected ballots 12
Turnout 2,823
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.4

Upper Stoke

Upper Stoke (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amirjit Kaur 1,671 59.0 +1.5
Conservative Gurdeep Sohal 492 17.4 –2.3
Green Laura Vesty 356 12.6 +0.5
Coventry Citizens Gary Cooper 247 8.7 +1.0
TUSC Terri Rosser 67 2.4 –0.6
Majority 1,179 41.6
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 2,847
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.9

Wainbody

Wainbody (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Sawdon 1,874 49.1 –4.6
Labour Mohammed Miah 1,375 36.0 +2.5
Green Becky Finlayson 271 7.1 +2.1
Liberal Democrats James Morshead 213 5.6 +0.1
Coventry Citizens Adam Hancock 86 2.3 ±0.0
Majority 499 13.1
Rejected ballots 5
Turnout 3,824
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.6

Westwood

Westwood (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marcus Lapsa* 1,689 47.1 +7.6
Labour Randhir Auluck 1,397 38.9 –3.4
Green Jessica Marshall 243 6.8 –2.9
Liberal Democrats Jamie Simpson 196 5.5 –1.0
TUSC Jim Donnelly 64 1.8 –0.3
Majority 292 8.2
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout 3,605
Conservative hold Swing Increase5.5

Whoberley

Whoberley (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pervez Akhtar* 1,871 54.5 –7.0
Conservative Del Chahal 782 22.8 –0.7
Green Anne Patterson 378 11.0 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Anna Grainger 219 6.4 +2.0
Coventry Citizens Nate Lewis 113 3.3 +0.5
TUSC Zoe Parker 73 2.1 N/A
Majority 1,089 31.7
Rejected ballots 8
Turnout 3,436
Labour hold Swing Decrease3.2

Woodlands

Woodlands (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Male* 2,093 52.4 +1.4
Labour Co-op Neil Rider 1,325 33.1 –1.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Perryman 269 6.7 –0.2
Green Lesley Sim 228 5.7 +1.2
TUSC Sarah Davis 83 2.1 +0.7
Majority 768 19.3
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout 3,998
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.4

Wyken

Wyken (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Thay* 1,549 50.0 +1.6
Conservative William Single 924 29.8 –4.5
Green Russell Berry 327 10.5 –0.3
Coventry Citizens Lorna Williams 176 5.7 –0.8
Reform UK Iddrisu Sufyan 93 3.0 N/A
TUSC Samiul Islam 32 1.0 N/A
Majority 625 20.2
Rejected ballots 10
Turnout 3,111
Labour hold Swing Increase3.1

By-elections

Earlsdon

Earlsdon: 26 October 2023
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 Decrease5.8

References

  1. ^ Giddings, Andy (5 May 2023). "Coventry: Greens gain in city to make group for first time". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  3. ^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Local election results 2010 - Downloads - Coventry City Council". 5 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ^ Read, Liz. "Coventry City Council (local) election results - 5 May 2022". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ Hook, Alison. "Coventry City Council (local) election results - 2 May 2019". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ^ Suart, Paul; Stretton, Rachel (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023 in Coventry and Warwickshire as Labour says Starmer on course to be PM". Coventry Live. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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  9. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
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