Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Coventry in Warwickshire, 1885-1918
County Warwickshire
Major settlements Coventry
1298–1945
Number of members 1298–1885: Two
1885–1945: One
Replaced by Coventry 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

From 1885-1918 the constituency consisted of the city of Coventry and the parish of Stoke.[1] From 1918 until the constituency disappeared in 1945, it consisted of the County Borough of Coventry.

Members of Parliament

MPs before 1660

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1295Anketil de ColeshullRichard de Weston [2]
1298Robert RussellRobert Kelle [2]
1301Thomas BallardLawrence de Schepey [2]
1302Ralph TeweJohn Russell [2]
1305Henry BagotPeter Baron [2]
1306Alexander de MoubrayHenry Bagot [2]
1315Richard de SpicerJohn de Langley [2]
1346John de PercyNicholas de Hunt [2]
1353Nicholas MichelRichard de Stoke [2]
1354–1449No representation
1450Thomas Lyttelton? [2]
1453William Elton? [2]
1460Henry ButlerRichard Braytoft [2]
1467Henry ButlerRichard Braytoft [2]
1472Henry ButlerJohn Wildegryse [2]
1478Henry ButlerJohn Wildegryse [2]
1485Sir Robert Onley [2]
1491Richard CookJohn Smith[2]
1495Henry Marlar [2]
1510-1515No names known [3]
1523Ralph SwyllyngtonRichard Marlar [3]
1529Roger WigstonJohn Bond[3]
1536?Roger Wigston? [3]
1539Roger WigstonBaldwin Porter[3]
1542Roger Wigston, died
and replaced Jan 1544 by Edward Saunders		Henry Over alias Waver [3]
1545Christopher WarrenHenry Porter [3]
1547Christopher WarrenHenry Porter [3]
1553 (Mar)James RogersJohn Talonts [3]
1553 (Oct)John NethermillThomas Bond [3]
1554 (Apr)Thomas KeyvetEdward Davenport [3]
1554 (Nov)John ThrockmortonJohn Harford [3]
1555John ThrockmortonHenry Porter [3]
1558John ThrockmortonJohn Talonts [3]
1558/1559John ThrockmortonJohn Nethermill [4]
1562/1563Thomas DudleyRichard Grafton [4]
1571Henry GoodereEdmund Brownell [4]
1572Edmund Brownell, died
and replaced Apr 1573 by Bartholemew Tate		Thomas Wight [4]
1584 (Oct)Edward BoughtonThomas Wight [4]
1586Thomas SaundersHenry Breres [4]
1588 (Oct)Thomas SaundersHenry Breres [4]
1593Thomas SaundersJohn Myles [4]
1597 (Sep)Henry KervynThomas Saunders [4]
1601 (Oct)Henry BreresThomas Saunders [4]
1604Henry BreresJohn Rogerson, taken ill
and replaced by Sir John Harington, Recorder[2]
1614Sir Robert CokeSampson Hopkins [2]
1621Sampson HopkinsHenry Sewall [2]
1624Sir Edward CokeHenry Harwell [2]
1626Henry HarwellIsaac Walden [2]
1628William Purefoy of CaldecoteRichard Green of Wyken [2]
1629–1640No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)William JessonSimon Norton [2]
1640 (Nov)Simon Norton, died 1641
and replaced by William Jesson		John Barker
excluded in 1648 in Pride's Purge [2]
1649John Barker (readmitted 1649)(one seat only)[2]
1653Coventry not represented in the Barebones Parliament[2]
1654William PurefoyRobert Beake[2]
1656William PurefoyRobert Beake
1659William PurefoyRobert Beake

MPs 1660–1885

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd 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 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[5] Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt
1722[6] 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
1780, Feb John Baker Holroyd
1780, Oct Election abandoned due to rioting; both seats vacant
1780, Dec[7] Sir Thomas Hallifax Thomas Rogers
1781 Edward Roe Yeo The Lord Sheffield
1783 Hon. William Seymour-Conway
1784 Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt[8] John Eardley Wilmot
1796 William Wilberforce Bird Nathaniel Jefferys
1802 Francis William Barlow
1803 Peter Moore
1805 William Mills
1812 Joseph Butterworth
1818 Edward Ellice Whig[9][10][11][12][13]
1826 Richard Edensor Heathcote Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler
1830 Edward Ellice Whig[9][10][11][12][13]
1831 Henry Bulwer Whig
1835 William Williams Radical
1847 George James Turner Conservative
1851 Charles Geach Radical[14][15][16][17]
1854 Sir Joseph Paxton Whig[18]
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

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Henry Eaton Conservative
1887 by-election William Ballantine Liberal
1895 Charles James Murray Conservative
1906 A. E. W. Mason Liberal
Jan 1910 John 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

Elections in the 1850s

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

By-election, 8 April 1851: Coventry (1 seat)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Radical Charles Geach 1,669 60.2
Whig Edward Strutt[20] 1,104 39.8
Majority 565 20.4 N/A
Turnout 2,773 65.7
Registered electors 4,223
Radical gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1852: Coventry (2 seats)[19]
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)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Joseph Paxton Unopposed
Whig gain from Radical
General Election 1857: Coventry (2 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Edward Ellice 2,810 41.0 N/A
Whig Joseph Paxton 2,384 34.8 N/A
Whig John Mellor[21][22] 703 10.3 N/A
Conservative Morgan Treherne 599 8.7 N/A
Peelite Robert Phillimore[23][24] 356 5.2 N/A
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.[25]
General Election 1859: Coventry (2 seats)[19]
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

Ellice's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 8 October 1863: Coventry (1 seat)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Morgan Treherne 2,263 51.5 +25.6
Liberal Arthur Peel[26] 2,129 48.5 −25.6
Majority 134 3.1 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)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Eaton 2,395 52.8 +26.9
Liberal Thomas Mason Jones[27] 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)[19]
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[27] 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)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Jackson 2,429 53.4 +4.9
Conservative William Ferrand 2,123 46.6 −4.9
Majority 306 6.7 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.[28]

By-election, 26 March 1868: Coventry (1 seat)[19]
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)[19]
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 1.1 +0.5
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

General Election 1874: Coventry (2 seats)[19]
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[29] 3,628 24.3 −1.3
Turnout 7,456 (est) 92.9 (est) +0.1
Registered electors 8,027
Majority 24 0.2 −0.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.2
Majority 171 1.1 N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Coventry (2 seats)[19]
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 +0.4
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)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Eaton 4,011 52.9 +4.7
Liberal Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth 3,568 47.1 −4.6
Majority 443 0.6 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) [30][31][32]
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 [30][31]
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 [30][31]
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

General Election 1892: Coventry [30][31]
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 [30][31][33]
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

General Election 1900: Coventry [30][31][34]
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 [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal A. E. W. Mason 6,554 54.5 +10.2
Conservative John Kenneth Foster 5,462 45.5 -10.2
Majority 1,092 9.0 20.4
Turnout 12,016 86.0 +8.2
Registered electors 13,965
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.2

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910 Coventry[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Kenneth Foster 7,369 50.7 +5.2
Liberal Silas Hocking 7,153 49.3 -5.2
Majority 216 1.4 10.4
Turnout 88.2 +2.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.2
Mason
General Election December 1910 Coventry[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Marshall Mason 7,351 51.8 +2.5
Conservative John Kenneth Foster 6,828 48.2 -2.5
Majority 523 3.6 5.0
Turnout 86.1 -2.1
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.5
General Election 1918: Coventry [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
C Unionist Edward Manville 17,380 44.8 -3.4
Labour R. C. Wallhead 10,298 26.6 n/a
Liberal Courtenay Mansel 4,128 10.7 n/a
Independent Arthur Charles Bannington 3,806 9.8 n/a
Independent Liberal David Marshall Mason 3,145 8.1 n/a
Majority 7,082 18.2 21.8
Turnout 62.4
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing n/a
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.[36]

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Coventry[37]
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 80.8 +18.4
Unionist hold Swing -4.3
General Election 1923: Coventry [38]
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 10.8
Turnout 77.1 -3.7
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.4
General Election 1924: Coventry[39]
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 1.3 10.8
Turnout 84.9 +7.8
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +5.4
General Election 1929: Coventry [40]
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 25.9
Turnout 82.2 -2.7
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +13.0

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931 Coventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Frederick Strickland 44,305 61.0 +28.5
Labour Philip Noel-Baker 28,311 39.0 -10.4
Majority 15,994 22.0 38.9
Turnout 82.7 +0.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +23.4
General Election 1935: Coventry
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Frederick 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 81.0 -1.7
Conservative hold Swing -9.3

References & Notes

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  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ Changed his surname to Eardley, July 1789; created The Lord Eardley (in the Peerage of Ireland, September 1789
  9. 1 2 Colthart, James M. (1976). "Edward Ellice". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. IX. Toronto. ISBN 0-8020-3319-9.
  10. 1 2 "Rt. Hon. Edward Ellice". Legacies of British Slave-ownership. University College London. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  11. 1 2 Bloy, Marjorie. "Edward Ellice, the elder (1781–1863)". A Web of English History. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  12. 1 2 Escott, Margaret. "ELLICE, Edward (1783–1863), of Wyke House, nr. Brentford, Mdx". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
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  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  20. ↑ "Wednesday & Thursday's Posts". Stamford Mercury. 11 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  21. ↑ Coventry Standard. 13 March 1857. p. 4 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570313/105/0004. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)). Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  25. ↑ "Coventry Election". Coventry Standard. 3 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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  27. 1 2 "Coventry". Leamington Spa Courier. 24 June 1865. p. 9. Retrieved 6 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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  29. ↑ "Latest Election News". Edinburgh Evening News. 2 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  30. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  32. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  33. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  34. ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  35. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  36. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  37. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  38. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  39. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  40. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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