# St. Michael's, Coventry

St. Michael's is an electoral ward in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The ward's population is 21,700 (2010). In 2001, its population was 56% White British and 23% Asian or Asian British, many of whom were Bangladeshi. The ward includes many students, and 20- to 24-year-olds make up over 20% of the population. The ward population had increased to 24,119 at the 2011 Census.
According to the city's 2007 Index of Deprivation, St. Michael's is the second most deprived ward of the city. While the average household income in Coventry was £31,697 in 2008, it was £25,372 in St. Michael's, making it the second poorest ward, though it grew by 24.5% since 2005, which is a more rapid pace of growth than that of the Coventry average (14.5%). Similarly, the crime rate in St. Michael's was slightly over three times as high as that of Coventry as a whole in 2007, but it had fallen by 34% since 2004/'05, when it was over four times as high. The unemployment rate in the ward was 4.6% in September 2008, when that of Coventry as a whole was 3.6%, but in 2001 unemployment in St. Michael's was still twice as high as in Coventry overall (6.2% vs. 3.0%). That change may however also be due to boundary changes in 2004.
Currently, the ward contains the city centre of Coventry, including St. Michael's Cathedral and the neighbourhoods of Charterhouse and Hillfields. Hillfields is undergoing large-scale changes, which encompass the demolition of Coventry City's Highfield Road stadium and what the Coventry City Council describes as "the biggest single regeneration project in Coventry".
St. Michael's Ward is represented by three Labour Councillors. They are Naeem Akhtar (term of office: 2016–2021), Jim O'Boyle (2019–2023) and Sandija Jobbar (2024).

## 2024 Election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandija Jobbar | 899 | 49% | −21% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 327 | 18% | +9% |
| | Workers Party | Ejaz Janjua | 212 | 12% | +12% |
| | Conservative | Mehmet Yetkin | 145 | 8% | −2% |
| | Green | Thomas James Jewell | 96 | 5% | +1% |
| | Coventry Citizens Party | Karen Wilson | 94 | 5% | +1% |
| | Liberal Democrat | Robyn Clare Simpson | 57 | 3% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,830 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2022 Election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Stuart Welsh | 1,898 | 70% | +3% |
| | Conservative | Mary Taylor | 270 | 10% | −3% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 257 | 9% | |
| | Green | David Neil Priestley | 181 | 7% | +2% |
| | Coventry Citizens Party | Karen Wilson | 114 | 4% | +1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,720 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2021 Election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Naeem Akhtar | 2,028 | 67% | −2% |
| | Conservative | Daniel James Partington | 385 | 13% | +4% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 274 | 9% | −6% |
| | Green | Allan John Aspinall | 166 | 5% | −2% |
| | Coventry Citizens Party | Karen Wilson | 100 | 3% | |
| | Liberal Democrat | Benoit David Jones | 94 | 3% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,047 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2019 Election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim O'Boyle | 1,765 | 69% | +2.9% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 396 | 15% | +8% |
| | Conservative | Mary Taylor | 224 | 9% | +3% |
| | Green | Joe McAvoy-Boss | 190 | 7% | +4% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,575 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2018 Election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Stuart Welsh | 1,952 | 66.1% | +24.1% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 350 | 7% | −12.8% |
| | Conservative | Mark Andrew Lerigo | 275 | 6% | −2.5% |
| | Green | Aimee Challenor | 146 | 3% | −2.5% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4.675 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2016 Election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Naeem Akhtar | 3,158 | 66.1% | +8.3% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 635 | 19.8% | +3.5% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Michael Noonan | 274 | 8.5% | −3.5% |
| | Green | Aimee Challenor | 178 | 5.5% | −0.9% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,209 | 24.91% | −20.83% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2015 election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim O'Boyle | 3,158 | 57.8% | +0.7% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 894 | 16.3% | −13.4% |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Clare Wells | 656 | 12.0% | +4.0% |
| | UKIP | Wayne Geoffrey Newman | 408 | 7.5% | |
| | Green | Tristan Hamish Mackrory | 352 | 6.4% | +1.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,468 | 45.74% | +23.43% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2014 election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Welsh | 1,872 | 57.1% | +7.7% |
| | TUSC | Dave Nellist | 974 | 29.7% | |
| | Conservative | Maharshi Shrimali | 261 | 8.0% | +0.8% |
| | Green | Scott Redding | 174 | 5.3% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,281 | 22.31% | +1.12% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## 2012 election

St Michael's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Naeem Akhtar | 1673 | 49.4% |
| | Socialist Alternative | Dave Nellist | 1,469 | 43.4% |
| | Conservative | Christian Michael Cliffe | 243 | 7.2% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,385 | 21.19% |
| | Labour gain from Socialist Alternative | Labour gain from Socialist Alternative | Swing | |