# Coventry South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry South East was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

## Boundaries

1974–1983: The County Borough of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Godiva, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.
1983–1997: The City of Coventry wards of Binley and Willenhall, Cheylesmore, Lower Stoke, and St Michael's.
For its entire existence the constituency included Coventry city centre, which had previously been part of the Coventry South seat; in 1997 the city centre was transferred to the re-created Coventry South constituency, with Jim Cunningham being elected as MP.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Member | Party |
| Feb 1974 | Bill Wilson | Labour |
| 1983 | Dave Nellist | Labour |
| 1992 | Jim Cunningham | Labour |
| 1997 | constituency abolished: see Coventry South & Coventry North East | constituency abolished: see Coventry South & Coventry North East |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1970s

General election February 1974: Coventry South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Wilson | 22,217 | 58.23 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Taylor | 11,466 | 30.05 | |
| | Liberal | Dhani Prem | 4,472 | 11.72 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,751 | 28.18 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,155 | 75.53 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election October 1974: Coventry South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Wilson | 20,771 | 60.45 |
| | Conservative | C Hannington | 8,640 | 25.14 |
| | Liberal | D Woodcock | 4,952 | 14.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,131 | 35.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,494 | 67.62 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
General election 1979: Coventry South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Wilson | 19,583 | 55.00 | |
| | Conservative | T Sawdon | 12,097 | 33.98 | |
| | Liberal | M Brazier | 2,984 | 8.38 | |
| | National Front | R Clarke | 513 | 1.44 | New |
| | Workers Revolutionary | A Wilkins | 426 | 1.20 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,486 | 21.02 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,603 | 69.86 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Coventry South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Nellist | 15,307 | 41.1 | ―13.9 |
| | Conservative | Jacques Arnold | 12,625 | 33.9 | ―0.1 |
| | Liberal | Gordon Kilby | 9,323 | 25.0 | +15.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,682 | 7.2 | ―13.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,255 | 70.9 | +1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1987: Coventry South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Nellist | 17,969 | 47.5 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative | Alan Grant | 11,316 | 29.9 | ―4.0 |
| | SDP | Frank Devine | 8,095 | 21.4 | ―3.6 |
| | Green | Neil Hutchinson | 479 | 1.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,653 | 17.6 | +10.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,856 | 73.0 | +2.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Coventry South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim Cunningham | 11,902 | 32.6 | ―14.9 |
| | Conservative | Martine Hyams | 10,591 | 29.0 | ―0.9 |
| | Independent Labour | Dave Nellist | 10,551 | 28.9 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Armstrong | 3,318 | 9.1 | ―12.3 |
| | National Front | Norman Tomkinson | 173 | 0.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,311 | 3.6 | ―14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,535 | 74.9 | +1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |