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Metropolitan Borough Council of Coventry elections from 1973 to 2016

Summary

A total of 52 Metropolitan Borough Council Wards held elections in Coventry between 1973 and 2016. The database holds elections for 33 separate years over the 44 year period. Coventry held partial council elections with a proportion of seats elected on different years. Unlike whole council elections, this method allows for a gradual change in the composition of the authority. As a result, these councils can appear to be less volatile than those with whole council elections.

Participation

Average participation in Coventry over the 44 years was 36.68%. This was 1.42 percentage points lower than the average for all Metropolitan Borough Council Councils holding elections in the same year (38.10%). Turnout was higher than the average for Metropolitan Borough Council councils in 1975 when it was 6.29 percentage points higher. Turnout was lower than the average for Metropolitan Borough Council councils in 2016 when it was 5.21 percentage points lower.

The Party System

This section examines the party system in Coventry that existed in terms of number of seats won by each group in each election. In the analysis below, a party is considered to have won an election for the authority if it wins more seats than any other group. The extent to which a single party group wins all of the elections during the period is a measure of the dominance of a single party.

In terms of candidates elected, the party system in Coventry between 1973 and 2016 was largely dominated by Labour candidates. These candidates won the most seats in 25 of the 33 elections held. After Labour candidates, the next most successful group over the 44 years were Conservative candidates. These candidates won the most seats in 8 of the 33 elections held.

Number of Years Party Won Most Seats

Party NameNumber of Years
Labour25
Conservative8

Party Winning Most Seats by Year

197319751976197819791980198219831984
LabourConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourConservativeLabourLabour
198419861987198819901991199219941995
LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabour
199519961998199920002002200320042006
LabourLabourLabourLabourConservativeLabourConservativeConservativeConservative
200620072008201020112012201420152016
ConservativeLabourConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabour
2016
Labour
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