2019 Coventry City Council election

The 2019 Coventry City Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Residents in Allesley, Finham and Keresley areas of the City had the opportunity to elect Parish Councillors.^[2]

Current Council seats[]

The table below shows a summary of the make-up of the City Council before the 2 May 2019 elections.^[3]

Party	Number of seats 2016/17
Labour	40
Conservative	13
Independent	1
Total	54

Key dates[]

• 3 April 2019 4pm: Deadline for those interested in standing as a candidate
• 12 April 2019: Deadline for new applications to register in time to vote
• 15 April 2019 5pm: Deadline for submitting applications to vote by post
• 24 April 2019 5pm: Deadline for submitting applications to vote by proxy

All electors who are currently registered and are eligible to vote on Thursday 2 May should receive their polling card by 7 April.

Number of candidates by party[]

Description of party (if any)	Number of candidates
Conservative Party
Green Party
Labour Party
Liberal Democrat
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Independent

Election result in 2019[]

Coventry Local Election Result 2019

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	40	1	1	0		45.67	28056
	Conservative	13	1	1	0		26.88	16512
	Green	0					11.92	7325
	UKIP	0					11.74	7214
	Liberal Democrats	0					1.91	1176
	TUSC	0					1	623
	Independent	1	0	0	0		0.82	503

Ward results[]

Bablake[]

Bablake

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tarlochan Jandu	1,535	39.7
	Labour	Angela Hopkins	1,147	29.7
	UKIP	Tony Middleton	644	16.7
	Green	David Priestley	536	13.9
Majority
Turnout			3,862
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Binley and Willenhall[]

Binley and Willenhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ram Lakha	1,417	45.9
	UKIP	Paul Cowley	847	27.5
	Conservative	Derek Andrews	553	17.9
	Green	Danney Foulstone	267	8.7
Majority
Turnout			3,084
	Labour hold		Swing

Cheylesmore[]

Cheylesmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Brown	1,492	43.5
	Conservative	Zaid Rehman	1,208	35.3
	Green	John Verdult	472	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jim McClean	254	7.4
Majority
Turnout			3,426
	Labour hold		Swing

Earlsdon[]

Earlsdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Becky Gittins	2,155	42.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Taylor	2,051	39.9
	Green	John Finlayson	535	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Richmond	394	7.7
Majority
Turnout			5,135
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Foleshill[]

Foleshill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Khan	2,516	76.1
	Conservative	Raja Meesala	498	15.1
	Green	Cathy Wattebot	293	8.9
Majority
Turnout			3,307
	Labour hold		Swing

Henley[]

Henley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Seaman	1,586	50.3
	UKIP	Ian Rogers	593	18.8
	Conservative	William Sidhu	514	16.3
	Green	Matthew Handley	293	9.3
	Independent	Eamonn Mahon	169	5.4
Majority
Turnout			3,155
	Labour hold		Swing

Holbrook[]

Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Clifford	1,598	50.3
	Green	Stephen Gray	642	20.2
	Conservative	Amarhit Khangura	488	15.4
	UKIP	Ian Alcock	448	14.1
Majority
Turnout			3,176
	Labour hold		Swing

Longford[]

Longford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Bigham	1,874	57.7
	UKIP	Marcus Fogden	452	13.9
	Conservative	Laura Ridley	379	11.7
	Independent	Jim Bench	334	10.3
	Green	Cristian Honeychurch	211	6.5
Majority
Turnout			3,250
	Labour hold		Swing

Lower Stoke[]

Lower Stoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McNicholas	2,008	55.0
	UKIP	Ivor Davies	564	15.4
	Green	Esther Reeves	498	13.6
	Conservative	Zeeshan Qazi	465	12.7
	Socialist Alternative	Terri Hersey	118	3.2
Majority
Turnout			3,653
	Labour hold		Swing

Radford[]

Radford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maya Ali	1,581	54.4
	UKIP	James Stubbs	497	17.1
	Conservative	Neil Worwood	418	14.4
	Green	Jules Spriddle	302	10.4
	Socialist Alternative	Isla Boadle	109	3.7
Majority
Turnout			2,907
	Labour hold		Swing

Sherbourne[]

Sherbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gavin Lloyd	1,172	34.7
	Conservative	Mattie Heaven	1,115	33.0
	UKIP	Glyn Davies	484	14.3
	Green	Niall Webb	388	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nukey Proctor	216	6.4
Majority
Turnout			3,375
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Michael's[]

St. Michael's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim O'Boyle	1,765	68.5
	Socialist Alternative	Dave Nellist	396	15.4
	Conservative	Mary Taylor	224	8.7
	Green	Joe McAvoy-Boss	190	7.4
Majority
Turnout			2,575
	Labour hold		Swing

Upper Stoke[]

Upper Stoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Randhir Auluck	1,538	50.4
	Conservative	Surinder Singh	621	20.3
	UKIP	George Ireland	501	16.4
	Green	Laura Vesty	394	12.9
Majority
Turnout			3,054
	Labour hold		Swing

Wainbody[]

Wainbody

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Sawdon	1,666	47.8
	Labour	Abdul Jobbar	919	26.4
	Green	Becky Finlayson	381	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Morshead	312	9.0
	UKIP	Joshua Gregory-Salter	207	5.9
Majority
Turnout			3,485
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westwood[]

Westwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Lapsa	1,429	41.1
	Labour	Dave Toulson	1,128	32.5
	UKIP	Stephen Arnold	490	14.1
	Green	Jess Marshall	429	12.3
Majority
Turnout			3,476
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whoberley[]

Whoberley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pervez Akhtar	1,577	45.3
	Conservative	Steve Keough	729	20.9
	Green	Anne Patterson	727	20.9
	UKIP	Kate Harper	451	12.9
Majority
Turnout			3,484
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodlands[]

Woodlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Male	1,854	48.1
	Labour	Nobby Clarke	1,158	30.0
	UKIP	Bradley Alcock	463	12.0
	Green	Sudhir Sard	382	9.9
Majority
Turnout			3,857
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyken[]

Wyken

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Sweet	1,425	45.3
	Conservative	Asha Masih	765	24.3
	UKIP	Michelle Reid	573	18.2
	Green	Chrissie Brown	385	12.2
Majority
Turnout			3,148
	Labour hold		Swing

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