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Coventry South — 2015

Jim Cunningham (Labour Party) was elected with 18,472 votes— 42.3% of 43,699 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,699

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Jim Cunningham Labour Party 18,472−7.7 ptsElected
2Gary Ridley Conservative Party 15,284—
3Mark Taylor UK Independence Party 5,709—
4Greg Judge Liberal Democrats 1,779—
5Ben Gallaher Green Party 1,719—
6Judy Griffiths Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 650—
7Chris Rooney Mainstream 86—

Electorate 70,397 · Turnout 62.1% · Majority 3,188 · Back to 2015 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.