2022 Coventry City Council election

2022 local election in Coventry

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5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)

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18 out of 54 seats to Coventry City Council
28 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	George Duggins	Gary Ridley	N/A
Party	Labour	Conservative	Green
Last election	39 seats, 43.6%	15 seats, 33.4%	0 seats, 8.6%
Seats before	39	15	0
Seats won	13	4	1
Seats after	39	14	1
Seat change		1	1
Popular vote	31,794	17,362	6,178
Percentage	47.9%	29.3%	10.4%
Swing	4.5%	4.1%	1.8%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 Coventry City Council election

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2022 Coventry City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 18 out of 54 — on Coventry City Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 39 seats after the election. The Conservative Party held the remaining 15 seats.

Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Coventry was a district of the West Midlands metropolitan county. The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The West Midlands Combined Authority was created in 2016 and began electing the mayor of the West Midlands from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former West Midlands metropolitan county.

Coventry Council has variously been under Labour control, Conservative control and no overall control since it was established. Labour most recently gained control of the council in the 2010 election, when they gained six seats at the expense of the Conservatives and Socialist Alternative. Labour continued to make gains to consolidate its majority on the council in the 2011 and 2012 elections, since when the party's position has remained stable. In the 2021 Coventry City Council election, Labour won 13 of the seats up for election with 43.6% of the vote, while the Conservatives won the remaining six with 33.4% of the vote. The Green Party received 8.6% of the vote but won no seats. Labour maintained its majority on the council.

Positions up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour won thirteen seats and the Conservatives won five seats.

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards being represented by three councillors, with one councillor elected in each ward each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Coventry aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election. People voting in this election in Coventry only vote for a councillor in the ward they reside.

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	39		Labour	39
	Conservative	15		Conservative	15

Results summary

2022 Coventry City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13		72.2	26	39	72.2	31,794	48.1
	Conservative	4	1	22.2	10	14	25.9	20,104	30.3
	Green	1	1	5.6	0	1	1.9	6,630	10.0
	Coventry Citizens	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,837	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,746	3.2
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,086	2.6
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,086	1.6
	ADF	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	113	0.2	N/A

Wards

Bablake

Bablake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jaswant Singh Birdi	2,074	50.0	+14.7
	Labour	George Walker	1,391	33.5	+5.5
	Green	Niall Webb	290	7.0	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Spence	200	4.8	+3.2
	Coventry Citizens	Tony Middleton	195	4.7	+1.9
Turnout			4,150
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.6

Bablake Seats Before the 2022 Election
Party	Councillor
Conservative	Jaswant Singh Birdi	Outgoing
Conservative	Tarlochan Singh Jandu	2019-Incumbent
Conservative	Steven Keough	2021-Incumbent

Binley and Willenhall

Binley and Willenhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mutton	1,355	41.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Amarjit Singh Khangura	949	28.9	−1.6
	Coventry Citizens	Paul Nichalos Cowley	635	19.3	−2.1
	Green	Chrissie Lynn Brown	232	7.1	+1.5
	ADF	Marianne Angela Fitzgerald	113	3.4	N/A
Turnout			3,284
	Labour hold		Swing	2.8

Binley and Willenhall Seats Before the 2022 Election
Party	Councillor
Labour	John Mutton	Outgoing
Labour	Ram Parkash Lakha	2019-Incumbent
Labour	Christine Elizabeth Thomas	2021-Incumbent

Cheylesmore

Cheylesmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Maurice James Bailey	1,848	47.0	±0.0
	Labour	Ami Kaur	1,526	38.8	+3.1
	Green	John Verdult	222	5.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Caroline Grainger	193	4.9	−0.1
	Coventry Citizens	Sian Jones	82	2.1	−0.8
	TUSC	Judy Griffiths	61	1.6	±0.0
Turnout			3,932
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Cheylesmore Seats Before the 2022 Election
Party	Councillor
Conservative	Roger Bailey	Outgoing
Labour	Richard Brown	2019-Incumbent
Conservative	Barbara Mosterman	2021-Incumbent

Earlsdon

Earlsdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kindy Sandhu	2,806	53.0	+9.4
	Conservative	Zaid Rehman	1,537	29.0	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Richmond	469	8.9	−0.9
	Green	John David Campbell Finlayson	250	4.7	−1.4
	Coventry Citizens	Cameron Ewart Baxter	181	3.4	−0.8
	TUSC	Adam Joachim Harmsworth	48	0.9	±0.0
Turnout			5,291
	Labour hold		Swing	8.0

Earlsdon Seats Before the 2022 Election
Party	Councillor
Labour	Kindy Sandhu	Outgoing
Labour	Becky Gittins	2019-Incumbent
Labour	Antony Tucker	2021-Incumbent

Foleshill

Foleshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tariq Khan	1,806	46.0	+0.4
	Independent	Zia Ahmed Khan	1,746	44.5	+9.8
	Conservative	Raja Reddy Meesala	373	9.5	−0.4
Turnout			3,925
	Labour hold		Swing	4.7

Foleshill Seats Before the 2022 Election
Party	Councillor
Labour	Tariq Khan	Outgoing
Labour	Abdul Salam Khan	2019-Incumbent
Labour	Shakila Nazir	2021-Incumbent

Henley

Henley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Maton	1,865	54.8	−1.3
	Conservative	Kenneth John Taylor	960	28.2	−0.8
	Green	Cathy Wattebot	296	8.7	+3.2
	Coventry Citizens	Charlie Ann Wilson	219	6.4	+2.3
	TUSC	Aidan Spencer O'Toole	63	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			3,403
	Labour hold		Swing	0.3

Henley Seats Before the 2022 Election
Party	Councillor
Labour	Kevin Maton	Outgoing
Labour	Patricia Seaman	2019-Incumbent
Labour	Ed Ruane	2021-Incumbent

Holbrook

Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Stephen Robert George Gray	2,105	51.3	+16.3
	Labour	Raj Dhaliwal	1,611	39.3	−3.7
	Conservative	Zeeshan Qazi	290	7.1	−9.4
	Coventry Citizens	Alan Benjamin Gavin	64	1.6	−2.5
	TUSC	Jim Hensman	31	0.8	N/A
Turnout			4,101
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	10.0

Longford

Longford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsley Harvard	1,982	60.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Diane Sylvia Crookes	645	19.8	−2.2
	Green	Karl Aldred	295	9.1	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jaspal Singh Bahara	181	5.6	+1.7
	Coventry Citizens	Nicola Spalding	151	4.6	+1.0
Turnout			3,254
	Labour hold		Swing	3.1

Lower Stoke

Lower Stoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rupinder Singh	2,274	59.5	+6.5
	Conservative	Michael Arthur Ballinger	810	21.2	−6.8
	Green	Esther Mary Reeves	400	10.5	+1.5
	Coventry Citizens	Danielle Stringfellow	211	5.5	+1.5
	TUSC	John Patrick O'Sullivan	130	3.4	+1.1
Turnout			3,825
	Labour hold		Swing	6.7

Radford

Radford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Maria Hetherton	1,807	61.1	+7.0
	Conservative	Laura Frances Ridley	600	20.3	−4.2
	Green	Julie Ann Spriddle	261	8.8	±0.0
	Coventry Citizens	Irena Bosworth	175	5.9	+0.4
	TUSC	Dave Anderson	114	3.9	+0.3
Turnout			3,957
	Labour hold		Swing

Sherbourne

Sherbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seamus Walsh	1,455	39.9	+0.1
	Conservative	Jackie Gardiner	1,420	38.9	−3.3
	Green	George Teggin	336	9.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nukey Proctor	176	4.8	+0.3
	TUSC	Jane Elizabeth Nellist	159	4.4	+2.9
	Coventry Citizens	Marcus Luke Paris Fogden	100	2.7	−0.7
Turnout			3,646
	Labour hold		Swing	1.7

St. Michaels

St. Michaels
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Stuart Welsh	1,898	69.8	+3.2
	Conservative	Mary Taylor	270	9.9	−2.7
	TUSC	Dave Nellist	257	9.4	+0.4
	Green	David Neil Priestley	181	6.7	+1.3
	Coventry Citizens	Karen Wilson	114	4.2	+0.9
Turnout			2,720
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

Upper Stoke

Upper Stoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurdev Singh Hayre	1,696	57.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Gurdeep Singh Sohal	582	19.7	−6.3
	Green	Laura Katherine Vesty	357	12.1	+3.8
	Coventry Citizens	Gary Ronald Cooper	226	7.7	+2.8
	TUSC	Terri-Jay Hersey	87	3.0	+1.2
Turnout			2,948
	Labour hold		Swing	5.0

Wainbody

Wainbody
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mattie Heaven	2,105	53.7	−1.9
	Labour	Arthur Des	1,315	33.5	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Frederick Morshead	214	5.5	+0.6
	Green	Becky Finlayson	198	5.0	−2.1
	Coventry Citizens	Adam Jack Hancock	89	2.3	+0.2
Turnout			3,921
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.6

Westwood

Westwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Jobbar	1,533	42.3	+8.7
	Conservative	Manjeet Rai	1,431	39.5	−4.7
	Green	Jessica Mary Marshall	350	9.7	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Simpson	235	6.5	+1.9
	TUSC	Jim Donnelly	76	2.1	−0.4
Turnout			3,625
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	6.7

Whoberley

Whoberley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Bally Singh	2,390	61.5	+14.0
	Conservative	Stephen James Smith	911	23.5	−8.6
	Green	Anne Patterson	303	7.8	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Russell David Field	172	4.4	−0.4
	Coventry Citizens	Nate Lewis	108	2.8	−0.6
Turnout			3,884
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	11.3

Woodlands

Woodlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia Lepoidevin	2,142	51.0	−6.8
	Labour Co-op	Lynnette Catherine Kelly	1,449	34.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark James Perryman	290	6.9	+1.6
	Green	Lesley Clare Sim	191	4.5	+1.3
	Coventry Citizens	Thomas Watts	67	1.6	−0.7
	TUSC	Sarah Stephanie Davis	60	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			4,199
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.5

Wyken

Wyken
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faye Abbott	1,635	48.4	+7.4
	Conservative	Myooran Sri	1,157	34.3	−1.2
	Green	Russell Berry	363	10.8	+1.3
	Coventry Citizens	Lorna Kareen Williams	220	6.5	+1.2
Turnout			3,375
	Labour hold		Swing	4.3

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