Coventry was a borough constituency  which was represented in the House of Commons of England

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 and its successors, the House of Commons of Great Britain

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 and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Centred on the City of Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

 in Warwickshire

Warwickshire

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, it returned two Members of Parliament

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 (MPs) from 1295 until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

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, when its representation was reduced to one. The Coventry constituency was abolished for the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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, when it was split into two new constituencies: Coventry East

Coventry East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry East was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...

 and Coventry West

Coventry West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coventry West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...

.

Elections were held using the bloc vote

Plurality-at-large voting

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 system when electing two MPs (until 1885), and then first-past-the-post

First-past-the-post

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 to elect one MP thereafter.

MPs before 1660

Parliament	First member	Second member
1295	Anketil de Coleshull	Richard de Weston
1298	Robert Russell	Robert Kelle
1301	Thomas Ballard	Lawrence de Schepey
1302	Ralph Tewe	John Russell
1305	Henry Bagot	Peter Baron
1306	Alexander de Moubray and Henry Bagot
1315	Richard de Spicer	John de Langley
1346	John de Percy	Nicholas de Hunt
1353	Nicholas Michel	Richard de Stoke
1354–1449	No representation
1450	Thomas Lyttelton	?
1453	William Elton	?
1460	Henry Butler	Richard Braytoft
1467	Henry Butler	Richard Braytoft
1472	Henry Butler	John Wildegryse
1478	Henry Butler	John Wildegryse
1485	Sir Robert Onley
1491	Richard Cook	John Smith
1495	Henry Marlar
1510-1515	No names known
1523	Ralph Swyllyngton	Richard Marlar
1529	Roger Wigston	John Bond
1536	?Roger Wigston	?
1539	Roger Wigston	Baldwin Porter
1542	Roger Wigston, died and replaced Jan 1544 by Edward Saunders	Henry Over alias Waver
1545	Christopher Warren	Henry Porter
1547	Christopher Warren	Henry Porter
1553 (Mar)	James Rogers	John Talonts
1553 (Oct)	John Nethermill	Thomas Bond
1554 (Apr)	Thomas Keyvet	Edward Davenport
1554 (Nov)	John Throckmorton John Throckmorton Sir John Throckmorton was a lawyer and member of the English Parliament during the reign of Queen Mary I. He was also a witness to Queen Mary's will.-Biography:...	John Harford
1555	John Throckmorton John Throckmorton Sir John Throckmorton was a lawyer and member of the English Parliament during the reign of Queen Mary I. He was also a witness to Queen Mary's will.-Biography:...	Henry Porter
1558	John Throckmorton John Throckmorton Sir John Throckmorton was a lawyer and member of the English Parliament during the reign of Queen Mary I. He was also a witness to Queen Mary's will.-Biography:...	John Talonts
1558/1559	John Throckmorton John Throckmorton Sir John Throckmorton was a lawyer and member of the English Parliament during the reign of Queen Mary I. He was also a witness to Queen Mary's will.-Biography:...	John Nethermill
1562/1563	Thomas Dudley	Richard Grafton Richard Grafton Richard Grafton , was King's Printer under Henry VIII and Edward VI. He was a member of the Grocers' Company and MP for Coventry elected 1562-63.-Under Henry VIII:...
1571	Henry Goodere	Edmund Brownell
1572	Edmund Brownell, died and replaced Apr 1573 by Bartholemew Tate	Thomas Wight
1584 (Oct)	Edward Boughton	Thomas Wight
1586	Thomas Saunders	Henry Breres
1588 (Oct)	Thomas Saunders	Henry Breres
1593	Thomas Saunders	John Myles
1597 (Sep)	Henry Kervyn	Thomas Saunders
1601 (Oct)	Henry Breres	Thomas Saunders
1604	Henry Breres	John Rogerson, taken ill and replaced by Sir John Harington
1614	Sir Robert Coke	Sampson Hopkins
1621	Sampson Hopkins	Henry Sewall
1624	Sir Edward Coke	Henry Harwell
1626	Henry Harwell	Isaac Walden
1628	William Purefoy William Purefoy William Purefoy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England....  of Caldecote	Richard Green of Wyken
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640 (Apr)	William Jesson William Jesson William Jesson was an English dyer and politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648....	Simon Norton Simon Norton (MP) Simon Norton was an English dyer politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1641....
1640 (Nov)	Simon Norton Simon Norton (MP) Simon Norton was an English dyer politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1641.... , died 1641 and replaced by William Jesson William Jesson William Jesson was an English dyer and politician who was active in local government in Coventry and sat in the House of Commons between 1640 and 1648....	John Barker ( excluded in 1648 in Pride's Purge
1649	John Barker (readmitted 1649)	(one seat only)
1653	Coventry not represented in the Barebones Parliament
1654	William Purefoy William Purefoy William Purefoy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England....	Robert Beake Robert Beake Robert Beake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1679. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1656	William Purefoy William Purefoy William Purefoy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England....	Robert Beake Robert Beake Robert Beake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1679. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1659	William Purefoy William Purefoy William Purefoy was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1628 and 1659. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War and was one of the regicides of King Charles I of England....	Robert Beake Robert Beake Robert Beake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1679. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....

MPs 1660–1885

Year	|2nd Member	2nd Party
1660, March		Richard Hopkins Richard Hopkins (died 1682) Sir Richard Hopkins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Hopkins was the son of Sampson Hopkins, mayor and MP for Coventry, and his wife Jane. He was callled to the bar and became serjeant-at-law...			Robert Beake Robert Beake Robert Beake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1679. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1660, August					William Jesson
1661		Sir Clement Fisher, Bt			Thomas Flynt
1670					Richard Hopkins Richard Hopkins (died 1708) Richard Hopkins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1670 and 1701. He was an active opponent of King James II and a promoter of the Glorious Revolution....
1679, Feb		Robert Beake Robert Beake Robert Beake was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1679. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War....
1679, August		John Stratford
1685		Sir Roger Cave, Bt Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet Sir Roger Cave, 2nd Baronet was an English politician and baronet.-Life:Roger Cave was the oldest son of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet and his second wife Hon. Penelope Wenman, daughter of Thomas Wenman, 2nd Viscount Wenman. In 1671, he succeeded his father as baronet. He was educated at Christ's...			Sir Thomas Norton Sir Thomas Norton, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Norton, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689.Norton was the son of Simon Norton, dyer of Coventry, and his wife Prudence Jesson, daughter of John Jesson. He was created baronet of Coventry on 23 July 1661.In 1685, Norton was elected...
1689					John Stratford
1690		Richard Hopkins Richard Hopkins (died 1708) Richard Hopkins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1670 and 1701. He was an active opponent of King James II and a promoter of the Glorious Revolution....
1695		George Bohun			Thomas Gery
1698		Sir Christopher Hales, Bt			Richard Hopkins Richard Hopkins (died 1708) Richard Hopkins was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1670 and 1701. He was an active opponent of King James II and a promoter of the Glorious Revolution....
1701, Jan					Thomas Hopkins
1701, Dec					Edward Hopkins
1702					Thomas Gery
1707		Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bt Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet was a British baronet and Whig politician.-Background:He was the oldest son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Cave, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, 1st Baronet. His sister Penelope was married to Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington...			Edward Hopkins
1710, Oct		Robert Craven			Thomas Gery
1710, Dec		Clobery Bromley
1711		Sir Christopher Hales, Bt
1713					Sir Fulwar Skipwith, Bt
1715		(Sir) Adolphus Oughton Sir Adolphus Oughton, 1st Baronet Sir Adolphus Oughton, 1st Baronet , was a British politician.Oughton was the son of Adolphus Oughton and Mary Samwell, daughter of Richard Samwell, of Upton, Northamptonshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Coventry between 1715 and 1736...			Sir Thomas Samwell, Bt Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Samwell, 2nd Baronet Samwell was a Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1715 to 1722. He is the son of Sir Thomas Samwell, 1st Baronet....
1722					John Neale
1734					John Bird
1737, Feb		John Neale
1737, Apr					Earl of Euston
1741		William Grove
1747, Jun					Viscount Petersham William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington General William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington was a British politician and soldier.The son of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, he took up a military career and joined the Foot Guards in 1741, and was also returned for Aylesbury...
1747, Dec					Samuel Greathead
1761		James Hewitt James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford James Hewitt, 1st Viscount Lifford was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1767 to 1789.-Background:...			Hon. Andrew Archer Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer , styled The Honourable Andrew Archer between 1747 and 1768, was a British peer and Whig politician....
1766		Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway Lord Henry Seymour-Conway Lord Henry Seymour was a British politician, the second son of Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford. He was known as Hon...
1768					Sir Richard Glyn, Bt Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet was a British banker and politician.Together with Joseph Vere and Thomas Hallifax he founded the bank of Vere, Glyn & Hallifax, which evolved into Williams & Glyn's Bank....
1773					Walter Waring
1774		Edward Roe Yeo
1780, Feb					John Baker Holroyd John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield was an English politician who came from a Yorkshire family, a branch of which had settled in the Kingdom of Ireland.- Biography :...
1780, Oct	Election abandoned due to rioting; both seats vacant
1780, Dec		Sir Thomas Hallifax			Thomas Rogers
1781		Edward Roe Yeo			The Lord Sheffield John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield John Baker-Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield was an English politician who came from a Yorkshire family, a branch of which had settled in the Kingdom of Ireland.- Biography :...
1783		Hon. William Seymour-Conway
1784		Sir Sampson Gideon, Bt Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley Sampson Eardley, 1st Baron Eardley , known as Sampson Gideon until 1789, was the son of another Sampson Gideon , a Jewish banker in the City of London who advised the British government in the 1740s and 1750s.He served as Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire from 1770 to 1780, Midhurst from 1780...			John Eardley Wilmot
1796		William Wilberforce Bird			Nathaniel Jeffreys
1802		Francis William Barlow
1803					Peter Moore
1805		William Mills
1812		Joseph Butterworth
1818		Edward Ellice Edward Ellice (merchant) Edward Ellice the Elder , known in his time as the "Bear", was a British merchant and politician. He was a Director of the Hudson's Bay Company and a prime mover behind the Reform Bill of 1832....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1826		Richard Edensor Heathcote Richard Edensor Heathcote Richard Edensor Heathcote was a British industrialist. Born the son of Sir John Edensor Heathcote of Longton Hall. He was elected the Member of Parliament for Coventry in 1826 and rebuilt Apedale Hall, near Newcastle, in Staffordshire, at about the same time. He died in Genova, Italy, in 1850...			Thomas Bilcliffe Fyler
1830		Edward Ellice Edward Ellice (merchant) Edward Ellice the Elder , known in his time as the "Bear", was a British merchant and politician. He was a Director of the Hudson's Bay Company and a prime mover behind the Reform Bill of 1832....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1831					Henry Bulwer Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer GCB, PC was a British Liberal politician, diplomat and writer.-Background and education:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1835 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...					William Williams	Radical Radicals (UK) The Radicals were a parliamentary political grouping in the United Kingdom in the early to mid 19th century, who drew on earlier ideas of radicalism and helped to transform the Whigs into the Liberal Party.-Background:...
1847 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					George James Turner	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1851					Charles Geach	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1854					Sir Joseph Paxton Joseph Paxton Sir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener and architect, best known for designing The Crystal Palace.-Early life:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1863		Morgan Treherne	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...					Henry Eaton Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore was a British businessman and Conservative politician.The son of Henry Eaton, he was head of William Eaton & Sons, China-silk brokers. He was also Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1865 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1887...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1867		Henry Jackson Sir Henry Jackson, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd Baronet, KC, DL was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1867 to 1868, and from 1874 to 1881, when he became a High Court judge.-Early life:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1868, March		Samuel Carter	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1868, November United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...		Alexander Staveley Hill Alexander Staveley Hill Alexander Staveley Hill DL was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament from 1868 to 1900 representing Coventry, Staffordshire West and Kingswinford....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1874 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Sir Henry Jackson, Bt Sir Henry Jackson, 2nd Baronet Sir Henry Mather Jackson, 2nd Baronet, KC, DL was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1867 to 1868, and from 1874 to 1881, when he became a High Court judge.-Early life:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...					William Wills William Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke William Henry Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke , known as Sir William Wills, Bt, between 1893 and 1906, was a British businessman, philanthropist and Liberal politician.-Background:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1881		Henry Eaton Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore was a British businessman and Conservative politician.The son of Henry Eaton, he was head of William Eaton & Sons, China-silk brokers. He was also Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1865 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1887...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1885 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...	representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1945

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Henry Eaton Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore was a British businessman and Conservative politician.The son of Henry Eaton, he was head of William Eaton & Sons, China-silk brokers. He was also Member of Parliament for Coventry from 1865 to 1880, and from 1885 to 1887...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1887 by-election	William Henry Walter Ballantine	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...	Charles James Murray Charles James Murray Charles James Murray was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat. He was the son of Charles Augustus Murray, and was elected as a Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1880, a position he resigned in 1883. He was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry in 1895 until his defeat at...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Alfred Edward Woodley Mason	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	Jan 1910	John Kenneth Foster John Kenneth Foster John Kenneth Foster was a British Conservative Party politician.He was MP for Coventry in 1910. Like a few Conservatives, he took the seat in the first general election of January that year, but lost it in December 1910....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	Dec 1910	David Marshall Mason David Marshall Mason David Marshall Mason was a Scottish Liberal, later Liberal National politician, banker and businessman.-Family and Education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Edward Manville	Coalition Conservative
	1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...	Albert Arthur Purcell	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924 - Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...	Philip Noel-Baker Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker by Philip Noel-Baker with other authorsby others* Lloyd, Lorna: Philip Noel-Baker and the Peace Through Law in -External links:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
	1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...	William Strickland William Frederick Strickland Captain William Frederick Strickland was a Member of Parliament representing Coventry, from 1931 to 1945.- External links :...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...		constituency abolished: see Coventry East Coventry East (UK Parliament constituency) Coventry East was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...  & Coventry West Coventry West (UK Parliament constituency) Coventry West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...