Coventry City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time.

Coventry City Council Coventry City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Coventry in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. The city is divided up into 18 Wards each with three councillors. Coventry ...

is the local authority for the

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Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...

in the

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, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54

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s have been elected from 18 wards.

Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Coventry was a

county borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent ter ...

, independent of any county council. Under the

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it had its territory enlarged and became a

, with

West Midlands County Council West Midlands County Council (WMCC) was, from 1974 to 1986, the upper-tier administrative body for the West Midlands county, a metropolitan county in England. History The WMCC existed for a total of twelve years. It was established on 1 April 1 ...

providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. West Midlands County Council was abolished in 1986 and Coventry became a

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. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The role of Lord Mayor of Coventry is largely ceremonial, with political leadership provided by the

leader of the council In England, local authorities are required to adopt one of three types of executive arrangements, having either an "elected mayor and cabinet", a "leader and cabinet", or a "committee system". The type of arrangement used determines how decisions ...

. The leaders since 1974 have been:

Council elections

* 1998 Coventry City Council election * 1999 Coventry City Council election * 2000 Coventry City Council election *

2002 Coventry City Council election The 2002 Coventry City Council election to the Coventry City Council was held on 3 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party retained overall control of the council. Election result Council Compositi ...

* 2003 Coventry City Council election *

2004 Coventry City Council election Elections to Coventry City Council were held in June 2004. Due to boundary changes, the entire council was up for election. The council remained with no overall control, but the Conservatives became the largest party. After the election, the co ...

(whole council elected after boundary changes took place) * 2006 Coventry City Council election *

2007 Coventry City Council election Elections for Coventry City Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2007. As the council is elected by thirds, one seat in each of the wards was up for election. The Labour Party gained two seats (Foleshill and Wyken) from the Conservative Party ...

* 2008 Coventry City Council election * 2010 Coventry City Council election * 2011 Coventry City Council election * 2012 Coventry City Council election * 2015 Coventry City Council election * 2016 Coventry City Council election * 2018 Coventry City Council election * 2019 Coventry City Council election *

2021 Coventry City Council election The 2021 Coventry City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, including the West Midlands mayoral election. One-third of the council's se ...

* 2022 Coventry City Council election

Borough result maps

File:Coventry UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map File:Coventry UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Coventry UK ward map 2008 (results).svg, 2008 results map File:Coventry UK ward map 2010 (results).svg, 2010 results map File:Coventry UK ward map 2011 (results).svg, 2011 results map File:Coventry UK local election 2018 map.svg, 2018 results map File:Coventry UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

1997-2001

2001-2005

2006-2011

2016–2021

2022–2026

References

By-election results

External links

Coventry City Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Elections in Coventry Local government in Coventry Council elections in the West Midlands (county)