St. Michael's is an electoral ward in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The ward's population is 21,700 (2010). In 2001, its population was 56% White British and 23% Asian or Asian British, many of whom were Bangladeshi. The ward includes many students, and 20- to 24-year-olds make up over 20% of the population.[1] The ward population had increased to 24,119 at the 2011 Census.[2]
According to the city's 2007 Index of Deprivation, St. Michael's is the second most deprived ward of the city. While the average household income in Coventry was £31,697 in 2008, it was £25,372 in St. Michael's, making it the second poorest ward, though it grew by 24.5% since 2005, which is a more rapid pace of growth than that of the Coventry average (14.5%). Similarly, the crime rate in St. Michael's was slightly over three times as high as that of Coventry as a whole in 2007, but it had fallen by 34% since 2004/'05, when it was over four times as high. The unemployment rate in the ward was 4.6% in September 2008, when that of Coventry as a whole was 3.6%, but in 2001 unemployment in St. Michael's was still twice as high as in Coventry overall (6.2% vs. 3.0%). That change may however also be due to boundary changes in 2004.[1]
Currently, the ward contains the city centre of Coventry, including St. Michael's Cathedral and the neighbourhoods of Charterhouse and Hillfields. Hillfields is undergoing large-scale changes, which encompass the demolition of Coventry City's Highfield Road stadium and what the Coventry City Council describes as "the biggest single regeneration project in Coventry".[3]
St. Michael's Ward is represented by three Labour Councillors. They are Naeem Akhtar (term of office: 2016–2021), Jim O'Boyle (2019–2023) and Sandija Jobbar (2024).[4]
2024 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sandija Jobbar | 899 | 49% | −21% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 327 | 18% | +9% | |
| Workers Party | Ejaz Janjua | 212 | 12% | +12% | |
| Conservative | Mehmet Yetkin | 145 | 8% | −2% | |
| Green | Thomas James Jewell | 96 | 5% | +1% | |
| Coventry Citizens Party | Karen Wilson | 94 | 5% | +1% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robyn Clare Simpson | 57 | 3% | ||
| Turnout | 1,830 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2022 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Stuart Welsh | 1,898 | 70% | +3% | |
| Conservative | Mary Taylor | 270 | 10% | −3% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 257 | 9% | ||
| Green | David Neil Priestley | 181 | 7% | +2% | |
| Coventry Citizens Party | Karen Wilson | 114 | 4% | +1% | |
| Turnout | 2,720 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2021 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Naeem Akhtar | 2,028 | 67% | −2% | |
| Conservative | Daniel James Partington | 385 | 13% | +4% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 274 | 9% | −6% | |
| Green | Allan John Aspinall | 166 | 5% | −2% | |
| Coventry Citizens Party | Karen Wilson | 100 | 3% | ||
| Liberal Democrat | Benoit David Jones | 94 | 3% | ||
| Turnout | 3,047 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2019 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim O'Boyle | 1,765 | 69% | +2.9% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 396 | 15% | +8% | |
| Conservative | Mary Taylor | 224 | 9% | +3% | |
| Green | Joe McAvoy-Boss | 190 | 7% | +4% | |
| Turnout | 2,575 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2018 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Stuart Welsh | 1,952 | 66.1% | +24.1% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 350 | 7% | −12.8% | |
| Conservative | Mark Andrew Lerigo | 275 | 6% | −2.5% | |
| Green | Aimee Challenor | 146 | 3% | −2.5% | |
| Turnout | 4.675 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2016 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Naeem Akhtar | 3,158 | 66.1% | +8.3% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 635 | 19.8% | +3.5% | |
| Conservative | Christopher Michael Noonan | 274 | 8.5% | −3.5% | |
| Green | Aimee Challenor | 178 | 5.5% | −0.9% | |
| Turnout | 3,209 | 24.91% | −20.83% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2015 election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim O'Boyle | 3,158 | 57.8% | +0.7% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 894 | 16.3% | −13.4% | |
| Conservative | Jennifer Clare Wells | 656 | 12.0% | +4.0% | |
| UKIP | Wayne Geoffrey Newman | 408 | 7.5% | ||
| Green | Tristan Hamish Mackrory | 352 | 6.4% | +1.1% | |
| Turnout | 5,468 | 45.74% | +23.43% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2014 election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Welsh | 1,872 | 57.1% | +7.7% | |
| TUSC | Dave Nellist | 974 | 29.7% | ||
| Conservative | Maharshi Shrimali | 261 | 8.0% | +0.8% | |
| Green | Scott Redding | 174 | 5.3% | ||
| Turnout | 3,281 | 22.31% | +1.12% | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Naeem Akhtar | 1673 | 49.4% | ||
| Socialist Alternative | Dave Nellist | 1,469 | 43.4% | ||
| Conservative | Christian Michael Cliffe | 243 | 7.2% | ||
| Turnout | 3,385 | 21.19% | |||
| Labour gain from Socialist Alternative | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b Coventry ward profile: St. Michael's
- ^ "Coventry ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Coventry City Council: About St Michael's Ward
- ^ a b "Election results for St Michael's Local - St Michael`s By-Election - Thursday, 10th October, 2024"
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- ^ "Coventry City Council elections - St Michael's Ward - Labour hold". Coventry City Council. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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