Constituency view

Coventry East

West Midlands, England

Lab hold

Current MP

Current representation

Mary Creagh

Labour

Female

Majority11,623

Turnout48.8%

Electorate75,773

Valid votes37,014

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour18,308 - 49.5%

Reform6,685 - 18.1%

Conservative6,240 - 16.9%

Green2,730 - 7.4%

Other1,824 - 4.9%

Lib Dem1,227 - 3.3%

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Benefits bill · 2025/26

£401,125,408

Estimated yearly spend on the six main working-age and disability benefits paid to residents of this constituency.

£3,201 total benefits bill per resident · 42% above average

Coventry East: £3,201
England and Wales average: £2,259

Ranked 62 of 575 constituencies (1 = highest)

Total benefits bill	£401,125,408	48/575
Change over 2 years	+18.3%
Median local wage (2025)	£38,560	+10.5%

Universal Credit£244,744,763
£1,953 per resident · 20,236 households claiming
Assessed LCWRA: 6,673 · 1 in 12 working-age adults
Personal Independence Payment£81,750,755
£652 per resident · 10,673 claimants (+12.9% since Jul 2024)
Psychiatric conditions: 4,155 · 39% of claimants
Enhanced mobility (Motability-eligible): 6,055
Housing Benefit£29,411,751
£235 per resident · 3,088 claimants
Disability Living Allowance£21,962,331
£175 per resident · 3,683 claimants
Carer's Allowance£12,338,825
£98 per resident · 2,849 claimants
Employment Support Allowance£10,916,983
£87 per resident · 1,705 claimants

Ranks are out of England and Wales constituencies, highest first. Source: TaxPayers' Alliance, benefitsdata.uk (estimated from DWP Stat-Xplore claimant counts). England and Wales only. See this seat on benefitsdata.uk ↗

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 61.2%White British 50.4%Asian 20.6%Black, African or Caribbean 10.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.6%Other 3.9%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011

White 68.3%White British 61.6%Asian 19.5%Black, African or Caribbean 7.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3.0%Other 1.9%

England & Wales (2011)

White 86.0%White British 80.5%Asian 7.5%Black, African or Caribbean 3.3%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.2%Other 1.0%

2001

White 79.2%White British 74.5%Asian 16.0%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.1%Other 0.5%

England & Wales (2001)

White 91.3%White British 87.5%Asian 4.8%Black, African or Caribbean 2.2%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1.3%Other 0.4%

1991

White 82.4%White British N/AAsian 14.9%Black, African or Caribbean 2.1%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.7%

England & Wales (1991)

White 94.1%White British N/AAsian 3.6%Black, African or Caribbean 1.8%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.0%Other 0.6%

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

2011 values are reaggregated from 2011 Output Areas onto 2024 boundaries.

2001 values are reaggregated from 2001 LSOAs onto 2024 boundaries.

1991 values are reaggregated from 1997 parliamentary constituencies onto 2024 boundaries.

Country of birth

Coventry East (2021)

UK 69.4%Other EU 11.1%Other countries 19.4%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

Coventry East (2011)

UK 76.7%Other EU 4.7%Other countries 18.6%

England & Wales (2011)

UK 86.6%Other EU 3.6%Other countries 9.8%

Coventry East (2001)

UK 85.8%Other EU 0.8%Other countries 13.4%

England & Wales (2001)

UK 91.1%Other EU 1.4%Other countries 7.5%

Coventry East (1991)

UK 86.4%Other EU 4.3%Other countries 9.3%

England & Wales (1991)

UK 92.7%Other EU 2.5%Other countries 4.8%

1991 country of birth data uses the 1991 census's Commonwealth-based classification. Ireland and EU countries are not separately broken out. Regional figures are approximations.

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Coventry East

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Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Coventry East	National	Difference	Rank
% White	61.2%	83.0%	-21.9pp	580/650
% White British	50.4%	74.4%	-24.0pp	548/632
% Asian	20.6%	8.6%	+12.0pp	58/650
% Black, African or Caribbean	10.7%	3.7%	+7.0pp	56/650
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	3.6%	2.7%	+0.9pp	152/650
% Other ethnic group	3.9%	2.0%	+1.9pp	87/650
% UK-born	69.4%	84.0%	-14.5pp	569/650
% Non-UK-born	30.6%	16.0%	+14.5pp	82/650
% Other EU-born	11.1%	6.0%	+5.2pp	63/650
% Other countries-born	19.4%	10.1%	+9.4pp	89/650
% Christian	44.5%	46.7%	-2.2pp	397/575
% Muslim	13.0%	6.3%	+6.7pp	80/575
% Hindu	3.6%	1.6%	+2.0pp	51/575
% Sikh	5.6%	0.9%	+4.8pp	16/575
% Jewish	0.1%	0.5%	-0.4pp	361/575
% Buddhist	0.2%	0.4%	-0.2pp	478/575
% Other religion	0.5%	0.6%	-0.0pp	216/575
% No religion	27.1%	37.0%	-9.9pp	514/575
% Religion not stated	5.3%	6.0%	-0.7pp	456/575
% Has any religion	67.6%	57.0%	+10.6pp	64/575

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Coventry East

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.