title: Coventry West (UK Parliament constituency)
text: # Coventry West (UK Parliament constituency)
  
  Coventry West was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Coventry in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
  
  ## History
  
  The constituency was created for the 1945 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
  
  ## Boundaries
  
  The County Borough of Coventry wards of Bablake, Cheylesmore, Earlsdon, Greyfriars, Radford, and Westwood.
  
  ## Members of Parliament
  
  | Election | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1945 | Maurice Edelman | Labour |
  | 1950 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |
  
  ## Election results
  
  General election 1945: Coventry West :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Maurice Edelman | 38,249 | 62.2 | |
  | | Conservative | William Strickland | 23,236 | 37.8 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,013 | 24.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,485 | 66.1 | |
  | | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
  