[2] The current MP is Mary Creagh of the Labour Party; she previously represented Wakefield from 2005 to 2019.

Accordingly, the area was included in the Schedule to the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 as abnormally large constituencies to be divided by the Boundary Commission before the first post-war general election.

[6] A new Boundary Commission review began in 1965 by which time Coventry's electorate had increased and the city was allocated four seats; they were named after the ordinal points of the compass.

The recommendations of the Commission came into effect at the February 1974 general election, at which point Coventry East ceased to exist as a Parliamentary constituency.

This coincided with Richard Crossman's retirement from parliament; he died of liver cancer two months after the election.