James Cunningham

James Cunningham

Constituency

Coventry South

Party

Labour

Address as

Mr Cunningham

Contact details

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 6362
Fax: 020 7219 4907
eleanorm.connolly@parliament.uk

Constituency

Ground Floor, Rear of Queens House, 16 Queens Road, Coventry, CV1 3EG
Tel: 024 7655 3159
gannond@parliament.uk

Biography

Electoral history

Member for Coventry South East 1992-97, for Coventry South 1997-2010, for Coventry South (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election

Parliamentary career

PPS to Mike O'Brien: as Solicitor General 2005-07, as Minister of State: Department for Work and Pensions 2007-08, Department of Energy and Climate Change 2008-09, Department of Health 2009-10

Party groups

Chair, Coventry South East CLP 1977-79

Select committees

Member: Home Affairs 1993-97, Trade and Industry 1997-2001, Chairmen's Panel 1998-2001, Constitutional Affairs 2003-05, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 2005, Procedure 2005-06, Standards and Privileges 2010

Councils, public bodies

Coventry City Council: Councillor 1972-92, Council Leader 1988-92

Political interests

Economic policy, European Union, industrial relations, NHS

Countries of interest

Eastern Europe, Russia, USA

General Election 2010 - Coventry South

Name Party Votes %
Cunningham, James Lab 19197 41.5%
Foster, Kevin Con 15352 33.19%
Patton, Brian Lib Dem 8278 17.9%
Taylor, Mark UKIP 1767 3.82%
Griffiths, Judy TUSC 691 1.5%
Gray, Stephen Green 639 1.39%
Result Lab Hold (3.44% from Lab to Con)