COVENTRY MESSAGE BOARD

The result would be a disaster for one party



Coventry is set to turn blue at the General Election according to an exclusive Telegraph survey.

The Conservative Party is set to sweep to victory in Coventry South and Coventry North East according to the results of a Google survey which sought the views of 1,000 voters living in the area.

But, if the results were to become reality, Labour would hold onto the remaining seat in the city - Coventry North West.

A Labour loss in Coventry North East would be a huge shock after Colleen Fletcher took the seat with the largest majority in the city just two years ago. She secured victory by 12,274 votes, having gained 52 per cent of the total vote, and the bookies have Mrs Fletcher as 1/80 odds on favourite to retain the seat this time around.

Coventry South had the city’s smallest majority in 2015 when sitting MP Jim Cunningham secured it for Labour by securing 3,188 votes more votes than the Tories.

Coventry North West was held by Labour’s Geoffrey Robinson in 2015 thanks to a majority of 4,509 over the Conservative candidate.

Interestingly, more than a quarter of respondents in each constituency said they were yet to make up their minds about which way to vote - suggesting it’s all to play for with less than two weeks until election day.

The results of the survey cannot be taken as an exact science, but they do give an indication of voting intentions, and perhaps some insight into just how unpredictable the election on June 8 could be.

The survey also showed that the sitting Rugby, Nuneaton and North Warwickshire Tory MPs are on course to defend their seats.

Across Coventry and Warwickshire the protection of hospital services - particularly A&E and maternity services - was seen as the key issue that should be at the heart of General Election campaigning locally.

There are concerns over the future of local NHS services with the ongoing Sustainability and Transformation Plan which aims to save £250million from the local healthcare budget.