Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Broxtowe County constituency

Broxtowe shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England
Created:	1918, 1983
MP:	Nick Palmer
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Nottinghamshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Broxtowe is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is a marginal seat between the Labour Party and the Conservatives.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

Broxtowe constituency is a suburban constituency located in Nottinghamshire, to the west of the city of Nottingham, almost identical in character to the seat of Gedling to the east of Nottingham. The boundaries are similar to those of Broxtowe Borough Council, with the exception of the wards of Brinsley, Eastwood East, Eastwood North and Eastwood South

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary boundaries in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made only minor changes to the existing constituencies to allow for population changes. The boundaries of the modified constituency to be fought at the next general election are:

From the Borough of Broxtowe - Attenborough, Awsworth, Beeston Central, Beeston North, Beeston Rylands, Beeston West, Bramcote, Chilwell East, Chilwell West, Cossall and Kimberley, Greasley (Giltbrook and Newthorpe), Nuthall East and Strelley, Nuthall West and Greasley (Watnall), Stapleford North, Stapleford South East, Stapleford South West, Toton and Chilwell Meadows and Trowell.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1918 — 1929: George Alfred Spencer, Labour Party
1929 — 1953: Seymour Cocks, Labour
1953 — 1955: William Warbey, Labour

1955 constituency abolished
1983 constituency recreated

1983 — 1997: Sir Jim Lester, Conservative
1997 — present: Nick Palmer, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Broxtowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Palmer	20,457	41.9	-6.7
	Conservative	Bob Seely	18,161	37.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	7,837	16.1	+1.4
	Green	Paul Anderson	896	1.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Patricia Wolfe	695	1.4	N/A
	Veritas	Damian Hockney	590	1.2	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Mark Gregory	170	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,296	4.7
Turnout			48,806	68.6	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

General Election 2001: Broxtowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Palmer	23,836	48.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Pauline Latham	17,963	36.7	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	7,205	14.7	+2.8
Majority			5,873	11.9
Turnout			49,004	66.5	-11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Bolsover \| Broxtowe \| Corby \| Derby North \| Derby South \| Erewash \| Gedling \| High Peak \| Leicester East \| Leicester South \| Leicester West \| Lincoln \| Loughborough \| Mansfield \| Northampton North \| North East Derbyshire \| North West Leicestershire \| Nottingham East \| Nottingham North \| Nottingham South \| Sherwood \| South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby \| Boston and Skegness \| Bosworth \| Charnwood \| Daventry \| Gainsborough \| Grantham and Stamford \| Harborough \| Kettering \| Louth and Horncastle \| Newark \| Northampton South \| Rushcliffe \| Rutland and Melton \| Sleaford and North Hykeham \| South Holland and The Deepings \| Wellingborough \| West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) \| UKIP (2) \| Labour (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)