Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Mansfield County constituency |
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| Mansfield shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Alan Meale |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Nottinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Mansfield 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers the town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire. It covers a similar area to the Mansfield district, except it does not include the town of Warsop which is in the Bassetlaw constituency.
[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 will be co-terminous with the District of Mansfield.
[edit] History
A constituency with a coal mining tradition, Mansfield has been held by the Labour Party for generations. It has usually been regarded as a safe seat for them, however in the general elections of the 1980s they came close to losing to the Conservative Party. At the 1983 election, they held the seat by just over 2,000 votes. However, at the 1987 election their majority was just 56. That election was set against the background of the Miners Strike of 1984, which was not supported by the majority of miners in Nottinghamshire.
In the elections after 1987, the Labour MP Alan Meale has held the seat with comfortable majorities. At the 2005 general election, Mansfield was notable for the Independent candidate Stewart Rickersey, an Independent member of Mansfield District Council, receiving 17% of the vote and finishing in third place.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1885 – 1892: Cecil George Savile Foljambe
- 1892 – 1900: John Carvell Williams
- 1900 – 1916: Arthur Basil Markham
- 1916 – 1918: Sir Charles Seely, 2nd Baronet
- 1918 – 1922: William Carter
- 1922 – 1923: Albert James Bennett
- 1923 – 1929: Frank Bradley Varley, Labour
- 1929 – 1941: Charles Brown, Labour
- 1941 – 1966: Harry Taylor, Labour
- 1966 – 1987: Don Concannon, Labour
- 1987 – present: Alan Meale, Labour
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Mansfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Meale | 18,400 | 48.1 | −9.0 | |
| Conservative | Anne Wright | 7,035 | 18.4 | −8.8 | |
| Independent | Stewart Rickersey | 6,491 | 17.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Shelley | 5,316 | 13.9 | −1.8 | |
| Veritas | Michael Harvey | 1,034 | 2.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,365 | 29.7 | |||
| Turnout | 38,276 | 55.4 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Mansfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Meale | 21,050 | 57.1 | -7.3 | |
| Conservative | William Wellesley | 10,012 | 27.2 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Hill | 5,790 | 15.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 11,038 | 29.9 | |||
| Turnout | 36,852 | 55.2 | -15.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Mansfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Meale | 30,556 | 64.4 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Frost | 10,038 | 21.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Smith | 5,244 | 11.1 | ||
| Referendum Party | J. Bogusz | 1,588 | 3.3 | ||
| Majority | 20,518 | 43.3 | |||
| Turnout | 70.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1992: Mansfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Meale | 29,932 | 54.4 | ||
| Conservative | Gary Mond | 18,208 | 33.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Thompstone | 6,925 | 12.6 | ||
| Majority | 11,724 | 21.2 | |||
| Turnout | 82.2 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| General Election 1987: Mansfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Alan Meale | 19,610 | 37.5 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Hendry | 19,554 | 37.4 | ||
| Social Democrat | Barry Answer | 11,604 | 22.2 | ||
| Moderate Labour | Brian Marshall | 1,580 | 3.0 | ||
| Majority | 56 | 0.1 | |||
| Turnout | 78.4 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1983: Mansfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Don Concannon | 18,670 | 40.5 | ||
| Conservative | R.J. Wrenn | 16,454 | 35.6 | ||
| Social Democrat | S.E. Taylor | 11,036 | 23.9 | ||
| Majority | 2,216 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 46,160 | 70.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in the East Midlands | |
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| 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 | |
| East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
