Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)

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Rushcliffe County constituency

Rushcliffe shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Kenneth Clarke
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Nottinghamshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Rushcliffe 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.

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

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the affulant south of Nottinghamshire. Its boundaries match those of the borough of Rushcliffe, typically to the north by the River Trent and to the south by the county border. The main town in the constituency is West Bridgford, which is part of the Greater Nottingham urban area, and includes the Trent Bridge cricket ground and Nottingham Forest F.C. The remainder of the constituency is predominantly rural, although includes the town of Bingham and villages of Cotgrave, East Bridgford, East Leake, Keyworth, Radcliffe on Trent and Ruddington.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England, have made minor modifications to the existing constituency to be fought at the next general election. The area around Bingham will become part of the Newark constituency.

The electoral wards used in the formation of the modified seat are;

From the borough of Rushcliffe - Abbey, Compton Acres, Cotgrave, Edwalton Village, Gamston, Gotham, Keyworth North, Keyworth South, Lady Bay, Leake, Lutterell, Manvers, Melton, Musters, Nevile, Ruddington, Soar Valley, Stanford, Tollerton, Trent, Trent Bridge, Wiverton, and Wolds.

[edit] History

The constituency was formed in 1885. It is regarded as a safe seat for the Conservative Party, as they have held it continually since 1950, except for the period from 1966 until 1970 when it was held by Labour's Antony Gardner.

Since 1970, Rushcliffe's Member of Parliament has been one of the UK's best-known political figures, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke. Unlike other constituencies nearby, such as Broxtowe and Gedling, which were previously held by the Conservatives, they held Rushcliffe at the 1997 general election. This has been attributed in part to its more rural nature, but also to Clarke's own personal popularity.

[edit] Members of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe is Kenneth Clarke, who was first elected in the general election of 1970.

1885–1910: John Ellis
1910–1918: Leif Jones (Liberal)
1918–1934: Sir Henry Bucknall Betterton
1934–1945: Ralph Assheton, Conservative
1945–1950: Florence Paton, Labour
1950–1966: Sir Martin Redmayne (later Baron Redmayne), Conservative
1966–1970: Antony Gardner, Labour
1970–present: Kenneth Clarke, Conservative

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Rushcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Clarke	27,899	49.5	+2.0
	Labour	Edward Gamble	14,925	26.5	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Karrar Khan	9,813	17.4	+3.8
	Green	Simon Anthony	1,692	3.0	+0.7
	UK Independence	Matthew Faithfull	1,358	2.4	−0.2
	Veritas	Daniel Moss	624	1.1	N/A
Majority			12,974	23.0
Turnout			56,311	70.5	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.8

General Election 2001: Rushcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Clarke	25,869	47.5	+3.1
	Labour	Paul Fallon	18,512	34.0	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hargreaves	7,395	13.6	-0.7
	UK Independence	Ken Brown	1,434	2.6	+2.0
	Green	Ashley Baxter	1,236	2.3	N/A
Majority			7,357	13.5
Turnout			54,446	66.5	-12.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

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)