Sherwood (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sherwood County constituency

Sherwood shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Paddy Tipping
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Nottinghamshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Sherwood 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 Sherwood constituency covers the central part of Nottinghamshire, covering part of three districts. It is an area of many contrasts such as Ravenshead home to some of Nottinghamshire's most affluent residents, numerous smaller rural vilages and many ex-mining villages and the town of Hucknall now a commuter town but formerly had a long mining tradition. The largest town is Hucknall in the Ashfield district. It also contains parts of the Gedling district, including Calverton and Ravenshead. The largest geographical area is the western part of the Newark and Sherwood district, including the town of Ollerton and villages of Blidworth, Edwinstowe, Lowdham and Rainworth.

[edit] Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England have made minor changes to the existing constituency arrangement as a consequence of population changes.

The electoral wards used in the modified Sherwood constituency are:

From the district of Newark and Sherwood - Bilsthorpe, Blidworth, Boughton, Clipstone, Edwinstone, Farnsfield, Ollerton and Rainworth
From the district of Ashfield - Hucknall Central, Hucknall East, Hucknall North and Hucknall West
From the borough of Gedling - Bestwood Village, Calverton, Lambley, Newstead, Ravenshead, and Woodborough

[edit] History

The constituency was formed in 1983. When Andrew Stewart of the Conservatives won it at the 1983 election by 637 votes, many were surprised given the large number of miners working there, who traditionally voted Labour. The Notts miners drifted further from the Labour Party during the 1984 strike and Stewart was re-elected in 1987. The seat was taken by Paddy Tipping of the Labour Party at the 1992 general election, and he has held it at each successive election.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 1992: Andrew Stewart, Conservative
1992 – present: Paddy Tipping, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy Tipping	22,824	48.4	−5.8
	Conservative	Bruce Laughton	16,172	34.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harris	6,384	13.5	+1.6
	UKIP	Moritz Dawkins	1,737	3.7	N/A
Majority			6,652	14.1
Turnout			47,117	78.7	+18.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1

General Election 2001: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy Tipping	24,900	54.2	-4.3
	Conservative	Brandon Lewis	15,527	33.8	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Harris	5,473	11.9	+3.3
Majority			9,373	20.4
Turnout			45,900	60.7	-14.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy Tipping	33,071	58.5
	Conservative	Roland Spencer	16,259	28.8
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Moult	4,889	8.6
	Referendum Party	L. Slack	1,882	3.3
	British National	P. Ballard	432	0.8
Majority			16,812
Turnout				75.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paddy Tipping	29,788	47.5
	Conservative	Andrew Stewart	26,878	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Howard	6,039	9.6
Majority			2,910
Turnout				85.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		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)