Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Nottingham East Borough constituency
Nottingham East shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England
Created:	1885, 1974
MP:	John Heppell
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Nottinghamshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Nottingham East is a borough 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1885-1955 2.2 MPs 1974-present 3 Election results 4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the City of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1955

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Arnold Morley	Liberal
	1895	Edward Bond
	1906	Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton	Liberal
	1910	James Archibald Morrison
	1912 by-election	Sir John David Rees	Conservative
	1922	John Plowright Houfton	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Norman Birkett	Liberal
	1924	Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank	Conservative
	1929	Norman Birkett	Liberal
	1931	Louis Halle Gluckstein	Conservative
	1945	James Harrison	Labour
1955		constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1974-present

Election		Member	Party
	Feb. 1974	Jack Dunnett	Labour
	1983	Michael Knowles	Conservative
	1992	John Heppell	Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	13,787	45.8	−13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Issan Ghazni	6,848	22.7	+9.7
	Conservative	Jim Thornton	6,826	22.6	−1.7
	Green	Ashley Baxter	1,517	5.0	N/A
	UK Independence	Anthony Ellwood	740	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Unity	Pete Radcliff	373	1.2	N/A
Majority			6,939	23.0
Turnout			30,091	42.7	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.4

General Election 2001: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	17,530	59.0	-3.3
	Conservative	Richard Allan	7,210	24.3	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Ball	3,874	13.0	+2.9
	Socialist Alliance	Pete Radcliff	1,117	3.8	N/A
Majority			10,320	34.7
Turnout			29,731	45.5	-15.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	14,049	40.2	-1.4
	Conservative	Louis Gluckstein	11,110	31.8	-15.8
	Labour	J H Baum	9,787	28.0	+28.0
Majority			2,939	8.4
Turnout			34,946	78.9	+4.2
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.2

General Election 1923: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	11,355	53.4	+6.3
	Conservative	John Houfton	9,919	46.6	-13.1
Majority			1,436	6.8
Turnout			21,274	67.8	+1.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+26.2

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

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