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Sherwood is a county 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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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 villages 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.
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