Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)

Broxtowe
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire.

Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County Nottinghamshire
Electorate 71,961 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament Anna Soubry (Conservative)
Number of members One
1918 (1918)–1955 (1955)
Number of members One
Type of constituency County constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East Midlands

Broxtowe 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. It is a marginal seat between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party.

Contents

Boundaries

Broxtowe constituency is a suburban constituency located in Nottinghamshire, to the west of the city of Nottingham, almost identical in character to the seat of Gedling to the east of Nottingham.

The boundaries are the same as those of Broxtowe Borough Council, with the exception of the wards of Brinsley, Eastwood East, Eastwood North and Eastwood South. The original Broxtowe also contained the towns of Hucknall and Kirkby in Ashfield, but not Beeston, which was part of the Rushcliffe constituency.

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 wards of the modified constituency since the 2010 general election are:

Members of Parliament

When the seat was recreated in 1983, the Conservative Sir Jim Lester represented it until the seat was gained in 1997 by Labour's Nick Palmer, but the Conservatives with Anna Soubry regained it in 2010.

MPs 1918–1955

Election Member [2] Party
1918 George Alfred Spencer Labour
1929 Seymour Cocks Labour
1953 by-election Will Warbey Labour
1955 Constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election Member [2] Party
1983 Sir Jim Lester Conservative
1997 Nick Palmer Labour
2010 Anna Soubry Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Broxtowe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anna Soubry 20,585 39.0 +1.8
Labour Nick Palmer 20,196 38.3 -3.4
Liberal Democrat David Watts 8,907 16.9 +0.8
BNP Michael Shore 1,422 2.7 +2.7
UKIP Chris Cobb 1,194 2.3 +0.8
Green David Mitchell 423 0.8 -1.1
Majority 389 0.7
Turnout 52,727 73.2 +4.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Broxtowe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Palmer 20,457 41.9 -6.7
Conservative Bob Seely 18,161 37.2 +0.5
Liberal Democrat David Watts 7,837 16.1 +1.4
Green Paul Anderson 896 1.8 N/A
UKIP Patricia Wolfe 695 1.4 N/A
Veritas Damian Hockney 590 1.2 N/A
Independent Mark Gregory 170 0.3 N/A
Majority 2,296 4.7
Turnout 48,806 68.6 +2.1
Labour hold Swing -3.6
General Election 2001: Broxtowe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Palmer 23,836 48.6 +1.6
Conservative Pauline Latham 17,963 36.7 -0.8
Liberal Democrat David Watts 7,205 14.7 +2.8
Majority 5,873 11.9
Turnout 49,004 66.5 -11.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Broxtowe[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Palmer 27,343 47.0 +12.2
Conservative Jim Lester 21,768 37.4 -13.6
Liberal Democrat T Miller 6,934 11.9 -1.9
Referendum Party R Tucker 2,092 3.6 N/A
Majority 5,575 9.6
Turnout 58,133 78.3 -5.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1992: Broxtowe[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Lester 31,096 51.0 -2.6
Labour James Walker 21,205 34.8 +10.4
Liberal Democrat John Ross 8,395 13.8 -8.3
Natural Law D Lukehurst 293 0.5 N/A
Majority 9,891 16.2 -13.1
Turnout 60,989 83.4 +4.2
Conservative hold Swing −6.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Broxtowe[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Lester 30,462 53.6 +0.1
Labour K. Fleet 13,811 24.3 +3
Liberal K. Melton 12,562 22.1 -2.1
Majority 16,651 29.3 +1
Turnout 71,780 79.2 +2.7
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Broxtowe[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jim Lester 28,522 53.5
Liberal K. Melton 13,444 25.2
Labour M. Warner 11,368 21.3
Majority 15,078 28.3
Turnout 69,760 76.5
Conservative hold Swing

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  3. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/443.htm
  4. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/443.htm
  5. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/443.htm
  6. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/443.htm
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