Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Nottingham East in Nottinghamshire.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	58,705 (2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Nottingham
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Chris Leslie (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
1885–1955
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Nottingham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Nottingham East is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chris Leslie, who has served previously as an MP, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, Robin Hood, and St Ann's.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, and St Mary's.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, and St Ann's.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Lenton, Manvers, Market, St Ann's, and Trent, and the detached part of the administrative county of Nottinghamshire (the Shire Hall).

1983-2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Basford, Forest, Greenwood, Manvers, Mapperley, Radford, St Ann's, Sherwood, and Trent.

2010-present: The City of Nottingham wards of Arboretum, Berridge, Dales, Mapperley, St Ann's, and Sherwood.

The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the City of Nottingham. It includes the suburbs of Mapperley, Carrington and Sherwood, and the inner city areas of Hyson Green, St Ann's and Sneinton.

Constituency profile

On average earners' incomes are slightly lower than the national average^[2] and in 2010 unemployment stood at 7.4%, which was higher than the East Midlands average at that date of 3.6%^[3] however the picture is not uniform across all 2011 Census Output Areas, some of which have incomes at the national average or above and together with the affordability of property in the area, those on the national average way or above generally have the ability to save, purchase property or enjoy a high standard of living.^[4]^[5]

History

The present Nottingham East constituency was created in 1974, and first elected Jack Dunnett who had been Labour MP for the abolished Nottingham Central seat. Michael Knowles won it for the Conservative Party in 1983, when some of the seat was transferred to the new Nottingham South constituency in boundary changes. Knowles held the seat with a reduced majority in 1987, but John Heppell gained it for Labour in 1992, and held the seat until he retired in 2010. It is presently held by Labour's Chris Leslie. Leslie previously represented the West Yorkshire constituency of Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and joined the front benches serving as a junior minister as part of the Tony Blair Government.

MPs 1885–1955

	Member^[6]	Party
1885	Arnold Morley	Liberal
1895	Edward Bond	Conservative
1906	Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton	Liberal
1910	James Archibald Morrison	Conservative
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

MPs 1974–present

	Member^[6]	Party
Feb 1974	Jack Dunnett	Labour
1983	Michael Knowles	Conservative
1992	John Heppell	Labour
2010	Chris Leslie	Labour Co-operative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Nottingham East^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Leslie	19,208	54.6	+9.2
	Conservative	Garry Hickton	7,314	20.8	-2.9
	UKIP	Fran Loi^[8]	3,501	9.9	+6.5
	Green	Antonia Zenkevitch ^[9]	3,473	9.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tad Jones	1,475	4.2	-20.1
	Independent	Seb Soar ^[10]	141	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	James Stephenson ^[11]	97	0.3	+0.3
Majority			11,894	33.8	+12.8
Turnout				58.2	+1.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Nottingham East^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Leslie	15,022	45.4	−1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sam Boote	8,053	24.3	+2.5
	Conservative	Ewan Lamont	7,846	23.7	+1.2
	UKIP	Pat Wolfe	1,138	3.4	+0.9
	Green	Benjamin Hoare	928	2.8	−2.4
	Christian	Parvaiz Sardar	125	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,969	21.0	−3.2
Turnout			33,112	56.4	+7.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−1.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Nottingham East^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	13,787	45.8	−13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Issan Ghazni	6,848	22.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Jim Thornton	6,826	22.7	−1.6
	Green	Ashley Baxter	1,517	5.0	N/A
	UKIP	Anthony Ellwood	740	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Unity	Pete Radcliff	373	1.2	N/A
Majority			6,939	23.1
Turnout			30,091	49.6	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.5

General Election 2001: Nottingham East^[14]
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	−2.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Nottingham East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	24,755	62.3
	Conservative	Andrew Raca	9,336	23.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Mulloy	4,008	10.1
	Referendum	Ben Brown	1,645	4.1
Majority			15,419	38.8
Turnout			39,744	60.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Nottingham East^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	25,026	52.6	+10.6
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	17,346	36.4	−6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Tim S. Ball	3,695	7.8	−6.9
	Green	Andrew G. Jones	667	1.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Charles W. Roylance	598	1.3	−13.4
	Natural Law	John Ashforth	283	0.6	+0.6
Majority			7,680	16.1	+15.2
Turnout			47,615	70.1	+1.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	20,162	42.93	+2.49
	Labour	M Aslam	19,706	41.96	+4.88
	Liberal	S Parkhouse	6,887	14.66	N/A
	Red Front	K Malik	212	0.45	N/A
Majority			456	0.97
Turnout				68.80
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.20

General Election 1983: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	17,641	40.44	+0.55
	Labour	M Sloman	16,177	37.08	-13.39
	Social Democratic	M Bird	8,385	19.22	N/A
	Independent Conservative	DS Merrick	1,421	3.26	N/A
Majority			1,464	3.36
Turnout				63.56
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.97

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunnett	15,433	50.47	-0.74
	Conservative	Martin Brandon-Bravo	12,199	39.89	+7.13
	Liberal	JD Hiley	2,270	7.42	-6.34
	National Front	M Coles	426	1.39	N/A
	Socialist Unity	IB Juniper	252	0.82	N/A
Majority			3,234	10.58
Turnout				63.92
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.94

General Election October 1974: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunnett	16,530	51.21
	Conservative	SM Swerling	10,574	32.76
	Liberal	E Rowan	4,442	13.76
	Ind. Labour Party	DW Peetz	736	2.28
Majority			5,956	18.45
Turnout				60.02
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunnett	17,324	46.87
	Conservative	Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd	13,346	36.11
	Liberal	T Rowan	6,294	17.03
Majority			3,978	10.76
Turnout				69.12
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1951: Nottingham East Electorate 52,406
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harrison	20,865	47.77
	Conservative	Sidney Shephard	20,601	47.17
	Liberal	Lady Ruth Abrahams	2,209	5.06
Majority			264	0.60
Turnout				83.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Nottingham East Electorate 52,042
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harrison	20,404	46.53
	Conservative	Louis Halle Gluckstein	18,079	41.23
	Liberal	Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher	5,368	12.24
Majority			2,325	5.30
Turnout				84.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Nottingham East^[16] Electorate 41,734
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harrison	12,075	40.2
	Conservative	Louis Halle Gluckstein	11,227	37.4
	Liberal	Maj. Arthur Patrick William Seely	5,658	18.8
	Independent Labour	George Twells	1,072	3.6
Majority			848	2.8
Turnout				72.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1939/40: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Conservative: Louis Gluckstein
Labour: George Twells

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935 Electorate 42,551
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Halle Gluckstein	16,726	57.7
	Labour	M. Leon Freedman	7,435	25.7
	Liberal	Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr	4,819	16.6
Majority			9,291	32.1
Turnout			28,980	68.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931 Electorate 44,049
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Halle Gluckstein	17,484	50.3
	Liberal	William Norman Birkett	11,901	34.3
	Labour	Walter Windsor	5,339	15.4
Majority			5,583	16.1
Turnout			34,724	78.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Norman Birkett	14,049	40.2	-1.4
	Unionist	Louis Halle Gluckstein	11,110	31.8	-15.8
	Labour	James Henry Baum	9,787	28.0	+28.0
Majority			2,939	8.4	14.4
Turnout			34,946	78.9	+4.2
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.2

General Election 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank	11,524	47.6	+1.0
	Liberal	William Norman Birkett	10,078	41.6
	Communist	Tom Mann	2,606	10.8
Majority			1,446	6.0
Turnout				74.7
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

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

General Election 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Plowright Houfton	12,082	59.7
	Liberal	Edward Ernest Henry Atkin	8,170	40.3
Majority			3,912	19.4
Turnout				66.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

Nottingham East by-election, 1922 Electorate 30,034
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Plowright Houfton	10,404	52.3
	Labour	A.H. Jones	5,431	27.3
	Liberal	Thomas George Graham	4,065	20.4
Majority			4,973	25.0
Turnout				66.3
	Unionist hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918 Electorate 29,377
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Sir John David Rees	9,549	65.7
	Labour	Thomas Proctor	2,817	19.4
	Independent	Joseph N Dennis Brookes	1,083	14.9
Majority
Turnout				49.5
	Unionist hold		Swing

denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

Elections in the 1900s

1906 General Election: Nottingham East Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry John Stedman Cotton	6,020	58.4	+12.7
	Conservative	Edward Bond	4,290	41.6	-12.7
Majority			1,730	16.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	12.7
Turnout			10,310	82.8	+7.9

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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↑ "2011 census interactive maps". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
↑ "NG3 (Nottingham) area guide". Mouseprice. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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↑ "UK General Election results April 1992". Politics Resources. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
↑ F. W. S Craig (1977). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Macmillan. ISBN 0333230485.

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East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 52°58′N 1°08′W / 52.96°N 1.13°W / 52.96; -1.13

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