Nottingham South (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham South is a constituency^{[n 1]}. ^{[n 2]}

Members of Parliament

The seat was represented by Lilian Greenwood in the last parliament, who succeeded Labour's Alan Simpson on his retirement. Simpson had held the seat since 1992, when he unseated the Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo.

MPs since 1983

MPs 1885–1974

Constituency profile

The seat is the most economically diverse of the three Nottingham constituencies covering higher income and lower income output areas (sub-divisions of wards).^[3] This has led to it becoming the most marginal of the seats, changing hands on several occasions over the past few decades and has below-national levels of unemployment claimants, for example at the end of 2010 male claimants were less than half as many as in Nottingham North.^[4]

The constituency is also the most politically diverse of the three city seats which together form Nottingham City Council. In the 2007 elections for Nottingham City Council, the constituency elected 9 of the 42 Labour councillors, 6 of the 7 Conservatives and 5 of the 6 Liberal Democrats.^[5]

Boundaries

Nottingham South contains at least parts of both of the city's universities. The University of Nottingham's University Park Campus and Jubilee Campus are both in the constituency, as is the Clifton Campus of Nottingham Trent University.

The constituency borders several other seats in Nottingham city and the surrounding area. It is surrounded to the South and East by Rushcliffe constituency, which is represented by Kenneth Clarke. To the West, it borders Broxtowe and both Nottingham North and Nottingham East to the North.

Roughly, the constituency covers the southern part of the City of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire.

2010–present: The City of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Clifton North, Clifton South, Dunkirk and Lenton, Leen Valley, Radford and Park, Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey, and Wollaton West.

1983-2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Bridge, Clifton East, Clifton West, Lenton, Park, Robin Hood, Wilford, and Wollaton.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Clifton, Lenton, and Trent, and the Urban District of West Bridgford.

1918-1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Castle, Meadows, and Trent.

1885-1918: The Borough of Nottingham wards of Castle, Market, Meadow, St Mary Bridge, and Trent.

History

Since as early as 1295, Nottingham was represented by one large constituency which elected two members of parliament to the House of Commons. Under a major Act of 1885 three single-member subdivisions were created: Nottingham East, Nottingham West and Nottingham South.

Nine year absence of the seat

Nottingham South was abolished in the election of February 1974 but was re-formed with altered boundaries nine years later in 1983 from parts of Nottingham East and Nottingham West.

Modern demography

Nottingham South is the most diverse of the three constituencies in terms of economic demographics. It includes areas of higher incomes than average in the form of Wollaton and The Park Estate^[3] and areas of relative poverty, both suburban and inner city. The council estate built next to and within the bounds of the village/parish of Clifton was once the largest in Europe.

Results to date excluding under the Blair Ministry when it was quite firmly Labour have produced the most marginal majorities of Nottingham City's three constituencies. The Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo held the seat from 1983–92. Between 1992-2017, Nottingham South was held by Labour MPs; Alan Simpson until retiring from the House of Commons in 2010 and Lilian Greenwood from 2010.

Wollaton Hall in Wollaton, one of the constituency's more affluent areas.

Communities or localities in Nottingham South include:

• Clifton
• Dunkirk
• Hockley Village
• Lace Market
• Leen Valley
• Lenton Abbey
• Lenton
• Parts of Nottingham City Centre
• Radford
• The Meadows
• The Park Estate
• Wollaton

Elections

Election results for Nottingham South

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Nottingham South^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lilian Greenwood	30,013	62.4	14.7
	Conservative	Jane Hunt	14,851	30.9	0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Sutton	1,564	3.2	0.3
	UKIP	David Hollas	1,103	2.3	9.0
	Green	Adam McGregor	598	1.2	4.2
Majority			15,162	31.5	15.5
Turnout			48,129	67.6	4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	7.7

General Election 2015: Nottingham South^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lilian Greenwood[8]	20,697	47.6	10.3
	Conservative	Jane Hunt[9]	13,761	31.7	1.3
	UKIP	David Hollas[10]	4,900	11.3	8.9
	Green	Adam McGregor[11]	2,345	5.4	3.9
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Newton-Cook[12]	1,532	3.5	19.5
	TUSC	Andrew Clayworth	230	0.5	0.5
Majority			6,936	16.0
Turnout			43,465	63.0	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing	5.8

The prospective candidates for the 2010 election at the University of Nottingham Students' Union's Big Debate at the East Midlands Conference Centre.
From left to right:
Tony Sutton (Liberal Democrats), Rowena Holland (Conservative Party), Ken Browne (UK Independence Party), Matthew Butcher (Green Party), Lilian Greenwood (Labour Party)

General Election 2010: Nottingham South^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lillian Greenwood	15,209	37.3	10.1
	Conservative	Rowena Holland	13,437	32.9	7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Sutton	9,406	23.1	0.2
	BNP	Tony Woodward	1,140	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Ken Browne	967	2.4	1.5
	Green	Matthew Butcher	630	1.5	N/A
Majority			1,772	4.4	17.2
Turnout			40,789	60.5	9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	7.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Nottingham South^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Simpson	16,506	47.4	7.1
	Conservative	Sudesh Mattu	9,020	25.9	1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Sutton	7,961	22.9	6.3
	UKIP	Ken Browne	1,353	3.9	2.2
Majority			7,486	21.5
Turnout			34,840	50.6	0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

General Election 2001: Nottingham South^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Simpson	19,949	54.5	0.8
	Conservative	Wendy Manning	9,960	27.2	0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Mulloy	6,064	16.6	3.7
	UKIP	David Bartrop	632	1.7	N/A
Majority			9,989	27.3
Turnout			36,605	50.1	16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Nottingham South^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Simpson	26,825	55.3	7.6
	Conservative	Brian Kirsch	13,461	27.7	14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Long	6,265	12.9	2.9
	Referendum	Ken Thompson	1,523	3.1	N/A
	National Democrats	Sharron Edwards	446	0.9	N/A
Majority			13,364	27.6
Turnout			48,520	67.0
	Labour hold		Swing	10.8

General Election 1992: Nottingham South^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Simpson	25,771	47.7	7.2
	Conservative	Martin Brandon-Bravo	22,590	41.8	2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Gareth Long	5,408	10.0	4.8
	Natural Law	Julianne Christou	263	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,181	5.9	1.7
Turnout			54,032	74.2	0.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Nottingham South^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Martin Brandon-Bravo	23,921	45.0	0.9
	Labour	Alan Simpson	21,687	40.8	6.7
	Social Democratic	Leighton Williams	7,517	14.2	5.9
Majority			2,234	4.2
Turnout			53,125	73.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

Notes and references

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References

Coordinates: 52°55′N 1°10′W / 52.92°N 1.17°W / 52.92; -1.17