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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955-2024 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nottingham North was a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.[n 2]
Nottingham North | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Nottingham North in Nottinghamshire | |
![]() Location of Nottinghamshire within England | |
County | Nottinghamshire |
Electorate | 64,578 (December 2010) |
Major settlements | Bulwell |
1955–2024 | |
Created from | Nottingham East, Nottingham West and Broxtowe |
Replaced by | Nottingham North and Kimberley |
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes - including gaining the communities of Kimberley and Nuthall in the Borough of Broxtowe, the Nottingham City ward of Leen Valley ward from Nottingham South, and losing Bilborough ward in exchange - it was reformed as Nottingham North and Kimberley, which was first contested in the 2024 general election.[1]
The constituency consisted mostly of residential areas, a majority of neighbourhoods of which were council housing. Of these a slight majority, rather than being social housing, is now private under the Right to Buy, such as Bulwell. Overall, its census Super Output Areas have the lowest income of the three Nottingham constituencies,[2] and was the city's safest seat for the Labour Party, though 2017 and 2019 saw considerable increases in the Conservative vote, in line with other Leave and heavily working-class areas, making this seat Nottingham's most marginal for Labour. Male unemployment in 2010 was significantly higher than female unemployment in this constituency, which had the highest overall percentage of claimants in the county of Nottinghamshire, slightly more than Nottingham East.[3]
The decline of coal mining and the textile industry in the area in 1970–2000 brought the highest unemployment in the county to Nottingham North, with a peak of 12.8% of its residents being registered unemployed in 2009.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Mapperley, Portland, and St Albans, and the Urban District of Hucknall.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Forest, Mapperley, Portland, Radford, and St Albans.
1983–2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Beechdale, Bestwood Park, Bilborough, Bulwell East, Bulwell West, Byron, Portland, and Strelley.
2010–2024: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Basford, Bestwood, Bilborough, Bulwell, and Bulwell Forest.
The constituency was created in 1955 and elected Labour candidates as MPs until Richard Ottaway[n 3] surprisingly gained it for the Conservative Party in their landslide victory of 1983, before narrowly losing in 1987 to Graham Allen, for Labour, who held it until 2017 when he stood down after 30 years of service. Alex Norris then won the seat for Labour in the 2017 general election.
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1955 | James Harrison | Labour | |
1959 | Bill Whitlock | Labour | |
1983 | Richard Ottaway | Conservative | |
1987 | Graham Allen | Labour | |
2017 | Alex Norris | Labour Co-op | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Alex Norris | 17,337 | 49.1 | −11.1 | |
Conservative | Stuart Bestwick | 12,847 | 36.4 | +5.3 | |
Brexit Party | Julian Carter | 2,686 | 7.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Christina Morgan-Danvers | 1,582 | 4.5 | +2.7 | |
Green | Andrew Jones | 868 | 2.5 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 4,490 | 12.7 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,320 | 53.1 | −4.2 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -8.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Alex Norris | 23,067 | 60.2 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Jack Tinley | 11,907 | 31.1 | +10.1 | |
UKIP | Stephen Crosby | 2,133 | 5.6 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tadeusz Jones | 674 | 1.8 | −0.6 | |
Green | Kirsty Jones | 538 | 1.4 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 11,160 | 29.1 | −4.5 | ||
Turnout | 38,319 | 57.3 | +3.7 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Allen | 19,283 | 54.6 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Louise Burfitt-Dons | 7,423 | 21.0 | −3.8 | |
UKIP | Stephen Crosby[9] | 6,542 | 18.5 | +14.6 | |
Green | Katharina Boettge[10] | 1,088 | 3.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Sutton | 847 | 2.4 | −14.7 | |
TUSC | Cathy Meadows | 160 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,860 | 33.6 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,285 | 53.6 | −0.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Class War Party originally announced Ben Turff as candidate, but he failed to stand.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Allen | 16,648 | 48.6 | −10.6 | |
Conservative | Martin Curtis | 8,508 | 24.8 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Ball | 5,849 | 17.1 | −0.3 | |
BNP | Simon Brindley | 1,944 | 5.7 | New | |
UKIP | Irenea Marriott | 1,338 | 3.9 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 8,138 | 23.8 | −17.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,285 | 54.2 | +5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Allen | 17,842 | 58.7 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Priti Patel | 5,671 | 18.7 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Ball | 5,190 | 17.1 | +6.5 | |
UKIP | Irena Marriott | 1,680 | 5.5 | New | |
Majority | 12,171 | 40.0 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,383 | 49.1 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Allen | 19,392 | 64.5 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Martin Wright | 7,152 | 23.8 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Lee | 3,177 | 10.6 | +2.6 | |
Socialist Labour | Andrew Botham | 321 | 1.1 | New | |
Majority | 12,240 | 40.7 | −4.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,042 | 46.7 | −16.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Allen | 27,203 | 65.7 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Gillian Shaw | 8,402 | 20.3 | −14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Oliver | 3,301 | 8.0 | −0.6 | |
Referendum | Joe Neal | 1,858 | 4.5 | New | |
Socialist Alternative | Andy Belfield | 637 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 18,801 | 45.4 | +24.8 | ||
Turnout | 41,401 | 63.0 | −12.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Allen | 29,052 | 55.7 | +10.8 | |
Conservative | Ian G. Bridge | 18,309 | 35.1 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Skelton | 4,477 | 8.6 | −3.1 | |
Natural Law | Alwyn C. Cadman | 274 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 10,743 | 20.6 | +17.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,112 | 75.0 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Allen | 22,713 | 44.9 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 21,048 | 41.6 | +2.2 | |
Alliance | Sumal Fernando | 5,912 | 11.7 | −7.7 | |
Communist | John Peck | 879 | 1.7 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 1,665 | 3.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 69,620 | 72.6 | +6.5 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ottaway | 18,730 | 39.5 | −1.7 | |
Labour | William Whitlock | 18,368 | 38.7 | −8.2 | |
Alliance | Leighton Williams | 9,200 | 19.4 | +10.2 | |
Communist | John Peck | 1,184 | 2.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 362 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 71,807 | 66.1 | −1.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whitlock | 25,028 | 46.86 | −1.24 | |
Conservative | P Waine | 21,956 | 41.11 | +6.33 | |
Liberal | J Stockley | 4,900 | 9.17 | −5.38 | |
Communist | John Peck | 1,071 | 2.01 | +0.99 | |
National Front | R Pratt | 454 | 0.85 | −0.69 | |
Majority | 3,072 | 5.75 | |||
Turnout | 78,996 | 67.61 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.79 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whitlock | 24,694 | 48.10 | ||
Conservative | M F Spungin | 17,853 | 34.78 | ||
Liberal | M Crew-Gee | 7,470 | 14.55 | ||
National Front | D Caine | 792 | 1.54 | New | |
Communist | John Peck | 525 | 1.02 | ||
Majority | 6,841 | 13.32 | |||
Turnout | 76,490 | 67.11 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whitlock | 25,435 | 44.78 | ||
Conservative | M F Spungin | 20,990 | 36.95 | ||
Liberal | P Edwards | 9,623 | 16.94 | ||
Communist | John Peck | 754 | 1.33 | ||
Majority | 4,445 | 7.83 | |||
Turnout | 75,866 | 74.87 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
(Boundary changes for 1974)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whitlock | 25,898 | 52.83 | ||
Conservative | William Derbyshire | 18,616 | 37.98 | ||
Liberal | Peggy Edwards | 3,763 | 7.68 | New | |
Communist | John Peck | 741 | 1.51 | ||
Majority | 7,282 | 14.85 | |||
Turnout | 70,672 | 69.36 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whitlock | 30,260 | 60.62 | ||
Conservative | Jeffery Nicholas Lewis Tillett | 18,590 | 37.24 | ||
Communist | John Peck | 1,070 | 2.14 | ||
Majority | 11,670 | 23.38 | |||
Turnout | 67,321 | 74.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whitlock | 29,535 | 57.14 | ||
Conservative | Peter Fry | 20,578 | 39.81 | ||
Communist | John Peck | 1,579 | 3.05 | ||
Majority | 8,957 | 17.33 | |||
Turnout | 66,477 | 77.76 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Whitlock | 24,005 | 47.19 | ||
Conservative | Alan G Blake | 18,952 | 37.26 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Thomas | 6,581 | 12.94 | New | |
Communist | John Peck | 1,331 | 2.62 | ||
Majority | 5,053 | 9.93 | |||
Turnout | 59,638 | 85.30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Harrison | 26,552 | 55.40 | ||
Conservative | Ian G Colvin | 20,462 | 42.69 | ||
Communist | John Peck | 916 | 1.91 | ||
Majority | 6,090 | 12.71 | |||
Turnout | 60,234 | 79.57 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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