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Nottingham South is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, represented since 2010 by Lilian Greenwood of the Labour Party.[n 1] [n 2]
Nottingham South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Nottingham South in the East Midlands | |
County | Nottinghamshire |
Electorate | 76,076 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Nottingham, Clifton, Wollaton |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Lilian Greenwood (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Nottingham East and Nottingham West |
1885–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Nottingham |
Replaced by | Nottingham East, Nottingham West, Rushcliffe |
Since 2010, the seat has been represented by Lilian Greenwood, who succeeded Labour's Alan Simpson on his retirement. Simpson had held the seat since 1992, when he unseated the Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo.
Nottingham prior to 1885
Nottingham East and Nottingham West prior to 1983
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Martin Brandon-Bravo | Conservative | |
1992 | Alan Simpson | Labour | |
2010 | Lilian Greenwood | Labour |
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] In 2010 it was the most marginal of the seats, changing hands on several occasions over the previous few decades, though is now a very safe Labour seat. There are 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 Labour majority has since grown to 6,000 in 2015 and over 15,000 in 2017, making it a safe seat.
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]
1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Castle, Market, Meadow, St Mary, and Trent.
1918–1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Castle, Meadows, and Trent.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Clifton, Lenton, and Trent, and the Urban District of West Bridgford.
1983–2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Bridge, Clifton East, Clifton West, Lenton, Park, Robin Hood, Wilford, and Wollaton.
2010–2024: 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.
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
Nottingham city centre was transferred to Nottingham East and Leen Valley to the newly created seat of Nottingham North and Kimberley, with the Bilborough ward being transferred from the abolished Nottingham North constituency.
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. Many of these students are based in rows of terraced housing in the Lenton and Radford wards of this seat. A minority of students and much of the universities' staff are based in neighbouring Beeston, but this falls within the Broxtowe constituency.
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.
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.
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 to 1992. Since 1992, Nottingham South has been held by Labour MPs; Alan Simpson until retiring from the House of Commons in 2010 and Lilian Greenwood from 2010.
Communities or localities in Nottingham South include:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lilian Greenwood | 15,579 | 47.4 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Zarmeena Quraishi | 5,285 | 16.1 | −15.5 | |
Reform UK | Mykel Hedge | 4,936 | 15.0 | +10.4 | |
Green | Cath Sutherland | 2,923 | 8.9 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christina Morgan-Danvers | 2,059 | 6.3 | −0.4 | |
Workers Party | Paras Ghazni | 1,496 | 4.6 | New | |
Independent | Shaghofta Akhtar | 449 | 1.4 | New | |
Independent | Mohammed Sayeed | 152 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 10,294 | 31.3 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,879 | 51.2 | −9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 64,255 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lilian Greenwood | 26,586 | 55.2 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Marc Nykolyszyn | 14,018 | 29.1 | −1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Holliday | 3,935 | 8.2 | +5.0 | |
Brexit Party | John Lawson | 2,012 | 4.2 | New | |
Green | Cath Sutherland | 1,583 | 3.3 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 12,568 | 26.1 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 48,134 | 60.6 | −7.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lilian Greenwood | 30,013 | 62.4 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Jane Hunt | 14,851 | 30.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,129 | 67.6 | +4.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lilian Greenwood[11] | 20,697 | 47.6 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Jane Hunt[12] | 13,761 | 31.7 | −1.2 | |
UKIP | David Hollas[13] | 4,900 | 11.3 | +8.9 | |
Green | Adam McGregor[14] | 2,345 | 5.4 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Newton-Cook[15] | 1,532 | 3.5 | −19.6 | |
TUSC | Andrew Clayworth | 230 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 6,936 | 15.9 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,465 | 63.0 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lilian Greenwood | 15,209 | 37.3 | −10.1 | |
Conservative | Rowena Holland | 13,437 | 32.9 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Sutton | 9,406 | 23.1 | +0.2 | |
BNP | Tony Woodward | 1,140 | 2.8 | New | |
UKIP | Ken Browne | 967 | 2.4 | −1.5 | |
Green | Matthew Butcher | 630 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,772 | 4.4 | −17.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,789 | 60.5 | +9.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Simpson | 16,506 | 47.4 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | Sudesh Mattu | 9,020 | 25.9 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Sutton | 7,961 | 22.9 | +6.3 | |
UKIP | Ken Browne | 1,353 | 3.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 7,486 | 21.5 | −5.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,840 | 50.6 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Simpson | 19,949 | 54.5 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Wendy Manning | 9,960 | 27.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Mulloy | 6,064 | 16.6 | +3.7 | |
UKIP | David Bartrop | 632 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 9,989 | 27.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 36,605 | 50.1 | −16.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Simpson | 26,825 | 55.3 | +7.6 | |
Conservative | Brian Kirsch | 13,461 | 27.7 | −14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Long | 6,265 | 12.9 | +2.9 | |
Referendum | Ken Thompson | 1,523 | 3.1 | New | |
National Democrats | Sharron Edwards | 446 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 13,364 | 27.6 | +21.7 | ||
Turnout | 48,520 | 67.0 | −7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Simpson | 25,771 | 47.7 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Martin Brandon-Bravo | 22,590 | 41.8 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Long | 5,408 | 10.0 | −4.2 | |
Natural Law | Julianne Christou | 263 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 3,181 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,032 | 74.2 | +1.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Brandon-Bravo | 23,921 | 45.0 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Alan Simpson | 21,687 | 40.8 | +6.7 | |
SDP | Leighton Williams | 7,517 | 14.2 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 2,234 | 4.2 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 53,125 | 73.0 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Brandon-Bravo | 22,238 | 45.9 | ||
Labour | Ken Coates | 16,523 | 34.1 | ||
Liberal | Raymond Poynter | 9,697 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | 5,715 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,458 | 70.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman Fowler | 26,726 | 53.75 | ||
Labour | George Perry | 23,031 | 46.25 | ||
Majority | 3,731 | 7.50 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,793 | 70.03 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Perry | 24,580 | 50.32 | ||
Conservative | William Clark | 24,268 | 49.68 | ||
Majority | 316 | 0.64 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,848 | 75.61 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Clark | 23,594 | 45.97 | ||
Labour | William Frederick Back | 21,046 | 41.00 | ||
Liberal | Brian S Stratford | 6,690 | 13.03 | New | |
Majority | 2,548 | 4.97 | |||
Turnout | 51,329 | 78.17 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Clark | 29,607 | 57.11 | ||
Labour | John Silkin | 22,235 | 42.89 | ||
Majority | 7,372 | 14.22 | |||
Turnout | 51,845 | 72.49 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Denis Keegan | 29,145 | 56.88 | ||
Labour Co-op | Norman Smith | 22,092 | 43.12 | ||
Majority | 7,053 | 13.76 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,240 | 78.29 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Norman Smith | 19,844 | 50.61 | ||
Conservative | William Rees-Davies | 19,362 | 49.39 | ||
Majority | 482 | 1.22 | |||
Turnout | 39,206 | 84.47 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Norman Smith | 18,806 | 48.03 | ||
Conservative | William Rees-Davies | 17,165 | 43.82 | New | |
Liberal | Ernest Gwynne Watkins | 3,182 | 8.13 | ||
Majority | 1,641 | 4.19 | |||
Turnout | 39,153 | 85.37 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Norman Smith | 15,316 | 50.46 | ||
National | Frank Markham | 10,766 | 35.47 | N/A | |
Liberal | Ronald James Rae Blindell | 4,272 | 14.07 | ||
Majority | 4,550 | 14.99 | |||
Turnout | 30,354 | 75.91 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from National Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Frank Markham | 15,559 | 52.24 | ||
Labour | T. J. May | 10,963 | 36.81 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Mawdesley | 3,260 | 10.95 | New | |
Majority | 4,596 | 15.43 | |||
Turnout | 29,782 | 70.95 | |||
National Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Holford Knight | 22,852 | 68.35 | New | |
Labour | Alonzo Ralph Ellis | 10,583 | 31.65 | ||
Majority | 12,269 | 36.70 | |||
Turnout | 33,435 | 77.57 | |||
National Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Holford Knight | 14,800 | 42.9 | +3.6 | |
Unionist | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 14,252 | 41.3 | −19.4 | |
Liberal | Leslie Hale | 5,445 | 15.8 | New | |
Majority | 548 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,497 | 80.4 | +8.1 | ||
Registered electors | 42,920 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 13,725 | 60.7 | +9.3 | |
Labour | Henry Mills | 8,897 | 39.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,828 | 21.4 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,622 | 72.3 | +4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 31,271 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 10,724 | 51.4 | −24.9 | |
Independent Labour | Henry Mills | 5,176 | 24.8 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Victor Deidorichs Duval | 4,966 | 23.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,548 | 26.6 | −26.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,866 | 67.6 | +1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 30,847 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 15,158 | 76.3 | +1.9 | |
Independent Labour | Henry Mills | 4,706 | 23.7 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 10,452 | 52.6 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 19,864 | 66.3 | +15.4 | ||
Registered electors | 29,951 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 10,881 | 74.4 | +22.8 |
Independent Labour | Henry Mills | 3,738 | 25.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,143 | 48.8 | +45.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,619 | 47.9 | −47.0 | ||
Registered electors | 30,528 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 6,151 | 51.6 | +0.1 | |
Lib-Lab | Arthur Richardson | 5,766 | 48.4 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 385 | 3.2 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,917 | 84.9 | −4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 14,031 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 6,434 | 51.5 | +4.9 | |
Lib-Lab | Arthur Richardson | 6,052 | 48.5 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 382 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,486 | 89.0 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 14,031 | ||||
Conservative gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Arthur Richardson | 6,314 | 53.4 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 5,514 | 46.6 | −10.9 | |
Majority | 800 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,828 | 86.6 | +12.6 | ||
Registered electors | 13,656 | ||||
Lib-Lab gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 5,298 | 57.5 | +5.1 | |
Liberal | Henry Yorke Stanger | 3,914 | 42.5 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 1,384 | 15.0 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,212 | 74.0 | −6.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,442 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Cavendish-Bentinck | 4,802 | 52.4 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | Frederick William Maude | 4,369 | 47.6 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 433 | 4.8 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,171 | 80.6 | −1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,377 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Smith Wright | 4,570 | 50.5 | −1.0 | |
Liberal | John Fletcher Moulton | 4,487 | 49.5 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 83 | 1.0 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,057 | 82.3 | +12.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,010 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Smith Wright | 4,586 | 51.5 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | John Williams | 4,317 | 48.5 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 269 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,903 | 69.8 | −5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 12,751 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Williams | 4,983 | 51.9 | ||
Conservative | Henry Smith Wright | 4,620 | 48.1 | ||
Majority | 363 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,603 | 75.3 | |||
Registered electors | 12,751 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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