Nottingham North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham North West was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Nottingham North West
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–1955
Seats	one
Created from	Nottingham West
Replaced by	Nottingham West and Nottingham North

History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, although in reality this was merely a renaming of the previous Nottingham West seat. It disappeared at the 1955 general election, when its territory was split between the redrawn Nottingham West constituency (Broxtowe and Wollaton wards) and the new Nottingham North constituency (St Albans ward).

Boundaries

The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, St Albans, and Wollaton.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Tom O'Brien	Labour
1955		constituency abolished

Election result

General election 1950: Nottingham North West^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom O'Brien	30,223	61.19
	Conservative	Thomas Gardner	13,016	26.35
	Liberal	TH Whalley	5,432	11.00
	Communist	Arthur West	719	1.46
Majority			17,207	34.84
Turnout			49,390	86.10
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1951: Nottingham North West^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom O'Brien	32,694	64.94
	Conservative	Thomas Gardner	17,650	35.06
Majority			15,044	29.88
Turnout			60,392	83.36
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.48

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)

1. Craig, F.W.S. (1972). Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972. Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-09-4.
2. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1950.
3. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.