Nottingham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham North
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)
Current constituency
Created	1955
Member of parliament	Graham Allen (Labour)
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Nottingham North is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Graham Allen of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1955-1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Mapperley, Portland, and St Albans.

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-present: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Basford, Bestwood, Bilborough, Bulwell, and Bulwell Forest.

Constituency profile

The constituency consists 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,^[1] and has become the safest seat for the Labour Party. 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.^[2]

Causes of Unemployment

The decline of coalmining 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.

History

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 has held it since then.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party	Notes
	1955	James Harrison	Labour	Died May 1959; seat remained vacant until general election in October
	1959	Bill Whitlock	Labour
	1983	Richard Ottaway	Conservative	MP for Croydon South 1992-2015
	1987	Graham Allen	Labour	Present incumbent

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Nottingham North[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Allen	19,283	54.6	+6.0
	Conservative	Louise Burfitt-Dons	7,423	21.0	-3.8
	UKIP	Stephen Crosby[6]	6,542	18.5	+14.6
	Green	Katharina Boettge[7]	1,088	3.1	+3.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Sutton	847	2.4	-14.7
	TUSC	Cathy Meadows	160	0.5	+0.5
Majority			11,860	33.6
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.^[8]

General Election 2010: Nottingham North[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Allen	16,648	48.6	-10.6
	Conservative	Martin Curtis	8,508	24.8	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Ball	5,849	17.1	-0.3
	BNP	Simon Brindley	1,944	5.7	+5.7
	UKIP	Irenea Marriott	1,338	3.9	-1.5
Majority			8,138	23.7
Turnout			34,285	54.2	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Nottingham North[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Allen	17,842	58.7	−5.8
	Conservative	Priti Patel	5,671	18.7	−5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Ball	5,190	17.1	+6.5
	UKIP	Irena Marriott	1,680	5.5	N/A
Majority			12,171	40.1
Turnout			30,383	49.1	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.3

General Election 2001: Nottingham North[13][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Allen	19,392	64.5	-1.2
	Conservative	Martin Wright	7,152	23.8	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Lee	3,177	10.6	+2.6
	Socialist Labour	Andrew Botham	321	1.1	N/A
Majority			12,240	40.7
Turnout			30,042	46.7	-16.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Nottingham North[15][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Allen	27,203	65.71
	Conservative	G Shaw	8,402	20.29
	Liberal Democrat	R Oliver	3,301	7.97
	Referendum	J Neal	1,858	4.49
	Socialist Alternative	A Belfield	637	1.54
Majority			18,801	45.41
Turnout			41,401	62.98
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Nottingham North[16][17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Allen	29,052	55.7	+10.8
	Conservative	Ian G. Bridge	18,309	35.1	−6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Skelton	4,477	8.6	−3.1
	Natural Law	Alwyn C. Cadman	274	0.5	N/A
Majority			10,743	20.6	+17.3
Turnout			52,112	75.0	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.7

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Nottingham North[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Allen	22,713	44.93	+6.25
	Conservative	Richard Ottaway	21,048	41.64	+2.19
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	Sumal C Fernando	5,912	11.69	-7.69
	Communist	John Peck	879	1.74	-0.75
Majority			1,665	3.29
Turnout			69,620	72.61
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Nottingham North[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Ottaway	18,730	39.45	-1.66
	Labour	William Charles Whitlock	18,368	38.68	-8.18
	SDP–Liberal Alliance	L Williams	9,200	19.38	+10.21
	Communist	John Peck	1,184	2.49	+0.48
Majority			362	0.76
Turnout			71,807	66.12
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+3.26

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Nottingham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles 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

General Election October 1974: Nottingham North (new boundaries)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles 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
	Communist	John Peck	525	1.02
Majority			6,841	13.33
Turnout			76,490	67.11
	Labour hold		Swing

(Boundary changes for 1974)

General Election February 1974: Nottingham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles 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

General Election 1970: Nottingham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles Whitlock	25,898	52.83
	Conservative	W Derbyshire	18,616	37.98
	Liberal	M V Edwards	3,763	7.68
	Communist	John Peck	741	1.51
Majority			7,282	14.86
Turnout			70,672	69.36
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Nottingham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles Whitlock	30,260	60.62
	Conservative	J N L 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

General Election 1964: Nottingham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles Whitlock	29,535	57.14
	Conservative	Peter Derek 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

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Nottingham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles Whitlock	24,005	47.19
	Conservative	A G Blake	18,952	37.26
	Liberal	S Thomas	6,581	12.94
	Communist	John Peck	1,331	2.62
Majority			5,053	9.93
Turnout			59,638	85.30
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Nottingham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J Harrison	26,552	55.40
	Conservative	I G Colvin	20,462	42.69
	Communist	John Peck	916	1.91
Majority			6,090	12.71
Turnout			60,234	79.57

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.
3. MP for Croydon South 1992–2015

References

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2. Simon Rogers, John Burn-Murdoch and Ami Sedghi (15 May 2013). "Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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7. http://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/news/local/greens-challenge-mp-allen-1-7072172
8. https://yournextmp.com/person/4742/ben-turff
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17. "UK General Election results April 1992". Politics Resources. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
18. "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
19. "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

Coordinates: 53°00′N 1°11′W / 53.00°N 1.19°W