Nottingham West (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham West
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1955–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Nottingham South and Nottingham North[1]
1885–1950
Number of members	one

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

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. However, a new Nottingham West constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and was in turn abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, Forest, St Albans, Sherwood, and Wollaton.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, St Albans, and Wollaton.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Broxtowe, Robin Hood, and Wollaton.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Broxtowe, Clifton, Robin Hood, University, and Wollaton.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885-1950

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Charles Seely	Liberal
	1886	Henry Broadhurst	Liberal
	1892	Charles Seely	Liberal Unionist
	1895	James Henry Yoxall	Liberal
	1918	Arthur Hayday	Labour
	1931	Arthur Cecil Caporn	Conservative
	1935	Arthur Hayday	Labour
	1945	Tom O'Brien	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

MPs 1955-1983

Election		Member	Party
1955		constituency re-established
	1955	Tom O'Brien	Labour
	1959	Peter Tapsell	Conservative
	1964	Michael English	Labour
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

John Burns

General Election 1885: Nottingham West [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Seely	6,669	60.3	n/a
	Conservative	Edward Cope	3,797	34.3	n/a
	Social Democratic Federation	John Elliot Burns	598	5.4	n/a
Majority			2,872	26.0	n/a
Turnout				74.1	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

Henry Broadhurst

General Election 1886: Nottingham West [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Broadhurst	5,458	54.2	n/a
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Seely	4,609	45.8	n/a
Majority					n/a
Turnout				67.4	6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Nottingham West [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Seely	5,610	51.4
	Liberal	Henry Broadhurst	5,309	48.6
Majority			301	2.8
Turnout				81.4
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1895: Nottingham West [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Yoxall	6,088	52.2	+3.6
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Goldsmith Sparrow	5,575	47.8	-3.6
Majority			513	4.4
Turnout				80.4	-1.0
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Sir Lepel Griffin

General Election 1900: Nottingham West [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Yoxall	6,023	51.6
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Lepel Henry Griffin	5,639	48.4
Majority			384	3.2
Turnout				78.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Nottingham West [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Henry Yoxall	8,107	60.6	+9.0
	Liberal Unionist	William Laurence Pemberton Rowley	5,262	39.4	-9.0
Majority					+18.0
Turnout				81.0	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.0

Elections in the 1910s

Sir James Yoxall

General Election January 1910: Nottingham West [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir James Henry Yoxall	8,955	57.4
	Liberal Unionist	Hon. Henry Lygon	6,652	42.6
Majority			2,303	14.8	-6.4
Turnout				89.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

General Election December 1910: Nottingham West [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir James Henry Yoxall	8,141	57.8	+0.4
	Conservative	Bernard Swanwick Wright	5,949	42.2	-0.4
Majority
Turnout				80.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1923: Nottingham West [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Hayday	12,366	62.7
	Unionist	James Langham Litchfield	7,370	37.3
Majority			4,996	25.4	+3.9
Turnout				63.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1929: Nottingham West [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Hayday	18,593	55.1
	Liberal	Walter Edward Barron	8,276	24.5
	Unionist	Charles Edgar Loseby	6,893	20.4
Majority			10,317	30.6
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1955: Nottingham West [12][13][14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas O'Brien	25,539	54.14	N/A
	Conservative	Francis Michael Richardson	21,631	45.86	N/A
Majority			3,908	8.28	N/A
Turnout			47,170	76.12	N/A
Registered electors			61,969
	Labour win (new seat)

General Election 1959: Nottingham West [12][15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell	22,052	50.19	+4.33
	Labour	Thomas O'Brien	21,888	49.81	-4.33
Majority			164	0.37	N/A
Turnout			43,940	70.84	-5.28
Registered electors			62,030
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.33

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Nottingham West [12][17][18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael English	23,035	52.59	+2.78
	Conservative	Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell	20,763	47.41	-2.78
Majority			2,272	5.19	N/A
Turnout			43,798	81.80	+10.96
Registered electors			53,542
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.78

General Election 1966: Nottingham West [12][19][20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael English	23,859	57.95	+5.36
	Conservative	David J Penfold	17,311	42.05	-5.36
Majority			6,548	15.90	+10.71
Turnout			41,170	78.33	-3.47
Registered electors			52,561
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.36

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Nottingham West [21][22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael English	21,255	52.80
	Conservative	Martin W Suthers	19,003	47.20
Majority			2,252	5.59
Turnout			40,258	70.92
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, February 1974: Nottingham West[1][23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael English	27,592	45.50	-7.30
	Conservative	Peter Robert Cable Lloyd	21,795	35.94	-11.26
	Liberal	Andrew Marshall Johnson	11,260	18.57
Majority			5,797	9.56	+3.97
Turnout			60,647	78.84	+7.92
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Nottingham West[1][24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael English	27,373	49.70	+4.20
	Conservative	Peter Robert Cable Lloyd	18,108	32.88	-3.06
	Liberal	Andrew Marshall Johnson	9,598	17.43	-1.14
Majority			9,265	16.82	+7.26
Turnout			55,079	70.93	-7.91
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.63

General Election, 1979: Nottingham West[1][25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael English	26,301	46.54	-3.15
	Conservative	Margaret Ethel Stoneman	23,801	42.12	+9.24
	Liberal	Michael John Willis	5,497	9.73	-7.70
	National Front	Terence John Wilkinson	718	1.27
	Workers Revolutionary	Arthur Ufton James	192	0.34
Majority			2,500	4.42	-12.40
Turnout			56,509	73.24	+2.31
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.20

References

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