Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham East
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Nottingham East in Nottinghamshire.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	59,489 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Nottingham
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Chris Leslie (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
1885 (1885)–1955 (1955)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Nottingham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Nottingham East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the City of Nottingham. It includes the suburbs of Mapperley, Carrington and Sherwood, and the inner city areas of Hyson Green, St Ann's and Sneinton.

It is presently made up of the following electoral wards of the City of Nottingham: Arboretum; Berridge; Dales; Mapperley; St Ann's; and Sherwood.

From 1983 to 1997, the constituency was made up of the following electoral wards of the City of Nottingham: Basford; Forest; Greenwood; Manvers; Mapperley; Radford; St Ann's; Sherwood; and Trent. Michael Knowles and John Heppell were the MPs for the seat during this period. The City of Nottingham was not a unitary authority at this time.

History

The present Nottingham East constituency was created in 1974, and first elected Jack Dunnett who had been Labour MP for the abolished Nottingham Central seat. Michael Knowles won it for the Conservative Party in 1983. Knowles held the seat with a reduced majority in 1987, but John Heppell gained it for Labour in 1992, and held the seat until he retired in 2010. It is presently held by Labour's Chris Leslie. Although Leslie is a newcomer to this seat, he is no stranger to the House of Commons, as he previously represented the West Yorkshire constituency of Shipley from 1997 to 2005, and served as a junior minister in the Tony Blair Government.

MPs 1885–1955

Event		Member	Party
	1885	Arnold Morley	Liberal
	1895	Edward Bond	Conservative
	1906	Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton	Liberal
	1910	James Archibald Morrison	Conservative
	1912 by-election	Sir John David Rees	Conservative
	1922	John Plowright Houfton	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Norman Birkett	Liberal
	1924	Clement Edmund Royds Brocklebank	Conservative
	1929	Norman Birkett	Liberal
	1931	Louis Halle Gluckstein	Conservative
	1945	James Harrison	Labour
	1955	constituency abolished

MPs 1974–present

Event		Member	Party
	Feb. 1974	Jack Dunnett	Labour
	1983	Michael Knowles	Conservative
	1992	John Heppell	Labour
	2010	Chris Leslie	Labour Co-operative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Leslie	15,022	45.4	−1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sam Boote	8,053	24.3	+2.5
	Conservative	Ewan Lamont	7,846	23.7	+1.2
	UKIP	Pat Wolfe	1,138	3.4	+0.9
	Green	Benjamin Hoare	928	2.8	−2.4
	Christian	Parvaiz Sardar	125	0.4	N/A
Majority			6,969	21.0	−3.2
Turnout			33,112	56.4	+7.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−1.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	13,787	45.8	−13.2
	Liberal Democrat	Issan Ghazni	6,848	22.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Jim Thornton	6,826	22.7	−1.6
	Green	Ashley Baxter	1,517	5.0	N/A
	UKIP	Anthony Ellwood	740	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Unity	Pete Radcliff	373	1.2	N/A
Majority			6,939	23.1
Turnout			30,091	49.6	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.5

General Election 2001: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	17,530	59.0	-3.3
	Conservative	Richard Allan	7,210	24.3	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Ball	3,874	13.0	+2.9
	Socialist Alliance	Pete Radcliff	1,117	3.8	N/A
Majority			10,320	34.7
Turnout			29,731	45.5	-15.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.0

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	24,755	62.3
	Conservative	Andrew Raca	9,336	23.5
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Mulloy	4,008	10.1
	Referendum Party	Ben Brown	1,645	4.1
Majority			15,419	38.8
Turnout			39,744	60.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	25,026	52.6	+10.6
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	17,346	36.4	−6.5
	Liberal Democrat	Tim S. Ball	3,695	7.8	−6.9
	Green	Andrew G. Jones	667	1.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Charles W. Roylance	598	1.3	−13.4
	Natural Law	John Ashforth	283	0.6	+0.6
Majority			7,680	16.1	+15.2
Turnout			47,615	70.1	+1.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.6

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Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	14,049	40.2	-1.4
	Conservative	Louis Gluckstein	11,110	31.8	-15.8
	Labour	J H Baum	9,787	28.0	+28.0
Majority			2,939	8.4
Turnout			34,946	78.9	+4.2
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.2

General Election 1923: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	11,355	53.4	+6.3
	Conservative	John Houfton	9,919	46.6	-13.1
Majority			1,436	6.8
Turnout			21,274	67.8	+1.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+26.2

Elections in the 1900s

1906 General Election: Nottingham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Cotton	6,020	58.4	+12.7
	Conservative	Edward Bond	4,290	41.6	-12.7
Majority			1,730	16.8
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	12.7
Turnout			10,310	82.8	+7.9

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire