Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)

Broxtowe
Broxtowe
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire
	Location of Nottinghamshire within England
County	Nottinghamshire
Population	94,971 (2011 census)
Electorate	71,961 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Anna Soubry (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Beeston
1918–1955
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency

Broxtowe is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Anna Soubry of the Conservative Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

Broxtowe constituency is a suburban constituency located in Nottinghamshire, to the west of the city of Nottingham, almost identical in character to the seat of Gedling to the east of Nottingham.

The most recent two election results suggest it is a marginal seat between the Labour and the Conservative parties.

Boundaries

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Arnold, Eastwood, Hucknall, and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Annesley, Bestwood Park, Brinsley, Calverton, Felley, Greasley, Kimberley, Lambley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, Selston, and Woodborough.

1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Eastwood, Hucknall, and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Annesley, Awsworth, Bestwood Park, Brinsley, Cossall, Felley, Greasley, Kimberley, Linby, Newstead, Nuthall, Papplewick, Selston, Strelley, and Trowell.

1983-2010: The Borough of Broxtowe wards of Attenborough, Awsworth and Cossall, Beeston Central, Beeston North East, Beeston North West, Beeston Rylands, Bramcote, Chilwell East, Chilwell West, Greasley, Kimberley, Nuthall, Stapleford East, Stapleford North, Stapleford West, Strelley and Trowell, and Toton.

2010-present: The Borough of Broxtowe wards of Attenborough, Awsworth, Beeston Central, Beeston North, Beeston Rylands, Beeston West, Bramcote, Chilwell East, Chilwell West, Cossall and Kimberley, Greasley Giltbrook and Newthorpe, Nuthall East and Strelley, Nuthall West and Greasley Watnall, Stapleford North, Stapleford South East, Stapleford South West, Toton and Chilwell Meadows, and Trowell.

Members of Parliament

When the seat was recreated in 1983, the Conservative Sir Jim Lester represented it until the seat was gained in 1997 by Labour's Nick Palmer, but the Conservatives' Anna Soubry only just regained it in 2010. She held the seat with a much-increased majority in 2015.

MPs 1918–1955

Election		Member^[4]^[5]	Party	Notes
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1918	George Spencer	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1929	Seymour Cocks	Labour	Died in office May 1953
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1953 by-election	Will Warbey	Labour
	1955	constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election		Member^[5]^[6]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Jim Lester	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1997	Nick Palmer	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2010	Anna Soubry	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Broxtowe^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Mary Soubry	24,163	45.2	+6.2
	Labour	Nicholas Douglas Palmer	19,876	37.2	−1.1
	UKIP	Frank Dunne	5,674	10.6	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley Heptinstall	2,120	4.0	−12.9
	Green	David Kirwan	1,544	2.9	+2.1
	Justice for Men and Boys	Ray Barry	63	0.1	N/A
Majority			4,287	8.0	+7.3
Turnout			53,440	74.4	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.65

General Election 2010: Broxtowe^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Mary Soubry	20,585	39.0	+1.8
	Labour	Nicholas Douglas Palmer	20,196	38.3	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	8,907	16.9	+0.8
	BNP	Michael Shore	1,422	2.7	+2.7
	UKIP	Chris Cobb	1,194	2.3	+0.8
	Green	David Mitchell	423	0.8	−1.1
Majority			389	0.7
Turnout			52,727	73.2	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Broxtowe^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Douglas Palmer	20,457	41.9	−6.7
	Conservative	Bob Seely	18,161	37.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	7,837	16.1	+1.4
	Green	Paul Anderson	896	1.8	N/A
	UKIP	Patricia Wolfe	695	1.4	N/A
	Veritas	Damian Hockney	590	1.2	N/A
	Independent	Mark Gregory	170	0.3	N/A
Majority			2,296	4.7
Turnout			48,806	68.6	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

General Election 2001: Broxtowe^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Douglas Palmer	23,836	48.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Pauline Elizabeth Latham	17,963	36.7	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	David K. Watts	7,205	14.7	+2.8
Majority			5,873	11.9
Turnout			49,004	66.5	−11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Broxtowe^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Douglas Palmer	27,343	47.0	+12.2
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	21,768	37.4	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terence P. Miller	6,934	11.9	−1.9
	Referendum	Roy Tucker	2,092	3.6	N/A
Majority			5,575	9.6
Turnout			58,133	78.3	−5.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: Broxtowe^[14]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	31,096	51.0	−2.6
	Labour	James R.W. Walker	21,205	34.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	John D. Ross	8,395	13.8	−8.3
	Natural Law	David Lukehurst	293	0.5	N/A
Majority			9,891	16.2	−13.1
Turnout			60,989	83.4	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Broxtowe^[15]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	30,462	53.6	+0.1
	Labour	Ken Fleet	13,811	24.3	+3.0
	Liberal	Keith M. Melton	12,562	22.1	−2.1
Majority			16,651	29.3	+1.0
Turnout			71,780	79.2	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Broxtowe^[16]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	28,522	53.5	N/A
	Liberal	Keith M. Melton	13,444	25.2	N/A
	Labour	M. Warner	11,368	21.3	N/A
Majority			15,078	28.3	N/A
Turnout			69,760	76.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

Broxtowe by-election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Noble Warbey	27,356	74.1	+1.4
	Conservative	Anthony J Gorman	9,559	25.9	−1.4
Majority			17,797	48.2	+2.8
Turnout				63.5	−20.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

General Election 1951: Broxtowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Seymour Cocks	35,317	72.68
	Conservative	Anthony J Gorman	13,274	27.32
Majority			22,043	45.36
Turnout				84.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Broxtowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Seymour Cocks	35,471	72.51
	Conservative	C Peter B Bailey	13,445	27.49
Majority			22,026	45.03
Turnout				86.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Broxtowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Seymour Cocks	39,545	72.05
	Conservative	Gerald Stanley Moore Bowman	15,344	27.95
Majority			24,201	44.09
Turnout				78.45
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Broxtowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Seymour Cocks	26,854	62.95
	Conservative	Paul Eyre Springman	15,804	37.05
Majority			11,050	25.90
Turnout				73.49
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Broxtowe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Seymour Cocks	21,917	51.88
	Conservative	Paul Eyre Springman	20,327	48.12
Majority			1,590	3.76
Turnout				78.57
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Broxtowe ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Frederick Seymour Cocks	24,603	59.2
	Liberal	Ernest George Cove	9,814	23.6
	Unionist	Gervas Evelyn Pierrepont	7,119	17.2
Majority			14,789	35.6
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Broxtowe ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	George Alfred Spencer	13,219
	Liberal	George Julian Selwyn Scovell	11,049
Majority			2,170
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ 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.

References

^ "Broxtowe: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ "'Beeston', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Broxtowe 1918-1955". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
^ "Broxtowe 1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000607
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Broxtowe [Archive]". politicsresources.net.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
^ The Liberal Year Book, 1930

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Broxtowe — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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[4] A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[5] 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.

[1] "Broxtowe: Usual Resident Population, 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

[2] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[ElectionWeb74-3] "'Beeston', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

[6] "Broxtowe 1918-1955". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)

[8] "Broxtowe 1983-". Hansard 1803-2005. UK Parliament. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

[electoralcalculus2015-9] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[10] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000607

[electoralcalculus2010-11] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[electoralcalculus2005-12] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-13] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-14] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[politicsresources.net-15] "Broxtowe [Archive]". politicsresources.net.

[electoralcalculus1992-16] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1987-17] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-18] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[19] British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

[20] The Liberal Year Book, 1930

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