Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Mansfield | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire | |
![]() Location of Nottinghamshire within England | |
County | Nottinghamshire |
Electorate | 79,849 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Mansfield |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Sir Alan Meale (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Nottinghamshire |
Mansfield is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Sir Alan Meale of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
The constituency covers the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Latest boundary review
The Boundary Commission for England caused changes to constituency to allow for regional and local population changes, noticeably by moving the small town of Market Warsop from Bassetlaw into Mansfield constituency. The boundaries since the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies (since the 2010 general election) were coterminous with the Borough of Mansfield, to have wards:
- Berry Hill, Broom Hill, Cumberlands, Eakring, Forest Town East, Forest Town West, Grange Farm, Ladybrook, Leeming, Lindhurst, Oak Tree, Pleasley Hill, Portland, Priory, Ravensdale, Robin Hood, Sherwood.[2]
- Birklands and Meden were added from 2010 having previously been part of Bassetlaw constituency
Mansfield's elected Executive Mayor Tony Egginton unilaterally decided to reduce the number of ward councillors (from 46 to 36) whilst simultaneously increasing the number of wards from 17 + 2 (shown above) to 36 by applying to the Boundary Commission to re-structure ward layout and boundaries from 2011:[3]
- Abbott, Berry Hill, Brick Kiln, Broom Hill, Bull Farm and Pleasley Hill, Carr Bank, Eakring, Grange Farm, Holly, Hornby, King's Walk, Kingsway, Ladybrook, Lindhurst, Ling Forest, Manor, Market Warsop, Maun Valley, Meden, Netherfield, Newgate, Newlands, Oak Tree, Oakham, Park Hall, Peafields, Penniment, Portland, Racecourse, Ransom Wood, Sandhurst, Sherwood, Warsop Carrs, Woodhouse, Woodlands, Yeoman Hill
History
The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and is a constituency with a coal mining tradition that has been held by the Labour Party for generations. Since 1923 Mansfield has usually been regarded as a safe seat for them, however in the general elections of the 1980s they came close to losing to the Conservative Party. At the 1983 election, they held the seat by just over 2,000 votes. However, at the 1987 election their majority was just 56. That election was set against the background of the Miners Strike of 1984, which was not supported by the majority of miners in Nottinghamshire.
In the elections after 1987, the Labour MP Alan Meale has held Mansfield with relatively large majorities. He was officially Knighted in 2012 by Prince Charles after receiving the award in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.[4]
At the 2005 general election, Mansfield was notable for the Independent candidate Stewart Rickersey, an Independent member of Mansfield District Council, receiving 17% of the vote and finishing in third place.
At the 2010 general election, Andre Camilleri, another candidate from Mansfield Independent Forum and previously a local councillor with special responsibility as a Cabinet Member for Mansfield District Council during 2003 to 2007, was placed fourth with 9% of the vote, above the 5% deposit threshold.
Members of Parliament
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Arthur_Markham.jpg/120px-Arthur_Markham.jpg)
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Meale[8] | 18,603 | 39.4 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Andrea Clarke[9] | 13,288 | 28.2 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | Sid Pepper[10] | 11,850 | 25.1 | +18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Rogers[11] | 1,642 | 3.5 | −12.0 | |
Green | Paul Frost[12] | 1,486 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
TUSC | Karen Seymour[11] | 324 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 5,315 | 11.3 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,193 | 60.9 | +0.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Meale | 18,753 | 38.7 | −11.4 | |
Conservative | Tracy Critchlow | 12,741 | 26.3 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Wyatt[14] | 7,469 | 15.4 | +1.4 | |
Mansfield Independent Forum | Andre Camilleri | 4,339 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
UKIP | David Hamilton | 2,985 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
BNP | Rachel Hill | 2,108 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 6,012 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 48,395 | 60.4 | +3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Meale | 18,400 | 48.1 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Anne Wright | 7,035 | 18.4 | −8.8 | |
Independent | Stewart Rickersey | 6,491 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Shelley | 5,316 | 13.9 | −1.8 | |
Veritas | Michael Harvey | 1,034 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,365 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,276 | 55.4 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Meale | 21,050 | 57.1 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | William Wellesley | 10,012 | 27.2 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Hill | 5,790 | 15.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 11,038 | 29.9 | |||
Turnout | 36,852 | 55.2 | −15.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Meale | 30,556 | 64.4 | ||
Conservative | Tim Frost | 10,038 | 21.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Phil Smith | 5,244 | 11.1 | ||
Referendum | Jim Bogusz | 1,588 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 20,518 | 43.3 | |||
Turnout | 70.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Meale | 29,932 | 54.4 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Gary S. Mond | 18,208 | 33.1 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart R. Thompstone | 6,925 | 12.6 | −9.6 | |
Majority | 11,724 | 21.3 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 55,065 | 82.2 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Meale | 19,610 | 37.5 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Charles Hendry | 19,554 | 37.4 | +1.8 | |
SDP | Barry Answer | 11,604 | 22.2 | −1.7 | |
Moderate Labour | Brian Marshall | 1,580 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 56 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 78.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Concannon | 18,670 | 40.5 | −11.78 | |
Conservative | R.J. Wrenn | 16,454 | 35.6 | +3.71 | |
SDP | S.E. Taylor | 11,036 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,216 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 46,160 | 70.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.75 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Concannon | 29,051 | 52.28 | −5.13 | |
Conservative | K Daly | 17,720 | 31.89 | +8.73 | |
Liberal | DJ Chambers | 8,536 | 15.36 | −3.19 | |
National Front | P Donovan | 259 | 0.47 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,331 | 20.39 | |||
Turnout | 77.34 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.93 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Concannon | 28,964 | 57.41 | ||
Conservative | JR Wood | 11,685 | 23.16 | ||
Liberal | D Chambers | 9,358 | 18.55 | ||
Communist | FC Westacott | 448 | 0.89 | ||
Majority | 17,279 | 34.25 | |||
Turnout | 72.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Concannon | 34,378 | 64.51 | ||
Conservative | HJ Thompson | 18,236 | 34.22 | ||
Communist | FC Westacott | 675 | 1.27 | ||
Majority | 16,142 | 30.29 | |||
Turnout | 77.35 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Concannon | 30,554 | 66.12 | ||
Conservative | CWH Morton | 15,027 | 32.52 | ||
Communist | FC Westacott | 628 | 1.36 | ||
Majority | 15,527 | 33.60 | |||
Turnout | 68.67 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Don Concannon | 28,849 | 64.24 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 9,987 | 22.24 | ||
Liberal | R Strauther | 5,483 | 12.21 | ||
Communist | FC Westacott | 590 | 1.31 | ||
Majority | 18,862 | 42.00 | |||
Turnout | 74.82 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Taylor | 29,055 | 63.57 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 10,021 | 21.93 | ||
Liberal | R Strauther | 6,628 | 14.50 | ||
Majority | 19,034 | 41.65 | |||
Turnout | 77.86 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Taylor | 31,066 | 67.88 | ||
Conservative | MRV Eliot | 14,700 | 32.12 | ||
Majority | 16,366 | 35.76 | |||
Turnout | 80.75 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Taylor | 29,543 | 68.46 | ||
Conservative | IB Church | 13,610 | 31.54 | ||
Majority | 15,933 | 36.92 | |||
Turnout | 78.15 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Taylor | 37,097 | 69.92 | ||
Conservative | ME Williamson | 15,961 | 30.08 | ||
Majority | 21,136 | 39.84 | |||
Turnout | 83.34 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Taylor | 36,224 | 66.65 | ||
Conservative | HL Milliard | 12,495 | 22.99 | ||
Liberal | C H Preston Robinson | 5,145 | 9.47 | ||
Communist | WL Ellis | 482 | 0.89 | ||
Majority | 23,729 | 43.66 | |||
Turnout | 85.83 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Taylor | 43,113 | 75.09 | ||
Conservative | T Lynch | 14,302 | 24.91 | ||
Majority | 28,811 | 50.18 | |||
Turnout | 75.93 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bernard Taylor | unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Brown | 31,803 | 68.01 | ||
Conservative | AC Spearman | 14,962 | 31.99 | ||
Majority | 16,841 | 36.01 | |||
Turnout | 69.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Brown | 26,865 | 55.77 | ||
Conservative | ESB Hopkin | 21,303 | 44.23 | ||
Majority | 5,562 | 11.55 | |||
Turnout | 77.01 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles W E Brown | 28,416 | 58.5 | ||
Liberal | William Collins | 10,517 | 21.7 | ||
Unionist | S R Sidebottom | 9,085 | 18.7 | ||
Communist | Rosina Smith | 533 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 17,899 | 36.8 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frank Bradley Varley | 18,813 | 57.8 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Albert James Bennett | 13,757 | 42.2 | −9.8 | |
Majority | 5,056 | 15.6 | 19.6 | ||
Turnout | 75.9 | +1.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Albert James Bennett | ||||
Labour | William Carter | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Carter | 8,957 | 43.6 | ||
National Democratic | 6,678 | 32.6 | |||
Liberal | Mrs Violet Rosa Carruthers | 4,000 | 19.5 | ||
Independent | Dr Nowroji M Tarachand | 878 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | 2,279 | 11.0 | |||
Turnout | 52.5 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
- denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.
See also
Notes and references
- 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
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
- ^ http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/east-midlands/nottinghamshire/mansfield-electoral-review
- ^ [1] Chad. Local newspaper. Sir Alan Meale officially knighted. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
- ^ "Sir Arthur Basil Markham" Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911, accessed 22 August 2008
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/mansfield-2015.html
- ^ Mansfield and Ashfield Conservatives, Selection of a Parliamentary candidates [sic] 12 December 2014, Retrieved 16 December 2014
- ^ UKIP up for fight against Labour in Mansfield Nottingham Post 7 February 2015 Retrieved 11 February 2015
- ^ a b Mansfield District Council Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll Retrieved 10 April 2015
- ^ Green Party.org Retrieved 16 December 2014
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "Michael Wyatt". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig