Nottingham South (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham South
Nottingham South
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Nottingham South in Nottinghamshire
	Location of Nottinghamshire within England
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	69,154 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Nottingham East and Nottingham West
1885–1974
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Nottingham
Replaced by	Nottingham East,; Nottingham West,; Rushcliffe

Nottingham South is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Lilian Greenwood, a member of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

The seat is the most economically diverse of the three Nottingham constituencies covering higher income and lower income output areas (sub-divisions of wards).^[2] This has led to it becoming the most marginal of the seats, changing hands on several occasions over the past few decades and has below-national levels of unemployment claimants, for example at the end of 2010 male claimants were less than half as many as in Nottingham North.^[3]

The constituency is also the most politically diverse of the three city seats which together form Nottingham City Council. In the 2007 elections for Nottingham City Council, the constituency elected 9 of the 42 Labour councillors, 6 of the 7 Conservatives and 5 of the 6 Liberal Democrats.^[4]

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Nottingham wards of Castle, Market, Meadow, St Mary Bridge, and Trent.

1918-1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Castle, Meadows, and Trent.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Clifton, Lenton, and Trent, and the Urban District of West Bridgford.

1983-2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Bridge, Clifton East, Clifton West, Lenton, Park, Robin Hood, Wilford, and Wollaton.

2010-present: The City of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Clifton North, Clifton South, Dunkirk and Lenton, Leen Valley, Radford and Park, Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey, and Wollaton West.

Roughly, the constituency covers the southern part of the City of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire.

Nottingham South contains at least parts of both of the city's universities. The University of Nottingham's University Park Campus and Jubilee Campus are both in the constituency, as is the Clifton Campus of Nottingham Trent University.

The constituency borders several other seats in Nottingham city and the surrounding area. It is surrounded to the South and East by Rushcliffe constituency, which is represented by Kenneth Clarke. To the West, it borders Broxtowe and both Nottingham North and Nottingham East to the North.

History

Since as early as 1295, Nottingham was represented by one large constituency which elected two members of parliament to the House of Commons. Under a major Act of 1885 three single-member subdivisions were created: Nottingham East, Nottingham West and Nottingham South.

Nine year absence of the seat

Nottingham South was abolished in the election of February 1974 but was re-formed with altered boundaries nine years later in 1983 from parts of Nottingham East and Nottingham West.

Modern demography

Nottingham South is the most diverse of the three constituencies in terms of economic demographics. It includes areas of higher incomes than average in the form of Wollaton and The Park Estate^[2] and areas of relative poverty, both suburban and inner city. The council estate built next to and within the bounds of the village/parish of Clifton was once the largest in Europe.

Results to date excluding under the Blair Ministry when it was quite firmly Labour have produced the most marginal majorities of Nottingham City's three constituencies. The Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo held the seat from 1983–92 with small majorities. Since 1992, Nottingham South has been held by Labour MPs; Alan Simpson until retiring from the House of Commons in 2010 and Lilian Greenwood from 2010.

Communities or localities in Nottingham South include:

Members of Parliament

Since 2010 the seat is represented by Lilian Greenwood of the Labour Party, who succeeded Labour's Alan Simpson on his retirement. Simpson had held the seat since 1992, when he defeated the Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo.

MPs 1885–1974

Election		Member^[5]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1885	John Carvell Williams	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1886	Henry Smith Wright	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1895	Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Liberal-Labour (UK)/meta/color" \|	1906	Arthur Richardson	Liberal-Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	January 1910	Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1929	George Wilfrid Holford Knight	Labour
style="background-color: Template:National Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1931	George Wilfrid Holford Knight	National Labour
style="background-color: Template:National Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1935	Sydney Frank Markham	National Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" \|	1945	Henry Norman Smith	Labour Co-operative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1955	Denis Keegan	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1959	William Clark	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1966	George Perry	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1970	Norman Fowler	Conservative
	February 1974	constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election		Member^[5]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Martin Brandon-Bravo	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1992	Alan John Simpson	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2010	Lilian Greenwood	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Nottingham South^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Greenwood^[7]	20,697	47.6	+10.3
	Conservative	Jane Hunt^[8]	13,761	31.7	−1.3
	UKIP	David Hollas^[9]	4,900	11.3	+8.9
	Green	Adam McGregor^[10]	2,345	5.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Newton-Cook^[11]	1,532	3.5	−19.5
	TUSC	Andrew Clayworth	230	0.5	+0.5
Majority			6,936	16.0
Turnout			43,465	63.0
	Labour hold		Swing	5.81 Con to Lab

General Election 2010: Nottingham South^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lillian Greenwood	15,209	37.3	−10.1
	Conservative	Dr Rowena Holland	13,437	32.9	+7
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Sutton	9,406	23.1	+0.2
	BNP	Tony Woodward	1,140	2.8	N/A
	UKIP	Ken Browne	967	2.4	−1.5
	Green	Matthew Butcher	630	1.5	N/A
Majority			1,772	4.4	−17.2
Turnout			40,789	60.5	+9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Nottingham South^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan John Simpson	16,506	47.4	−7.1
	Conservative	Sudesh Mattu	9,020	25.9	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Sutton	7,961	22.9	+6.3
	UKIP	Ken Browne	1,353	3.9	+2.2
Majority			7,486	21.5
Turnout			34,840	50.6	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

General Election 2001: Nottingham South^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan John Simpson	19,949	54.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Wendy Manning	9,960	27.2	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mulloy	6,064	16.6	+3.7
	UKIP	David Bartrop	632	1.7	N/A
Majority			9,989	27.3
Turnout			36,605	50.1	−16.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Nottingham South^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan John Simpson	26,825	55.3	+7.6
	Conservative	Brian Kirsch	13,461	27.7	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Long	6,265	12.9	+2.9
	Referendum	Ken Thompson	1,523	3.1	N/A
	National Democrats	Sharron Edwards	446	0.9	N/A
Majority			13,364	27.6
Turnout			48,520	67.0
	Labour hold		Swing	10.8

General Election 1992: Nottingham South^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan John Simpson	25,771	47.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Martin Brandon-Bravo	22,590	41.8	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Long	5,408	10.0	−4.8
	Natural Law	Mrs Julianne Christou	263	0.5	N/A
Majority			3,181	5.9	+1.7
Turnout			54,032	74.2	+0.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Nottingham South^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Brandon-Bravo	23,921	45.0	−0.9
	Labour	Alan John Simpson	21,687	40.8	+6.7
	SDP	L. Williams	7,517	14.2	−5.9
Majority			2,234	4.2
Turnout			53,125	73.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Nottingham South^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Brandon-Bravo	22,238	45.9	N/A
	Labour	Ken Coates	16,523	34.1	N/A
	Liberal	Raymond Andrew Poynter	9,697	20.0	N/A
Majority			5,715	11.8	N/A
Turnout			48,458	70.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Norman Fowler	26,726	53.75
	Labour	George Henry Perry	23,031	46.25
Majority			3,731	7.49
Turnout			49,793	70.03
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Henry Perry	24,580	50.32
	Conservative	William Gibson Haig Clark	24,268	49.68
Majority			316	0.65
Turnout			48,848	75.61
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1964: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Gibson Haig Clark	23,594	45.97
	Labour	William Frederick Back	21,046	41.00
	Liberal	Brian S Stratford	6,690	13.03
Majority			2,548	4.96
Turnout			51,329	78.17
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Gibson Haig Clark	29,607	57.11
	Labour	John Ernest Silkin	22,235	42.89
Majority			7,372	14.22
Turnout			51,845	72.49
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Denis Michael Keegan	29,145	56.88
	Labour	Henry Norman Smith	22,092	43.12
Majority			7,053	13.77
Turnout			51,240	78.29
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1951: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Norman Smith	19,844	50.61
	Conservative	William Rupert Rees-Davies	19,362	49.39
Majority			482	1.23
Turnout				84.47
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Norman Smith	18,806	48.03
	Conservative	William Rupert Rees-Davies	17,165	43.82
	Liberal	EG Watkins	3,182	8.13
Majority			1,641	4.19
Turnout				85.37
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Henry Norman Smith	15,316	50.46
	National Labour	Sydney Frank Markham	10,766	35.47
	Liberal	Richard James Blindell	4,272	14.07
Majority			4,550	14.99
Turnout				75.91
	Labour gain from National Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Labour	Sydney Frank Markham	15,559	52.24
	Labour	TJ May	10,963	36.81
	Liberal	Joseph Mawdesley	3,260	10.95
Majority			4,596	15.43
Turnout				70.95
	National Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Nottingham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Labour	George Wilfrid Holford Knight	22,852	68.35
	Labour	Alonza Randolph Ellis	10,583	31.65
Majority			12,269	36.70
Turnout				77.57
	National Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Nottingham South ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Wilfrid Holford Knight	14,800	42.9
	Unionist	Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	14,252	41.3
	Liberal	Charles Leslie Hale	5,445	15.8
Majority			548	1.6
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1923: Nottingham South ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Unionist	Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	10,724	51.4
	Independent Labour	Henry Mills	5,176	24.8
	Liberal	Victor Deidorichs Duval	4,966	23.8
Majority			5,548	26.6
Turnout				67.6
	Unionist hold		Swing

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.
^ ^a ^b "2001 Census". The Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ 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.
^ "Local Election Results May 2007". Nottingham City Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "About Lilian Greenwood MP". Labour Party. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Jane Hunt: Candidate for Nottingham South". Conservative Party. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Candidate: David Hollas MBE". UK Independence Party. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Adam McGregor: Candidate for Nottingham South".
^ "Candidate: Deborah Newton-Cook".
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "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.
^ "UK General Election results April 1992". Politics Resources. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "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
^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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

[3] 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] "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

[ons-4] "2001 Census". The Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[5] 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.

[6] "Local Election Results May 2007". Nottingham City Council. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)

[electoralcalculus2015-8] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[9] "About Lilian Greenwood MP". Labour Party. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[10] "Jane Hunt: Candidate for Nottingham South". Conservative Party. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[11] "Candidate: David Hollas MBE". UK Independence Party. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[12] "Adam McGregor: Candidate for Nottingham South".

[13] "Candidate: Deborah Newton-Cook".

[electoralcalculus2010-14] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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

[electoralcalculus2001-16] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-17] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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

[19] "UK General Election results April 1992". Politics Resources. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[electoralcalculus1987-20] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1983-21] "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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

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

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