Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)
Rushcliffe | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Nottinghamshire |
Electorate | 73,430 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | West Bridgford |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Kenneth Clarke (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | South Nottinghamshire |
Rushcliffe is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1970 by Ken Clarke, a Conservative.[n 2]
History
The constituency was formed by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (for first use during the election that year).
Since 1950 it has been a safe seat for the Conservative Party whose members have held it without marginal majorities except for a four-year period when it was held by Labour from 1966 coinciding with the First Wilson Ministry. Unlike other constituencies nearby, such as Broxtowe and Gedling, which were previously held by the Conservatives, they retained Rushcliffe in the 1997 New Labour landslide. This was at the time attributed in part to its more rural nature, but also to the personal popularity of the incumbent MP, Conservative Kenneth Clarke.[citation needed]
Boundaries
1885-1918: Part of the Sessional Division of Nottingham.
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Beeston, Carlton, and West Bridgford, the Rural Districts of Leake (the civil parishes of Costock, East Leake, Normanton-on-Soar, Rempstone, Stanford-on-Soar, Sutton Bonington, Thorpe-in-the-Glebe, West Leake, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, and Wysall) and Stapleford (the civil parishes of Bramcote, Chilwell, Stapleford, and Toton), the Rural District which consisted of the civil parishes of Kingston-on-Soar and Ratcliffe-on-Soar, and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Awsworth, Barton-in-Fabis, Bilborough, Bradmore, Bunny, Burton Joyce, Clifton-with-Glapton, Colwick, Cossall, Gamston, Gedling, Gotham, Nuthall, Ruddington, South Wilford, Stoke Bardolph, Strelley, Thrumpton, Trowell, and Wollaton.
1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Beeston and Stapleford, and West Bridgford, and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Barton-in-Fabis, Bilborough, Bradmore, Bunny, Clifton with Glapton, Colwick, Costock, East Leake, Gedling, Gotham, Kingston-on-Soar, Normanton-on-Soar, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Rempstone, Ruddington, Stanford-on-Soar, Sutton Bonington, Thorpe-in-the-Glebe, Thrumpton, West Leake, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, and Wysall.
1955-1974: The Urban District of Beeston and Stapleford, and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Barton-in-Fabis, Bilborough, Bradmore, Bunny, Colwick, Costock, East Leake, Gedling, Gotham, Kingston-on-Soar, Normanton-on-Soar, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Rempstone, Ruddington, Stanford-on-Soar, Sutton Bonington, Thorpe-in-the-Glebe, Thrumpton, West Leake, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, and Wysall.
1974-1983: The Urban District of West Bridgford, the Rural District of Bingham (the civil parishes of Aslockton, Bingham, Car Colston, Clipston-on-the-Wolds, Colston Bassett, Cotgrave, Cropwell Bishop, Cropwell Butler, East Bridgford, Edwalton, Elton, Flawborough, Flintham, Gamston, Granby, Hawksworth, Hickling, Holme Pierrepont, Keyworth, Kinoulton, Kneeton, Langar-cum-Barnstone, Normanton-on-the-Wolds, Orston, Owthorpe, Plumtree, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Saxondale, Scarrington, Screveton, Shelford, Shelton, Sibthorpe, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Thoroton, Tithby, Tollerton, Upper Broughton, Whatton, Widmerpool, and Wiverton Hall), and in the Rural District of Basford the civil parishes of Barton-in-Fabis, Bradmore, Bunny, Costock, East Leake, Gotham, Kingston on Soar, Normanton on Soar, Ratcliffe on Soar, Rempstone, Ruddington, Stanford on Soar, Sutton Bonington, Thorpe in the Glebe, Thrumpton, West Leake, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, and Wysall.
1983-2010: The Borough of Rushcliffe.
2010-present: The Borough of Rushcliffe wards of Abbey, Compton Acres, Cotgrave, Edwalton Village, Gamston, Gotham, Keyworth North, Keyworth South, Lady Bay, Leake, Lutterell, Manvers, Melton, Musters, Nevile, Ruddington, Soar Valley, Stanford, Tollerton, Trent, Trent Bridge, Wiverton, and Wolds.
The constituency covers the south of Nottinghamshire.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Nottinghamshire, the Boundary Commission's report approved by Parliament led to minor modifications to the existing constituency[n 3] for the 2010 general election onwards.
Constituency profile
The main town in the constituency is West Bridgford, which is part of the Greater Nottingham urban area, and includes the Trent Bridge cricket ground and Nottingham Forest F.C.. The remainder of the constituency is predominantly rural, although includes the villages of Cotgrave, East Leake, Sutton Bonington, Keyworth, Radcliffe on Trent and Ruddington.
The constituency consists of Census Output Areas of one local government district with a working population whose income is close to the national average and has lower than average reliance upon social housing.[2] At the end of 2012 the unemployment rate in the constituency stood as 1.9% of the population claiming jobseekers allowance, compared to the regional average of 3.5%.[3] The borough contributing to the bulk of the seat has a low 15.1% of its population without a car, 16.4% of the population without qualifications and a very high 39.0% with level 4 qualifications or above. In terms of tenure a high 76.7% of homes are owned outright or on a mortgage as at the 2011 census across the district.[4]
Members of Parliament
- Kenneth Clarke
Since 1970, Rushcliffe's Member of Parliament has been one of Britain's prominent political figures, Kenneth Clarke of the Conservative Party.
Clarke was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1993 to 1997, ran to be party leader during opposition under the Blair Ministry, then became Shadow Secretary of State for Business from 2009 to 2010 and then took de facto joint role of Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2010 as the Lord Chancellor lost in the previous administration the requirement to be a leading judge and sit in the judiciary's highest court as well as a conventionally apolitical role in the House of Lords, in which the holder no longer sits.[n 4]
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 28,354 | 51.4 | +0.2 | |
Labour | David Mellen | 14,525 | 26.3 | +5.6 | |
UKIP | Matthew Faithfull[7] | 5,943 | 10.8 | +6.7 | |
Green | Richard Mallender | 3,559 | 6.5 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Johnston | 2,783 | 5.0 | -16.7 | |
Majority | 13,829 | 25.1 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 55,164 | 75.3 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 27,470 | 51.2 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karrar Khan | 11,659 | 21.7 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Andrew Clayworth | 11,128 | 20.7 | −6.7 | |
UKIP | Matthew Faithfull | 2,179 | 4.1 | +1.6 | |
Green | Richard Mallender | 1,251 | 2.3 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 15,811 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 53,687 | 73.6 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 27,899 | 49.5 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Edward Gamble | 14,925 | 26.5 | −7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karrar Khan | 9,813 | 17.4 | +3.8 | |
Green | Simon Anthony | 1,692 | 3.0 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | Matthew Faithfull | 1,358 | 2.4 | −0.2 | |
Veritas | Daniel Moss | 624 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,974 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 56,311 | 70.5 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 25,869 | 47.5 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Paul John Fallon | 18,512 | 34.0 | −2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Arthur Hargreaves | 7,395 | 13.6 | −0.7 | |
UKIP | John Kenneth Brown | 1,434 | 2.6 | +2.0 | |
Green | Ashley John Baxter | 1,236 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,357 | 13.5 | |||
Turnout | 54,446 | 66.5 | −12.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 27,558 | 44.4 | −10.0 | |
Labour | Jocelyn Pettitt | 22,503 | 36.2 | +13.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Boote | 8,851 | 14.3 | −5.7 | |
Referendum | Catherine Chadd | 2,682 | 4.3 | N/A | |
UKIP | Joseph Moore | 403 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Anna Miszewska | 115 | 0.2 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 5,055 | 8.1 | −23.1 | ||
Turnout | 62,112 | 78.8 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 34,448 | 54.4 | −4.4 | |
Labour | Alan D. Chewings | 14,682 | 23.2 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dr. Andrew M. Wood | 12,660 | 20.0 | −3.0 | |
Green | Simon R. Anthony | 775 | 1.2 | −0.5 | |
Ind. Conservative | Morgan Maelor-Jones | 611 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Natural Law | David Richards | 150 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,766 | 31.2 | −4.6 | ||
Turnout | 63,326 | 83.0 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 34,214 | 58.78 | ||
SDP | L George | 13,375 | 22.98 | ||
Labour | Paddy Tipping | 9,631 | 16.54 | ||
Green | H Wright | 991 | 1.70 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 20,839 | 35.80 | |||
Turnout | 72,797 | 79.96 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 33,253 | 61.47 | ||
Liberal | J Hamilton | 13,033 | 24.09 | ||
Labour | Vernon Coaker | 7,290 | 13.48 | ||
Ecology | M Pooks | 518 | 0.96 | ||
Majority | 20,220 | 37.38 | |||
Turnout | 76.91 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 34,196 | 62.21 | ||
Labour | CIE Atkins | 11,712 | 21.31 | ||
Liberal | JE Hamilton | 9,060 | 16.48 | ||
Majority | 22,484 | 40.90 | |||
Turnout | 81.69 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 27,074 | 54.69 | ||
Labour | V Bell | 12,131 | 24.50 | ||
Liberal | JE Hamilton | 10,300 | 20.81 | ||
Majority | 14,943 | 30.18 | |||
Turnout | 77.38 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 29,828 | 55.58 | ||
Labour | M Gallagher | 12,119 | 22.58 | ||
Liberal | JE Hamilton | 11,719 | 21.84 | ||
Majority | 17,709 | 33.00 | |||
Turnout | 84.57 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kenneth Clarke | 30,966 | 51.66 | ||
Labour | Antony Gardner | 24,798 | 41.37 | ||
Liberal | PM Browne | 4,180 | 6.97 | ||
Majority | 6,168 | 10.29 | |||
Turnout | 79.64 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Antony Gardner | 25,623 | 45.80 | ||
Conservative | Martin Redmayne | 25,243 | 45.12 | ||
Liberal | MJ Smith | 5,085 | 9.09 | ||
Majority | 380 | 0.68 | |||
Turnout | 85.43 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Redmayne | 27,936 | 52.64 | ||
Labour | AC Latham | 25,137 | 47.36 | ||
Majority | 2,799 | 5.27 | |||
Turnout | 83.44 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Redmayne | 27,392 | 54.41 | ||
Labour | Neville Sandelson | 22,952 | 44.59 | ||
Majority | 4,440 | 8.82 | |||
Turnout | 85.37 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Redmayne | 23,509 | 51.81 | ||
Labour | DR Hardman | 21,866 | 48.19 | ||
Majority | 1,643 | 3.62 | |||
Turnout | 82.86 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Redmayne | 30,972 | 57.92 | ||
Labour | RJ Ledger | 22,506 | 42.08 | ||
Majority | 8,466 | 15.83 | |||
Turnout | 85.95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin Redmayne | 27,497 | 51.47 | ||
Labour | H Lawson | 20,860 | 39.05 | ||
Liberal | Erica Margaret Stallabrass | 5,064 | 9.48 | ||
Majority | 6,637 | 12.42 | |||
Turnout | 87.77 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Election in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Florence Paton | 43,303 | 54.23 | ||
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 36,544 | 45.77 | ||
Majority | 6,759 | 8.46 | |||
Turnout | 77.00 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | 32,320 | 62.55 | ||
Labour | HJ Cadogan | 19,349 | 37.45 | ||
Majority | 12,971 | 25.10 | |||
Turnout | 67.92 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ralph Assheton | ||||
Labour | |||||
Liberal | A T Marwood | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Betterton | 36,670 | 72.12 | ||
Labour | Florence Paton | 14,176 | 27.88 | ||
Majority | 22,494 | 44.24 | |||
Turnout | 77.79 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Bucknall Betterton | 19,145 | 41.7 | ||
Labour | Florence Beatrice Widdowson | 16,069 | 35.0 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Thomas Marwood | 10,724 | 23.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,076 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Bucknall Betterton | 12,427 | 44.5 | -12.3 | |
Liberal | John Lewin | 8,581 | 30.8 | n/a | |
Labour | James Wilson | 6,882 | 24.7 | -18.5 | |
Majority | 3,846 | 13.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 73.3 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
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.
- ^ The area around Bingham became part of Newark.
- ^ Commentators questioned Lord Falconer its first revised holder whether the title should be abolished.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
- ^ 2011 census interactive maps
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/rushcliffe/
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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