Beeston (UK Parliament constituency)
Beeston | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Nottinghamshire |
1974–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Broxtowe and Ashfield[1] |
Created from | Rushcliffe |
Beeston was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the February 1974 general election from part of the Rushcliffe constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries[]
The Urban Districts of Beeston and Stapleford, and Eastwood, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Awsworth, Brinsley, Cossall, Greasley, Kimberley, Nuthall, Strelley, and Trowell.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Jim Lester | Conservative | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Lester | 33,273 | 52.6 | +16.6 | |
Labour | JM Jacob | 23,077 | 36.5 | -5.3 | |
Liberal | T Turner | 6,935 | 11.0 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 10,196 | 16.1 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 63,285 | 81.3 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Lester | 25,095 | 42.0 | -0.4 | |
Labour | Antony Gardner | 24,974 | 41.8 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | S Reddish | 9,658 | 16.2 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 121 | 0.2 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 59,727 | 80.5 | -4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jim Lester | 26,487 | 42.36 | ||
Labour | Antony Gardner | 23,943 | 38.30 | ||
Liberal | S Reddish | 12,091 | 19.34 | ||
Majority | 2,544 | 4.06 | |||
Turnout | 62,521 | 84.91 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References[]
- ^ "'Beeston', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
Categories:
- Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1974
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983