Nottingham West (UK Parliament constituency)
Nottingham West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1955–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Nottingham South and Nottingham North[1] |
Created from | Nottingham Central and Nottingham North West |
1885–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Nottingham West was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. However, a new Nottingham West constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and was in turn abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries[]
1885–1918: The Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, Forest, St Albans, Sherwood, and Wollaton.
1918–1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, St Albans, and Wollaton.
The constituency was renamed Nottingham North West from 1950 to 1955, but its boundaries remained unchanged.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Broxtowe, Robin Hood, and Wollaton.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Broxtowe, Clifton, Robin Hood, University, and Wollaton.
Members of Parliament[]
MPs 1885-1950[]
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Charles Seely | Liberal | |
1886 | Henry Broadhurst | Liberal | |
1892 | Charles Seely | Liberal Unionist | |
1895 | James Yoxall | Liberal | |
1918 | Arthur Hayday | Labour | |
1931 | Arthur Caporn | Conservative | |
1935 | Arthur Hayday | Labour | |
1945 | Tom O'Brien | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
MPs 1955-1983[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | constituency re-established | ||
1955 | Tom O'Brien | Labour | |
1959 | Peter Tapsell | Conservative | |
1964 | Michael English | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | 6,669 | 60.3 | ||
Conservative | Edward Cope | 3,797 | 34.3 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | John Burns | 598 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 2,872 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 11,064 | 74.1 | |||
Registered electors | 14,929 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Henry Broadhurst | 5,458 | 54.2 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 4,609 | 45.8 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 849 | 8.4 | −17.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,067 | 67.4 | −6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 14,929 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 5,610 | 51.4 | +5.6 | |
Lib-Lab | Henry Broadhurst | 5,309 | 48.6 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 301 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,919 | 81.4 | +14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,411 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +5.6 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/James_Yoxall.jpg/120px-James_Yoxall.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 6,088 | 52.2 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Goldsmith Sparrow | 5,575 | 47.8 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 513 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,663 | 80.4 | -1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,510 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +3.6 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 6,023 | 51.6 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Lepel Griffin | 5,639 | 48.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 384 | 3.2 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,662 | 78.4 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,873 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 8,107 | 60.6 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Laurence Pemberton Rowley | 5,262 | 39.4 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 2,845 | 21.2 | +18.0 | ||
Turnout | 13,369 | 81.0 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 16,506 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.0 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 8,955 | 57.4 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Henry Lygon | 6,652 | 42.6 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 2,303 | 14.8 | -6.4 | ||
Turnout | 15,607 | 89.3 | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 17,476 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 8,141 | 57.8 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Bernard Swanwick Wright | 5,949 | 42.2 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 2,192 | 15.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,090 | 80.6 | −8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 17,476 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 7,286 | 56.8 | New | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 5,552 | 43.2 | −14.6 | |
Majority | 1,734 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,838 | 42.6 | −38.0 | ||
Registered electors | 30,105 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 10,787 | 49.0 | −7.8 | |
Unionist | George Herbert Powell | 6,050 | 27.5 | New | |
Liberal | Alec Lionel Rea | 5,163 | 23.4 | −19.6 | |
Majority | 4,737 | 21.5 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,000 | 72.5 | +29.9 | ||
Registered electors | 30,332 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 12,366 | 62.7 | +13.7 | |
Unionist | James Langham Litchfield | 7,370 | 37.3 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 4,996 | 25.4 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 19,736 | 63.5 | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 31,093 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 12,782 | 56.6 | −6.1 | |
Constitutionalist | Charles Loseby | 9,790 | 43.4 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 2,992 | 13.2 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,572 | 71.5 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 31,574 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 18,593 | 55.1 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Walter Edward Barron | 8,276 | 24.5 | New | |
Unionist | Charles Loseby | 6,893 | 20.4 | −23.0 | |
Majority | 10,317 | 30.6 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,762 | 79.8 | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 42,314 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.8 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Caporn | 20,596 | 57.9 | +37.5 | |
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 14,963 | 42.1 | -13.0 | |
Majority | 5,633 | 15.8 | -14.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,559 | 76.4 | -3.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 19,697 | 53.7 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Arthur Caporn | 16,987 | 46.3 | -11.6 | |
Majority | 2,710 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,684 | 71.4 | -5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom O'Brien | 24,887 | 59.6 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Bernard Stephen Townroe | 9,711 | 23.2 | -23.1 | |
Liberal | Samuel Arthur John Young | 7,184 | 17.2 | New | |
Majority | 15,176 | 36.4 | +29.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,782 | 76.3 | +4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom O'Brien | 25,539 | 54.14 | ||
Conservative | Francis Michael Richardson | 21,631 | 45.86 | ||
Majority | 3,908 | 8.28 | |||
Turnout | 47,170 | 76.12 | |||
Registered electors | 61,969 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 22,052 | 50.19 | +4.33 | |
Labour | Tom O'Brien | 21,888 | 49.81 | -4.33 | |
Majority | 164 | 0.38 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,940 | 70.84 | -5.28 | ||
Registered electors | 62,030 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.33 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 23,035 | 52.59 | +2.78 | |
Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 20,763 | 47.41 | -2.78 | |
Majority | 2,272 | 5.18 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,798 | 81.80 | +10.96 | ||
Registered electors | 53,542 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.78 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 23,859 | 57.95 | +5.36 | |
Conservative | David J Penfold | 17,311 | 42.05 | -5.36 | |
Majority | 6,548 | 15.90 | +10.72 | ||
Turnout | 41,170 | 78.33 | -3.47 | ||
Registered electors | 52,561 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.36 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 21,255 | 52.80 | -5.15 | |
Conservative | Martin W Suthers | 19,003 | 47.20 | +5.15 | |
Majority | 2,252 | 5.60 | -10.30 | ||
Turnout | 40,258 | 70.92 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 27,592 | 45.50 | -7.30 | |
Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 21,795 | 35.94 | -11.26 | |
Liberal | Andrew Marshall Johnson | 11,260 | 18.57 | New | |
Majority | 5,797 | 9.56 | +3.96 | ||
Turnout | 60,647 | 78.84 | +7.92 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 27,373 | 49.70 | +4.20 | |
Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 18,108 | 32.88 | -3.06 | |
Liberal | Andrew Marshall Johnson | 9,598 | 17.43 | -1.14 | |
Majority | 9,265 | 16.82 | +7.26 | ||
Turnout | 55,079 | 70.93 | -7.91 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.63 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 26,301 | 46.54 | -3.15 | |
Conservative | Margaret Ethel Stoneman | 23,801 | 42.12 | +9.24 | |
Liberal | Michael John Willis | 5,497 | 9.73 | -7.70 | |
National Front | Terence John Wilkinson | 718 | 1.27 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Arthur Ufton James | 192 | 0.34 | New | |
Majority | 2,500 | 4.42 | -12.40 | ||
Turnout | 56,509 | 73.24 | +2.31 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.20 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d "'Nottingham West', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ a b c d e British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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