Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about the parliamentary constituency. For the local government district in the same area of the same name, see Borough of Broxtowe.

Broxtowe
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire
Location of Nottinghamshire within England
County	Nottinghamshire
Population	94,971 (2011 census) [1]
Electorate	71,961 (December 2010) [2]
Major settlements	Beeston, Stapleford and Kimberley
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Darren Henry (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Beeston [3]
1918–1955
Seats	One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Rushcliffe and Mansfield
Replaced by	Ashfield and Rushcliffe

Broxtowe is a parliamentary constituency ^{[n 1]} in Nottinghamshire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Darren Henry, a Conservative. ^{[n 2]}

Constituency profile

Broxtowe is a suburban constituency in Nottinghamshire, to the west of the city of Nottingham, and almost identical in character to the seat of Gedling east of Nottingham. Broxtowe lies along the county's western border with Erewash in Derbyshire. The constituency covers the vast majority of the Borough of Broxtowe (except the town of Eastwood which is in the Ashfield constituency), its name derived from the old Broxtowe wapentake of Nottinghamshire, which covered a larger area. The constituency includes the East Midlands towns of Beeston, Stapleford and Kimberley, and generally affluent villages such as Attenborough, home of Attenborough Nature Reserve, a local attraction. Beeston is the largest town and the base of the borough council, and is on the border of the main campus of the University of Nottingham, as such is home to a large number of the university's staff and a small number of students. It is also home to the headquarters of the local company Boots.

It is a marginal seat between the Labour and the Conservative parties. At the 2017 snap election, less than two percentage points separated the Conservative and Labour parties, with Labour's main strength in Beeston and Kimberley, with the smaller residential towns such as Chilwell mostly Conservative.

Boundaries

Map of present boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Arnold, Eastwood, Hucknall, and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Annesley, Bestwood Park, Brinsley, Calverton, Felley, Greasley, Kimberley, Lambley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, Selston, and Woodborough.

1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Eastwood, Hucknall, and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Annesley, Awsworth, Bestwood Park, Brinsley, Cossall, Felley, Greasley, Kimberley, Linby, Newstead, Nuthall, Papplewick, Selston, Strelley, and Trowell.

1983–2010: The Borough of Broxtowe wards of Attenborough, Awsworth and Cossall, Beeston Central, Beeston North East, Beeston North West, Beeston Rylands, Bramcote, Chilwell East, Chilwell West, Greasley, Kimberley, Nuthall, Stapleford East, Stapleford North, Stapleford West, Strelley and Trowell, and Toton.

2010–present: The Borough of Broxtowe wards of Attenborough, Awsworth, Beeston Central, Beeston North, Beeston Rylands, Beeston West, Bramcote, Chilwell East, Chilwell West, Cossall and Kimberley, Greasley Giltbrook and Newthorpe, Nuthall East and Strelley, Nuthall West and Greasley Watnall, Stapleford North, Stapleford South East, Stapleford South West, Toton and Chilwell Meadows, and Trowell.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be (as they existed on 1^st December 2020):

The Borough of Broxtowe wards of: Attenborough & Chilwell East; Awsworth, Cossall & Trowell; Beeston Central; Beeston North; Beeston Rylands; Beeston West; Bramcote; Brinsley; Chilwell West; Eastwood Hall; Eastwood Hilltop; Eastwood St. Mary’s; Greasley; Stapleford North; Stapleford South East; Stapleford South West; Toton & Chilwell Meadows. ^[4]

The town of Eastwood will be added from Ashfield, offset by the transfer of Kimberley and Nuthall to the new constituency of Nottingham North and Kimberley.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1955

Election	Member [5] [6]	Party		Notes
1918	George Spencer		Labour
1929	Seymour Cocks		Labour	Died May 1953
1953 by-election	Will Warbey		Labour
1955	constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election	Member [6] [7]	Party
1983	Jim Lester		Conservative
1997	Nick Palmer		Labour
2010	Anna Soubry		Conservative
Feb 2019			Change UK
2019	Darren Henry		Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Broxtowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Juliet Campbell [8]
	Liberal Democrats	James Collis [9]
	Reform UK	Andrew Medley [10]
	Green	Teresa Needham [11]
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Broxtowe ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Darren Henry	26,602	48.1	+1.3
	Labour	Greg Marshall	21,271	38.5	−6.8
	The Independent Group for Change	Anna Soubry	4,668	8.5	New
	Green	Kat Boettge	1,806	3.3	+2.1
	English Democrat	Amy Dalla Mura	432	0.8	New
	Independent	Teck Khong	321	0.6	New
	Militant Elvis Anti-HS2	David Bishop	172	0.3	New
Majority			5,331	9.6	+8.1
Turnout			55,272	75.7	+0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.1

General election 2017: Broxtowe ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Soubry [14]	25,983	46.8	+1.6
	Labour	Greg Marshall [15]	25,120	45.3	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Hallam [16]	2,247	4.0	0.0
	UKIP	Fran Loi	1,477	2.7	−7.9
	Green	Pat Morton	681	1.2	−1.7
Majority			863	1.5	−6.5
Turnout			55,508	75.0	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.23

General election 2015: Broxtowe ^{[17] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Soubry	24,163	45.2	+6.2
	Labour	Nick Palmer	19,876	37.2	−1.1
	UKIP	Frank Dunne	5,674	10.6	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Heptinstall	2,120	4.0	−12.9
	Green	David Kirwan	1,544	2.9	+2.1
	Justice for Men and Boys	Ray Barry	63	0.1	New
Majority			4,287	8.0	+7.3
Turnout			53,440	74.4	+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.65

General election 2010: Broxtowe ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Soubry	20,585	39.0	+1.8
	Labour	Nick Palmer	20,196	38.3	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	8,907	16.9	+0.8
	BNP	Michael Shore	1,422	2.7	New
	UKIP	Chris Cobb	1,194	2.3	+0.8
	Green	David Mitchell	423	0.8	−1.1
Majority			389	0.7	N/A
Turnout			52,727	73.2	+4.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Broxtowe ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Palmer	20,457	41.9	−6.7
	Conservative	Bob Seely	18,161	37.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Watts	7,837	16.1	+1.4
	Green	Paul Anderson	896	1.8	New
	UKIP	Patricia Wolfe	695	1.4	New
	Veritas	Damian Hockney	590	1.2	New
	Independent	Mark Gregory	170	0.3	New
Majority			2,296	4.7	-7.2
Turnout			48,806	68.6	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

General election 2001: Broxtowe ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Palmer	23,836	48.6	+1.6
	Conservative	Pauline Latham	17,963	36.7	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	David K. Watts	7,205	14.7	+2.8
Majority			5,873	11.9	+2.3
Turnout			49,004	66.5	−11.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Broxtowe ^{[21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Palmer	27,343	47.0	+12.2
	Conservative	Jim Lester	21,768	37.4	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Terence P. Miller	6,934	11.9	−1.9
	Referendum	Roy Tucker	2,092	3.6	New
Majority			5,575	9.6	N/A
Turnout			58,133	78.3	−5.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1992: Broxtowe ^{[23] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lester	31,096	51.0	−2.6
	Labour	James R. W. Walker	21,205	34.8	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	John D. Ross	8,395	13.8	−8.3
	Natural Law	David Lukehurst	293	0.5	New
Majority			9,891	16.2	−13.1
Turnout			60,989	83.4	+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Broxtowe ^{[24] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lester	30,462	53.6	+0.1
	Labour	Kenneth Fleet	13,811	24.3	+3.0
	Liberal	Keith Melton	12,562	22.1	−2.1
Majority			16,651	29.3	+1.0
Turnout			71,780	79.2	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Broxtowe ^{[25] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Lester	28,522	53.5
	Liberal	Keith Melton	13,444	25.2
	Labour	Michael Warner	11,368	21.3
Majority			15,078	28.3
Turnout			69,760	76.5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

1953 Broxtowe by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Warbey	27,356	74.11	+1.43
	Conservative	Anthony J. Gorman	9,559	25.89	−1.43
Majority			17,797	48.22	+2.86
Turnout			36,915	63.5	−20.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.4

General election 1951: Broxtowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seymour Cocks	35,317	72.68
	Conservative	Anthony J. Gorman	13,274	27.32
Majority			22,043	45.36
Turnout			48,591	84.09
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Broxtowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seymour Cocks	35,471	72.51
	Conservative	C. Peter B. Bailey	13,445	27.49
Majority			22,026	45.02
Turnout			48,916	86.10
	Labour hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Broxtowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seymour Cocks	39,545	72.05
	Conservative	Gerald Stanley Moore Bowman	15,344	27.95
Majority			24,201	44.10
Turnout			54,889	78.45
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Broxtowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seymour Cocks	26,854	62.95
	Conservative	Paul Eyre Springman	15,804	37.05
Majority			11,050	25.90
Turnout			42,658	73.49
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1931: Broxtowe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seymour Cocks	21,917	51.88
	Conservative	Paul Eyre Springman	20,327	48.12
Majority			1,590	3.76
Turnout			42,244	78.57
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Broxtowe ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seymour Cocks	24,603	59.1	+3.7
	Liberal	Ernest George Cove	9,814	23.6	−21.0
	Unionist	Gervas Pierrepont	7,194	17.3	New
Majority			14,789	35.5	+24.7
Turnout			41,611	81.2	+13.5
Registered electors			51,249
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.4

General election 1924: Broxtowe ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Spencer	15,276	55.4	+0.9
	Liberal	Thomas Ernest Jackson	12,313	44.6	−0.9
Majority			2,963	10.8	+1.8
Turnout			27,589	68.7	+6.7
Registered electors			40,171
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 1923: Broxtowe ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Spencer	13,219	54.5	+3.7
	Liberal	George Julian Selwyn Scovell	11,049	45.5	−3.7
Majority			2,170	9.0	+7.4
Turnout			24,268	62.0	+2.2
Registered electors			39,169
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.7

General election 1922: Broxtowe ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Spencer	11,699	50.8	−4.4
	National Liberal	Charles Ernest Tee	11,328	49.2	New
Majority			371	1.6	−30.4
Turnout			23,027	59.8	+3.4
Registered electors			38,475
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Broxtowe ^{[27] [28]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Spencer	11,150	55.2
	Liberal	Charles Seely	4,681	23.2
	National Democratic	Herbert Hoyle Whaite	4,374	21.6
Majority			6,469	32.0
Turnout			20,205	56.4
Registered electors			35,826
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire
• Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election in individual constituencies

Notes

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

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External links

• nomis Constituency Profile for Broxtowe — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

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