Carlton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carlton
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Nottinghamshire
Major settlements Carlton
1950–1983
Number of membersOne
Replaced by Gedling and Sherwood [1]
Created from Broxtowe, Newark and Rushcliffe

Carlton was a constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then partly replaced by the new Gedling constituency.

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Boundaries

1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Arnold and Carlton, the Rural District of Bingham, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Burton Joyce, Calverton, Lambley, Stoke Bardolph, and Woodborough.

1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Arnold and Carlton, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Bestwood Park, Burton Joyce, Calverton, Lambley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, Stoke Bardolph, and Woodborough.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1950 Sir Kenneth Pickthorn Conservative
1966 Philip Holland Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Gedling

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Pickthorn 19,58540.84
Labour Florence Paton 19,19040.02
Liberal Cornelius Charles Kirk9,17619.14
Majority3950.82
Turnout 47,95187.17
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Carlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Pickthorn 24,42949.81+8.97
Labour Florence Paton 20,68542.18+2.16
Liberal Gerald Wortley H Parker3,9308.01−11.13
Majority3,7447.63
Turnout 49,044
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Carlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Pickthorn 27,521 57.1 +7.3
Labour Florence Paton 20,66442.9+0.7
Majority6,85714.2+6.6
Turnout 48,185
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1959: Carlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Pickthorn 30,722 57.6 +0.5
Labour Philip Myers22,64542.4−0.5
Majority8,07715.2+1.0
Turnout 53,367
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Carlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Pickthorn 27,896 46.9 −10.7
Labour Robert B Mellor21,54636.2−6.2
Liberal Max G Payne10,03416.9New
Majority6,35010.7−4.5
Turnout 59,476
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1966: Carlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Holland 28,635 45.6 −1.3
Labour Amos Lloyd Ramsden24,58939.2+3.0
Liberal Max G Payne9,57015.2−1.7
Majority4,0466.4−4.3
Turnout 62,79482.5
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carlton [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Holland 39,840 59.6 +14.0
Labour Carl Bennett27,04340.4+1.2
Majority12,79719.2+12.8
Turnout 66,88384.51+2.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Carlton [1] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Holland 27,30545.37−14.23
Labour James Murray20,14733.58−6.92
Liberal Donald Lawrence Lange11,28218.75New
National Front Cyril Marriott1,4492.41New
Majority7,15811.89−7.21
Turnout 60,18384.48−0.03
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Carlton [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Holland 24,63844.16−1.21
Labour Dennis Pettitt20,01935.88+2.41
Liberal Donald Lawrence Lange9,85917.67−1.07
National Front Cyril Marriott1,2732.28−0.13
Majority4,6198.28−3.71
Turnout 55,78977.74−6.74
Conservative hold Swing −1.81
General election 1979: Carlton [1] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Holland 31,76252.56+8.39
Labour Arthur Palmer18,98931.42−4.46
Liberal John Frederick West9,07715.02−2.65
National Front Michael John Watts6061.00−1.28
Majority12,77321.14+12.86
Turnout 60,43478.90+1.16
Conservative hold Swing +6.43

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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  4. ↑ "UK General Election results October 1974". Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "UK General Election results 1979". Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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