List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

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The ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire , (which includes the unitary authority of Nottingham), is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies - three borough constituencies and eight county constituencies.

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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    Reform UK

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [1] Majority [2] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [2] Nearest opposition [2] Map
Ashfield CC 78,2045,733  Lee Anderson (elected as
Conservative)
  Jason Zadrozny

(Ashfield Independents)

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Bassetlaw CC 80,02414,013  Brendan Clarke-Smith Keir Morrison‡
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Broxtowe CC 73,0525,331  Darren Henry

 Greg Marshall‡
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Gedling CC 71,366679  Tom Randall

  Vernon Coaker
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Mansfield CC 77,13116,306  Ben Bradley Sonya Ward‡
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Newark CC 75,85021,816  Robert Jenrick James Baggaley‡
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Nottingham East BC 66,26217,393  Nadia Whittome Victoria Stapleton†
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Nottingham North BC 66,4954,490  Alex Norris Jack Tinley†
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Nottingham South BC 79,48512,568  Lilian Greenwood Jane Hunt†
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Rushcliffe CC 77,0477,643  Ruth Edwards Cheryl Pidgeon‡
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Sherwood CC 77,88816,186  Mark Spencer Mike Pringle‡
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2010 boundary changes

In the Fifth Review the Boundary Commission for England recommended that Nottinghamshire retained its current constituencies, with changes only to reflect revisions to local authority ward boundaries and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies..

NameBoundaries 1997-2010Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Ashfield CC
  2. Bassetlaw CC
  3. Broxtowe CC
  4. Gedling CC
  5. Mansfield CC
  6. Newark CC
  7. Nottingham East BC
  8. Nottingham North BC
  9. Nottingham South BC
  10. Rushcliffe CC
  11. Sherwood CC
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Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire
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Proposed Revision

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021. [3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. Final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed retaining the current number of constituencies in Nottinghamshire, as detailed below, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to electoral wards within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range. As Nottingham North now contains wards in the Borough of Broxtowe, it would become Nottingham North and Kimberley. It is proposed that Sherwood is renamed Sherwood Forest. [4] [5]

Containing electoral wards from Ashfield

Containing electoral wards in Bassetlaw

Containing electoral wards in Broxtowe

Containing electoral wards in Gedling

Containing electoral wards in Mansfield

Containing electoral wards in Newark and Sherwood

Containing electoral wards in Nottingham

Containing electoral wards in Rushcliffe

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [6]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Nottinghamshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

PartyVotes%Change from 2017SeatsChange from 2017
Conservative 258,79447.4%Increase2.svg3.5%8Increase2.svg3
Labour 204,01137.4%Decrease2.svg10.6%3Decrease2.svg3
Liberal Democrats 33,6046.2%Increase2.svg3.3%00
Brexit 15,7282.9%new00
Greens 10,3751.9%Increase2.svg0.9%00
Others23,2414.2%0.0%00
Total545,753100.011

Percentage votes

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 39.635.645.045.146.042.730.534.033.135.936.743.947.4
Labour 46.947.342.832.234.744.454.350.944.537.039.748.037.4
Liberal Democrat 113.016.311.521.918.612.110.913.116.219.24.72.96.2
Green Party ----*****0.63.71.01.9
UKIP ------***3.414.92.9*
Brexit Party ------------2.9
Other0.50.80.80.70.60.74.32.06.33.80.41.24.3

11974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

19791983198719921997200120052010201520172019
Conservative 3348741224458
Labour 77634710997763
Total10101011111111111111111111

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

   Conservative    Liberal    Liberal-Labour    Liberal Unionist

Constituency188518869018921895980019001906Jan 1910Dec 19101216
Bassetlaw Beckett-Denison Milner Newnes Hume-Williams
Mansfield Foljambe Williams Markham C. H. Seely
Newark Pierrepont Finch-Hatton Pierrepont Welby Starkey
Nottingham East Morley Bond Cotton Morrison Rees
Nottingham South Williams Wright Cavendish-Bentinck Richardson Cavendish-Bentinck
Nottingham West C. Seely Broadhurst C. Seely Yoxall
Rushcliffe Ellis Jones

1918 to 1950

   Conservative    Labour    Liberal    National Labour

Constituency191822192219231924271929303119313419354041431945
Broxtowe Spencer Cocks
Mansfield Carter Bennett Varley Brown Taylor
Nottingham West Hayday Caporn Hayday O'Brien
Bassetlaw Hume-Williams MacDonald Bellenger
Nottingham South H. Cavendish-Bentinck Knight Markham Smith
Nottingham Central Atkey Berkeley Bennett O'Connor Sykes de Freitas
Nottingham East Rees Houfton Birkett Brocklebank Birkett Gluckstein Harrison
Rushcliffe Betterton Assheton Paton
Newark Starkey W. Cavendish-Bentinck Shephard

1950 to 1983

   Conservative    Labour

Constituency19501951531955195919641966681970Feb 1974Oct 1974771979
Broxtowe / Ashfield (1955) Cocks Warbey Marquand Smith Haynes
Bassetlaw Bellenger Ashton
Mansfield Taylor Concannon
Nottingham East / Nottingham North (1955) Harrison Whitlock
Newark Deer Bishop Alexander
Nottingham North West / Nottingham West (1955) O'Brien Tapsell English
Nottingham Central / Nottingham East (1974) Winterbottom Cordeaux Dunnett
Nottingham South Smith Keegan Clark Perry Fowler
Rushcliffe Redmayne Gardner Clarke
Carlton Pickthorn Holland
Beeston Lester

1983 to present

   Change UK    Conservative    Independent    Labour    Reform UK

Constituency198319871992199720012005201013142015201719201924
Mansfield Concannon Meale Bradley
Ashfield Haynes Hoon De Piero Anderson
Bassetlaw Ashton Mann Clarke-Smith
Nottingham North Ottaway Allen Norris
Nottingham East Knowles Heppell Leslie Whittome
Nottingham South Brandon-Bravo Simpson Greenwood
Gedling Holland Mitchell Coaker Randall
Sherwood Stewart Tipping Spencer
Broxtowe Lester Palmer Soubry Henry
Newark Alexander Jones Mercer Jenrick
Rushcliffe Clarke Edwards

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

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