Nottingham South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Nottingham South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Nottingham South in Nottinghamshire.
Outline map
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County Nottinghamshire
Electorate 69,154 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created 1983
Member of parliament Lilian Greenwood (Labour)
Number of members One
Created from Nottingham East and Nottingham West
1885–1974 (1974)
Number of members One
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Nottingham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East Midlands

Nottingham South is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Lilian Greenwood, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]

Constituency profile

The seat is the most economically diverse of the three Nottingham constituencies covering higher income and lower income output areas (sub-divisions of wards).[2] This has led to it becoming the most marginal of the seats, changing hands on several occasions over the past few decades and has below-national levels of unemployment claimants, for example at the end of 2010 male claimants were less than half as many as in Nottingham North.[3]

The constituency is also the most politically diverse of the three city seats which together form Nottingham City Council. In the 2007 elections for Nottingham City Council, the constituency elected 9 of the 42 Labour councillors, 6 of the 7 Conservatives and 5 of the 6 Liberal Democrats.[4]

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Nottingham wards of Castle, Market, Meadow, St Mary Bridge, and Trent.

1918-1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Castle, Meadows, and Trent.

1955-1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Clifton, Lenton, and Trent, and the Urban District of West Bridgford.

1983-2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Bridge, Clifton East, Clifton West, Lenton, Park, Robin Hood, Wilford, and Wollaton.

2010-present: The City of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Clifton North, Clifton South, Dunkirk and Lenton, Leen Valley, Radford and Park, Wollaton East and Lenton Abbey, and Wollaton West.

Roughly, the constituency covers the southern part of the City of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire.

File:Wollaton Hall small.jpg
Wollaton Hall in Wollaton, one of the constituency's more affluent areas.

Nottingham South contains at least parts of both of the city's universities. The University of Nottingham's University Park Campus and Jubilee Campus are both in the constituency, as is the Clifton Campus of Nottingham Trent University.

The constituency borders several other seats in Nottingham city and the surrounding area. It is surrounded to the South and East by Rushcliffe constituency, which is represented by Kenneth Clarke. To the West, it borders Broxtowe and both Nottingham North and Nottingham East to the North.

History

Since as early as 1295, Nottingham was represented by one large constituency which elected two members of parliament to the House of Commons. Under a major Act of 1885 three single-member subdivisions were created: Nottingham East, Nottingham West and Nottingham South.

Nine year absence of the seat

Nottingham South was abolished in the election of February 1974 but was re-formed with altered boundaries nine years later in 1983 from parts of Nottingham East and Nottingham West.

Modern demography

Nottingham South is the most diverse of the three constituencies in terms of economic demographics. It includes areas of higher incomes than average in the form of Wollaton and The Park Estate[2] and areas of relative poverty, both suburban and inner city. The council estate built next to and within the bounds of the village/parish of Clifton was once the largest in Europe.

Results to date excluding under the Blair Ministry when it was quite firmly Labour have produced the most marginal majorities of Nottingham City's three constituencies. The Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo held the seat from 1983–92 with small majorities. Since 1992, Nottingham South has been held by Labour MPs; Alan Simpson until retiring from the House of Commons in 2010 and Lilian Greenwood from 2010.

Communities or localities in Nottingham South include:

Members of Parliament

Since 2010 the seat is represented by Lilian Greenwood of the Labour Party, who succeeded Labour's Alan Simpson on his retirement. Simpson had held the seat since 1992, when he defeated the Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo.

MPs 1885–1974

Election Member[5] Party
1885 John Carvell Williams Liberal
1886 Henry Smith Wright Conservative
1895 Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative
1906 Arthur Richardson Liberal-Labour
January 1910 Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative
1929 George Wilfrid Holford Knight Labour
1931 National Labour
1935 Sydney Frank Markham National Labour
1945 Henry Norman Smith Labour Co-operative
1955 Denis Keegan Conservative
1959 William Clark Conservative
1966 George Perry Labour
1970 Norman Fowler Conservative
February 1974 constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election Member[5] Party
1983 Martin Brandon-Bravo Conservative
1992 Alan Simpson Labour
2010 Lilian Greenwood Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Nottingham South[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lilian Greenwood[7] 20,697 47.6 +10.3
Conservative Jane Hunt[8] 13,761 31.7 -1.3
UKIP David Hollas[9] 4,900 11.3 +8.9
Green Adam McGregor[10] 2,345 5.4 +3.9
Liberal Democrat Deborah Newton-Cook[11] 1,532 3.5 -19.5
TUSC Andrew Clayworth 230 0.5 +0.5
Majority 6,936 16.0
Turnout 43,465 63.0
Labour hold Swing 5.81 Con to Lab
File:University Park MMB G8 Nottingham South Debate.jpg
The prospective candidates for the 2010 election at the University of Nottingham Students' Union's Big Debate at the East Midlands Conference Centre.
From left to right:
Tony Sutton (Liberal Democrats), Rowena Holland (Conservative Party), Ken Browne (UK Independence Party), Matthew Butcher (Green Party), Lilian Greenwood (Labour Party)
General Election 2010: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lillian Greenwood 15,209 37.3 −10.1
Conservative Dr Rowena Holland 13,437 32.9 +7
Liberal Democrat Tony Sutton 9,406 23.1 +0.2
BNP Tony Woodward 1,140 2.8 N/A
UKIP Ken Browne 967 2.4 −1.5
Green Matthew Butcher 630 1.5 N/A
Majority 1,772 4.4 −17.2
Turnout 40,789 60.5 +9.9
Labour hold Swing −7.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Simpson 16,506 47.4 −7.1
Conservative Sudesh Mattu 9,020 25.9 −1.3
Liberal Democrat Tony Sutton 7,961 22.9 +6.3
UKIP Ken Browne 1,353 3.9 +2.2
Majority 7,486 21.5
Turnout 34,840 50.6 +0.5
Labour hold Swing −2.9
General Election 2001: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Simpson 19,949 54.5 −0.8
Conservative Wendy Manning 9,960 27.2 −0.5
Liberal Democrat Kevin Mulloy 6,064 16.6 +3.7
UKIP David Bartrop 632 1.7 N/A
Majority 9,989 27.3
Turnout 36,605 50.1 −16.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Simpson 26,825 55.3 +7.6
Conservative Brian Kirsch 13,461 27.7 −14.1
Liberal Democrat Gary Long 6,265 12.9 +2.9
Referendum Ken Thompson 1,523 3.1 N/A
National Democrats Sharron Edwards 446 0.9 N/A
Majority 13,364 27.6
Turnout 48,520 67.0
Labour hold Swing 10.8
General Election 1992: Nottingham South[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Simpson 25,771 47.7 +7.2
Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo 22,590 41.8 −2.9
Liberal Democrat Gareth Long 5,408 10.0 −4.8
Natural Law Mrs Julianne Christou 263 0.5 N/A
Majority 3,181 5.9 +1.7
Turnout 54,032 74.2 +0.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo 23,921 45.0 −0.9
Labour Alan Simpson 21,687 40.8 +6.7
Social Democratic L. Williams 7,517 14.2 −5.9
Majority 2,234 4.2
Turnout 53,125 73.0
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Martin Brandon-Bravo 22,238 45.9 N/A
Labour Ken Coates 16,523 34.1 N/A
Liberal Raymond Andrew Poynter 9,697 20.0 N/A
Majority 5,715 11.8 N/A
Turnout 48,458 70.2 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Norman Fowler 26,726 53.75
Labour George Henry Perry 23,031 46.25
Majority 3,731 7.49
Turnout 49,793 70.03
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Henry Perry 24,580 50.32
Conservative William Gibson Haig Clark 24,268 49.68
Majority 316 0.65
Turnout 48,848 75.61
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1964: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Gibson Haig Clark 23,594 45.97
Labour William Frederick Back 21,046 41.00
Liberal Brian S Stratford 6,690 13.03
Majority 2,548 4.96
Turnout 51,329 78.17
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Gibson Haig Clark 29,607 57.11
Labour John Ernest Silkin 22,235 42.89
Majority 7,372 14.22
Turnout 51,845 72.49
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Denis Michael Keegan 29,145 56.88
Labour Henry Norman Smith 22,092 43.12
Majority 7,053 13.77
Turnout 51,240 78.29
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1951: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Norman Smith 19,844 50.61
Conservative William Rupert Rees-Davies 19,362 49.39
Majority 482 1.23
Turnout 84.47
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1950: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Norman Smith 18,806 48.03
Conservative William Rupert Rees-Davies 17,165 43.82
Liberal EG Watkins 3,182 8.13
Majority 1,641 4.19
Turnout 85.37
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Norman Smith 15,316 50.46
National Labour Sydney Frank Markham 10,766 35.47
Liberal Richard James Blindell 4,272 14.07
Majority 4,550 14.99
Turnout 75.91
Labour gain from National Labour Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour Sydney Frank Markham 15,559 52.24
Labour TJ May 10,963 36.81
Liberal Joseph Mawdesley 3,260 10.95
Majority 4,596 15.43
Turnout 70.95
National Labour hold Swing
General Election 1931: Nottingham South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour George Wilfrid Holford Knight 22,852 68.35
Labour Alonza Randolph Ellis 10,583 31.65
Majority 12,269 36.70
Turnout 77.57
National Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Nottingham South [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Wilfrid Holford Knight 14,800 42.9
Unionist Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 14,252 41.3
Liberal Charles Leslie Hale 5,445 15.8
Majority 548 1.6
Turnout
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

See also

Notes and references

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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