Nottingham North (UK Parliament constituency) explained

Nottingham North
Parliament:uk
Map1:NottinghamNorth2007
Map2:EnglandNottinghamshire
Map Size:120px
Map Entity:Nottinghamshire
Year:1955
Abolished:2024
Type:Borough
Previous:Nottingham East, Nottingham West and Broxtowe
Next:Nottingham North and Kimberley
Electorate:64,578 (December 2010)
Towns:Bulwell
Region:England
County:Nottinghamshire
European:East Midlands

Nottingham North was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes - including gaining the communities of Kimberley and Nuthall in the Borough of Broxtowe, the Nottingham City ward of Leen Valley ward from Nottingham South, and losing Bilborough ward in exchange - it was reformed as Nottingham North and Kimberley, which was first contested in the 2024 general election.[1]

Constituency profile

The constituency consisted mostly of residential areas, a majority of neighbourhoods of which were council housing. Of these a slight majority, rather than being social housing, is now private under the Right to Buy, such as Bulwell. Overall, its census Super Output Areas have the lowest income of the three Nottingham constituencies,[2] and was the city's safest seat for the Labour Party, though 2017 and 2019 saw considerable increases in the Conservative vote, in line with other Leave and heavily working-class areas, making this seat Nottingham's most marginal for Labour. Male unemployment in 2010 was significantly higher than female unemployment in this constituency, which had the highest overall percentage of claimants in the county of Nottinghamshire, slightly more than Nottingham East.[3]

Causes of UnemploymentThe decline of coal mining and the textile industry in the area in 1970–2000 brought the highest unemployment in the county to Nottingham North, with a peak of 12.8% of its residents being registered unemployed in 2009.

Boundaries

1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Mapperley, Portland, and St Albans, and the Urban District of Hucknall.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Forest, Mapperley, Portland, Radford, and St Albans.

1983–2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Beechdale, Bestwood Park, Bilborough, Bulwell East, Bulwell West, Byron, Portland, and Strelley.

2010–2024: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Basford, Bestwood, Bilborough, Bulwell, and Bulwell Forest.

History

The constituency was created in 1955 and elected Labour candidates as MPs until Richard Ottaway surprisingly gained it for the Conservative Party in their landslide victory of 1983, before narrowly losing in 1987 to Graham Allen, for Labour, who held it until 2017 when he stood down after 30 years of service. Alex Norris then won the seat for Labour in the 2017 general election.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1955James HarrisonLabour
1959Bill WhitlockLabour
1983Richard OttawayConservative
1987Graham AllenLabour
2017Alex NorrisLabour Co-op

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Class War Party originally announced Ben Turff as candidate, but he failed to stand.[4]

Elections in the 1970s

(Boundary changes for 1974)

Elections in the 1950s

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: East Midlands Boundary Commission for England . 2023-06-20 . Boundary Commission for England.
  2. Web site: 2011 census interactive maps . Office for National Statistics . 28 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160129132219/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/census/2011/census-data/2011-census-interactive-content/index.html . 29 January 2016 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency . 15 May 2013 . Simon Rogers, John Burn-Murdoch and Ami Sedghi . The Guardian . 28 December 2014 .
  4. Web site: Ben Turff. Who Can I Vote For? by Democracy Club.