Nottingham North is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Alex Norris of the Labour and Co-operative party.[n 2]
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–present: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Basford, Bestwood, Bilborough, Bulwell, and Bulwell Forest.
Constituency profile
The constituency consists 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,[1] 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 now 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.[2]
Causes of Unemployment
The 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.
History
The constituency was created in 1955 and elected Labour candidates as MPs until Richard Ottaway[n 3] 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.
General election February 1974: Nottingham North (new boundaries)
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
William Whitlock
25,435
44.78
Conservative
M F Spungin
20,990
36.95
Liberal
P Edwards
9,623
16.94
Communist
John Peck
754
1.33
Majority
4,445
7.83
Turnout
75,866
74.87
Labour win (new boundaries)
(Boundary changes for 1974)
General election 1970: Nottingham North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
William Whitlock
25,898
52.83
Conservative
William Derbyshire
18,616
37.98
Liberal
Peggy Edwards
3,763
7.68
New
Communist
John Peck
741
1.51
Majority
7,282
14.85
Turnout
70,672
69.36
Labour hold
Swing
Elections in the 1960s
General election 1966: Nottingham North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
William Whitlock
30,260
60.62
Conservative
Jeffery Nicholas Lewis Tillett
18,590
37.24
Communist
John Peck
1,070
2.14
Majority
11,670
23.38
Turnout
67,321
74.15
Labour hold
Swing
General election 1964: Nottingham North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
William Whitlock
29,535
57.14
Conservative
Peter Fry
20,578
39.81
Communist
John Peck
1,579
3.05
Majority
8,957
17.33
Turnout
66,477
77.76
Labour hold
Swing
Elections in the 1950s
General election 1959: Nottingham North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
William Whitlock
24,005
47.19
Conservative
Alan G Blake
18,952
37.26
Liberal
Stanley Thomas
6,581
12.94
New
Communist
John Peck
1,331
2.62
Majority
5,053
9.93
Turnout
59,638
85.30
Labour hold
Swing
General election 1955: Nottingham North
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
James Harrison
26,552
55.40
Conservative
Ian G Colvin
20,462
42.69
Communist
John Peck
916
1.91
Majority
6,090
12.71
Turnout
60,234
79.57
Labour win (new seat)
See also
List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire
Notes
A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
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.
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