Nottingham West | |
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Former
Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1955– 1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Nottingham Central and Nottingham North West |
Replaced by | Nottingham South and Nottingham North [1] |
1885– 1950 | |
Seats | one |
Nottingham West was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. However, a new Nottingham West constituency was created for the 1955 general election, and was in turn abolished for the 1983 general election.
1885–1918: The Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, Forest, St Albans, Sherwood, and Wollaton.
1918–1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, St Albans, and Wollaton.
The constituency was renamed Nottingham North West from 1950 to 1955, but its boundaries remained unchanged.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Broxtowe, Robin Hood, and Wollaton.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Abbey, Broxtowe, Clifton, Robin Hood, University, and Wollaton.
Year | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Charles Seely | Liberal | |
1886 | Henry Broadhurst | Liberal | |
1892 | Charles Seely | Liberal Unionist | |
1895 | James Yoxall | Liberal | |
1918 | Arthur Hayday | Labour | |
1931 | Arthur Caporn | Conservative | |
1935 | Arthur Hayday | Labour | |
1945 | Tom O'Brien | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | constituency re-established | ||
1955 | Tom O'Brien | Labour | |
1959 | Peter Tapsell | Conservative | |
1964 | Michael English | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Seely | 6,669 | 60.3 | ||
Conservative | Edward Cope | 3,797 | 34.3 | ||
Social Democratic Federation | John Burns | 598 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 2,872 | 26.0 | |||
Turnout | 11,064 | 74.1 | |||
Registered electors | 14,929 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Henry Broadhurst | 5,458 | 54.2 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 4,609 | 45.8 | +11.5 | |
Majority | 849 | 8.4 | −17.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,067 | 67.4 | −6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 14,929 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 5,610 | 51.4 | +5.6 | |
Lib-Lab | Henry Broadhurst | 5,309 | 48.6 | −5.6 | |
Majority | 301 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,919 | 81.4 | +14.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,411 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | +5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 6,088 | 52.2 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Arthur Goldsmith Sparrow | 5,575 | 47.8 | −3.6 | |
Majority | 513 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,663 | 80.4 | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,510 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 6,023 | 51.6 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | Lepel Griffin | 5,639 | 48.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 384 | 3.2 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,662 | 78.4 | −2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 14,873 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 8,107 | 60.6 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Laurence Pemberton Rowley | 5,262 | 39.4 | −9.0 | |
Majority | 2,845 | 21.2 | +18.0 | ||
Turnout | 13,369 | 81.0 | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 16,506 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 8,955 | 57.4 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Henry Lygon | 6,652 | 42.6 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 2,303 | 14.8 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 15,607 | 89.3 | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 17,476 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Yoxall | 8,141 | 57.8 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Bernard Swanwick Wright | 5,949 | 42.2 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 2,192 | 15.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 14,090 | 80.6 | −8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 17,476 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 7,286 | 56.8 | New | |
Liberal | Arthur Richardson | 5,552 | 43.2 | −14.6 | |
Majority | 1,734 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,838 | 42.6 | −38.0 | ||
Registered electors | 30,105 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 10,787 | 49.0 | −7.8 | |
Unionist | George Herbert Powell | 6,050 | 27.5 | New | |
Liberal | Alec Lionel Rea | 5,163 | 23.4 | −19.8 | |
Majority | 4,737 | 21.5 | +7.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,000 | 72.5 | +29.9 | ||
Registered electors | 30,332 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 12,366 | 62.7 | +13.7 | |
Unionist | James Langham Litchfield | 7,370 | 37.3 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 4,996 | 25.4 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 19,736 | 63.5 | −9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 31,093 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 12,782 | 56.6 | −6.1 | |
Constitutionalist | Charles Loseby | 9,790 | 43.4 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 2,992 | 13.2 | −12.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,572 | 71.5 | +8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 31,574 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 18,593 | 55.1 | −1.5 | |
Liberal | Walter Edward Barron | 8,276 | 24.5 | New | |
Unionist | Charles Loseby | 6,893 | 20.4 | −23.0 | |
Majority | 10,317 | 30.6 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,762 | 79.8 | +8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 42,314 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Arthur Caporn | 20,596 | 57.9 | +37.5 | |
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 14,963 | 42.1 | −13.0 | |
Majority | 5,633 | 15.8 | −14.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,559 | 76.4 | −3.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Hayday | 19,697 | 53.7 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Arthur Caporn | 16,987 | 46.3 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 2,710 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,684 | 71.4 | −5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom O'Brien | 24,887 | 59.6 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Bernard Stephen Townroe | 9,711 | 23.2 | −23.1 | |
Liberal | Samuel Arthur John Young | 7,184 | 17.2 | New | |
Majority | 15,176 | 36.4 | +29.0 | ||
Turnout | 41,782 | 76.3 | +4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom O'Brien | 25,539 | 54.14 | ||
Conservative | Francis Michael Richardson | 21,631 | 45.86 | ||
Majority | 3,908 | 8.28 | |||
Turnout | 47,170 | 76.12 | |||
Registered electors | 61,969 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 22,052 | 50.19 | +4.33 | |
Labour | Tom O'Brien | 21,888 | 49.81 | −4.33 | |
Majority | 164 | 0.38 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,940 | 70.84 | −5.28 | ||
Registered electors | 62,030 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 23,035 | 52.59 | +2.78 | |
Conservative | Peter Tapsell | 20,763 | 47.41 | −2.78 | |
Majority | 2,272 | 5.18 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,798 | 81.80 | +10.96 | ||
Registered electors | 53,542 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.78 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 23,859 | 57.95 | +5.36 | |
Conservative | David J Penfold | 17,311 | 42.05 | −5.36 | |
Majority | 6,548 | 15.90 | +10.72 | ||
Turnout | 41,170 | 78.33 | −3.47 | ||
Registered electors | 52,561 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 21,255 | 52.80 | −5.15 | |
Conservative | Martin W Suthers | 19,003 | 47.20 | +5.15 | |
Majority | 2,252 | 5.60 | −10.30 | ||
Turnout | 40,258 | 70.92 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 27,592 | 45.50 | −7.30 | |
Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 21,795 | 35.94 | −11.26 | |
Liberal | Andrew Marshall Johnson | 11,260 | 18.57 | New | |
Majority | 5,797 | 9.56 | +3.96 | ||
Turnout | 60,647 | 78.84 | +7.92 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 27,373 | 49.70 | +4.20 | |
Conservative | Peter Lloyd | 18,108 | 32.88 | −3.06 | |
Liberal | Andrew Marshall Johnson | 9,598 | 17.43 | −1.14 | |
Majority | 9,265 | 16.82 | +7.26 | ||
Turnout | 55,079 | 70.93 | −7.91 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.63 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael English | 26,301 | 46.54 | −3.15 | |
Conservative | Margaret Ethel Stoneman | 23,801 | 42.12 | +9.24 | |
Liberal | Michael John Willis | 5,497 | 9.73 | −7.70 | |
National Front | Terence John Wilkinson | 718 | 1.27 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Arthur Ufton James | 192 | 0.34 | New | |
Majority | 2,500 | 4.42 | −12.40 | ||
Turnout | 56,509 | 73.24 | +2.31 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.20 |