List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

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.

The location of Nottinghamshire relative to England.

Constituencies

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  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform UK

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Ashfield CC 68,095 5,509   Lee Anderson¤   Rhea Keehn‡
 
Bassetlaw CC 78,161 5,768   Jo White   Brendan Clarke-Smith
 
Broxtowe CC 70,440 8,403   Juliet Campbell   Darren Henry
 
Gedling CC 75,795 11,881   Michael Payne   Tom Randall
 
Mansfield CC 74,535 3,485   Steve Yemm   Ben Bradley
 
Newark CC 79,783 3,572   Robert Jenrick   Saj Ahmad‡
 
Nottingham East BC 69,395 15,162   Nadia Whittome   Rosey Palmer
(Green)
 
Nottingham North and Kimberley BC 73,768 9,427   Alex Norris   Golam Kadiri¤
 
Nottingham South BC 64,255 10,294   Lilian Greenwood   Zarmeena Quraishi†
 
Rushcliffe CC 79,160 7,426   James Naish   Ruth Edwards
 
Sherwood Forest CC 76,543 5,443   Michelle Welsh   Mark Spencer
 

Boundary changes

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2024

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–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
 
Proposed Revision
  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 and Kimberley BC
  9. Nottingham South BC
  10. Rushcliffe CC
  11. Sherwood Forest CC
 
Boundaries 2024–present

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the eleven 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 was renamed Nottingham North and Kimberley. Sherwood was renamed Sherwood Forest.[3][4] These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.

The following constituencies were proposed:

Containing electoral wards in 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

  • Newark (part)
  • Sherwood Forest (part)

Containing electoral wards in Nottingham

Containing electoral wards in Rushcliffe

2010

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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..

Name Boundaries 1997-2010 Boundaries 2010–2024
  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
 
Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire
 
Proposed Revision


Results history

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]

2024

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The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Nottinghamshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:[2]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 201,997 41.5%  4.1% 9  6
Conservative 119,325 24.5%  22.9% 1  7
Reform 94,331 19.4%  16.5% 1  1
Green 30,517 6.3%  4.4 0  
Liberal Democrat 22,827 4.7%  1.5% 0  
Workers 4,459 0.9% New 0  
Others 13,060 2.7%  1.5 0  
Total 486,516 100.0 11

Percentage votes

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Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 46.9 47.3 42.8 32.2 34.7 44.4 54.3 50.9 44.5 37.0 39.7 48.0 37.4 41.5
Conservative 39.6 35.6 45.0 45.1 46.0 42.7 30.5 34.0 33.1 35.9 36.7 43.9 47.4 24.5
Reform1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.9 19.4
Green Party - - - - * * * * * 0.6 3.7 1.0 1.9 6.3
Liberal Democrat2 13.0 16.3 11.5 21.9 18.6 12.1 10.9 13.1 16.2 19.2 4.7 2.9 6.2 4.7
UKIP - - - - - - * * * 3.4 14.9 2.9 * -
Other 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 4.3 2.0 6.3 3.8 0.4 1.2 4.3 3.6

1As the Brexit Party in 2019

21974 & 1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 7 7 6 3 4 7 10 9 9 7 7 6 3 9
Conservative 3 3 4 8 7 4 1 2 2 4 4 5 8 1
Reform UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historical representation by party

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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

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  Conservative   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1885 1886 90 1892 1895 98 00 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 12 16
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

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  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   National Labour

Constituency 1918 22 1922 1923 1924 27 1929 30 31 1931 34 1935 40 41 43 1945
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

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  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 53 1955 1959 1964 1966 68 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 77 1979
Broxtowe / Ashfield (1955) Cocks Warbey Marquand Smith Haynes
Bassetlaw Bellenger Ashton
Mansfield Taylor Concannon
Nottingham E / Nottingham N (1955) Harrison Whitlock
Newark Deer Bishop Alexander
Nottingham NW / Nottingham W (1955) O'Brien Tapsell English
Nottingham Central / N'ham E (1974) Winterbottom Cordeaux Dunnett
Nottingham South Smith Keegan Clark Perry Fowler
Rushcliffe Redmayne Gardner Clarke
Carlton Pickthorn Holland
Beeston Lester

1983 to present

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  Change UK   Conservative   Independent   Labour   Reform UK

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 13 14 2015 2017 19 2019 24 2024
Ashfield Haynes Hoon De Piero Anderson
Bassetlaw Ashton Mann Clarke-Smith White
Broxtowe Lester Palmer Soubry Henry Campbell
Gedling Holland Mitchell Coaker Randall Payne
Mansfield Concannon Meale Bradley Yemm
Newark Alexander Jones Mercer Jenrick
Nottingham East Knowles Heppell Leslie Whittome
Nottingham North / & Kimberley ('24) Ottaway Allen Norris
Nottingham South Brandon-Bravo Simpson Greenwood
Rushcliffe Clarke Edwards Naish
Sherwood / Sherwood Forest (2024) Stewart Tipping Spencer Welsh

See also

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Notes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ Reid, Ben (8 June 2021). "The Notts border changes planned that would affect where you live". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report". Boundary Commission for England. paras 90-109. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".