Nottingham Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Nottingham Central | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Nottingham East, Nottingham West and Nottingham South |
Replaced by | Nottingham East, Nottingham North |
Nottingham Central was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1950: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Market, Robin Hood, St Ann's, and Sherwood.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Market, Robin Hood, St Mary's, and Sherwood, and the Rural District of Nottingham.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Manvers, Market, Radford, and St Ann's, and the Rural District of Nottingham.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Year | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Albert Atkey | Unionist | |
1922 | Reginald Berkeley | Liberal | |
1924 | Albert Bennett | Unionist | |
1930 | Sir Terence O'Connor | Conservative | |
1940 | Sir Frederick Sykes | Conservative | |
1945 | Geoffrey de Freitas | Labour | |
1950 | Ian Winterbottom | Labour | |
1955 | John Cordeaux | Conservative | |
1964 | Jack Dunnett | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Albert Atkey | 10,552 | 63.8 | |
Liberal | Edmund Huntsman | 3,988 | 24.1 | ||
National | Arthur Kitson | 1,999 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | 6,564 | 39.7 | |||
Turnout | 16,539 | 51.0 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Reginald Berkeley | 11,481 | 50.0 | +25.9 | |
Unionist | Albert Atkey | 11,459 | 50.0 | −13.8 | |
Majority | 22 | 0.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,940 | 68.9 | +17.9 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +19.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Reginald Berkeley | 13,208 | 53.7 | +3.7 | |
Unionist | Albert Atkey | 11,403 | 46.3 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 1,805 | 7.4 | +7.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,611 | 72.8 | +3.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Albert Bennett | 15,107 | 57.3 | +11.0 | |
Labour | William Henderson Coultate | 6,852 | 26.0 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Roberts | 4,409 | 16.7 | −37.0 | |
Majority | 8,255 | 31.3 | New | ||
Turnout | 26,368 | 76.6 | +3.8 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Albert Bennett | 14,571 | 41.7 | −15.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Eleanor Barton | 11,573 | 33.2 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Arthur Brampton | 8,738 | 25.1 | +8.4 | |
Majority | 2,998 | 8.5 | −22.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,882 | 77.4 | +0.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −11.4 |
Elections 1930–45
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence O'Connor | 14,946 | 54.3 | +12.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Alfred Waterson | 7,923 | 28.8 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Reginald Berkeley | 4,648 | 16.9 | −8.2 | |
Majority | 7,023 | 25.5 | +17.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,517 | 61.1 | −16.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence O'Connor | 25,828 | 77.42 | ||
Labour Co-op | Alfred Waterson | 7,532 | 22.58 | ||
Majority | 18,296 | 54.84 | |||
Turnout | 33,360 | 75.50 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence O'Connor | 18,706 | 64.73 | ||
Labour Co-op | William Allitt | 10,193 | 35.27 | ||
Majority | 8,513 | 29.46 | |||
Turnout | 28,899 | 68.89 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of that year, Terence O'Connor had been selected by the Conservatives and Geoffrey de Freitas by Labour.
After O'Connor's death in May 1940, a by-election was held in July, at which Frederick Sykes was returned unopposed for the Conservatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Sykes | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Geoffrey de Freitas | 13,681 | 48.39 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Sykes | 10,947 | 38.72 | ||
Liberal | D Craven Griffiths | 3,644 | 12.89 | New | |
Majority | 2,734 | 9.67 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,272 | 73.88 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections 1950–70
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Winterbottom | 19,237 | 46.31 | ||
Conservative | Robert Cary | 17,487 | 42.10 | ||
Liberal | John Michael Glyn-Barton | 4,814 | 11.59 | ||
Majority | 1,750 | 4.21 | |||
Turnout | 41,538 | 82.86 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Winterbottom | 20,517 | 50.17 | ||
Conservative | J Anthony H Crean | 20,378 | 49.83 | ||
Majority | 139 | 0.34 | |||
Turnout | 40,895 | 81.37 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cordeaux | 20,903 | 50.92 | ||
Labour | Ian Winterbottom | 20,145 | 49.08 | ||
Majority | 758 | 1.84 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,048 | 72.70 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cordeaux | 24,004 | 52.33 | ||
Labour | Ian Winterbottom | 21,869 | 47.67 | ||
Majority | 2,135 | 4.66 | |||
Turnout | 45,873 | 87.39 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dunnett | 21,040 | 52.66 | ||
Conservative | John Cordeaux | 18,912 | 47.34 | ||
Majority | 2,128 | 5.32 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,952 | 71.36 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dunnett | 21,348 | 58.86 | ||
Conservative | Antony EJ Mitton | 14,922 | 41.14 | ||
Majority | 6,426 | 17.72 | |||
Turnout | 36,270 | 67.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dunnett | 17,638 | 55.61 | ||
Conservative | Bernard Brook-Partridge | 14,079 | 44.39 | ||
Majority | 3,559 | 11.22 | |||
Turnout | 31,717 | 60.15 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |