Nottingham Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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Nottingham Central
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–February 1974
Number of membersone
Replaced by Nottingham East,
Nottingham North
Created from Nottingham East, Nottingham West and Nottingham South

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.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

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

YearMemberParty
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

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Albert Atkey 10,55263.8
Liberal Edmund Huntsman3,98824.1
National Arthur Kitson 1,99912.1
Majority6,56439.7
Turnout 16,53951.0
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reginald Berkeley 11,481 50.0 +25.9
Unionist Albert Atkey 11,45950.0−13.8
Majority220.0N/A
Turnout 22,94068.9+17.9
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +19.9
General election 1923: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reginald Berkeley 13,208 53.7 +3.7
Unionist Albert Atkey 11,40346.3−3.7
Majority1,8057.4+7.4
Turnout 24,61172.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.7
General election 1924: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Albert Bennett 15,107 57.3 +11.0
Labour William Henderson Coultate6,85226.0New
Liberal Charles Roberts 4,40916.7−37.0
Majority8,25531.3New
Turnout 26,36876.6+3.8
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Albert Bennett 14,571 41.7 −15.6
Labour Co-op Eleanor Barton 11,57333.2+7.2
Liberal Arthur Brampton 8,73825.1+8.4
Majority2,9988.5−22.8
Turnout 34,88277.4+0.8
Unionist hold Swing −11.4

Elections 1930–45

1930 Nottingham Central by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence O'Connor 14,946 54.3 +12.6
Labour Co-op Alfred Waterson 7,92328.8−4.4
Liberal Reginald Berkeley 4,64816.9−8.2
Majority7,02325.5+17.0
Turnout 27,51761.1−16.3
Conservative hold Swing +8.5
General election 1931: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence O'Connor 25,82877.42
Labour Co-op Alfred Waterson 7,53222.58
Majority18,29654.84
Turnout 33,36075.50
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence O'Connor 18,70664.73
Labour Co-op William Allitt 10,19335.27
Majority8,51329.46
Turnout 28,89968.89
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.

1940 Nottingham Central by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frederick Sykes Unopposed N/AN/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoffrey de Freitas 13,68148.39
Conservative Frederick Sykes 10,94738.72
Liberal D Craven Griffiths3,64412.89New
Majority2,7349.67
Turnout 28,27273.88
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections 1950–70

General election 1950: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Winterbottom 19,23746.31
Conservative Robert Cary 17,48742.10
Liberal John Michael Glyn-Barton4,81411.59
Majority1,7504.21
Turnout 41,53882.86
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Winterbottom 20,51750.17
Conservative J Anthony H Crean20,37849.83
Majority1390.34
Turnout 40,89581.37
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cordeaux 20,90350.92
Labour Ian Winterbottom 20,14549.08
Majority7581.84N/A
Turnout 41,04872.70
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1959: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cordeaux 24,00452.33
Labour Ian Winterbottom 21,86947.67
Majority2,1354.66
Turnout 45,87387.39
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Dunnett 21,04052.66
Conservative John Cordeaux 18,91247.34
Majority2,1285.32N/A
Turnout 39,95271.36
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1966: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Dunnett 21,34858.86
Conservative Antony EJ Mitton14,92241.14
Majority6,42617.72
Turnout 36,27067.74
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Nottingham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Dunnett 17,63855.61
Conservative Bernard Brook-Partridge14,07944.39
Majority3,55911.22
Turnout 31,71760.15
Labour hold Swing

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