Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham East is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Nadia Whittome of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Nottingham East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Nottingham East in the East Midlands
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	75,327 (2023)[1]
Major settlements	Nottingham
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Nadia Whittome (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Nottingham Central and Nottingham South
1885–1955
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Nottingham
Replaced by	Nottingham Central and Nottingham North

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1955

Nottingham prior to 1885

Event		Member[2]	Party
	1885	Arnold Morley	Liberal
	1895	Edward Bond	Conservative
	1906	Sir Henry Cotton	Liberal
	1910	James Morrison	Conservative
	1912 by-election	Sir John Rees	Conservative
	1922 by-election	John Houfton	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Norman Birkett	Liberal
	1924	Edmund Brocklebank	Conservative
	1929	Norman Birkett	Liberal
	1931	Louis Gluckstein	Conservative
	1945	James Harrison	Labour
	1955	constituency abolished

MPs since February 1974

Nottingham Central and Nottingham South prior to 1974

Event		Member	Party
	February 1974	Jack Dunnett	Labour
	1983	Michael Knowles	Conservative
	1992	John Heppell	Labour
	2010	Chris Leslie	Labour Co-op
	February 2019		Change UK
	2019	Nadia Whittome	Labour

Constituency profile

On average earners' incomes are slightly lower than the national average^[3] and in 2010 unemployment stood at 7.4%, which was higher than the East Midlands average at the time of 3.6%^[4] however the picture is not uniform across all 2011 Census Output Areas, some of which have incomes at the national average or above and together with the affordability of property in the area, those on the national average way or above generally have the ability to save, purchase property or enjoy a high standard of living.^[5][6]

Boundaries

Historic

1885–1918: The Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, Robin Hood, and St Ann's.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, and St Mary's.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, and St Ann's.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Lenton, Manvers, Market, St Ann's, and Trent.

1983–2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Basford, Forest, Greenwood, Manvers, Mapperley, Radford, St Ann's, Sherwood, and Trent.

2010–2024: The City of Nottingham wards of Arboretum, Berridge, Dales, Mapperley, St Ann's, and Sherwood.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The City of Nottingham wards of Berridge, Castle, Dales, Hyson Green & Arboretum, Mapperley, St Ann's, and Sherwood.^[7]

The Castle ward, which incorporates Nottingham city centre was transferred from Nottingham South.

The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the City of Nottingham. It includes the suburbs of Mapperley, Carrington and Sherwood, and the inner city areas of Hyson Green, St Ann's, Bakersfield and Sneinton.

History

The present Nottingham East constituency was created in 1974, and first elected Jack Dunnett who had been Labour MP for the abolished Nottingham Central seat. Michael Knowles regained it for the Conservative Party in 1983, when some of the seat was transferred to the new Nottingham South constituency in boundary changes. Knowles held the seat with a reduced majority in 1987, but John Heppell gained it for Labour in 1992, and held the seat until he retired in 2010. Until 2019 it was held by Chris Leslie, initially for Labour Co-operative and later for Change UK. Leslie previously represented his hometown constituency of Shipley in West Yorkshire, from 1997 until losing his seat to Philip Davies in 2005. During his first term he joined the front benches serving as a junior minister as part of the Tony Blair Government and was briefly Shadow Chancellor after the 2015 general election. The incumbent MP, Nadia Whittome, was Baby of the House upon her election at the 2019 when she was 23 years old.

Elections

Nottingham east election results 1983-2024

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Nottingham East^[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadia Whittome[10]	19,494	53.6	–9.5
	Green	Rosey Palmer	4,332	11.9	+8.8
	Conservative	Johno Lee	3,925	10.8	–10.0
	Reform	Debbie Stephens	3,578	9.8	+6.4
	Workers Party	Issan Ghazni	2,465	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Prabhaker	1,741	4.8	–1.5
	Independent	Naveed Rashid	494	1.4	N/A
	Independent	Ali Khan	372	1.0	N/A
Majority			15,162	41.7	−1.8
Turnout			36,401	52.5	−7.9
Registered electors			69,395
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.2

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Nottingham East^[11][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadia Whittome	25,735	64.3	−7.2
	Conservative	Victoria Stapleton	8,342	20.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Swift	1,954	4.9	+2.3
	The Independent Group for Change	Chris Leslie	1,447	3.6	New
	Brexit Party	Damian Smith	1,343	3.4	New
	Green	Michelle Vacciana	1,183	3.0	+1.2
Majority			17,393	43.5	−6.4
Turnout			40,004	60.4	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.15

General election 2017: Nottingham East^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Leslie[15]	28,102	71.5	+16.9
	Conservative	Simon Murray	8,512	21.6	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Holliday	1,003	2.6	−1.6
	UKIP	Robert Hall-Palmer	817	2.1	−7.8
	Green	Kat Boettge	698	1.8	−8.1
	Elvis and the Yeti Himalayan Preservation Party	David Bishop[16]	195	0.5	New
Majority			19,590	49.9	+16.1
Turnout			39,327	63.7	+5.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+8.0

General election 2015: Nottingham East^[17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Leslie	19,208	54.6	+9.2
	Conservative	Garry Hickton	7,314	20.8	−2.9
	UKIP	Fran Loi	3,501	9.9	+6.5
	Green	Antonia Zenkevitch[19]	3,473	9.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tad Jones	1,475	4.2	−20.1
	Independent	Seb Soar[20]	141	0.4	New
	Independent	James Stephenson	97	0.3	New
Majority			11,894	33.8	+12.7
Turnout			35,209	58.2	+1.8
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+6.1

General election 2010: Nottingham East^[21][22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Leslie	15,022	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Boote	8,053	24.3
	Conservative	Ewan Lamont	7,846	23.7
	UKIP	Pat Wolfe	1,138	3.4
	Green	Benjamin Hoare	928	2.8
	Christian	Parvaiz Sardar	125	0.4
Majority			6,969	21.1
Turnout			33,112	56.4
	Labour Co-op win (new boundaries)

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Nottingham East^[23][24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	13,787	45.8	−13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Issan Ghazni	6,848	22.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Jim Thornton	6,826	22.7	−1.6
	Green	Ashley Baxter	1,517	5.0	New
	UKIP	Anthony Ellwood	740	2.5	New
	Socialist Unity	Pete Radcliff	373	1.2	New
Majority			6,939	23.0	−11.7
Turnout			30,091	49.6	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.5

General election 2001: Nottingham East^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	17,530	59.0	−3.3
	Conservative	Richard Allan	7,210	24.3	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Ball	3,874	13.0	+2.9
	Socialist Alliance	Pete Radcliff	1,117	3.8	New
Majority			10,320	34.7	−4.1
Turnout			29,731	45.5	−15.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Nottingham East^[27][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	24,755	62.3	+9.7
	Conservative	Andrew Raca	9,336	23.5	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mulloy	4,008	10.1	+2.3
	Referendum	Ben Brown	1,645	4.1	New
Majority			15,419	38.8	+22.6
Turnout			39,744	60.5	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Nottingham East^[28][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Heppell	25,026	52.6	+10.6
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	17,346	36.4	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Ball	3,695	7.8	−6.9
	Green	Andrew Jones	667	1.4	New
	Liberal	Charles Roylance	598	1.3	New
	Natural Law	John Ashforth	283	0.6	New
Majority			7,680	16.2	+15.2
Turnout			47,615	70.1	+1.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Nottingham East^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	20,162	42.9	+2.5
	Labour	Mohammed Aslam	19,706	42.0	+4.9
	Liberal	Stephen Parkhouse	6,887	14.7	New
	Red Front	Kenan Malik	212	0.4	New
Majority			456	0.9
Turnout			46,967	68.8	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.2

General election 1983: Nottingham East^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Knowles	17,641	40.4
	Labour Co-op	Martyn Sloman	16,177	37.1
	SDP	Michael Bird	8,385	19.2
	Ind. Conservative	David Merrick	1,421	3.3
Majority			1,464	3.3
Turnout			43,624	63.6	−0.3
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunnett	15,433	50.5	−0.7
	Conservative	Martin Brandon-Bravo	12,199	39.9	+7.1
	Liberal	JD Hiley	2,270	7.4	−6.3
	National Front	MA Cole	426	1.4	New
	Socialist Unity	IB Juniper	252	0.8	New
Majority			3,234	10.6
Turnout			30,580	63.9	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.9

General election October 1974: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunnett	16,530	51.2	+4.3
	Conservative	SM Swerling	10,574	32.8	−3.3
	Liberal	EJ Rowan	4,442	13.8	−3.2
	Ind. Labour Party	DW Peetz	736	2.3	New
Majority			5,956	18.4	+7.6
Turnout			32,282	60.0	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.8

General election February 1974: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Dunnett	17,324	46.9
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	13,346	36.1
	Liberal	EJ Rowan	6,294	17.0
Majority			3,978	10.8
Turnout			36,964	69.1
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1951: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harrison	20,865	47.77
	Conservative	Sidney Shephard	20,601	47.17
	Liberal	Ruth Abrahams	2,209	5.06
Majority			264	0.60
Turnout			43,675	83.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harrison	20,404	46.5
	Conservative	Louis Gluckstein	18,079	41.2
	Liberal	Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher	5,368	12.2
Majority			2,325	5.3
Turnout			43,851	84.3
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Nottingham East^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Harrison	12,075	40.2	+14.5
	Conservative	Louis Gluckstein	11,227	37.4	−20.3
	Liberal	Patrick Seely	5,658	18.8	+2.2
	Independent Labour	George Twells	1,072	3.6	New
Majority			848	2.8	N/A
Turnout			30,032	72.0	+3.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1939–40: 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 this year, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Louis Gluckstein
• Labour: George Twells

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Gluckstein	16,726	57.7	+7.4
	Labour	M. Leon Freedman	7,435	25.7	+10.3
	Liberal	Arthur Comyns Carr	4,819	16.6	−17.7
Majority			9,291	32.0	+16.0
Turnout			28,980	68.1	−10.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1931: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Gluckstein	17,484	50.3	+18.5
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	11,901	34.3	−5.9
	Labour	Walter Windsor	5,339	15.4	−12.6
Majority			5,583	16.0	N/A
Turnout			34,724	78.8	−0.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	14,049	40.2	−1.4
	Unionist	Louis Gluckstein	11,110	31.8	−15.8
	Labour	James Baum	9,787	28.0	New
Majority			2,939	8.4	N/A
Turnout			34,946	78.9	+4.2
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.2

General election 1924: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Edmund Brocklebank	11,524	47.6	+1.0
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	10,078	41.6	−11.8
	Communist	Tom Mann	2,606	10.8	New
Majority			1,446	6.0	N/A
Turnout			24,208	74.7	+6.9
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1923: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Birkett	11,355	53.4	+13.1
	Unionist	John Houfton	9,919	46.6	−13.1
Majority			1,436	6.8	N/A
Turnout			21,274	67.8	+1.6
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+13.1

General election 1922: Nottingham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Houfton	12,082	59.7	−6.0
	Liberal	Edward Ernest Henry Atkin	8,170	40.3	N/A
Majority			3,912	19.4	−26.9
Turnout			20,252	66.2	+16.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

1922 Nottingham East by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Houfton	10,404	52.3	−13.4
	Labour Co-op	A.H. Jones	5,431	27.3	+7.9
	Liberal	Thomas George Graham	4,065	20.4	New
Majority			4,973	25.0	−21.3
Turnout			19,900	66.3	+16.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	-10.6
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Nottingham East^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Rees	9,549	65.7
	Labour	Thomas Proctor	2,817	19.4	New
	NFDDSS	Joseph Nathaniel Dennis Brookes	2,166	14.9	New
Majority			6,732	46.3
Turnout			14,532	49.5
	Unionist win (new boundaries)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: John Rees
• Labour: Thomas Proctor

Dobson

Nottingham East by-election, 1912^[34][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Rees	6,482	55.7	−0.9
	Liberal	Thomas Dobson	5,158	44.3	+0.9
Majority			1,324	11.4	−1.8
Turnout			11,640	83.9	+0.1
Registered electors			13,866
	Unionist hold		Swing	−0.9

Stewart-Smith

General election December 1910: Nottingham East^[34][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Morrison	6,274	56.6	+5.9
	Liberal	Dudley Stewart-Smith	4,804	43.4	−5.9
Majority			1,470	13.2	+11.8
Turnout			11,078	83.8	−4.0
Registered electors			13,218
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.9

General election January 1910: Nottingham East^[34][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Morrison	5,877	50.7	+9.1
	Liberal	Henry Cotton	5,725	49.3	−9.1
Majority			152	1.4	N/A
Turnout			11,602	87.8	+5.0
Registered electors			13,218
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.1

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Nottingham East^[36][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Cotton	6,020	58.4	+12.7
	Conservative	Edward Bond	4,290	41.6	−12.7
Majority			1,730	16.8	N/A
Turnout			10,310	82.8	+7.9
Registered electors			12,451
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+12.7

Bond

General election 1900: Nottingham East^[36][37][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Bond	4,927	54.3	+3.4
	Liberal	Edward Hervey Fraser	4,148	45.7	−3.4
Majority			779	8.6	+6.8
Turnout			9,075	74.9	−7.9
Registered electors			12,109
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Nottingham East^[36][37][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Bond	4,900	50.9	+4.1
	Liberal	Arnold Morley	4,735	49.1	−4.1
Majority			165	1.8	N/A
Turnout			9,635	82.8	+7.8
Registered electors			12,451
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.1

By-election, 24 Aug 1892: Nottingham East^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Morley	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

• Morley was appointed Postmaster General, requiring a by-election.

General election 1892: Nottingham East^[36][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Morley	4,861	53.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Harold Finch-Hatton	4,284	46.8	−2.3
Majority			577	6.4	+4.6
Turnout			9,145	81.6	+11.0
Registered electors			11,204
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Nottingham East^[36][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Morley	4,584	50.9	−4.3
	Conservative	Harold Finch-Hatton	4,418	49.1	+4.3
Majority			166	1.8	−8.6
Turnout			9,002	70.6	−3.8
Registered electors			12,749
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.3

General election 1885: Nottingham East^[36][38][35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Morley	5,239	55.2
	Conservative	Harold Finch-Hatton	4,248	44.8
Majority			991	10.4
Turnout			9,487	74.4
Registered electors			12,749
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.