Nottingham Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918	Albert Atkey	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Reginald Berkeley	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924	Albert Bennett	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1930	Sir Terence O'Connor	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1940	Sir Frederick Sykes	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Geoffrey de Freitas	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1950	Ian Winterbottom	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1955	John Cordeaux	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1964	Jack Dunnett	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Huntsman	3,988	24.1
		Arthur Kitson	1,999	12.1
Majority			6,564	39.7
Turnout			16,539	51.0
	win (new seat)

General election 1922: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Reginald Berkeley	Template:Replace	50.0
		Albert Atkey	11,459	50.0
Majority			22	0.0
Turnout			22,940	68.9
	gain from		Swing	+19.9

General election 1923: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Reginald Berkeley	Template:Replace	53.7
		Albert Atkey	11,403	46.3
Majority			1,805	7.4
Turnout			24,611	72.8
	hold		Swing	+3.7

General election 1924: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Albert Bennett	Template:Replace	57.3
		William Henderson Coultate	6,852	26.0
		Charles Roberts	4,409	16.7
Majority			8,255	31.3
Turnout			26,368	76.6
	gain from		Swing

General election 1929: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Albert Bennett	Template:Replace	41.7
		Eleanor Barton	11,573	33.2
		Arthur Brampton	8,738	25.1
Majority			2,998	8.5
Turnout			34,882	77.4
	hold		Swing	−11.4

Elections 1930–45

1930 Nottingham Central by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Terence O'Connor	Template:Replace	54.3
		Alfred Waterson	7,923	28.8
		Reginald Berkeley	4,648	16.9
Majority			7,023	25.5
Turnout			27,517	61.1
	hold		Swing	+8.5

General election 1931: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Terence O'Connor	Template:Replace	77.42
		Alfred Waterson	7,532	22.58
Majority			18,296	54.84
Turnout			33,360	75.50
	hold		Swing

General election 1935: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Terence O'Connor	Template:Replace	64.73
		William Allitt	10,193	35.27
Majority			8,513	29.46
Turnout			28,899	68.89
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frederick Sykes	Template:Replace	N/A
	hold

General election 1945: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Geoffrey de Freitas	Template:Replace	48.39
		Frederick Sykes	10,947	38.72
		D Craven Griffiths	3,644	12.89
Majority			2,734	9.67
Turnout			28,272	73.88
	gain from		Swing

Elections 1950–70

General election 1950: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ian Winterbottom	Template:Replace	46.31
		Robert Cary	17,487	42.10
		John Michael Glyn-Barton	4,814	11.59
Majority			1,750	4.21
Turnout			41,538	82.86
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ian Winterbottom	Template:Replace	50.17
		J Anthony H Crean	20,378	49.83
Majority			139	0.34
Turnout			40,895	81.37
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Cordeaux	Template:Replace	50.92
		Ian Winterbottom	20,145	49.08
Majority			758	1.84
Turnout			41,048	72.70
	gain from		Swing

General election 1959: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Cordeaux	Template:Replace	52.33
		Ian Winterbottom	21,869	47.67
Majority			2,135	4.66
Turnout			45,873	87.39
	hold		Swing

General election 1964: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jack Dunnett	Template:Replace	52.66
		John Cordeaux	18,912	47.34
Majority			2,128	5.32
Turnout			39,952	71.36
	gain from		Swing

General election 1966: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jack Dunnett	Template:Replace	58.86
		Antony EJ Mitton	14,922	41.14
Majority			6,426	17.72
Turnout			36,270	67.74
	hold		Swing

General election 1970: Nottingham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jack Dunnett	Template:Replace	55.61
		Bernard Brook-Partridge	14,079	44.39
Majority			3,559	11.22
Turnout			31,717	60.15
	hold		Swing

See also

• 1930 Nottingham Central by-election
• 1940 Nottingham Central by-election