Nottingham North (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox UK constituency Nottingham North was a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.^{[n 2]}

Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was abolished. Subject to major boundary changes – including gaining the communities of Kimberley and Nuthall in the Borough of Broxtowe, the Nottingham City ward of Leen Valley ward from Nottingham South, and losing Bilborough ward in exchange – it was reformed as Nottingham North and Kimberley, which was first contested in the 2024 general election.^[1]

Constituency profile

The constituency consisted mostly of residential areas, a majority of neighbourhoods of which were council housing. Of these a slight majority, rather than being social housing, is now private under the Right to Buy, such as Bulwell. Overall, its census Super Output Areas have the lowest income of the three Nottingham constituencies,^[2] and was the city's safest seat for the Labour Party, though 2017 and 2019 saw considerable increases in the Conservative vote, in line with other Leave and heavily working-class areas, making this seat Nottingham's most marginal for Labour. Male unemployment in 2010 was significantly higher than female unemployment in this constituency, which had the highest overall percentage of claimants in the county of Nottinghamshire, slightly more than Nottingham East.^[3]

Causes of Unemployment

The decline of coal mining and the textile industry in the area in 1970–2000 brought the highest unemployment in the county to Nottingham North, with a peak of 12.8% of its residents being registered unemployed in 2009.

Boundaries

Template:Maplink 1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Mapperley, Portland, and St Albans, and the Urban District of Hucknall.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Forest, Mapperley, Portland, Radford, and St Albans.

1983–2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Beechdale, Bestwood Park, Bilborough, Bulwell East, Bulwell West, Byron, Portland, and Strelley.

2010–2024: The City of Nottingham wards of Aspley, Basford, Bestwood, Bilborough, Bulwell, and Bulwell Forest.

History

The constituency was created in 1955 and elected Labour candidates as MPs until Richard Ottaway^{[n 3]} surprisingly gained it for the Conservative Party in their landslide victory of 1983, before narrowly losing in 1987 to Graham Allen, for Labour, who held it until 2017 when he stood down after 30 years of service. Alex Norris then won the seat for Labour in the 2017 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[4]	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1955	James Harrison	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1959	Bill Whitlock	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1983	Richard Ottaway	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1987	Graham Allen	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	2017	Alex Norris	Labour Co-op

Elections

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Election results for Nottingham North