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| Nottingham East Borough constituency |
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| Nottingham East shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885, 1974 |
| MP: | John Heppell |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Nottinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Nottingham East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the City of Nottingham. It includes the suburbs of Mapperley and Greenwood, the residential areas of Forest and Radford, and Sherwood prison. Formerly, many constituents commuted to work in the coal pits.
The seat was thought to be a safe Labour Party area until Michael Knowles won it for the Conservative Party in their landslide election of 1983. Knowles retained the seat for the Tories with a reduced majority at the 1987 election, but Labour, in the person of John Heppell, gained it in 1992; Heppell has held the seat since.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885-1955
MPs 1974-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| Feb. 1974 | Jack Dunnett | Labour | |
| 1983 | Michael Knowles | Conservative | |
| 1992 | John Heppell | Labour | |
Election results
| General Election 2005: Nottingham East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Heppell | 13,787 | 45.8 | −13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Issan Ghazni | 6,848 | 22.7 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | Jim Thornton | 6,826 | 22.6 | −1.7 | |
| Green | Ashley Baxter | 1,517 | 5.0 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Anthony Ellwood | 740 | 2.5 | N/A | |
| Socialist Unity | Pete Radcliff | 373 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,939 | 23.0 | |||
| Turnout | 30,091 | 42.7 | −2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −11.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Nottingham East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Heppell | 17,530 | 59.0 | -3.3 | |
| Conservative | Richard Allan | 7,210 | 24.3 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tim Ball | 3,874 | 13.0 | +2.9 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Pete Radcliff | 1,117 | 3.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,320 | 34.7 | |||
| Turnout | 29,731 | 45.5 | -15.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1929: Nottingham East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Norman Birkett | 14,049 | 40.2 | -1.4 | |
| Conservative | Louis Gluckstein | 11,110 | 31.8 | -15.8 | |
| Labour | J H Baum | 9,787 | 28.0 | +28.0 | |
| Majority | 2,939 | 8.4 | |||
| Turnout | 34,946 | 78.9 | +4.2 | ||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.2 | |||
| General Election 1923: Nottingham East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Norman Birkett | 11,355 | 53.4 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | John Houfton | 9,919 | 46.6 | -13.1 | |
| Majority | 1,436 | 6.8 | |||
| Turnout | 21,274 | 67.8 | +1.6 | ||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +26.2 | |||
See also
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