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| Nottingham North Borough constituency |
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| Nottingham North shown within Nottinghamshire, and Nottinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1955 |
| MP: | Graham Allen |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Nottinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Nottingham North 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-western part of the City of Nottingham. The majority of the seat consists of large council estates and residential areas such as Bulwell; unemployment in the seat is high. It is the most working-class of the Nottingham constituencies, and thus unsurprisingly the safest for the Labour Party. It is also the only city constituency to contain an (albeit now disused) coal mine. In an upset, Richard Ottaway gained the seat for the Conservative Party in their landslide win at the 1983 election. Graham Allen regained the seat for Labour in 1987, and has held it since.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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| 1955 | James Harrison | Labour | Died in office May 1959; seat remained vacant until general election in October | |
| 1959 | William Whitlock | Labour | ||
| 1983 | Richard Ottaway | Conservative | ||
| 1987 | Graham Allen | Labour | ||
Election results
| General Election 2005: Nottingham North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Graham Allen | 17,842 | 58.7 | −5.8 | |
| Conservative | Priti Patel | 5,671 | 18.7 | −5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Tim Ball | 5,190 | 17.1 | +6.5 | |
| UK Independence | Irena Marriott | 1,680 | 5.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,171 | 40.1 | |||
| Turnout | 30,383 | 49.1 | +2.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −0.3 | |||
| General Election 2001: Nottingham North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Graham Allen | 19,392 | 64.5 | -1.2 | |
| Conservative | Martin Wright | 7,152 | 23.8 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Rob Lee | 3,177 | 10.6 | +2.6 | |
| Socialist Labour | Andrew Botham | 321 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,240 | 40.7 | |||
| Turnout | 30,042 | 46.7 | -16.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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