County Nottinghamshire Major settlements Nottingham Type of constituency Borough constituency Major settlement Nottingham | Electorate 58,705 (2010) Created 1974 (1974) Member of parliament Chris Leslie Number of members 1 | |
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Created from Nottingham Central and Nottingham South Replaced by Nottingham, Nottingham Central, Nottingham South | ||
Nottingham East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chris Leslie, a member of the Labour Party who previously served as an MP for Shipley.
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Boundaries
1885-1918: The Municipal 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-present: The City of Nottingham wards of Arboretum, Berridge, Dales, Mapperley, St Ann's, and Sherwood.
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 and Sneinton.
Constituency profile
On average earners' incomes are slightly lower than the national average and in 2010 unemployment stood at 7.4%, which was higher than the East Midlands average at that date of 3.6% 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.
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 won 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. It is presently held by Labour's Chris Leslie. Leslie previously represented the West Yorkshire constituency of Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and joined the front benches serving as a junior minister as part of the Tony Blair Government.
Elections in the 1940s
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;
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1910s
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;