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.

Nottingham Central
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–February 1974
Seatsone
Created fromNottingham East, Nottingham West and Nottingham South
Replaced byNottingham East,
Nottingham North

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
YearMemberParty
1918Albert AtkeyUnionist
1922Reginald BerkeleyLiberal
1924Albert BennettUnionist
1930Sir Terence O'ConnorConservative
1940Sir Frederick SykesConservative
1945Geoffrey de FreitasLabour
1950Ian WinterbottomLabour
1955John CordeauxConservative
1964Jack DunnettLabour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s
General election 1918: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Albert Atkey 10,552 63.8
Liberal Edmund Huntsman 3,988 24.1
National Arthur Kitson 1,999 12.1
Majority 6,564 39.7
Turnout 16,539 51.0
Unionist win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s
General election 1922: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Berkeley 11,481 50.0 +25.9
Unionist Albert Atkey 11,459 50.0 −13.8
Majority 22 0.0 N/A
Turnout 22,940 68.9 +17.9
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +19.9
General election 1923: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reginald Berkeley 13,208 53.7 +3.7
Unionist Albert Atkey 11,403 46.3 −3.7
Majority 1,805 7.4 +7.4
Turnout 24,611 72.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.7
General election 1924: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert Bennett 15,107 57.3 +11.0
Labour William Henderson Coultate 6,852 26.0 New
Liberal Charles Roberts 4,409 16.7 −37.0
Majority 8,255 31.3 New
Turnout 26,368 76.6 +3.8
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1929: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert Bennett 14,571 41.7 −15.6
Labour Co-op Eleanor Barton 11,573 33.2 +7.2
Liberal Arthur Brampton 8,738 25.1 +8.4
Majority 2,998 8.5 −22.8
Turnout 34,882 77.4 +0.8
Unionist hold Swing −11.4

Elections 1930–45
1930 Nottingham Central by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence O'Connor 14,946 54.3 +12.6
Labour Co-op Alfred Waterson 7,923 28.8 −4.4
Liberal Reginald Berkeley 4,648 16.9 −8.2
Majority 7,023 25.5 +17.0
Turnout 27,517 61.1 −16.3
Conservative hold Swing +8.5
General election 1931: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence O'Connor 25,828 77.42
Labour Co-op Alfred Waterson 7,532 22.58
Majority 18,296 54.84
Turnout 33,360 75.50
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1935: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence O'Connor 18,706 64.73
Labour Co-op William Allitt 10,193 35.27
Majority 8,513 29.46
Turnout 28,899 68.89
Conservative 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 % ±%
Conservative Frederick Sykes Unopposed N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1945: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geoffrey de Freitas 13,681 48.39
Conservative Frederick Sykes 10,947 38.72
Liberal D Craven Griffiths 3,644 12.89 New
Majority 2,734 9.67
Turnout 28,272 73.88
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections 1950–70
General election 1950: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Winterbottom 19,237 46.31
Conservative Robert Cary 17,487 42.10
Liberal John Michael Glyn-Barton 4,814 11.59
Majority 1,750 4.21
Turnout 41,538 82.86
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Winterbottom 20,517 50.17
Conservative J Anthony H Crean 20,378 49.83
Majority 139 0.34
Turnout 40,895 81.37
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cordeaux 20,903 50.92
Labour Ian Winterbottom 20,145 49.08
Majority 758 1.84 N/A
Turnout 41,048 72.70
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1959: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cordeaux 24,004 52.33
Labour Ian Winterbottom 21,869 47.67
Majority 2,135 4.66
Turnout 45,873 87.39
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Dunnett 21,040 52.66
Conservative John Cordeaux 18,912 47.34
Majority 2,128 5.32 N/A
Turnout 39,952 71.36
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election 1966: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Dunnett 21,348 58.86
Conservative Antony EJ Mitton 14,922 41.14
Majority 6,426 17.72
Turnout 36,270 67.74
Labour hold Swing
General election 1970: Nottingham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Dunnett 17,638 55.61
Conservative Bernard Brook-Partridge 14,079 44.39
Majority 3,559 11.22
Turnout 31,717 60.15
Labour hold Swing

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