Berridge (Nottingham Ward)
Members of Parliament
MPs 1885–1955
Nottingham prior to 1885
MPs since Feb 1974
Nottingham Central and Nottingham South prior to 1974
Event | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Feb 1974 | Jack Dunnett | Labour | |
1983 | Michael Knowles | Conservative | |
1992 | John Heppell | Labour | |
2010 | Chris Leslie | Labour Co-op | |
February 2019 | Change UK | ||
2019 | Nadia Whittome | Labour |
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 the time 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.
Boundaries
Historic
1885–1918: The 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.
2010–2024: The City of Nottingham wards of Arboretum, Berridge, Dales, Mapperley, St Ann's, and Sherwood.
Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The City of Nottingham wards of Berridge, Castle, Dales, Hyson Green & Arboretum, Mapperley, St Ann's, and Sherwood.
The Castle ward, which incorporates Nottingham city centre was transferred from Nottingham South.
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, Bakersfield and Sneinton.
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 regained 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. Until 2019 it was held by Chris Leslie, initially for Labour Co-operative and later for Change UK. Leslie previously represented his hometown constituency of Shipley in West Yorkshire, from 1997 until losing his seat to Philip Davies in 2005. During his first term he joined the front benches serving as a junior minister as part of the Tony Blair Government and was briefly Shadow Chancellor after the 2015 general election. The incumbent MP, Nadia Whittome, is the current Baby of the House, aged 23 upon her election in 2019.
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nadia Whittome | 19,494 | 53.6 | –9.6 | |
Green | Rosey Palmer | 4,332 | 11.9 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Johno Lee | 3,925 | 10.8 | –10.1 | |
Reform UK | Debbie Stephens | 3,578 | 9.8 | +6.4 | |
Workers Party | Issan Ghazni | 2,425 | 6.8 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Anita Prabhaker | 1,741 | 4.8 | –1.5 | |
Independent | Naveed Rashid | 494 | 1.4 | New | |
Independent | Ali Khan | 372 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 15,162 | 42 | |||
Turnout | 36,401 | 53 | -7.0% | ||
Registered electors | 69,395 |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nadia Whittome | 25,735 | 64.3 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Victoria Stapleton | 8,342 | 20.8 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Swift | 1,954 | 4.9 | +2.3 | |
The Independent Group for Change | Chris Leslie | 1,447 | 3.6 | New | |
Brexit Party | Damian Smith | 1,343 | 3.4 | New | |
Green | Michelle Vacciana | 1,183 | 3.0 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 17,393 | 43.5 | −6.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,004 | 60.4 | −3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Chris Leslie | 28,102 | 71.5 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Murray | 8,512 | 21.6 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry Holliday | 1,003 | 2.6 | −1.6 | |
UKIP | Robert Hall-Palmer | 817 | 2.1 | −7.8 | |
Green | Kat Boettge | 698 | 1.8 | −8.1 | |
Elvis and the Yeti Himalayan Preservation Party | David Bishop | 195 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 19,590 | 49.9 | +16.1 | ||
Turnout | 39,327 | 63.7 | +5.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Chris Leslie | 19,208 | 54.6 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Garry Hickton | 7,314 | 20.8 | -2.9 | |
UKIP | Fran Loi | 3,501 | 9.9 | +6.5 | |
Green | Antonia Zenkevitch | 3,473 | 9.9 | +7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tad Jones | 1,475 | 4.2 | -20.1 | |
Independent | Seb Soar | 141 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | James Stephenson | 97 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,894 | 33.8 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,209 | 58.2 | +1.8 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Chris Leslie | 15,022 | 45.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sam Boote | 8,053 | 24.3 | ||
Conservative | Ewan Lamont | 7,846 | 23.7 | ||
UKIP | Pat Wolfe | 1,138 | 3.4 | ||
Green | Benjamin Hoare | 928 | 2.8 | ||
Christian | Parvaiz Sardar | 125 | 0.4 | ||
Majority | 6,969 | 21.1 | |||
Turnout | 33,112 | 56.4 | |||
Labour Co-op win (new boundaries) |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Heppell | 13,787 | 45.8 | -13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Issan Ghazni | 6,848 | 22.8 | +9.8 | |
Conservative | Jim Thornton | 6,826 | 22.7 | -1.6 | |
Green | Ashley Baxter | 1,517 | 5.0 | New | |
UKIP | Anthony Ellwood | 740 | 2.5 | New | |
Socialist Unity | Pete Radcliff | 373 | 1.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,939 | 23.0 | -11.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,091 | 49.6 | +4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Heppell | 17,530 | 59.0 | -3.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Allan | 7,210 | 24.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Ball | 3,874 | 13.0 | +2.9 | |
Socialist Alliance | Pete Radcliff | 1,117 | 3.8 | New | |
Majority | 10,320 | 34.7 | -4.1 | ||
Turnout | 29,731 | 45.5 | -15.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Heppell | 24,755 | 62.3 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Raca | 9,336 | 23.5 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Mulloy | 4,008 | 10.1 | +2.3 | |
Referendum | Ben Brown | 1,645 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 15,419 | 38.8 | +22.6 | ||
Turnout | 39,744 | 60.5 | -9.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Heppell | 25,026 | 52.6 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Knowles | 17,346 | 36.4 | -6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Ball | 3,695 | 7.8 | -6.9 | |
Green | Andrew Jones | 667 | 1.4 | New | |
Liberal | Charles Roylance | 598 | 1.3 | New | |
Natural Law | John Ashforth | 283 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,680 | 16.2 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,615 | 70.1 | +1.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Knowles | 20,162 | 42.9 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Mohammed Aslam | 19,706 | 42.0 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Stephen Parkhouse | 6,887 | 14.7 | New | |
Red Front | Kenan Malik | 212 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 456 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 46,967 | 68.8 | +5.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Knowles | 17,641 | 40.4 | ||
Labour Co-op | Martyn Sloman | 16,177 | 37.1 | ||
SDP | Michael Bird | 8,385 | 19.2 | ||
Ind. Conservative | David Merrick | 1,421 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 1,464 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 43,624 | 63.6 | -0.3 | ||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dunnett | 15,433 | 50.5 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | Martin Brandon-Bravo | 12,199 | 39.9 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | JD Hiley | 2,270 | 7.4 | -6.3 | |
National Front | MA Cole | 426 | 1.4 | New | |
Socialist Unity | IB Juniper | 252 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 3,234 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 30,580 | 63.9 | +3.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dunnett | 16,530 | 51.2 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | SM Swerling | 10,574 | 32.8 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | EJ Rowan | 4,442 | 13.8 | -3.2 | |
Ind. Labour Party | DW Peetz | 736 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 5,956 | 18.4 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,282 | 60.0 | -9.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jack Dunnett | 17,324 | 46.9 | ||
Conservative | Richard Shepherd | 13,346 | 36.1 | ||
Liberal | EJ Rowan | 6,294 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 3,978 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 36,964 | 69.1 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Harrison | 20,865 | 47.77 | ||
Conservative | Sidney Shephard | 20,601 | 47.17 | ||
Liberal | Ruth Abrahams | 2,209 | 5.06 | ||
Majority | 264 | 0.60 | |||
Turnout | 43,675 | 83.34 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Harrison | 20,404 | 46.5 | ||
Conservative | Louis Gluckstein | 18,079 | 41.2 | ||
Liberal | Edward Anthony Brooke Fletcher | 5,368 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | 2,325 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 43,851 | 84.3 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Harrison | 12,075 | 40.2 | +14.5 | |
Conservative | Louis Gluckstein | 11,227 | 37.4 | -20.3 | |
Liberal | Patrick Seely | 5,658 | 18.8 | +2.2 | |
Independent Labour | George Twells | 1,072 | 3.6 | New | |
Majority | 848 | 2.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,032 | 72.0 | +3.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
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;
- Conservative: Louis Gluckstein
- Labour: George Twells
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louis Gluckstein | 16,726 | 57.7 | +7.4 | |
Labour | M. Leon Freedman | 7,435 | 25.7 | +10.3 | |
Liberal | Arthur Comyns Carr | 4,819 | 16.6 | -17.7 | |
Majority | 9,291 | 32.0 | +16.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,980 | 68.1 | -10.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louis Gluckstein | 17,484 | 50.3 | +18.5 | |
Liberal | Norman Birkett | 11,901 | 34.3 | -5.9 | |
Labour | Walter Windsor | 5,339 | 15.4 | -12.6 | |
Majority | 5,583 | 16.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,724 | 78.8 | -0.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norman Birkett | 14,049 | 40.2 | -1.4 | |
Unionist | Louis Gluckstein | 11,110 | 31.8 | -15.8 | |
Labour | James Baum | 9,787 | 28.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,939 | 8.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,946 | 78.9 | +4.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Edmund Brocklebank | 11,524 | 47.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Norman Birkett | 10,078 | 41.6 | -11.8 | |
Communist | Tom Mann | 2,606 | 10.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,446 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,208 | 74.7 | +6.9 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norman Birkett | 11,355 | 53.4 | +13.1 | |
Unionist | John Houfton | 9,919 | 46.6 | -13.1 | |
Majority | 1,436 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 21,274 | 67.8 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +13.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Houfton | 12,082 | 59.7 | -6.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Ernest Henry Atkin | 8,170 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,912 | 19.4 | -26.9 | ||
Turnout | 20,252 | 66.2 | +16.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John Houfton | 10,404 | 52.3 | -13.4 |
Labour Co-op | A.H. Jones | 5,431 | 27.3 | +7.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas George Graham | 4,065 | 20.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,973 | 25.0 | -21.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,900 | 66.3 | +16.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -10.6 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | John Rees | 9,549 | 65.7 | |
Labour | Thomas Proctor | 2,817 | 19.4 | New | |
NFDDSS | Joseph Nathaniel Dennis Brookes | 2,166 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,732 | 46.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,532 | 49.5 | |||
Unionist win (new boundaries) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Unionist: John Rees
- Labour: Thomas Proctor
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | John Rees | 6,482 | 55.7 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Thomas Dobson | 5,158 | 44.3 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 1,324 | 11.4 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,640 | 83.9 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 13,866 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −0.9 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Morrison | 6,274 | 56.6 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Dudley Stewart-Smith | 4,804 | 43.4 | −5.9 | |
Majority | 1,470 | 13.2 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,078 | 83.8 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,218 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Morrison | 5,877 | 50.7 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Henry Cotton | 5,725 | 49.3 | −9.1 | |
Majority | 152 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,602 | 87.8 | +5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 13,218 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Cotton | 6,020 | 58.4 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Bond | 4,290 | 41.6 | -12.7 | |
Majority | 1,730 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,310 | 82.8 | +7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,451 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.7 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Bond | 4,927 | 54.3 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Hervey Fraser | 4,148 | 45.7 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 779 | 8.6 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,075 | 74.9 | -7.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,109 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Bond | 4,900 | 50.9 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Arnold Morley | 4,735 | 49.1 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 165 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,635 | 82.8 | +7.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,451 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arnold Morley | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
- Morley was appointed Postmaster General, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arnold Morley | 4,861 | 53.2 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Harold Finch-Hatton | 4,284 | 46.8 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 577 | 6.4 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,145 | 81.6 | +11.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,204 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arnold Morley | 4,584 | 50.9 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Harold Finch-Hatton | 4,418 | 49.1 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 166 | 1.8 | −8.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,002 | 70.6 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,749 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arnold Morley | 5,239 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | Harold Finch-Hatton | 4,248 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 991 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 9,487 | 74.4 | |||
Registered electors | 12,749 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |