Newark (UK Parliament constituency)
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Newark | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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![]() Boundary of Newark in Nottinghamshire.
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![]() Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
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County | Nottinghamshire |
Electorate | 72,407 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Gayham, Nottinghamshire, Newark-on-Trent and Southwell |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of parliament | Robert Jenrick (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
1673–1885 | |
Number of members | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East Midlands |
Newark is a constituency[n 1] in Nottinghamshire, England. It is currently represented by Robert Jenrick of the Conservative Party, who won the seat in a by-election on 5 June 2014, following the resignation of Patrick Mercer in April 2014.[n 2]
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Boundaries
1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Newark, and the Rural Districts of Bingham, Newark, and Southwell.
1950-1983: The Municipal Borough of Newark, the Urban District of Mansfield Woodhouse, and the Rural Districts of Newark and Southwell.
1983-1997: The District of Newark wards of Beacon, Bridge, Bullpit Pinfold, Castle, Caunton, Collingham, Devon, Elston, Farndon, Magnus, Meering, Milton Lowfield, Muskham, Southwell East, Southwell West, Sutton on Trent, Trent, and Winthorpe, and the District of Bassetlaw wards of East Markham, East Retford East, East Retford North, East Retford West, Elkesley, Trent, and Tuxford.
1997-2010: The District of Newark and Sherwood wards of Beacon, Bridge, Bullpit Pinfold, Castle, Caunton, Collingham, Devon, Elston, Farndon, Magnus, Meering, Milton Lowfield, Muskham, Southwell East, Southwell West, Sutton on Trent, Trent, and Winthorpe, and the District of Bassetlaw wards of East Markham, East Retford East, East Retford North, East Retford West, Elkesley, Trent, and Tuxford.
2010-present: The District of Newark and Sherwood wards of Balderton North, Balderton West, Beacon, Bridge, Castle, Caunton, Collingham and Meering, Devon, Farndon, Lowdham, Magnus, Muskham, Southwell East, Southwell North, Southwell West, Sutton-on-Trent, Trent, and Winthorpe, the District of Bassetlaw wards of East Markham, Rampton, Tuxford, and Trent, and the Borough of Rushcliffe wards of Bingham East, Bingham West, Cranmer, Oak, and Thoroton.
The constituency covers large parts of the Newark and Sherwood district which encompasses the east of Nottinghamshire, as such includes the towns of Newark-on-Trent and Southwell, and the villages of Collingham and Sutton-on-Trent. It also covers parts of the Bassetlaw and Rushcliffe areas including Markham Moor and Bingham.
History
A parliamentary borough of the same name existed from 1673 to 1885, when it was replaced by a county division of the same name, the year of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.
Newark was the last borough to be added to the Unreformed House of Commons which took place in 1673, prior to the Reform Act 1832. It returned two representatives to Parliament from 1673 until 1885. The future Prime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, began his political career as Member of Parliament for Newark from 1832 to 1845.
More recently, the Labour Party held Newark (on substantially different boundaries to the present ones) from 1950 until 1979, when it was taken by the Conservatives' Richard Alexander. Alexander lost his seat during Labour's landslide victory at the 1997 general election. The victorious Labour candidate, Fiona Jones, was convicted of electoral fraud and expelled from the House of Commons in 1999 over misrepresented election expenses. The conviction was later overturned upon appeal and she returned to Parliament. However, Jones lost her seat at the 2001 general election to Patrick Mercer of the Conservatives, who held it until 2014.
Mercer held the position of Shadow Minister for Homeland Security from June 2003 until March 2007, when he was forced to resign following racially contentious comments made to The Times.[2]
The Newark constituency in 2010 lost the town of Retford to the Bassetlaw constituency (although Newark still has a smaller part of the Bassetlaw district), but gained land in and around Bingham from the Rushcliffe constituency.
Following an investigation by Commons authorities finding that Mr Mercer had engaged in paid lobbying, not properly reported the income or declared his interest, and repeatedly seriously denigrating other members, Patrick Mercer stepped down as MP for Newark on 30 April 2014.[3]
Constituency profile
Many towns are historic in architecture[4] with many well-preserved listed buildings[5] whereas much of the council housing in the constituency has been privately acquired and improved under the right to buy.[6] Nonetheless there is a significant minority of social housing but this dependency and the proportion of flats is lower than the national average across the three districts.[7]
Labour held the seat for one term following their 1997 landslide victory, but subsequent boundary changes have brought in more rural areas and made the seat more favourable towards the Conservatives who, until the results of the 2014 European elections, appeared to have a firm hold on the constituency.
Members of Parliament
MPs before 1885
MPs since 1885
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Jenrick | 29,834 | 57.0 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Michael Payne | 11,360 | 21.7 | -0.6 | |
UKIP | Brian Mapletoft | 6,294 | 12.0 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Dobbie | 2,385 | 4.6 | -15.4 | |
Green | Elayne Forster | 1,792 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Consensus - The Community Party | Helen Tyrer | 637 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 18,474 | 35.3 | |||
Turnout | 70.9 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Jenrick | 17,431 | 45.0 | -8.9 | |
UKIP | Roger Helmer | 10,028 | 25.9 | +22.1 | |
Labour | Michael Payne | 6,842 | 17.7 | -4.6 | |
Independent | Paul Baggaley | 1,891 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Green | David Kirwan | 1,057 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | David Watts | 1,004 | 2.6 | -17.4 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Nick The Flying Brick | 168 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Andy Hayes | 117 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Bus-Pass Elvis Party | David Bishop | 87 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Common Good | Dick Rodgers | 64 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Patriotic Socialist Party | Lee Woods | 18 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,403 | 19.1 | |||
Turnout | 38,707 | 52.79 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick Mercer | 27,590 | 53.9 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Ian Campbell | 11,438 | 22.3 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Pauline Jenkins | 10,246 | 20.0 | +1.6 | |
UKIP | Rev Major Tom Irvine | 1,954 | 3.8 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 16,152 | 31.5 | |||
Turnout | 51,228 | 71.4 | +8.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick Mercer | 21,946 | 48.0 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Jason Reece | 15,482 | 33.9 | −3.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stuart Thompstone | 7,276 | 15.9 | +2.7 | |
UKIP | Charlotte Creasy | 992 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,464 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 45,696 | 63.2 | −0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick Mercer | 20,983 | 46.5 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Fiona Jones | 16,910 | 37.5 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Harding-Price | 5,970 | 13.2 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Donald Haxby | 822 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Socialist Alliance | Ian Thomson | 462 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,073 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 45,147 | 63.5 | -10.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fiona Jones | 23,496 | 45.2 | ||
Conservative | Richard Alexander | 20,480 | 39.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Harris | 5,960 | 11.5 | ||
Referendum | Graham Creedy | 2,035 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,016 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 74.5 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Alexander | 28,494 | 50.4 | −3.1 | |
Labour | DH Barton | 20,265 | 35.8 | +8.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | PRB Harris | 7,342 | 13.0 | −5.8 | |
Green | Ms. PA Wood | 435 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,229 | 14.6 | −11.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,536 | 82.2 | +4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Alexander | 28,070 | 53.54 | ||
Labour | D Barton | 14,527 | 27.71 | ||
Social Democratic | GA Emerson | 9,833 | 18.75 | ||
Majority | 13,543 | 25.83 | |||
Turnout | 77.61 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Alexander | 26,334 | 53.83 | ||
Labour | J McGuiggan | 12,051 | 24.63 | ||
Social Democratic | S Thompstone | 10,076 | 20.60 | ||
Ecology | P Hewis | 463 | 0.95 | ||
Majority | 14,283 | 29.19 | |||
Turnout | 76.43 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Alexander | 27,711 | 45.95 | ||
Labour | Edward Stanley Bishop | 25,960 | 42.95 | ||
Liberal | J Baker | 6,773 | 11.21 | ||
Majority | 1,751 | 2.90 | |||
Turnout | 79.94 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Stanley Bishop | 26,598 | 47.89 | ||
Conservative | DH Cargill | 20,827 | 37.50 | ||
Liberal | IGM Jones | 8,116 | 14.61 | ||
Majority | 5,771 | 10.39 | |||
Turnout | 77.85 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Stanley Bishop | 31,586 | 53.83 | ||
Conservative | DH Cargill | 27,089 | 46.17 | ||
Majority | 4,497 | 7.66 | |||
Turnout | 82.96 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Stanley Bishop | 26,455 | 51.18 | ||
Conservative | DG Allen | 25,235 | 48.82 | ||
Majority | 1,220 | 2.36 | |||
Turnout | 76.03 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Stanley Bishop | 27,402 | 56.72 | ||
Conservative | P Jenkin-Jones | 20,913 | 43.28 | ||
Majority | 6,489 | 13.43 | |||
Turnout | 81.09 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Stanley Bishop | 26,171 | 54.36 | ||
Conservative | P Jenkin-Jones | 21,975 | 45.64 | ||
Majority | 4,196 | 8.72 | |||
Turnout | 83.15 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Deer | 24,072 | 51.91 | ||
Conservative | P Jenkin-Jones | 22,300 | 48.09 | ||
Majority | 1,772 | 3.82 | |||
Turnout | 84.94 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Deer | 23,057 | 52.43 | ||
Conservative | RH Watson | 20,916 | 47.57 | ||
Majority | 2,141 | 4.87 | |||
Turnout | 83.51 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Deer | 30,476 | 57.19 | ||
Conservative | RH Watson | 22,817 | 42.81 | ||
Majority | 7,659 | 14.37 | |||
Turnout | 85.47 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | George Deer | 28,959 | 54.20 | ||
Conservative | Sidney Shephard | 21,522 | 40.28 | ||
Liberal | Ernest Harold Pickering | 2,950 | 5.52 | ||
Majority | 7,437 | 13.92 | |||
Turnout | 88.08 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sidney Shephard | 18,580 | 45.09 | ||
Labour | Hugh Champion de Crespigny | 17,448 | 42.35 | ||
Liberal | Harold Francis Calladine | 5,175 | 12.56 | ||
Majority | 1,132 | 2.75 | |||
Turnout | 73.11 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sidney Shephard | 20,120 | |||
Independent | Alan Dawrant | 7,110 | |||
Common Wealth | Edward Moeran | 3,189 | |||
Independent Liberal | J. T. Pepper | 2,473 | |||
Majority | 13,010 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marquess of Titchfield | 21,793 | 62.41 | ||
Labour | AW Sharman | 13,127 | 37.59 | ||
Majority | 8,666 | 24.82 | |||
Turnout | 69.92 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Marquess of Titchfield | 25,445 | 70.13 | ||
Labour | JR Bellerby | 10,840 | 29.87 | ||
Majority | 14,605 | 40.25 | |||
Turnout | 75.93 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Marquess of Titchfield | 15,707 | 45.5 | -15.0 | |
Liberal | James Haslam | 10,768 | 31.2 | +13.5 | |
Labour | William Richard Grosvenor Haywood | 8,060 | 23.3 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 4,939 | 14.3 | -24.4 | ||
Turnout | 77.0 | +2.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | -14.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Marquess of Titchfield | 14,129 | 60.5 | +4.6 | |
Labour | H Varley | 5,076 | 21.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | James Haslam | 4,124 | 17.7 | -26.4 | |
Majority | 9,053 | 38.7 | |||
Turnout | 74.2 | +1.8 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Marquess of Titchfield | 12,357 | 55.9 | -8.9 | |
Liberal | Lawrence Priestley | 9,741 | 44.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 2,616 | 11.8 | -17.8 | ||
Turnout | 72.4 | -7.5 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Marquess of Titchfield | 15,423 | 64.8 | ||
Labour | Henry Nixon | 8,378 | 35.2 | ||
Majority | 7,045 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 79.9 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | unopposed | n/a | n/a | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | n/a |
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See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
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- ↑ Ordnance Survey map, courtesy of English Heritage
- ↑ 2001 Census
- ↑ 2011 census interactive maps
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1673
- Newark and Sherwood
- Bassetlaw
- Newark-on-Trent