Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Mansfield
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	79,849 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Mansfield
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Sir Alan Meale (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Nottinghamshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Mansfield is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Sir Alan Meale of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The constituency covers the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

Latest boundary review

The Boundary Commission for England caused changes to constituency to allow for regional and local population changes, noticeably by moving the small town of Market Warsop from Bassetlaw into Mansfield constituency. The boundaries since the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies (since the 2010 general election) were coterminous with the Borough of Mansfield, to have wards:

Berry Hill, Broom Hill, Cumberlands, Eakring, Forest Town East, Forest Town West, Grange Farm, Ladybrook, Leeming, Lindhurst, Oak Tree, Pleasley Hill, Portland, Priory, Ravensdale, Robin Hood, Sherwood.^[2]
Birklands and Meden were added from 2010 having previously been part of Bassetlaw constituency

Mansfield's elected Executive Mayor Tony Egginton unilaterally decided to reduce the number of ward councillors (from 46 to 36) whilst simultaneously increasing the number of wards from 17 + 2 (shown above) to 36 by applying to the Boundary Commission to re-structure ward layout and boundaries from 2011:^[3]

Abbott, Berry Hill, Brick Kiln, Broom Hill, Bull Farm and Pleasley Hill, Carr Bank, Eakring, Grange Farm, Holly, Hornby, King's Walk, Kingsway, Ladybrook, Lindhurst, Ling Forest, Manor, Market Warsop, Maun Valley, Meden, Netherfield, Newgate, Newlands, Oak Tree, Oakham, Park Hall, Peafields, Penniment, Portland, Racecourse, Ransom Wood, Sandhurst, Sherwood, Warsop Carrs, Woodhouse, Woodlands, Yeoman Hill

History

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and is a constituency with a coal mining tradition that has been held by the Labour Party for generations. Since 1923 Mansfield has usually been regarded as a safe seat for them, however in the general elections of the 1980s they came close to losing to the Conservative Party. At the 1983 election, they held the seat by just over 2,000 votes. However, at the 1987 election their majority was just 56. That election was set against the background of the Miners Strike of 1984, which was not supported by the majority of miners in Nottinghamshire.

In the elections after 1987, the Labour MP Alan Meale has held Mansfield with relatively large majorities. He was officially Knighted in 2012 by Prince Charles after receiving the award in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.^[4]

At the 2005 general election, Mansfield was notable for the Independent candidate Stewart Rickersey, an Independent member of Mansfield District Council, receiving 17% of the vote and finishing in third place.

At the 2010 general election, Andre Camilleri, another candidate from Mansfield Independent Forum and previously a local councillor with special responsibility as a Cabinet Member for Mansfield District Council during 2003 to 2007, was placed fourth with 9% of the vote, above the 5% deposit threshold.

Members of Parliament

Markham

	Member^[5]	Party
1885	Cecil George Savile Foljambe	Liberal
1892	John Carvell Williams	Liberal
1900	Arthur Basil Markham^[6]	Liberal
1916 by-election	Sir Charles Seely, Bt.	Liberal
1918	William Carter	Labour
1922	Albert James Bennett	Liberal
1923	Frank Bradley Varley	Labour
1929	Charles Brown	Labour
1941 by-election	Bernard Taylor	Labour
1966	Don Concannon	Labour
1987	Sir Alan Meale	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Mansfield^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale^[8]	18,603	39.4	+0.7
	Conservative	Andrea Clarke^[9]	13,288	28.2	+1.8
	UKIP	Sid Pepper^[10]	11,850	25.1	+18.9
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Rogers^[11]	1,642	3.5	-12.0
	Green	Paul Frost^[12]	1,486	3.1	+3.1
	TUSC	Karen Seymour^[11]	324	0.7	+0.7
Majority			5,315	11.3	-1.1
Turnout			47,193	60.9	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2010: Mansfield^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	18,753	38.7	-11.4
	Conservative	Tracy Critchlow	12,741	26.3	+7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Wyatt^[14]	7,469	15.4	+1.4
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Andre Camilleri	4,339	9.0	+9.0
	UKIP	David Hamilton	2,985	6.2	+6.2
	BNP	Rachel Hill	2,108	4.4	+4.4
Majority			6,012	12.4
Turnout			48,395	60.4	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Mansfield^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	18,400	48.1	−9.0
	Conservative	Anne Wright	7,035	18.4	−8.8
	Independent	Stewart Rickersey	6,491	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Shelley	5,316	13.9	−1.8
	Veritas	Michael Harvey	1,034	2.7	N/A
Majority			11,365	29.7
Turnout			38,276	55.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

General Election 2001: Mansfield^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	21,050	57.1	-7.3
	Conservative	William Wellesley	10,012	27.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Hill	5,790	15.7	+4.7
Majority			11,038	29.9
Turnout			36,852	55.2	-15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Mansfield^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alan Meale	30,556	64.4
	Conservative	Tim Frost	10,038	21.2
	Liberal Democrat	Phil Smith	5,244	11.1
	Referendum	Jim Bogusz	1,588	3.3
Majority			20,518	43.3
Turnout				70.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Mansfield^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	29,932	54.4	+16.9
	Conservative	Gary S. Mond	18,208	33.1	−4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart R. Thompstone	6,925	12.6	−9.6
Majority			11,724	21.3	+21.2
Turnout			55,065	82.2	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Mansfield^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	19,610	37.5	-3.0
	Conservative	Charles Hendry	19,554	37.4	+1.8
	Social Democratic	Barry Answer	11,604	22.2	-1.7
	Moderate Labour	Brian Marshall	1,580	3.0	N/A
Majority			56	0.1
Turnout				78.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.4

General Election 1983: Mansfield^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	18,670	40.5	-11.78
	Conservative	R.J. Wrenn	16,454	35.6	+3.71
	Social Democratic	S.E. Taylor	11,036	23.9	N/A
Majority			2,216	4.9
Turnout			46,160	70.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.75

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	29,051	52.28	-5.13
	Conservative	K Daly	17,720	31.89	+8.73
	Liberal	DJ Chambers	8,536	15.36	-3.19
	National Front	P Donovan	259	0.47	N/A
Majority			11,331	20.39
Turnout				77.34
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.93

General Election October 1974: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Don Concannon	28,964	57.41
	Conservative	JR Wood	11,685	23.16
	Liberal	D Chambers	9,358	18.55
	Communist	FC Westacott	448	0.89
Majority			17,279	34.25
Turnout				72.54
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Don Concannon	34,378	64.51
	Conservative	HJ Thompson	18,236	34.22
	Communist	FC Westacott	675	1.27
Majority			16,142	30.29
Turnout				77.35
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Don Concannon	30,554	66.12
	Conservative	CWH Morton	15,027	32.52
	Communist	FC Westacott	628	1.36
Majority			15,527	33.60
Turnout				68.67
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Don Concannon	28,849	64.24
	Conservative	Kenneth Clarke	9,987	22.24
	Liberal	R Strauther	5,483	12.21
	Communist	FC Westacott	590	1.31
Majority			18,862	42.00
Turnout				74.82
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	29,055	63.57
	Conservative	Kenneth Clarke	10,021	21.93
	Liberal	R Strauther	6,628	14.50
Majority			19,034	41.65
Turnout				77.86
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	31,066	67.88
	Conservative	MRV Eliot	14,700	32.12
Majority			16,366	35.76
Turnout				80.75
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	29,543	68.46
	Conservative	IB Church	13,610	31.54
Majority			15,933	36.92
Turnout				78.15
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	37,097	69.92
	Conservative	ME Williamson	15,961	30.08
Majority			21,136	39.84
Turnout				83.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	36,224	66.65
	Conservative	HL Milliard	12,495	22.99
	Liberal	C H Preston Robinson	5,145	9.47
	Communist	WL Ellis	482	0.89
Majority			23,729	43.66
Turnout				85.83
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	43,113	75.09
	Conservative	T Lynch	14,302	24.91
Majority			28,811	50.18
Turnout				75.93
	Labour hold		Swing

By Election 1941: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Brown	31,803	68.01
	Conservative	AC Spearman	14,962	31.99
Majority			16,841	36.01
Turnout				69.54
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Brown	26,865	55.77
	Conservative	ESB Hopkin	21,303	44.23
Majority			5,562	11.55
Turnout				77.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Mansfield^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles W E Brown	28,416	58.5
	Liberal	William Collins	10,517	21.7
	Unionist	S R Sidebottom	9,085	18.7
	Communist	Rosina Smith	533	1.1
Majority			17,899	36.8
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Mansfield^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Bradley Varley	18,813	57.8	+9.8
	Liberal	Albert James Bennett	13,757	42.2	-9.8
Majority			5,056	15.6	19.6
Turnout				75.9	+1.6
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.8

General Election 1922: Mansfield^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert James Bennett
	Labour	William Carter
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Mansfield^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Carter	8,957	43.6
	National Democratic	George William Symonds Jarrett	6,678	32.6
	Liberal	Mrs Violet Rosa Carruthers	4,000	19.5
	Independent	Dr Nowroji M Tarachand	878	4.3
Majority			2,279	11.0
Turnout				52.5
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

denotes candidate who was endorsed by the Coalition Government.

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

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England
↑ http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/east-midlands/nottinghamshire/mansfield-electoral-review
↑ Chad. Local newspaper. Sir Alan Meale officially knighted. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
↑ "Sir Arthur Basil Markham" Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911, accessed 22 August 2008
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/mansfield-2015.html
↑ Mansfield and Ashfield Conservatives, Selection of a Parliamentary candidates [sic] 12 December 2014, Retrieved 16 December 2014
↑ UKIP up for fight against Labour in Mansfield Nottingham Post 7 February 2015 Retrieved 11 February 2015
1 2 Mansfield District Council Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll Retrieved 10 April 2015
↑ Green Party.org Retrieved 16 December 2014
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Michael Wyatt". Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
1 2 3 4 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

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Labour (14)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Derby South Gedling Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Mansfield North East Derbyshire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South

East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 53°08′N 1°12′W / 53.14°N 1.20°W / 53.14; -1.20

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