Beeston (UK Parliament constituency)
| Beeston | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Nottinghamshire |
| 1974–1983 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Rushcliffe |
| Replaced by | Broxtowe and Ashfield[1] |
Beeston was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the February 1974 general election from part of the Rushcliffe constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban Districts of Beeston and Stapleford, and Eastwood, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Awsworth, Brinsley, Cossall, Greasley, Kimberley, Nuthall, Strelley, and Trowell.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Jim Lester
|
Conservative | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Theodore Lester | 26,487 | 42.36 | ||
Labour Co-op
|
Antony John Gardner | 23,943 | 38.30 | ||
| Liberal | Stuart Charles Reddish | 12,091 | 19.34 | ||
| Majority | 2,544 | 4.06 | |||
| Turnout | 62,521 | 84.91 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Theodore Lester | 25,095 | 42.0 | −0.4 | |
Labour Co-op
|
Antony John Gardner | 24,974 | 41.8 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal | Stuart Charles Reddish | 9,658 | 16.2 | −3.1 | |
| Majority | 121 | 0.2 | −3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 59,727 | 80.5 | −4.4 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Theodore Lester | 33,273 | 52.6 | +10.6 | |
| Labour | Joseph M Jacob | 23,077 | 36.5 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal | Timothy Turner | 6,935 | 11.0 | −5.2 | |
| Majority | 10,196 | 16.1 | +15.9 | ||
| Turnout | 63,285 | 81.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.0 | |||
References
- ^ "'Beeston', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.