Carlton was a

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

which returned one

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(MP) to the

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of the

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from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then partly replaced by the new Gedling constituency.

Boundaries

1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Arnold and Carlton, the Rural District of Bingham, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Burton Joyce, Calverton, Lambley, Stoke Bardolph, and Woodborough. 1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Arnold and Carlton, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Bestwood Park, Burton Joyce, Calverton, Lambley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, Stoke Bardolph, and Woodborough.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carlton (Uk Parliament Constituency) Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983