Broxtowe is a

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, represented in the

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of the

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since

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Darren Henry Darren George Henry (born 4 August 1968) is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he defeated the outgoing MP and former leader of Change UK, Anna So ...

, a

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Constituency profile

Broxtowe is a

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an constituency in

, to the west of the city of

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, and almost identical in character to the seat of Gedling east of Nottingham. Broxtowe lies along the county's western border with Erewash in

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. The constituency covers the vast majority of the

Borough of Broxtowe Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the City of Nottingham. The population of the district as taken at the 2011 Census was 109,487. It is part of the Nottingham Urban Area. Broxtow ...

(except the town of

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which is in the Ashfield constituency), its name derived from the old Broxtowe

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of Nottinghamshire, which covered a larger area. The constituency includes the

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towns of Beeston, Stapleford and Kimberley, and generally affluent villages such as Attenborough, home of

Attenborough Nature Reserve Attenborough Nature Reserve is a nature reserve at Attenborough, Nottinghamshire, England, located south west of Nottingham city centre. It is owned and managed by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, supported by Broxtowe Borough Council, followi ...

, a local attraction. Beeston is the largest town and the base of the borough council, and is on the border of the main campus of the

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, as such is home to a large number of the university's staff and a small number of students. It is also home to the headquarters of the local company Boots. It is a

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between the Labour and the

parties. At the 2017 snap election, less than two percentage points separated the Conservative and Labour parties, with Labour's main strength in Beeston and Kimberley, with the smaller residential towns such as

Chilwell Chilwell is a village and residential suburb of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe of Nottinghamshire, west of Nottingham city. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District un ...

mostly Conservative.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Arnold, Eastwood, Hucknall, and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Annesley, Bestwood Park, Brinsley, Calverton, Felley, Greasley, Kimberley, Lambley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, Selston, and Woodborough. 1950–1955: The Urban Districts of Eastwood, Hucknall, and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Annesley, Awsworth, Bestwood Park, Brinsley, Cossall, Felley, Greasley, Kimberley, Linby, Newstead, Nuthall, Papplewick, Selston, Strelley, and Trowell. 1983–2010: The Borough of Broxtowe wards of Attenborough, Awsworth and Cossall, Beeston Central, Beeston North East, Beeston North West, Beeston Rylands, Bramcote, Chilwell East, Chilwell West, Greasley, Kimberley, Nuthall, Stapleford East, Stapleford North, Stapleford West, Strelley and Trowell, and Toton. 2010–present: The Borough of Broxtowe wards of Attenborough, Awsworth, Beeston Central, Beeston North, Beeston Rylands, Beeston West, Bramcote, Chilwell East, Chilwell West, Cossall and Kimberley, Greasley Giltbrook and Newthorpe, Nuthall East and Strelley, Nuthall West and Greasley Watnall, Stapleford North, Stapleford South East, Stapleford South West, Toton and Chilwell Meadows, and Trowell.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1955

MPs since 1983

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1950s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1910s

Notes

References

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Broxtowe
— presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics. {{DEFAULTSORT:Broxtowe (Uk Parliament Constituency) Borough of Broxtowe Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1955 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983