Nottingham Central was a
borough constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons.
Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...
in the city of
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...
. It returned one Member of Parliament to the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprem ...
.
The constituency was created for the
1918 general election, and abolished for the
February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Market, Robin Hood, St Ann's, and Sherwood.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Market, Robin Hood, St Mary's, and Sherwood, and the Rural District of Nottingham.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Forest, Manvers, Market, Radford, and St Ann's, and the Rural District of Nottingham.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections 1930–45
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of that year,
Terence O'Connor
Sir Terence James O'Connor, KC (13 September 1891 – 7 May 1940) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
Biography
Born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, O'Connor served with the Highland Light Infantry and the West African Fronti ...
had been selected by the Conservatives and
Geoffrey de Freitas by Labour.
After O'Connor's death in May 1940, a by-election was held in July, at which Frederick Sykes was returned unopposed for the Conservatives.
Elections 1950–70
See also
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1930 Nottingham Central by-election
The 1930 Nottingham Central by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 May 1930 for the British House of Commons constituency of Nottingham Central.
Previous MP
The seat had become vacant on when the constituency's Conservative Me ...
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1940 Nottingham Central by-election
The 1940 Nottingham Central by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Nottingham Central on 19 July 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir T ...
References
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Politics of Nottingham
Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1974