Carlton (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carlton
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Nottinghamshire
Major settlements Carlton
1950–1983
Number of members One
Replaced by Gedling constituency

Carlton was a constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom 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 civil 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 civil parishes of Bestwood Park, Burton Joyce, Calverton, Lambley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, Stoke Bardolph, and Woodborough.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1950 Sir Kenneth Pickthorn Conservative
1966 Philip Holland Conservative
1983 constituency abolished: see Gedling

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: [1] Electorate 55,008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth William Murray Pickthorn
Labour Florence Beatrice Paton
Liberal Cornelius Charles Kirk
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: [2] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: [3] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1959: [4] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: [5] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1966: [6] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour
Conservative
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: [7] Electorate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal
Majority
Turnout
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  4. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  5. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  6. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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