Post by greenhert on Apr 2, 2020 10:48:59 GMT
Nottingham East is one of the most ethnically diverse constituencies outside Greater London, and in many ways feels similar to South Inner London, for reasons both good and bad.
Nottingham East was first created in 1885, then abolished in 1955, but recreated in 1974. Its boundaries have remained similar since 1983 when it gained the reasonably prosperous suburbs of Mapperley and Sherwood from Nottingham North. The areas of St Ann's and Sneinton within Nottingham East were once the epicentre of a significant gun crime in problem in the city which briefly gave Nottingham the moniker "Shottingham". Notitngham East counts the Arboretum, Nottingham High School, and Nottingham Trent University amongst its landmarks. A tradition of alternative politics has run through Nottingham East for decades to at least a small extent.
Nottingham East is the safest Labour seat in Nottingham although it was Conservative from 1983 to 1992, and consistently has the lowest turnout in the East Midlands. Labour would have recaptured it in 1987 had not Sharon Atkin been sacked as candidate for criticising Neil Kinnock (now Lord Kinnock) at a Black Sections Rally; the Conservatives held the seat by 456 votes as a result of the fallout. Labour easily recaptured it in 1992 on an 8.3% swing. In 2019, its then Labour MP, Chris Leslie, co-founded the Independents for Change Group; he contested the 2019 general election under that banner but finished fourth and lost his deposit. Nadia Whittome, the Baby of the House and former care worker, is the current MP for this seat. This seat was also the first in the East Midlands to record a saved deposit for the Green Party, back in 2005.
Nottingham East was first created in 1885, then abolished in 1955, but recreated in 1974. Its boundaries have remained similar since 1983 when it gained the reasonably prosperous suburbs of Mapperley and Sherwood from Nottingham North. The areas of St Ann's and Sneinton within Nottingham East were once the epicentre of a significant gun crime in problem in the city which briefly gave Nottingham the moniker "Shottingham". Notitngham East counts the Arboretum, Nottingham High School, and Nottingham Trent University amongst its landmarks. A tradition of alternative politics has run through Nottingham East for decades to at least a small extent.
Nottingham East is the safest Labour seat in Nottingham although it was Conservative from 1983 to 1992, and consistently has the lowest turnout in the East Midlands. Labour would have recaptured it in 1987 had not Sharon Atkin been sacked as candidate for criticising Neil Kinnock (now Lord Kinnock) at a Black Sections Rally; the Conservatives held the seat by 456 votes as a result of the fallout. Labour easily recaptured it in 1992 on an 8.3% swing. In 2019, its then Labour MP, Chris Leslie, co-founded the Independents for Change Group; he contested the 2019 general election under that banner but finished fourth and lost his deposit. Nadia Whittome, the Baby of the House and former care worker, is the current MP for this seat. This seat was also the first in the East Midlands to record a saved deposit for the Green Party, back in 2005.
