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Carlton (UK Parliament constituency)

This article is about the electoral district in the United Kingdom. For the electoral district in Canada of a similar name, see Carleton (Ontario federal electoral district).

Carlton was a constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.

Carlton
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyNottinghamshire
Major settlementsCarlton
1950–1983
SeatsOne
Created fromBroxtowe, Newark and Rushcliffe
Replaced byGedling and Sherwood[1]

Boundaries

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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

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ElectionMemberParty
1950Sir Kenneth PickthornConservative
1966Philip HollandConservative
1983constituency abolished: see Gedling

Elections

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Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Carlton[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeKenneth Pickthorn 19,585 40.84
LabourFlorence Paton19,19040.02
LiberalCornelius Charles Kirk9,17619.14
Majority3950.82
Turnout47,95187.17
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1951: Carlton[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeKenneth Pickthorn 24,429 49.81 +8.97
LabourFlorence Paton20,68542.18+2.16
LiberalGerald Wortley H Parker3,9308.01−11.13
Majority3,7447.63
Turnout49,044
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1955: Carlton[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeKenneth Pickthorn 27,521 57.1 +7.3
LabourFlorence Paton20,66442.9+0.7
Majority6,85714.2+6.6
Turnout48,185
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1959: Carlton[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeKenneth Pickthorn 30,722 57.6 +0.5
LabourPhilip Myers22,64542.4−0.5
Majority8,07715.2+1.0
Turnout53,367
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Carlton[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeKenneth Pickthorn 27,896 46.9 −10.7
LabourRobert B Mellor21,54636.2−6.2
LiberalMax G Payne10,03416.9New
Majority6,35010.7−4.5
Turnout59,476
Conservative holdSwing
General election 1966: Carlton[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePhilip Holland 28,635 45.6 −1.3
LabourAmos Lloyd Ramsden24,58939.2+3.0
LiberalMax G Payne9,57015.2−1.7
Majority4,0466.4−4.3
Turnout62,79482.5
Conservative holdSwing

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Carlton[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePhilip Holland 39,840 59.6 +14.0
LabourCarl Bennett27,04340.4+1.2
Majority12,79719.2+12.8
Turnout66,88384.51+2.0
Conservative holdSwing
General election February 1974: Carlton[1][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePhilip Holland 27,305 45.37 −14.23
LabourJames Murray20,14733.58−6.92
LiberalDonald Lawrence Lange11,28218.75New
National FrontCyril Marriott1,4492.41New
Majority7,15811.79−7.21
Turnout60,18384.48−0.03
Conservative holdSwing
General election October 1974: Carlton[1][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePhilip Holland 24,638 44.16 −1.21
LabourDennis Pettitt20,01935.88+2.41
LiberalDonald Lawrence Lange9,85917.67−1.07
National FrontCyril Marriott1,2732.28−0.13
Majority4,6198.28−3.51
Turnout55,78977.74−6.74
Conservative holdSwing−1.81
General election 1979: Carlton[1][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePhilip Holland 31,762 52.56 +8.39
LabourArthur Palmer18,98931.42−4.46
LiberalJohn Frederick West9,07715.02−2.65
National FrontMichael John Watts6061.00−1.28
Majority12,77321.14+12.86
Turnout60,43478.90+1.16
Conservative holdSwing+6.43

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "'Carlton', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  3. ^ "UK General Election results February 1974". Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. ^ "UK General Election results October 1974". Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  5. ^ "UK General Election results 1979". Politics Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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