Nottingham South
2010 Results:
Conservative: 13437 (32.94%)
Labour: 15209 (37.29%)
Liberal Democrat: 9406 (23.06%)
BNP: 1140 (2.79%)
UKIP: 967 (2.37%)
Green: 630 (1.54%)
Majority: 1772 (4.35%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 16759 (46.1%)
Conservative: 9525 (26.2%)
Liberal Democrat: 8625 (23.7%)
Other: 1437 (4%)
Majority: 7234 (19.9%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 9020 (25.9%)
Labour: 16506 (47.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 7961 (22.9%)
UKIP: 1353 (3.9%)
Majority: 7486 (21.5%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 9960 (27.2%)
Labour: 19949 (54.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 6064 (16.6%)
UKIP: 632 (1.7%)
Majority: 9989 (27.3%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 13461 (27.7%)
Labour: 26825 (55.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 6265 (12.9%)
Referendum: 1523 (3.1%)
Other: 446 (0.9%)
Majority: 13364 (27.5%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Lilian Greenwood (Labour) UNISON official.
Rowena Holland (Conservative) Lilian Greenwood (Labour) UNISON official.
Tony Sutton (Liberal Democrat) born 1948. Educated at Reading University. Food technologist. Nottingham councillor since 2005. Contested Nottingham South 2005. 
Matthew Butcher (Green) Born London. Educated at Nottingham University.
Ken Browne (UKIP) Contested Nottingham South 2005.Anthony Woodward (BNP)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 92463
Male: 50.5%
Female: 49.5%
Under 18: 18.3%
Over 60: 19.5%
Born outside UK: 12.2%
White: 83.7%
Black: 3.7%
Asian: 8.3%
Mixed: 2.6%
Other: 1.7%
Christian: 58.9%
Hindu: 1.4%
Muslim: 5.4%
Sikh: 1.9%
Full time students: 23.4%
Graduates 16-74: 20.6%
No Qualifications 16-74: 27.8%
Owner-Occupied: 53.9%
Social Housing: 27.5% (Council: 22%, Housing Ass.: 5.5%)
Privately Rented: 15.1%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 7.2%
What on earth happened here? I thought Labour would hold this by about a 4000 majority!!!! I never imagined this seat to be a Labour / Tory marginal. There are many deprived areas in this seat such as Radford and Lenton. Where did the Tory votes ome from? Does anyone think they might take this seat at the 2015 Election?
Well again, now that Lilian Greenwood has made it over the first hurdle, she will hope to establish herself & create an incumbency effect.
This was a better Tory result than I expected.
Up nearly 4,000.
Although, their share is up less than the national average against 1997, because it declined at every election from 1983 to 2005.
I wonder if the job and service cuts of Labour controlled Nottingham council had some affect on the result here and in Nottingham North.
Nick Palmer siad that Labour did better in middle class parts of greater Nottingham than in working class areas.
This was one of the most encouraging results for the Tories. The Labour majority is now smaller than in Gedling in numerical terms, (though not percentage).
I expected this kind of majority in the event of a Con national majority. So, yes, considering it was a hung parliament overall, I would have thought the Lab maj being a bit larger here.
‘RADFORD AND PARK – an extreme example of a socially-divided ward, where Labour now poll around 50% and the Conservatives 33%; it is split into three very distinct areas. First is The Park, which effectively is a gated-community, and home to some of the wealthiest people in Greater Nottingham; in 2007, the vast majority of votes here were Conservative, but this area comprises less than a sixth of the total ward’s population. Second is Radford is one of the most deprived areas of Nottingham and has a reputation for gun-crime; generally considered a no-gone zone for most people. Third is the “Lenton Triangle” which is mostly students and has much in common with Dunkirk and Lenton Ward.’
This ward also includes Maid Marian Way, former site of ‘The Tales of Robin Hood’ tourist attraction, as well as Nottingham Castle
Has this ward been in this seat since 1983? I believe before 1997 it was known simply as ‘Park’, and may not have covered the same territory it does today.
It will be interesting to see how the proposed 10% MP cut would affect Nottingham. Would we see one “Central” and a few “… and Nottingham …” seats (e.g. some of this becoming Rushcliffe and Nottingham South) or maybe a north/south or east/west split with the remaining territory joining in with one of the “shire” seats
i think the 3 nottingham seats have got to expand outwards because nottingham is bigger than its boundary which i feel is out of date. if u look the at wards in gedling,broxtowe,rushcliffe there is clear divide between “urban”(i class urban as wards without open farmland and i know there are city farms) wards that are “joined” to nottingham and those that are not.