Beeston (UK Parliament constituency)

Beeston was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Beeston
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Nottinghamshire
1974 (1974)–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Broxtowe and Ashfield[1]
Created from	Rushcliffe

It was created for the February 1974 general election from part of the Rushcliffe constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban Districts of Beeston and Stapleford, and Eastwood, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Awsworth, Brinsley, Cossall, Greasley, Kimberley, Nuthall, Strelley, and Trowell.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Jim Lester	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections

General election 1979: Beeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jim Lester	33,273	52.6	+16.6
	Labour	JM Jacob	23,077	36.5	-5.3
	Liberal	T Turner	6,935	11.0	-5.3
Majority			10,196	16.1	+15.8
Turnout				81.3	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Beeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jim Lester	25,095	42.0	0.3
	Labour	Antony Gardner	24,974	41.8	+3.5
	Liberal	S Reddish	9,658	16.2	-3.2
Majority			121	0.2	-3.9
Turnout				80.5	-4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Beeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jim Lester	26,487	42.36	N/A
	Labour	Antony Gardner	23,943	38.30	N/A
	Liberal	S Reddish	12,091	19.34	N/A
Majority			2,544	4.07	N/A
Turnout				84.91	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "'Beeston', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)