Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Mansfield is a constituency[n 1] created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Ben Bradley of the Conservative Party, who gained the seat at the 2017 general election, from the Labour Party.[n 2] This is the first time the seat has been represented by a Conservative since its creation in 1885.

Mansfield
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire
Location of Nottinghamshire within England
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	79,849 (December 2010)[1]
Major settlements	Mansfield
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Ben Bradley (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	North Nottinghamshire

The seat, in recent times, has been considered a relatively marginal seat. The Mansfield council area voted with more than 70 % to Leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum. In 2019, the Conservatives received 63.9 % of the vote in the formerly safe Labour constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the towns of Mansfield and Warsop, Nottinghamshire.

Latest boundary review

The Boundary Commission for England caused changes to constituency to allow for regional and local population changes, noticeably by moving the small town of Market Warsop from Bassetlaw into Mansfield constituency. The boundaries since the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies (since the 2010 general election) were coterminous with the Borough of Mansfield, to have wards:

• Berry Hill, Broom Hill, Cumberlands, Eakring, Forest Town East, Forest Town West, Grange Farm, Ladybrook, Leeming, Lindhurst, Oak Tree, Pleasley Hill, Portland, Priory, Ravensdale, Robin Hood, Sherwood.[2]
• Birklands and Meden were added from 2010 having previously been part of Bassetlaw constituency.

Mansfield's elected executive mayor Tony Egginton unilaterally decided to reduce the number of ward councillors (from 46 to 36) whilst simultaneously increasing the number of wards from 17 + 2 (shown above) to 36 by applying to the Boundary Commission to re-structure ward layout and boundaries from 2011:[3]

• Abbott, Berry Hill, Brick Kiln, Broom Hill, Bull Farm and Pleasley Hill, Carr Bank, Eakring, Grange Farm, Holly, Hornby, King's Walk, Kingsway, Ladybrook, Lindhurst, Ling Forest, Manor, Market Warsop, Maun Valley, Meden, Netherfield, Newgate, Newlands, Oak Tree, Oakham, Park Hall, Peafields, Penniment, Portland, Racecourse, Ransom Wood, Sandhurst, Sherwood, Warsop Carrs, Woodhouse, Woodlands, Yeoman Hill

History

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and in the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century its economy centred on coal mining and the market town itself. Among many classes of local labourers saw organised Labour Party support, in Trade Unions, party clubs and civic society. Progression in the party's polling was heightened from the early 1920s when the seat joined many wrested from the Liberal Party, enabling the formation of the first Labour government. By length of tenure and in great majorities a safe seat status emerged for Labour (on the basis of these standard criteria) in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1980s general elections Labour's Mansfield candidates came closer to losing to Conservatives. At the 1983 election, Labour held the seat by just over 2,000 votes – at the following, in 1987, 56 votes. That election was set against the background of the party HQ-backed miners' strike of 1984, not supported by the majority of miners in Nottinghamshire.

In the elections after 1987 until 2017, the Labour MP Alan Meale held Mansfield with relatively large majorities. He was knighted in 2012 after receiving the award in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.[4]

At the 2005 general election, independent candidate Stewart Rickersey, a local District Councillor, took 17% of the vote, finishing in third place.

At the 2010 general election, Andre Camilleri, another candidate from Mansfield Independent Forum and previously a local councillor with special responsibility as a Cabinet Member for Mansfield District Council during 2003 to 2007, was placed fourth with 9% of the vote, above the 5% deposit threshold.

At the 2015 general election, the UKIP candidate Sid Pepper received 25% of the vote placing him third; this dropped to 5% at the 2017 election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[5]	Party
	1885	Cecil Foljambe	Liberal
	1892	John Williams	Liberal
	1900	Arthur Markham	Liberal
	1916	Sir Charles Seely	Liberal
	1918	William Carter	Labour
	1922	Albert Bennett	Liberal
	1923	Frank Varley	Labour
	1929	Charles Brown	Labour
	1941	Bernard Taylor	Labour
	1966	Don Concannon	Labour
	1987	Sir Alan Meale	Labour
	2017	Ben Bradley	Conservative

Elections

Election results for Mansfield

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Mansfield[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Bradley	31,484	63.9	+17.3
	Labour	Sonya Ward	15,178	30.8	-13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Brown	1,626	3.3	+1.9
	Independent	Sid Pepper	527	1.1	-4.4
	Independent	Stephen Harvey	458	0.9	N/A
Majority			16,306	33.1	+31.0
Turnout			49,273	63.9	-0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.0

General election 2017: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Bradley	23,392	46.6	+18.4
	Labour	Alan Meale	22,335	44.5	+5.1
	UKIP	Sid Pepper	2,654	5.3	-19.8
	Independent	Philip Shields	1,079	2.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Prabhakar	697	1.4	-1.9
Majority			1,057	2.1	N/A
Turnout			50,157	64.5	+3.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+6.7

General election 2015: Mansfield[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale[8]	18,603	39.4	+0.7
	Conservative	Andrea Clarke[9]	13,288	28.2	+1.8
	UKIP	Sid Pepper[10]	11,850	25.1	+18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Rogers[11]	1,642	3.5	-12.0
	Green	Paul Frost[12]	1,486	3.1	+3.1
	TUSC	Karen Seymour[11]	324	0.7	+0.7
Majority			5,315	11.3	-1.1
Turnout			47,193	60.9	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

General election 2010: Mansfield[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	18,753	38.7	-11.4
	Conservative	Tracy Critchlow	12,741	26.3	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Wyatt[14]	7,469	15.4	+1.4
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Andre Camilleri	4,339	9.0	-8.0
	UKIP	David Hamilton	2,985	6.2	+6.2
	BNP	Rachel Hill	2,108	4.4	+4.4
Majority			6,012	12.4
Turnout			48,395	60.4	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Mansfield[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	18,400	48.1	−9.0
	Conservative	Anne Wright	7,035	18.4	−8.8
	Mansfield Independent Forum	Stewart Rickersey	6,491	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Shelley	5,316	13.9	−1.8
	Veritas	Michael Harvey	1,034	2.7	N/A
Majority			11,365	29.7
Turnout			38,276	55.4	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

General election 2001: Mansfield[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	21,050	57.1	-7.3
	Conservative	William Wellesley	10,012	27.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Hill	5,790	15.7	+4.7
Majority			11,038	29.9
Turnout			36,852	55.2	-15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Mansfield[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	30,556	64.4	+10.0
	Conservative	Tim Frost	10,038	21.2	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Smith	5,244	11.1	−1.5
	Referendum	Jim Bogusz	1,588	3.3
Majority			20,518	43.3	+22.0
Turnout				70.7	-11.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Mansfield[18][19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	29,932	54.4	+16.9
	Conservative	Gary S. Mond	18,208	33.1	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart R. Thompstone	6,925	12.6	−9.6
Majority			11,724	21.3	+21.2
Turnout			55,065	82.2	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Mansfield[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Meale	19,610	37.5	−3.0
	Conservative	Charles Hendry	19,554	37.4	+1.8
	SDP	Barry Answer	11,604	22.2	−1.7
	Moderate Labour	Brian Marshall	1,580	3.0	N/A
Majority			56	0.1
Turnout				78.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.4

General election 1983: Mansfield[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	18,670	40.5	-11.78
	Conservative	R.J. Wrenn	16,454	35.6	+3.71
	SDP	S.E. Taylor	11,036	23.9	N/A
Majority			2,216	4.9
Turnout			46,160	70.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.75

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	29,051	52.28	-5.13
	Conservative	K Daly	17,720	31.89	+8.73
	Liberal	DJ Chambers	8,536	15.36	-3.19
	National Front	P Donovan	259	0.47	N/A
Majority			11,331	20.39
Turnout				77.34
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.93

General election October 1974: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	28,964	57.41
	Conservative	JR Wood	11,685	23.16
	Liberal	D Chambers	9,358	18.55
	Communist	Frederick Charles Westacott	448	0.89
Majority			17,279	34.25
Turnout				72.54
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	34,378	64.51
	Conservative	HJ Thompson	18,236	34.22
	Communist	Frederick Charles Westacott	675	1.27
Majority			16,142	30.29
Turnout				77.35
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	30,554	66.12
	Conservative	C William H Morton	15,027	32.52
	Communist	Frederick Charles Westacott	628	1.36
Majority			15,527	33.60
Turnout				68.67
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Don Concannon	28,849	64.24
	Conservative	Kenneth Clarke	9,987	22.24
	Liberal	Reginald Strauther	5,483	12.21
	Communist	Frederick Charles Westacott	590	1.31
Majority			18,862	42.00
Turnout				74.82
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Mansfield[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	29,055	63.57
	Conservative	Kenneth Clarke	10,021	21.93
	Liberal	Reginald Strauther	6,628	14.50
Majority			19,034	41.65
Turnout				77.86
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Mansfield[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	31,066	67.88
	Conservative	M Robert V Eliot	14,700	32.12
Majority			16,366	35.76
Turnout				80.75
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	29,543	68.46
	Conservative	Ian Berkeley Church	13,610	31.54
Majority			15,933	36.92
Turnout				78.15
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	37,097	69.92
	Conservative	Muriel Evelyn Williamson	15,961	30.08
Majority			21,136	39.84
Turnout				83.34
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	36,224	66.65
	Conservative	Herbert Leslie Milliard	12,495	22.99
	Liberal	C H Preston Robinson	5,145	9.47
	Communist	W Les Ellis[24]	482	0.89
Majority			23,729	43.66
Turnout				85.83
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	43,113	75.09
	Conservative	Thomas Lynch	14,302	24.91
Majority			28,811	50.18
Turnout				75.93
	Labour hold		Swing

1941 Mansfield by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bernard Taylor	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Brown	31,803	68.01
	Conservative	Alexander Spearman	14,962	31.99
Majority			16,841	36.01
Turnout				69.54
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1931: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Brown	26,865	55.77
	Conservative	ESB Hopkin	21,303	44.23
Majority			5,562	11.55
Turnout				77.01
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Mansfield[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charles Brown	28,416	58.6	−0.4
	Liberal	William Collins	10,517	21.7	N/A
	Unionist	S R Sidebottom	9,035	18.6	−22.4
	Communist	Rosina Smith	533	1.1	N/A
Majority			17,899	36.9	+18.9
Turnout			48,501	81.2	+6.4
Registered electors			59,735
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.0

General election 1924: Mansfield[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Varley	19,441	59.0	+1.2
	Unionist	C.L. Hanington	13,535	41.0	N/A
Majority			5,906	18.0	+2.4
Turnout			32,976	74.8	−1.1
Registered electors			44,094
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.2

General election 1923: Mansfield[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Varley	18,813	57.8	+9.8
	Liberal	Albert Bennett	13,757	42.2	−9.8
Majority			5,056	15.6	N/A
Turnout			32,570	75.9	+1.6
Registered electors			42,937
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.8

General election 1922: Mansfield[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Albert Bennett	16,192	52.0	+32.5
	Labour	William Carter	14,917	48.0	+4.4
Majority			1,275	4.0	N/A
Turnout			31,109	74.3	+21.8
Registered electors			41,868
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+14.1

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Mansfield[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Carter	8,957	43.6	N/A
C	National Democratic	George Jarrett	6,678	32.6	N/A
	Liberal	Violet Markham	4,000	19.5	−53.5
	Independent	Nowroji Merwangi Tarachand	878	4.3	N/A
Majority			2,279	11.0	N/A
Turnout			20,513	52.5	−21.4
Registered electors			39,041
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1880s

Foljambe

General election 1885: Mansfield [26][27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Cecil Foljambe	6,120	72.6	N/A
	Conservative	John Horne Payne	2,305	27.4	N/A
Majority			3,815	45.2	N/A
Turnout			8,425	85.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,862
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: Mansfield [25][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Cecil Foljambe	4,876	63.3	-9.3
	Conservative	Lancelot Rolleston	2,832	36.7	+9.3
Majority			2,044	26.6	-18.6
Turnout			7,708	78.2	-7.2
Registered electors			9,862
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.3

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Mansfield [25][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Williams	5,731	63.9	+0.6
	Conservative	Daniel Warde	3,235	36.1	-0.6
Majority			2,496	27.8	+1.2
Turnout			8,966	77.7	-0.5
Registered electors			11,539
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

General election 1895: Mansfield [25][27][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Williams	5,670	57.0	-6.9
	Conservative	Henry Eyre	4,285	43.0	+6.9
Majority			1,385	14.0	-13.8
Turnout			9,955	80.6	+2.9
Registered electors			12,345
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.9

Elections in the 1900s

Markham

General election 1900: Mansfield [25][27][29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Arthur Markham	6,496	61.2	+4.2
	Conservative	Henry Eyre	4,127	38.8	-4.2
Majority			2,369	22.4	+8.4
Turnout			10,623	73.5	-7.1
Registered electors			14,456
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.2

General election 1906: Mansfield [25][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Arthur Markham	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Mansfield [25][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Arthur Markham	12,622	74.2	N/A
	Conservative	John George Drummond Campbell	4,382	25.8	N/A
Majority			8,240	48.4
Turnout				80.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election December 1910: Mansfield [25][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Arthur Markham	11,383	73.0	-1.2
	Conservative	Frederick Pepys Cockerill	4,200	27.0	+1.2
Majority			7,183	46.0	-2.4
Turnout				73.9	-6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.2

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Arthur Markham
• Unionist:
• Labour:

1916 Mansfield by-election [25][30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Seely	7,597	63.0	-10.0
	Independent	Arthur Turnbull*	4,456	37.0	N/A
Majority			3,141	26.0	-20.0
Turnout			12,053	48.7	25.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

• supported by Horatio Bottomley

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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