Which Conservative candidate had the most number of votes? Which Labour candidates have the least number of votes? Which election has the shortest majority? Well the answer is below in this year by year guide at what has been achieved in the elections from 1885 onwards. It seems that Louis Gluckstein has been the most successful Conservative candidate; Jack Dunnett the most successful Labour candidate; Norman Birkett the most successful Liberal candidate and Tom Mann the most successful candidate not to stand for the three main political parties. (Gluckstein and Birkett had stood against each other twice where both of them won each election). Meanwhile Jim Thornton, Thomas Proctor, John Hiley and Kenan Malik seem to echo them as their worst performing counterparts. Here are some achievements that Nottingham East (and part of Nottingham Central) have made since 1885:

1885

First Member of Parliament for Nottingham East

First Liberal and Conservative candidates to stand in the constituency

1886

Smallest constituency turnout

Same percentage of constituency electorates as the previous year

1892

Smallest number of constituency electorates

Third consecutive election with the same candidates taking part

Sitting candidate unopposed in what would have been a second election in the same year

1895

First Conservative (Unionist) Member of Parliament for Nottingham East

Final election of the 19th century

1900

First election of the 20th century

Final election to be held under Queen Victoria's reign

1906

Oldest Member of Parliament to be elected for Nottingham East

January 1910

Smallest majority for a Conservative candidate

Biggest turnout percentage

December 1910

Only constituency election to have a partition against it, even though it was dismissed

Same percentage of constituency electorates as January 1910

1912 By-Election

First by-election as a result of a resignation

1918

First election with three candidates taking part

First non-Liberal or Conservative candidate to stand

First Labour candidate to stand

Lowest number of votes for a Labour candidate

Only election not to be held on a weekday (Saturday)

1922 By-Election

First Member of Parliament to die in office

Second by-election as a result of the death of Sir John Rees

Shortest time between two elections

1922 General Election

Shortest serving Member of Parliament for the constituency

1923

1924

Only Member of Parliament to stand down after just one term after being elected to stand in another constituency

Most number of votes for a non-Liberal, Labour or Conservative candidate

Communist candidate taking part in the constituency

First candidate to lose their (12.5%) deposit, which was kept at that level until 1985

1929

Only candidate to serve two separate stints as Member of Parliament

Most number of votes for a winning Liberal candidate

Biggest majority for a winning Liberal candidate

First Labour candidate to end in third place

1931

Youngest Member of Parliament to be elected for Nottingham East

Oldest living former constituency Member of Parliament of the 20th century

Tallest Member of Parliament of the 20th century in any constituency

Final election that was not held on a Thursday

1935

Biggest majority for a Conservative candidate

Longest serving Member of Parliament (excluding the Nottingham Central years) of the 20th century

First Liberal candidate to end in third place

Longest parliament of the 20th century

1945

First Labour Member of Parliament for Nottingham East

First election with four candidates taking part

Lowest number of votes for a winning Labour candidate

First Independent candidate

1950

Only candidate to stand in four different decades

Conservative candidate stood more times than any other person from the same political party

First constituency candidate to stand on their birthday

1951

First female candidate to stand in the constituency

Lowest number of votes for a Liberal candidate

Most number of votes for a non-winning candidate standing once in the constituency

1955

Only candidate in the this list to have won just Nottingham Central is elected

Different candidates to the previous election, because of the constituency change

First election to be held under Queen Elizabeth II's reign

1959

Most number of votes for a Conservative Member of Parliament

Most number of votes for a candidate who failed to win the seat

Second candidate to stand more than once without being elected

1964

1966

1970

Final time that an election did not have all three mainstream candidates taking part

Final time that just two candidates took part

February 1974

Shortest parliament of the 20th century

Only Member of Parliament to represent both Nottingham Central and Nottingham East

First Liberal candidate to stand since 1951

October 1974

Third candidate to stand more than once without being elected

Independent Labour candidate taking part

First candidate to get less than 1,000 votes

1979

First Member of Parliament to win six consecutive elections

First election with five candidates taking part

Longest serving Member of Parliament of the 20th century (including Nottingham Central)

Most number of aggregate votes for any candidate

Only Member of Parliament (apart from Edmund Brocklebank) to retire unbeaten

Most voted candidate of the 20th century, with over 11% of all votes cast

Socialist Unity candidate to take part in the constituency

First far-right (National Front) candidate to stand in the constituency

1983

Biggest number of constituency electorates

None of the candidates stood in the previous election

First Social Democrat Party candidate taking part, replacing the Liberals

Independent Conservative candidate taking part in the constituency

1987

Most number of votes for a winning Nottingham East only Conservative Member of Parliament

First non-white candidates taking part in the constituency

Red Front candidate taking part in the constituency

First candidate to lose their deposit (0.4%) since it was lowered from 12.5% to 5% in 1985

1992

Most number of votes for a winning candidate

Biggest constituency turnout

First election with six candidates taking part

Two "Liberal" candidates taking part: Liberal Democrat and Liberal

First Green Party candidate taking part in the constituency

Natural Law Party candidate taking part in the constituency

1997

Biggest majority for a winning candidate

First Conservative candidate since 1923 to get less than 10,000 votes

Referendum Party candidate taking part in the constituency

Same percentage turnout as the 1970 election

Final election of the 20th century

2001

Fourth candidate to stand more than once without being elected

Smallest turnout percentage

First election of the new millennium

2005

First Conservative candidate to end in third place

First Liberal candidate to end in second place since 1931

Lowest number of votes for a Labour candidate since 1945

Fifth candidate to stand more than once without being elected

First non-elected candidate since Ted Rowan in 1974 to stand in two consecutive elections

First UKIP candidate to stand in the constituency

Third Asian candidate to stand in the constituency

100th candidacy recorded since these records started in 1885

Jack Dunnett to take over from Louis Gluckstein in 2006 as the oldest living former Member of Parliament

2010

Second female candidate to stand, the first since Lady Abrahams in 1951

None of the candidates stood in the previous election

First Christian Party candidate to stand

The new (to the constituency) Labour candidate is one of the few candidates to have been previously been elected as a Member of Parliament

Christian Party has all-time low vote, which is less than the Red Front candidate in 1987