A constituency with a difference
THANK YOU TO THE 43% OF NOTTINGHAM CITY VOTERS WHO VOTED YES IN THE MAYORAL REFERENDUM ON THURSDAY 3RD MAY 2012
Some election night nostalgia...
In the light of Boris Johnson's success of winning as second term as London Mayor, perhaps we should show you what BBC 1 was actually transmitting during its election coverage, when the news that the Conservatives had won Nottingham East had been announced to the nation back in 1983...
And here we are four years later. You may be interested to know that Nottingham East was fortunate to get about five minutes of air time, starting at 8 minutes 35 seconds here, and also here for the first minute or so, due to the "Sharon Atkin" situation. Did the Conservatives really win over 20,000 votes in Nottingham East back in 1987? Seems like a different universe to the Nottingham East I live in now...
C O N T E N T S:
THE WHO'S WHO OF CONSTITUENCY CANDIDATES FROM 1885 ONWARDS - From Morley and Morrison to Leslie and Lamont, here are all 69 candidates who have ever stood as a parliamentary candidate for Nottingham East from 1885 to the present day in alphabetical order.
THE 30 AMAZING NOTTINGHAM EAST FACTS - The 30 things you probably didn't know about the many candidates that have stood in the constituency over the years...
A CHRONOLOGY OF NOTTINGHAM EAST EVENTS - A chronicle of births, elections, deaths and other notable events of every elected Member of Parliament for the constituency from 1885 onwards.
ELECTION ACHIEVEMENTS - Which General Election saw the Labour candidate end up in third place? Who was the oldest person to be elected as Member of Parliament? Well, it's all here - year by year!
NEW! A CERTAIN POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW - So why do I support the Conservative Party, and not the Monster Raving Loony Party? Perhaps I can reveal all, right here...
LOCAL STREETS AND NAMESAKES - Some streets in the Nottingham East constituency have the same first names or surnames as former Members of Parliament who had served the area in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Were they really named after them or was it just a coincidental use of those names?
LINKS - Many Conservative Party and Nottingham links can be found here.
