1844

OCTOBER - Edward Bond is born.

1845

SEPTEMBER 13 - Sir Henry Cotton is born.

1849

FEBRUARY 18 - Arnold Morley is born.

1854

DECEMBER 16 - Sir John Rees is born.

1857

DECEMBER 13 - John Houfton is born.

1873

SEPTEMBER 18 – James Morrison is born.

1882

AUGUST 28 – Edmund Brocklebank is born.

1883

SEPTEMBER 6 - Norman Birkett is born.

1885

NOVEMBER 27 - The constituency of Nottingham East comes to existence after the main Nottingham constituency is split into three different areas. Arnold Morley becomes the Member of Parliament for the area after winning the General Election on this date. (He was also the Member of Parliament for Nottingham prior to this).

1886

JULY 1 - JULY 27 – Arnold Morley retains his seat in the General Election.

1892

JULY – Arnold Morley retains his seat in the General Election.
AUGUST 24 – Arnold Morley is appointed Postmaster General. He was unopposed in an election on this date, and so retains his seat.

1895

JULY 16 - Edward Bond defeats Arnold Morley in the General Election.

1897

FEBRUARY 23 – Sir Louis Gluckstein is born.

1899

AUGUST 30 – James Harrison is born.

1900

SEPTEMBER 25 - OCTOBER 24 – Edward Bond retains his seat in the General Election.

1902

JULY 23 – John Cordeaux is born.

1906

JANUARY 17 – Sir Henry Cotton defeats Edward Bond in the General Election.

1910

JANUARY 19 - James Morrison defeats Sir Henry Cotton in the General Election.
DECEMBER 3 - DECEMBER 7 – James Morrison retains his seat in the General Election.

1912

MARCH – James Morrison resigns as Member of Parliament, causing a by-election to take place.
APRIL 19 – Sir John Rees wins the local by-election.

1915

OCTOBER 22 – Sir Henry Cotton dies.

1916

JANUARY 16 – Arnold Morley dies.

1918

DECEMBER 14 – Sir John Rees retains his seat at the General Election.

1920

AUGUST 18 – Edward Bond dies.

1922

JUNE 2 – Sir John Rees dies in office, which causes a constituency by-election to take place.
JUNE 24 – Jack Dunnett is born.
JUNE 29 – John Houfton wins the local by-election, caused by the death of Sir John Rees.
NOVEMBER 15 – John Houfton retains his seat in the General Election.

1923

DECEMBER 6 – Norman Birkett defeats John Houfton in the General Election.

1924

OCTOBER 29 – Edmund Brocklebank defeats Norman Birkett in the General Election.

1929

MAY 30 – Norman Birkett wins back his old seat in the General Election.
NOVEMBER 18 – John Houfton dies.

1931

OCTOBER 27 – Sir Louis Gluckstein defeats Norman Birkett in the General Election.

1934

OCTOBER 22 – James Morrison dies.

1935

NOVEMBER 14 – Sir Louis Gluckstein retains his seat in the General Election.

1942

MAY 21 – Michael Knowles is born.

1945

JULY 5 – The start of the 1945 General Election campaign.
JULY 26 – James Harrison defeats Sir Louis Gluckstein when the General Election is finally declared.

1948

NOVEMBER 3 – John Heppell is born.

1949

AUGUST 24 – Edmund Brocklebank dies.

1950

FEBRUARY 23 – James Harrison retains his seat in the General Election. Sir Louis Gluckstein becomes the first candidate to stand in a constituency election on their birthday - and lost for a third and final time. (Not much of a birthday present was it?)

1951

OCTOBER 25 – James Harrison retains his seat in the General Election.

1955

MAY 26 – Nottingham East is abolished and most of the area served is replaced by Nottingham Central until February 1974. John Cordeaux becomes the new Member of the Parliament.

1959

MAY 2 – James Harrison dies.
OCTOBER 8 – John Cordeaux retains his seat in the General Election.

1962

FEBRUARY 10 – Norman Birkett dies.

1964

OCTOBER 15 – Jack Dunnett defeats John Cordeaux in the General Election.

1966

MARCH 31 – Jack Dunnett retains his seat in the General Election.

1970

JUNE 18 – Jack Dunnett retains his seat in the General Election.

1972

JUNE 28 - Christopher Leslie is born.

1974

FEBRUARY 28 – The constituency of Nottingham East is revived for the first time since 1955 as part of the 1974 boundary changes. Jack Dunnett retains his seat in the General Election. There is no change of Member of Parliament as Dunnett represented Nottingham Central prior to the boundary changes, and is also to represent Nottingham East after its revival.
OCTOBER 10 - Jack Dunnett retains his seat again in the General Election.

1979

MAY 3 – Jack Dunnett retains his seat for a final time in the General Election; making him the 20th century’s longest serving Member of Parliament for the area. He stood down at the start of the 1983 General Election.
OCTOBER 27 - Sir Louis Gluckstein dies.

1982

JANUARY 4 – John Cordeaux dies.

1983

JUNE 9 – Michael Knowles becomes the new Member of Parliament at the General Election.

1987

JUNE 11 – Michael Knowles retains his seat in the General Election.

1992

APRIL 9 – John Heppell defeats Michael Knowles in the General Election, receiving more votes than any other winning candidate.

1997

MAY 1 – John Heppell retains his seat at the General Election, winning the biggest majority for a winning candidate.

2001

JUNE 7 - John Heppell retains his seat again at the General Election.

2005

MAY 5 - John Heppell retains his seat once more at the General Election.

2010

MAY 6 - Christopher Leslie replaces John Heppell as the Labour candidate at the General Election and is elected.