Beeston (UK Parliament constituency)

Beeston
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Nottinghamshire
1974 (1974)–1983
Seats	One
Created from	Rushcliffe
Replaced by	Broxtowe and Ashfield

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.

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

The seat was last held by Sir James Lester (Conservative) between 28 February 1974 to 9 June 1983.

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 February 1974: Beeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	26,487	42.36
	Labour Co-op	Antony John Gardner	23,943	38.30
	Liberal	Stuart Charles Reddish	12,091	19.34
Majority			2,544	4.06
Turnout			62,521	84.91
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election October 1974: Beeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	25,095	42.0	−0.4
	Labour Co-op	Antony John Gardner	24,974	41.8	+3.5
	Liberal	Stuart Charles Reddish	9,658	16.2	−3.1
Majority			121	0.2	−3.9
Turnout			59,727	80.5	−4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.0

General election 1979: Beeston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Theodore Lester	33,273	52.6	+10.6
	Labour	Joseph M Jacob	23,077	36.5	−5.3
	Liberal	Timothy Turner	6,935	11.0	−5.2
Majority			10,196	16.1	+15.9
Turnout			63,285	81.3	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.0

References

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