Nottingham North West (UK Parliament constituency)
# Nottingham North West (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham North West was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

## History

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, although in reality this was merely a renaming of the previous Nottingham West seat. It disappeared at the 1955 general election, when its territory was split between the redrawn Nottingham West constituency (Broxtowe and Wollaton wards) and the new Nottingham North constituency (St Albans ward).

## Boundaries

The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Broxtowe, St Albans, and Wollaton.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1950 | Tom O'Brien | Labour |
| 1955 | 1955 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election result

General election 1950: Nottingham North West :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tom O'Brien | 30,223 | 61.19 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Gardner | 13,016 | 26.35 | |
| | Liberal | TH Whalley | 5,432 | 11.00 | |
| | Communist | Arthur West | 719 | 1.46 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,207 | 34.84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,390 | 86.10 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

General election 1951: Nottingham North West :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Tom O'Brien | 32,694 | 64.94 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Gardner | 17,650 | 35.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,044 | 29.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,392 | 83.36 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −2.48 |
