is a
Constituency represented in the
House Of Commons of the
Parliament Of The United Kingdom . Since
1885 it has elected one
Member Of Parliament (MP) by the
First Past The Post system of election.
The constituency covers large parts of the
Newark And Sherwood district in the east of
Nottinghamshire , including the towns of
Newark-on-Trent and
Southwell , and the villages of
Collingham and
Sutton-on-Trent . It also covers the south-east of the
Bassetlaw district, including
Retford and
Markham Moor .
Following their review of parliamentary representation in
Nottinghamshire the
Boundary Commission For England , have modified the existing Newark constituency to be fought at the
Next General Election . The Newark constituency will lose the town of Retford to the
Bassetlaw constituency (although it will still cover a smaller part of the Bassetlaw district), but will gain the area around
Bingham from the
Rushcliffe constituency.
The electoral wards used in the formation of this modified seat are;
- From the district of Bassetlaw - East Markham, Rampton, and Tuxford and Trent
- From the district of Newark And Sherwood - Balderton North, Balderton West, Beacon, Bridge, Castle, Caunton, Collingham and Meering, Devon, Farndon, Lowdham, Magnus, Muskham, Southwell East, Southwell North, Southwell West, Sutton-on-Trent, Trent and Winthorpe
- From the borough of Rushcliffe - Bingham East, Bingham West, Cranmer, Oak and Thoroton.
Newark was the last borough seat to be created in the
Unreformed House Of Commons in
1673 , prior to the
Reform Act of
1832 . It returned two representatives to
Parliament from 1673 until
1885 . The future
Prime Mininster ,
W.E. Gladstone , began his elected career as
MP for Newark from
1832 until
1845 , later moving to other constituencies.
More recently, the
Labour Party held Newark from
1950 until
1979 , when it was taken by the
Conservatives '
Richard Alexander . Alexander lost his seat during Labour's landslide victory at the
1997 General Election . The victorious Labour candidate,
Fiona Jones , was convicted of electoral
Fraud and expelled from the
House Of Commons in
1999 over misrepresented election expenses. The conviction was later overturned upon appeal, and she returned to Parliament. However, Jones lost her seat at the
2001 General Election to
Patrick Mercer of the Conservatives, who has held it since.
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Labour Party (UK)
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Jason Reece
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15,482
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339
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Stuart Thompstone
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7,276
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159
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+27
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United Kingdom Independence Party
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Charlotte Creasy
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992
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22
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''N/A''
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Conservative Party (UK)
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+26
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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David Harding-Price
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5,970
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132
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+18
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Independent (politician)
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Donald Haxby
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822
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18
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''N/A''
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Socialist Alliance (England)
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Ian Thomson
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462
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10
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''N/A''
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Labour Party (UK)
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Peter Harris
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5,960
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115
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Referendum Party
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G Creedy
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2,035
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39
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''N/A''
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Labour Party (UK)
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Conservative Party (UK)
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Labour Party (UK)
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Dave Barton
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20,265
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358
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Liberal Democrats (UK)
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Peter Harris
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7,342
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130
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Green Party of England and Wales
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P Wood
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435
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08
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