Nottingham East (UK Parliament constituency)

Nottingham East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Nottingham East in Nottinghamshire.
Location of Nottinghamshire within England.
County	Nottinghamshire
Electorate	58,705 (2010)
Major settlements	Nottingham
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Chris Leslie (Labour Co-op)
Number of members	One
Created from	Nottingham Central and Nottingham South
1885–1955
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Created from	Nottingham
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Nottingham East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Chris Leslie, a member of the Labour Party who previously served as an MP for Shipley.

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, Robin Hood, and St Ann's.

1918-1950: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, and St Mary's.

1950-1955: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Byron, Manvers, Mapperley, and St Ann's.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Nottingham wards of Bridge, Lenton, Manvers, Market, St Ann's, and Trent.

1983-2010: The City of Nottingham wards of Basford, Forest, Greenwood, Manvers, Mapperley, Radford, St Ann's, Sherwood, and Trent.

2010-present: The City of Nottingham wards of Arboretum, Berridge, Dales, Mapperley, St Ann's, and Sherwood.

The constituency covers the north-eastern part of the City of Nottingham. It includes the suburbs of Mapperley, Carrington and Sherwood, and the inner city areas of Hyson Green, St Ann's and Sneinton.

On average earners' incomes are slightly lower than the national average and in 2010 unemployment stood at 7.4%, which was higher than the East Midlands average at that date of 3.6% however the picture is not uniform across all 2011 Census Output Areas, some of which have incomes at the national average or above and together with the affordability of property in the area, those on the national average way or above generally have the ability to save, purchase property or enjoy a high standard of living.

The present Nottingham East constituency was created in 1974, and first elected Jack Dunnett who had been Labour MP for the abolished Nottingham Central seat. Michael Knowles won it for the Conservative Party in 1983, when some of the seat was transferred to the new Nottingham South constituency in boundary changes. Knowles held the seat with a reduced majority in 1987, but John Heppell gained it for Labour in 1992, and held the seat until he retired in 2010. It is presently held by Labour's Chris Leslie. Leslie previously represented the West Yorkshire constituency of Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and joined the front benches serving as a junior minister as part of the Tony Blair Government.