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Nottingham South — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Nottingham South was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 10,294 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Nottingham South from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 John Carvell Williams (Liberal) 4,983 51.9% Henry Smith Wright (Conservative) 363 (3.8 pts) 75.3%
1886 Henry Smith Wright (Conservative) 4,586 51.5% John Carvell Williams (Liberal) 269 (3.0 pts) 69.8%
1892 Henry Smith Wright (Conservative) 4,570 50.5% John Fletcher Moulton (Liberal) 83 (0.9 pts) 82.3%
1895 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 4,802 52.4% Frederick William Maude (Liberal) 433 (4.7 pts) 80.6%
1900 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 5,298 57.5% Henry Yorke Stanger (Liberal) 1,384 (15.0 pts) 74.0%
1906 Arthur Richardson (Liberal-Labour) 6,314 53.4% Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 800 (6.8 pts) 86.6%
Dec 1910 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 6,151 51.6% Arthur Richardson (Liberal-Labour) 385 (3.2 pts) 84.9%
Jan 1910 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Conservative) 6,434 51.5% Arthur Richardson (Liberal-Labour) 382 (3.1 pts) 89.0%
1918 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 10,881 74.4% Henry Mills (Independent Labour) 7,143 (48.9 pts) 47.9%
1922 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 15,158 76.3% Henry Mills (Independent Labour) 10,452 (52.6 pts) 66.3%
1923 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 10,724 51.4% Henry Mills (Independent Labour) 5,548 (26.6 pts) 67.6%
1924 Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 13,725 60.7% Henry Mills (Labour) 4,828 (21.3 pts) 72.3%
1929 George Wilfrid Holford Knight (Labour) 14,800 42.9% Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (Unionist) 548 (1.6 pts) 80.4%
1931 George Wilfrid Holford Knight (National Labour) 22,852 68.3% Alonza Randolph Ellis (Labour) 12,269 (36.7 pts) 77.6%
1935 Sydney Frank Markham (National Labour) 15,559 52.2% Thomas James May (Labour) 4,596 (15.4 pts) 71.0%
1945 Henry Norman Smith (Labour) 15,316 50.5% Sydney Frank Markham (National) 4,550 (15.0 pts) 75.9%
1950 Henry Norman Smith (Labour) 18,806 48.0% William Rupert Rees-Davies (Conservative) 1,641 (4.2 pts) 85.4%
1951 Henry Norman Smith (Labour) 19,844 50.6% William Rupert Rees-Davies (Conservative) 482 (1.2 pts) 84.5%
1955 Denis Michael Keegan (Conservative) 29,145 56.9% Henry Norman Smith (Labour) 7,053 (13.8 pts) 78.3%
1959 William Gibson Haig Clark (Conservative) 29,607 57.1% John Ernest Silkin (Labour) 7,372 (14.2 pts) 79.2%
1964 William Gibson Haig Clark (Conservative) 23,594 46.0% William Frederick Back (Labour) 2,548 (5.0 pts) 78.2%
1966 George Perry (Labour) 24,580 50.3% William Clark (Conservative) 316 (0.7 pts) 75.6%
1970 Peter Fowler (Conservative) 26,762 53.8% George Perry (Labour) 3,731 (7.5 pts) 69.8%
1983 Martin Brandon-Bravo (Conservative) 22,238 45.9% Ken Coates (Labour) 5,715 (11.8 pts) 70.2%
1987 Martin Brandon-Bravo (Conservative) 23,921 45.0% Alan Simpson (Labour) 2,234 (4.2 pts) 73.5%
1992 Alan Simpson (Labour) 25,771 47.7% Martin Brandon-Bravo (Conservative) 3,181 (5.9 pts) 74.2%
1997 Alan Simpson (Labour) 26,825 55.3% Brian Kirsch (Conservative) 13,364 (27.5 pts) 67.0%
2001 Alan Simpson (Labour) 19,949 54.5% Wendy Manning (Conservative) 9,989 (27.3 pts) 50.1%
2005 Alan Simpson (Labour) 16,506 47.4% Sudesh Mattu (Conservative) 7,486 (21.5 pts) 50.6%
2010 Lilian Greenwood (Labour) 15,209 37.3% Rowena Holland (Conservative) 1,772 (4.3 pts) 60.6%
2015 Lilian Greenwood (Labour) 20,697 47.6% Jane Hunt (Conservative) 6,936 (16.0 pts) 63.3%
2017 Lilian Greenwood (Labour) 30,013 62.4% Jane Hunt (Conservative) 15,162 (31.5 pts) 67.8%
2019 Lilian Greenwood (Labour) 26,586 55.2% Marc Nykolyszyn (Conservative) 12,568 (26.1 pts) 60.8%
2024 Lilian Greenwood (Labour) 15,579 47.4% Zarmeena Quraishi (Conservative) 10,294 (31.3 pts) 51.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Carvell Williams Liberal 4,98351.9% Yes
Henry Smith Wright Conservative 4,62048.1% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Smith Wright Conservative 4,58651.5% Yes
John Carvell Williams Liberal 4,31748.5% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Smith Wright Conservative 4,57050.5% Yes
John Fletcher Moulton Liberal 4,48749.5% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 4,80252.4% Yes
Frederick William Maude Liberal 4,36947.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 5,29857.5% Yes
Henry Yorke Stanger Liberal 3,91442.5% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Richardson Liberal-Labour 6,31453.4% Yes
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 5,51446.6% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 6,15151.6% Yes
Arthur Richardson Liberal-Labour 5,76648.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Conservative 6,43451.5% Yes
Arthur Richardson Liberal-Labour 6,05248.5% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 10,88174.4% Yes
Henry Mills Independent Labour 3,73825.6% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 15,15876.3% Yes
Henry Mills Independent Labour 4,70623.7% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 10,72451.4% Yes
Henry Mills Independent Labour 5,17624.8% No
Victor Deidorichs Duval Liberal 4,96623.8% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 13,72560.7% Yes
Henry Mills Labour 8,89739.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Wilfrid Holford Knight Labour 14,80042.9% Yes
Henry Cavendish-Bentinck Unionist 14,25241.3% No
Charles Leslie Hale Liberal 5,44515.8% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Wilfrid Holford Knight National Labour 22,85268.3% Yes
Alonza Randolph Ellis Labour 10,58331.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sydney Frank Markham National Labour 15,55952.2% Yes
Thomas James May Labour 10,96336.8% No
Joseph Mawdesley Liberal 3,26010.9% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Norman Smith Labour 15,31650.5% Yes
Sydney Frank Markham National 10,76635.5% No
Richard James Blindell Liberal 4,27214.1% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Norman Smith Labour 18,80648.0% Yes
William Rupert Rees-Davies Conservative 17,16543.8% No
Ernest Gwynne Watkins Liberal 3,1828.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Norman Smith Labour 19,84450.6% Yes
William Rupert Rees-Davies Conservative 19,36249.4% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Denis Michael Keegan Conservative 29,14556.9% Yes
Henry Norman Smith Labour 22,09243.1% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Gibson Haig Clark Conservative 29,60757.1% Yes
John Ernest Silkin Labour 22,23542.9% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Gibson Haig Clark Conservative 23,59446.0% Yes
William Frederick Back Labour 21,04641.0% No
Brian S Stratford Liberal 6,69013.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Perry Labour 24,58050.3% Yes
William Clark Conservative 24,26449.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Peter Fowler Conservative 26,76253.8% Yes
George Perry Labour 23,03146.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Martin Brandon-Bravo Conservative 22,23845.9% Yes
Ken Coates Labour 16,52334.1% No
Raymond Poynter Liberal 9,69720.0% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Martin Brandon-Bravo Conservative 23,92145.0% Yes
Alan Simpson Labour 21,68740.8% No
Leighton Vaughan Williams Social Democratic Party 7,51714.1% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Simpson Labour 25,77147.7% Yes
Martin Brandon-Bravo Conservative 22,59041.8% No
Gareth Long Liberal Democrat 5,40810.0% No
Julianne Christou Natural Law 2630.5% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Simpson Labour 26,82555.3% Yes
Brian Kirsch Conservative 13,46127.7% No
Gary Long Liberal Democrat 6,26512.9% No
Ken Thompson Referendum Party 1,5233.1% No
Sharron Edwards National Democrats 4460.9% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Simpson Labour 19,94954.5% Yes
Wendy Manning Conservative 9,96027.2% No
Kevin Mulloy Liberal Democrat 6,06416.6% No
David Bartrop UKIP 6321.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alan Simpson Labour 16,50647.4% Yes
Sudesh Mattu Conservative 9,02025.9% No
Tony Sutton Liberal Democrat 7,96122.9% No
Ken Browne UKIP 1,3533.9% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lilian Greenwood Labour 15,20937.3% Yes
Rowena Holland Conservative 13,43732.9% No
Tony Sutton Liberal Democrat 9,40623.1% No
Tony Woodward BNP 1,1402.8% No
Ken Browne UKIP 9672.4% No
Matthew Butcher Green 6301.5% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lilian Greenwood Labour 20,69747.6% Yes
Jane Hunt Conservative 13,76131.7% No
David Hollas UKIP 4,90011.3% No
Adam McGregor Green 2,3455.4% No
Deborah Newton-Cook Liberal Democrat 1,5323.5% No
Andrew Clayworth Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2300.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lilian Greenwood Labour 30,01362.4% Yes
Jane Hunt Conservative 14,85130.9% No
Tony Sutton Liberal Democrat 1,5643.2% No
David Hollas UKIP 1,1032.3% No
Adam McGregor Green 5981.2% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lilian Greenwood Labour 26,58655.2% Yes
Marc Nykolyszyn Conservative 14,01829.1% No
Barry Holliday Liberal Democrat 3,9358.2% No
John Lawson Brexit Party 2,0124.2% No
Cath Sutherland Green 1,5833.3% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lilian Greenwood Labour 15,57947.4% Yes
Zarmeena Quraishi Conservative 5,28516.1% No
Mykel Hedge Reform UK 4,93615.0% No
Cath Sutherland Green 2,9238.9% No
Christina Morgan-Danvers Liberal Democrat 2,0596.3% No
Paras Ghazni Workers Party of Britain 1,4964.6% No
Shaghofta Akhtar Independent 4491.4% No
Mohammed Sayeed Independent 1520.5% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 3.8 pts 1886: Conservative margin 3.0 pts 1892: Conservative margin 0.9 pts 1895: Conservative margin 4.7 pts 1900: Conservative margin 15.0 pts 1906: Liberal-Labour margin 6.8 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 3.2 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1918: Unionist margin 48.9 pts 1922: Unionist margin 52.6 pts 1923: Unionist margin 26.6 pts 1924: Unionist margin 21.3 pts 1929: Labour margin 1.6 pts 1931: National Labour margin 36.7 pts 1935: National Labour margin 15.4 pts 1945: Labour margin 15.0 pts 1950: Labour margin 4.2 pts 1951: Labour margin 1.2 pts 1955: Conservative margin 13.8 pts 1959: Conservative margin 14.2 pts 1964: Conservative margin 5.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 0.7 pts 1970: Conservative margin 7.5 pts 1983: Conservative margin 11.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 4.2 pts 1992: Labour margin 5.9 pts 1997: Labour margin 27.5 pts 2001: Labour margin 27.3 pts 2005: Labour margin 21.5 pts 2010: Labour margin 4.3 pts 2015: Labour margin 16.0 pts 2017: Labour margin 31.5 pts 2019: Labour margin 26.1 pts 2024: Labour margin 31.3 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Nottingham South has been contested at 34 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Conservative, Liberal-Labour, Unionist, Labour, National Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Nottingham South in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Nottingham South in 2024 with 15,579 votes (47.4%), a majority of 10,294 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Nottingham South since 1885?

Since 1885, Nottingham South has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal-Labour, National Labour, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Nottingham South?

The closest result on record for Nottingham South was 1966, when Labour beat Conservative by just 316 votes (0.7 percentage points).

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