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  Mansfield - History
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Established November 24, 1885
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRBH October 18, 2021 06:16pm
DescriptionMansfield, an ex-mining seat, has been Labour since 1923 and produced comfortable leads for the party right up until the 1980s. During the miners' dispute of 1984, many Nottinghamshire coalfield workers objected to Arthur Scargill's decision to strike without a ballot and therefore continued to work. There were scenes of violence between working miners (mainly from the UDM) and NUM pickets from Yorkshire. Pro-NUM Alan Meale won the seat for Labour in 1987 by just 56 votes - making Mansfield the party's most marginal seat after that election. But five years on he romped home with a majority in excess of 11,700. This is almost identical to his winning margin in 2001, though in 1997 it had risen to 20,500. This is an almost entirely white constituency where 10.4% still work in mining, quarrying and construction. Since the closure of Mansfield Colliery in 1998 regeneration investment money has brought new jobs, for example through the American plastics manufacturer, Plastek. In the most recent local elections of 2003, Independents came from nowhere to take 25 seats from Labour and win control of the council.

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Redistricting: Light Green=Added Territory, Red=Removed Territory,
Dark Green=Kept Territory
Date Type Results
Jul 04, 2024 General Election
 Steve Yemm
16,048
39.06% 		 Ben Bradley(I)
12,563
30.58% 		 Matthew Lee Warnes
9,385
22.84% 		 Philip Shields
1,326
3.23% 		 Michael Wyatt
799
1.94% 		 Peter Michael James Dean
423
1.03% 		 Wesley Milligan
335
0.82%
  Karen Rachel Mary Seymour
123
0.30% 		 Zen Bilas
85
0.21%
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Date Type Results
Dec 12, 2019 General Election
 Ben Bradley(I)
31,484
63.90% 		 Sonya Rose Ward
15,178
30.80% 		 Sarah Brown
1,626
3.30% 		 Sid Pepper
527
1.07% 		 Stephen Leonard Harvey
458
0.93%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
 Ben Bradley
23,392
46.64% 		 Alan Meale(I)
22,335
44.53% 		 Sid Pepper
2,654
5.29% 		 Philip Shields
1,079
2.15% 		 Anita Prabhakar
697
1.39%
May 07, 2015 General Election
 Alan Meale(I)
18,603
39.42% 		 Andrea Clarke
13,288
28.16% 		 Sid Pepper
11,850
25.11% 		 Tony Rogers
1,642
3.48% 		 Paul Frost
1,486
3.15% 		 Karen Rachel Mary Seymour
324
0.69%
May 06, 2010 General Election
 Alan Meale(I)
18,753
38.75% 		 Tracy Critchlow
12,741
26.33% 		 Michael Wyatt
7,469
15.43% 		 Andre Camilleri
4,339
8.97% 		 David Hamilton
2,985
6.17% 		 Rachel Hill
2,108
4.36%
May 05, 2005 General Election
 Alan Meale(I)
18,400
48.07% 		 Anne Wright
7,035
18.38% 		 Stewart Rickersey
6,491
16.96% 		 Roger Shelley
5,316
13.89% 		 Michael Harvey
1,034
2.70%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
 Alan Meale(I)
21,050
57.12% 		 William Wellesley
10,012
27.17% 		 Tim Hill
5,790
15.71%
May 01, 1997 General Election
 Alan Meale(I)
30,556
64.43% 		 Tim Frost
10,038
21.17% 		 Philip Smith
5,244
11.06% 		 Jim Bogusz
1,588
3.35%
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 Alan Meale(I)
29,932
54.36% 		 Gary S. Mond
18,208
33.07% 		 Stuart Thompstone
6,925
12.58%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 Alan Meale
19,610
37.46% 		 Charles Hendry
19,554
37.35% 		 Barry M. Answer
11,604
22.17% 		 Brian Marshall
1,580
3.02%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 Don Concannon(I)
18,670
40.45% 		 Richard J. Wrenn
16,454
35.65% 		 Stephen E. Taylor
11,036
23.91%
May 03, 1979 General Election
 Don Concannon(I)
29,051
52.28% 		 K. Daly
17,720
31.89% 		 David J. Chambers
8,536
15.36% 		 P. Donovan
259
0.47%
Oct 10, 1974 General Election
 Don Concannon(I)
28,964
57.41% 		 John R. Wood
11,685
23.16% 		 David J. Chambers
9,358
18.55% 		 Frederick C. Westacott
448
0.89%
Feb 28, 1974 General Election
 Don Concannon(I)
34,378
64.51% 		 H. J. Thompson
18,236
34.22% 		 Frederick C. Westacott
675
1.27%
Jun 18, 1970 General Election
 Don Concannon(I)
30,554
66.12% 		 C. William H. Morton
15,027
32.52% 		 Frederick C. Westacott
628
1.36%
Mar 31, 1966 General Election
 Don Concannon
28,849
64.24% 		 Kenneth Clarke
9,987
22.24% 		 Reginald Strauther
5,483
12.21% 		 Frederick C. Westacott
590
1.31%
Oct 15, 1964 General Election
 Bernard Taylor(I)
29,055
63.57% 		 Kenneth Clarke
10,021
21.93% 		 Reginald Strauther
6,628
14.50%

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