Election 97

Nottingham South

Current MP Alan Simpson
Conservative 97 13,461
Labour 97 26,825
LibDem 97 6,265
Nationalist 97 0
Other 97 446
Elected party
Nottingham South

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Nottingham South
Conservative 92 22,590
Labour 92 25,771
LibDem 92 5,408
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 263
Elected party Labour

Nottingham South is the most marginal of the city's three constituencies, but was won by Labour in 1992, and should be safe in 1997. There are poor inner-city areas, comfortable residential suburbs, and extensive, but relatively well-off, council housing that has seen a steady rise in owner-occupation. Labour MP Alan Simpson, something of a left-wing critic of the Party's modernising leadership, should return to parliament as a member of the awkward squad in any future Labour administration.


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