Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mansfield is a constituency[n 1] created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Ben Bradley of the Conservative Party, who gained the seat at the 2017 general election, from the Labour Party.[n 2] This is the first time the seat has been represented by a Conservative since its creation in 1885.
Mansfield | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Nottinghamshire |
Electorate | 79,849 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Mansfield |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Ben Bradley (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Nottinghamshire |
The seat, centred on Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, in recent times has been considered a relatively marginal seat.[2][3]
The Mansfield council area voted with more than 70% to Leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum. In 2019, the Conservatives received 63.9% of the vote in the formerly safe Labour constituency.