Nottingham North and Kimberley
East Midlands · Borough constituency
About the Nottingham North and Kimberley constituency
Nottingham North and Kimberley is a borough constituency in the East Midlands, spanning parts of Nottingham, Broxtowe and neighbouring councils. The sitting MP is Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op)), first elected in June 2017.
At the 2024 general election, Labour won Nottingham North and Kimberley with 47.1% of the vote, ahead of Reform UK on 20.1%, a majority of 9,427 votes. Turnout was 47.5%.
If a general election were held today, PollCheck's projection at the current seven-poll average has Labour on 33.7% and Reform UK on 32.1% in Nottingham North and Kimberley, a margin of 1.6 points. The projection updates automatically as new polls are added.
Demographically, Nottingham North and Kimberley is closely divided in the 2016 EU referendum (an estimated 54.3% voted Leave in 2016). About 24.2% of residents hold a degree, 54.4% of homes are owner-occupied, and the seat has a median age of about 38 (2021 Census).
Across the last 5 general elections on record, the seat has been won by the Conservatives 3 times, Labour 2 times (earlier years may be on predecessor boundaries).
Who lives in Nottingham North and Kimberley? Constituency demographics
From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.
How did Nottingham North and Kimberley vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?
2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.
2024 general election
Current projection
Map of Nottingham North and Kimberley
Switch between ward-level 2024 election winners and a demographic view. Ward winners are Britain Elects' / New Statesman modelled estimates with an average ~4pp margin of error per ward. The demographic view splits the seat into small neighbourhoods (around 1,500 residents each, from the 2021 Census). Hover any area for detail.
Nottingham North and Kimberley within Nottingham and Broxtowe
Nottingham North and Kimberley crosses multiple council boundaries: Nottingham (83%), Broxtowe (17%). English councils rotate their election cycles and none of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below show the most recent ward result available for each ward.
Council overlap
| Council | Share of seat |
|---|---|
| Nottingham | 83% |
| Broxtowe | 17% |
Recent council by-elections
Council ward by-elections held inside this seat, most recent first. The result column shows which party won; the share column shows the top three parties’ vote shares on the day.
| Date | Ward | Result | Top 3 vote shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2025 | Nuthall East & Strelley | Con HOLD | Con 29% Ref 28% Other 21% |
Most recent council ward results
Latest council winner per ward. Where the council held a May 2026 election, those results are shown; otherwise we show the most recent available ward result (via DCLEAPIL, 2014-2024), or, where the seat was uncontested at the last election, the current sitting councillor from OpenCouncilData. The "Shift since GE2024" column is only computed for May 2026 results - earlier council votes pre-date the GE, so no directional shift is shown.
| Ward | GE2024 winner | Latest council winner | Shift since GE2024 | Turnout |
|---|
Projection trajectory
PollCheck's projection for Nottingham North and Kimberley at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.
Who has won Nottingham North and Kimberley at past general elections?
2024 result is on current boundaries. The 2019 row is the UK Parliament's notional recalculation onto the 2024 boundaries (directly comparable to 2024). The 2010, 2015 and 2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time and aren't directly comparable.
| Year | Result | MP | Lab | Con | LD | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010predecessor | Con gain from Lab | Anna Soubry Broxtowe MP | 38.3% | 39.0% | 16.9% | 389 | 73.2% |
| 2015predecessor | Con hold | Anna Soubry Broxtowe MP | 37.2% | 45.2% | 4.0% | 4,287 | 74.5%+1.3 |
| 2017predecessor | Con hold | Anna Soubry Broxtowe MP | 45.3% | 46.8% | 4.0% | 863 | 75.0%+0.5 |
| 2019notional | Labour winner | Alex Norris Nottingham North MP, pre-review boundary | 46.0% | 40.2% | 3.8% | 2,490 | 57.8% |
| 2024 | Lab hold | Alex Norris | 47.1% | 19.4% | 3.8% | 9,427 | 47.5%-10.3 |
Nottingham North and Kimberley was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Broxtowe (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.
Constituencies most like Nottingham North and Kimberley
Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Nottingham North and Kimberley. Politics shown for context.
- ↑Social rent26.9 / 26.5vs 16.8
- ↓Graduate24.2 / 25.9vs 33.7
- ↑No quals24.8 / 24.5vs 18.0
- ↑Social rent26.9 / 28.1vs 16.8
- ↓Owner-occupied54.4 / 54.8vs 61.9
- ↓Graduate24.2 / 27.6vs 33.7
- ↓Graduate24.2 / 23.5vs 33.7
- ↑No quals24.8 / 23.4vs 18.0
- ↑Social rent26.9 / 22.5vs 16.8
- ↓Graduate24.2 / 26.4vs 33.7
- ↑No quals24.8 / 22.7vs 18.0
- ↑Social rent26.9 / 21.5vs 16.8
- ↑No quals24.8 / 24.0vs 18.0
- ↓Graduate24.2 / 27.9vs 33.7
- ↑Social rent26.9 / 20.7vs 16.8
What would change this seat?
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Related
Sources
- 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
- Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
- Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
- Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
- May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
- Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
- Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
- EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
- MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
- Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
- Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.
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