# Carlton (UK Parliament constituency)

Carlton was a constituency in Nottinghamshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election. It was then partly replaced by the new Gedling constituency.

## Boundaries

1950–1974: The Urban Districts of Arnold and Carlton, the Rural District of Bingham, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Burton Joyce, Calverton, Lambley, Stoke Bardolph, and Woodborough.
1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Arnold and Carlton, and in the Rural District of Basford the parishes of Bestwood Park, Burton Joyce, Calverton, Lambley, Linby, Newstead, Papplewick, Stoke Bardolph, and Woodborough.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1950 | Sir Kenneth Pickthorn | Conservative |
| | 1966 | Philip Holland | Conservative |
| 1983 | 1983 | constituency abolished: see Gedling | constituency abolished: see Gedling |

## Elections
### Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Pickthorn | 19,585 | 40.84 | |
| | Labour | Florence Paton | 19,190 | 40.02 | |
| | Liberal | Cornelius Charles Kirk | 9,176 | 19.14 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 395 | 0.82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,951 | 87.17 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
General election 1951: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Pickthorn | 24,429 | 49.81 | +8.97 |
| | Labour | Florence Paton | 20,685 | 42.18 | +2.16 |
| | Liberal | Gerald Wortley H Parker | 3,930 | 8.01 | −11.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,744 | 7.63 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,044 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1955: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Pickthorn | 27,521 | 57.1 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | Florence Paton | 20,664 | 42.9 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,857 | 14.2 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,185 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1959: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Pickthorn | 30,722 | 57.6 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Philip Myers | 22,645 | 42.4 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,077 | 15.2 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,367 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Pickthorn | 27,896 | 46.9 | −10.7 |
| | Labour | Robert B Mellor | 21,546 | 36.2 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal | Max G Payne | 10,034 | 16.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,350 | 10.7 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,476 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election 1966: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Holland | 28,635 | 45.6 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Amos Lloyd Ramsden | 24,589 | 39.2 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal | Max G Payne | 9,570 | 15.2 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,046 | 6.4 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,794 | 82.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Holland | 39,840 | 59.6 | +14.0 |
| | Labour | Carl Bennett | 27,043 | 40.4 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,797 | 19.2 | +12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,883 | 84.51 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election February 1974: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Holland | 27,305 | 45.37 | −14.23 |
| | Labour | James Murray | 20,147 | 33.58 | −6.92 |
| | Liberal | Donald Lawrence Lange | 11,282 | 18.75 | New |
| | National Front | Cyril Marriott | 1,449 | 2.41 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,158 | 11.79 | −7.21 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,183 | 84.48 | −0.03 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
General election October 1974: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Holland | 24,638 | 44.16 | −1.21 |
| | Labour | Dennis Pettitt | 20,019 | 35.88 | +2.41 |
| | Liberal | Donald Lawrence Lange | 9,859 | 17.67 | −1.07 |
| | National Front | Cyril Marriott | 1,273 | 2.28 | −0.13 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,619 | 8.28 | −3.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,789 | 77.74 | −6.74 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −1.81 | |
General election 1979: Carlton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Holland | 31,762 | 52.56 | +8.39 |
| | Labour | Arthur Palmer | 18,989 | 31.42 | −4.46 |
| | Liberal | John Frederick West | 9,077 | 15.02 | −2.65 |
| | National Front | Michael John Watts | 606 | 1.00 | −1.28 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12,773 | 21.14 | +12.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,434 | 78.90 | +1.16 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.43 | |