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| Established | June 09, 1983 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modified | RBH October 18, 2021 06:49pm |
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Sherwood, perhaps, produced one of the most anomalous results in the year in which it was created 1983. It was formed from parts of Ashfield, Gedling and Newark, to make one of the top five constituencies in the country then dominated by employment in mining. Yet it was won by Tory farmer Andrew Stewart and was one of the biggest shocks on a devastating night for Labour. Paddy Tipping finally won the seat for the party nine years later by just short of 3,000 votes and increased this to a big 16,812 in 1997, before suffering a not inconsiderable pro-Tory swing in 2001. His majority is currently 9,373. The area was the centre of two important industries, now in decline. Coal mining at Blidworth, Bilsthorpe, Clipstone and Ollerton has ended. Only Thoresby survives and has recently been awarded £2.09 million government investment funding. This was an area which largely rejected action in the miners' strike of 1984, causing much bitterness in the industry. Many people now travel out of the constituency for work. Some mixed farming is practised and there is diversification within the sector. Unemployment currently runs above the national average but down on the early 1990s when it rose by 62% in two years.
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