Broxtowe

Broxtowe is a local government district with borough status in Nottinghamshire, England, west of the city of Nottingham.

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Settlements include Beeston where the council is based, Stapleford, Chilwell, Toton, Bramcote, Cossall, Awsworth, Eastwood, Brinsley, Giltbrook, Newthorpe, Kimberley, Swingate, Watnall, Moorgreen, and Nuthall.

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It was formed on April 1, 1974 by a merger of the Beeston and Stapleford urban district, the Eastwood urban district and part of Basford Rural District. The name derives from the old Broxtowe hundred of Nottinghamshire.

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Since 1983 Broxtowe is a Parliamentary constituency. Recent MPs have been:

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• 1992 Sir Jim Lester (Conservative)
• 1997 Nick Palmer (Labour)
• 2001 Nick Palmer (Labour)
• 2005 Nick Palmer (Labour)

The constituency boundaries do not exactly match the borough boundaries, with some wards of the Broxtowe borough being in the Ashfield parliamentary constituency.

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