List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

Constituencies

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Amber Valley CC 69,976 16,886   Nigel Mills   Adam Thompson‡
Bolsover CC 75,161 5,299   Mark Fletcher   Dennis Skinner
Chesterfield BC 71,034 1,451   Toby Perkins   Leigh Higgins†
Derby North BC 73,199 2,540   Amanda Solloway   Tony Tinley‡
Derby South BC 73,062 6,019   Margaret Beckett   Ed Barker†
Derbyshire Dales CC 65,080 17,381   Sarah Dines   Claire Raw‡
Erewash CC 72,523 10,606   Maggie Throup   Catherine Atkinson‡
High Peak CC 74,265 590   Robert Largan   Ruth George
Mid Derbyshire CC 67,442 15,385   Pauline Latham   Alison Martin‡
North East Derbyshire CC 72,345 12,876   Lee Rowley   Chris Peace‡
South Derbyshire CC 79,331 19,335   Heather Wheeler   Robert Pearson‡

From 2010

From the 2010 United Kingdom general election onwards, Derbyshire has been divided into 11 constituencies rather than the former 10. This involved the abolishment of West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency), the creation of Derbyshire Dales (UK Parliament constituency) and the re-introduction of Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Former Name2005 boundaries
  1. Amber Valley CC
  2. Bolsover CC
  3. Chesterfield BC
  4. Derby North BC
  5. Derby South BC
  6. Erewash CC
  7. High Peak CC
  8. North East Derbyshire CC
  9. South Derbyshire CC
  10. West Derbyshire CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire
Current Name2010 boundaries
  1. Amber Valley CC
  2. Bolsover CC
  3. Chesterfield BC
  4. Derby North BC
  5. Derby South BC
  6. Derbyshire Dales CC
  7. Erewash CC
  8. High Peak CC
  9. Mid Derbyshire CC
  10. North East Derbyshire CC
  11. South Derbyshire CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Derbyshire

Proposed boundary changes

The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. Although the proposals were immediately laid before Parliament they were not brought forward by the Government for approval. Accordingly, they did not come into effect for the 2019 election which took place on 12 December 2019, and which was contested using the constituency boundaries in place since 2010.

Under the terms of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011, the Sixth Review was based on reducing the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and a strict electoral parity requirement that the electorate of all constituencies should be within a range of 5% either side of the electoral quota.

On 24 March 2020, the Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, Chloe Smith, issued a written statement to Parliament setting out the Government's thinking with regard to parliamentary boundaries.[3] Subsequently, the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020[4] was passed into law on 14 December 2020. This formally removed the duty to implement the 2018 review and set out the framework for future boundary reviews. The Act provided that the number of constituencies should remain at the current level of 650, rather than being reduced to 600, while retaining the requirement that the electorate should be no more than +/- 5% from the electoral quota.

The Act specified that the next review should be completed no later than 1 July 2023 and the Boundary Commission formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.[5] See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Derbyshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 277,723 52.3% 3.6% 9 3
Labour 184,295 34.7% 9.8% 2 3
Liberal Democrats 38,253 7.2% 3.4% 0 0
Green 13,658 2.6% 1.4% 0 0
Brexit 14,487 2.7% new 0 0
Others 2,711 0.5% 1.3% 0 0
Total 531,127 100.0 11

Percentage votes

Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 37.5 33.9 40.9 41.5 43.2 41.5 29.5 31.1 30.1 36.5 39.4 48.7 52.3
Labour 47.6 48.4 45.6 34.9 36.2 43.4 53.6 50.0 43.9 34.5 36.5 44.5 34.7
Liberal Democrat1 14.8 17.5 13.0 22.6 20.5 14.7 13.8 17.5 21.4 21.6 5.6 3.8 7.2
Green Party - - - * * * * * 0.6 2.8 1.2 2.6
UKIP - - - - - - * * * 3.2 15.4 1.6 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.7
Other - 0.2 0.5 1.0 0.1 0.4 3.1 1.4 4.6 3.7 0.2 0.2 0.5

11974 &1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
Conservative 3 3 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 6 7 6 9
Labour 7 7 6 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 5 2
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11

11974 &1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour   Liberal Unionist

Constituency 1885 1886 87 91 92 1892 1895 1900 04 1906 07 08 09 Jan 1910 10 Dec 1910 12 13 14 14 15 16
Chesterfield Barnes Bayley Haslam Kenyon
Derby Roe Bemrose Roe Collins
Vernon-Harcourt Drage Bell Thomas
Derbyshire Mid Jacoby Hancock
Derbyshire North East Egerton Bolton Harvey Bowden
Derbyshire South Wardle Broad Gretton Raphael
Derbyshire West E. Cavendish V. Cavendish Petty-FitzMaurice
High Peak Sidebottom Partington Hill-Wood
Ilkeston Watson Foster Seely

1918 to 1950

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Labour   Labour   Liberal   National Labour

Constituency 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 31 1931 33 1935 36 38 39 42 44 1945
Clay Cross Broad Duncan Henderson Holland Ridley Neal
Ilkeston Seely Oliver Flint Oliver
Derbyshire North East Holmes Lee Whyte Lee H. White
Chesterfield Kenyon Benson Conant Benson
Derby Thomas Noel-Baker
Green Roberts Raynes Luce Raynes Reid Wilcock
Belper Hancock Wragg Lees Wragg Brown
Derbyshire South Gregory Lorimer Grant Pole Emrys-Evans Champion
Derbyshire West C. White E. W. Cavendish Hunloke C. White jnr
High Peak Hill-Wood Law Molson

1950 to 1983

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1950 1951 1955 1959 61 62 1964 1966 67 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979
Chesterfield Benson Varley
Derby South Noel-Baker Johnson
Bolsover Neal Skinner
Derbyshire North East White Swain Ellis
Derby North Wilcock MacDermot Whitehead
Ilkeston Oliver Fletcher
Belper Brown Stewart-Smith MacFarquhar Faith
South East Derbyshire Champion J. Jackson Park Rost
High Peak Molson Walder P. Jackson Le Marchant
West Derbyshire Wakefield Crawley Scott-Hopkins Parris


1983 to present

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 84 86 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019
Chesterfield Varley Benn Holmes Perkins
Derby South Beckett
Bolsover Skinner Fletcher
Derbyshire North East Ellis Barnes Engel Rowley
Derby North Knight Laxton Williamson Solloway Williamson Solloway
Amber Valley Oppenheim Mallaber Mills
South Derbyshire Currie Todd Wheeler
Erewash Rost Knight Blackman Lee Throup
High Peak Hawkins Hendry Levitt Bingham George Largan
W Derbyshire / Derbyshire Dales (2010) Parris McLoughlin Dines
Mid Derbyshire Latham

See also

Notes

  1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

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  2. "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. "Update: Strengthening Democracy:Written statement - HCWS183". UK Parliament. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020".
  5. "2023 Review launched | Boundary Commission for England". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (2020-04-17). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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