Amber Valley is a constituency in Derbyshire,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented in Parliament by Linsey Farnsworth,a Labour politician,since the 2024 general election.
High Peak is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Jon Pearce of the Labour Party.
West Derbyshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885,until it was replaced by the Derbyshire Dales constituency in the 2010 general election,it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. It was a safe Conservative seat for most of its existence.
Derby North is a constituency formed of part of the city of Derby,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Catherine Atkinson from the Labour Party. It was previously held by Amanda Solloway,a Conservative.
Derby South is a constituency formed of part of the city of Derby,most recently represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Baggy Shanker of the Labour and Co-op Party. Previous MP,Margaret Beckett,served the constituency for 41 years. She served under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson,James Callaghan,Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. She became interim Leader of the Labour Party in 1994 when John Smith suddenly died. She also served in the Opposition front bench under Neil Kinnock and Smith himself.
South Derbyshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Samantha Niblett of the Labour Party.
Erewash is a constituency in Derbyshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Adam Thompson of Labour.
Derbyshire Dales is a constituency that has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by John Whitby of the Labour Party. The constituency was created for the 2010 general election.
Mid Derbyshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. The Member of Parliament has been Jonathan Davies of the Labour Party since the 2024 United Kingdom general election. As with all constituencies,the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
The Beyond were an English progressive metal band from Derby,formed in 1988. The band performed under this name between 1988 and 1993,and then under the name Gorilla from 1995 to 1998.
Benjamin David Bradley is a British Conservative Party politician who formerly served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mansfield,Nottinghamshire from 2017 to 2024.
Derby City Council is the local authority for the city of Derby,in the ceremonial county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands region of England. Derby has had a council from medieval times,which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority,being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2024 the council has been a member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority.
Pauline Elizabeth Latham,is a British Conservative Party politician,who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Derbyshire,serving until she stood down at the 2024 general election.
Christopher Williamson is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North from 2010 to 2015 and again from 2017 to 2019. He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government from October 2010 to October 2013. Williamson was previously a local councillor in Derby,representing the Normanton ward from 1991 until 2011 and serving twice as leader of Derby City Council.
Andrew Russell Bingham is a British Conservative Party politician and former Member of Parliament (MP). He was first elected as the MP for High Peak in Derbyshire at the 2010 general election,gaining the seat from Labour. Bingham was appointed the Parliamentary private secretary to Minister of State for the Armed Forces Mark Francois MP in July 2014. He lost his seat to the Labour candidate,Ruth George,at the 2017 general election.
Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British former Labour and Co-op politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South from 2011 to 2024. He had served as Shadow Paymaster General from September 2023. Having lost his seat at the 2024 general election,he was appointed chief executive of the Labour Together thinktank.
The 1914 North East Derbyshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 20 May 1914. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom,elected by the first past the post voting system. About a third of the electorate were directly involved in the mining industry. This was the penultimate by-election to take place before the outbreak of the First World War. It demonstrated the weakness of support for the Labour party in 1914 when opposed by a Liberal party candidate.
Andrew Iain Lewer is a British Conservative Party politician,who served as the Member of Parliament for Northampton South from 2017 to 2024,and as Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands from 2014 to 2017.
Amanda Jane Solloway is a British politician who served as Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from September 2022 to July 2024 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Affordability and Skills from February 2023 to July 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,she was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby North between 2019 and 2024,having previously served from 2015 to 2017.
