List of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

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The ceremonial county of Derbyshire (which includes the unitary authority of Derby) is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies: three borough constituencies and eight county constituencies. Since the 2024 general election, all eleven constituencies have been represented by members of the Labour Party.

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Constituencies

   † Conservative    ‡ Labour    ¤ Reform

Constituency [nb 1] Electorate [1] Majority [2] [nb 2] Member of Parliament [2] Nearest opposition [2] Map
Amber Valley CC 70,6253,554  Linsey Farnsworth Alex Stevenson ¤
Derbyshire - Amber Valley constituency.svg
Bolsover CC 74,6806,323  Natalie Fleet  Mark Fletcher
Derbyshire - Bolsover constituency.svg
Chesterfield BC 70,72210,820  Toby Perkins Ben Flook †
Derbyshire - Chesterfield constituency.svg
Derby North BC 71,8678,915  Catherine Atkinson  Amanda Solloway
Derbyshire - Derby North constituency.svg
Derby South BC 72,0676,002  Baggy Shanker Alan Graves ¤
Derbyshire - Derby South constituency.svg
Derbyshire Dales CC 71,435350  John Whitby  Sarah Dines
Derbyshire - Derbyshire Dales constituency.svg
Erewash CC 71,9865,859  Adam Thompson  Maggie Throup
Derbyshire - Erewash constituency.svg
High Peak CC 73,9607,908  Jon Pearce  Robert Largan
Derbyshire - High Peak constituency.svg
Mid Derbyshire CC 70,0851,878  Jonathan Davies Luke Gardiner †
Derbyshire - Mid Derbyshire constituency.svg
North East Derbyshire CC 72,3441,753  Louise Jones  Lee Rowley
Derbyshire - North East Derbyshire constituency.svg
South Derbyshire CC 71,2024,168  Samantha Niblett  Heather Wheeler
Derbyshire - South Derbyshire constituency.svg

Boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. [3] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final recommendations were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission proposed retaining the eleven constituencies in Derbyshire, as detailed below, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to electoral wards within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range. [4] These changes came into effect from the 2024 general election.

Containing electoral wards from Amber Valley

Containing electoral wards from Bolsover

Containing electoral wards from Chesterfield

Containing electoral wards from Derby

Containing electoral wards from Derbyshire Dales

Containing electoral wards from Erewash

Containing electoral wards from High Peak

Containing electoral wards from North East Derbyshire

Containing electoral wards from South Derbyshire

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019 [5]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Derbyshire in the 2024 general election were as follows: [2]

PartyVotes%Change from 2019SeatsChange from 2019
Labour 195,56840.1%Increase2.svg5.4%11Increase2.svg9
Conservative 133,26227.3%Decrease2.svg25.0%0Decrease2.svg9
Reform UK 94,29219.3%Increase2.svg16.6%0Steady2.svg
Green 30,3386.2%Increase2.svg3.6%0Steady2.svg
Liberal Democrats 24,8975.1%Decrease2.svg2.1%0Steady2.svg
Workers 5,6031.1%New0Steady2.svg
Others3,4980.7%Increase2.svg0.2%0Steady2.svg
Total487,458100.011

Percentage votes

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Labour 47.648.445.634.936.243.453.650.043.934.536.544.534.740.1
Conservative 37.533.940.941.543.241.529.531.130.136.539.448.752.327.3
Reform 1------------2.719.1
Green Party ---*****0.62.81.22.66.2
Liberal Democrat 214.817.513.022.620.514.713.817.521.421.65.63.87.25.1
UKIP ------***3.215.41.6*-
Other-0.20.51.00.10.43.11.44.63.70.20.20.51.8

1As the Brexit Party in 2019

21974 &1979 - Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

197919831987199219972001200520102015201720192024
Labour 776444988545211
Conservative 33466611167690
Liberal Democrat 100000001100000
Total1010101010101010101111111111

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

Maps

1885-1910

1918-1945

1950-1979

1983-present

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

Constituency18851886879192189218951900041906070809Jan 191010Dec 1910121314141516
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

Constituency1918192219231924192931193133193536383942441945
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

Constituency1950195119551959616219641966671970Feb 1974Oct 19741979
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

Constituency19838486198719921997200120052010201520171920192024
Chesterfield Varley Benn Holmes Perkins
Derby South Beckett Shanker
Bolsover Skinner Fletcher Fleet
Derbyshire North East Ellis Barnes Engel Rowley Jones
Derby North Knight Laxton Williamson Solloway Williamson Solloway Atkinson
Amber Valley Oppenheim Mallaber Mills Farnsworth
South Derbyshire Currie Todd Wheeler Niblett
Erewash Rost Knight Blackman Lee Throup Thompson
High Peak Hawkins Hendry Levitt Bingham George Largan Pearce
W Derbyshire / D'shire Dales ('10) Parris McLoughlin Dines Whitby
Mid Derbyshire Latham Davies

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.

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References

  1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England . Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 82-89. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  5. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)