Mid Derbyshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 66,855 (2015 Election) [1] |
Major settlements | Belper, Duffield Oakwood |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Pauline Latham OBE (Conservative Party) |
Created from | Amber Valley, Erewash and Derby North |
1885–1918 | |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | South Derbyshire |
Replaced by | Belper |
Mid Derbyshire is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Pauline Latham, a Conservative. [n 2]
The constituency covers a large area to the north and east of Derby. Residents are slightly wealthier than the UK average. [2]
Following their review of parliamentary representation, the Boundary Commission for England created this seat for the 2010 general election. Neighbouring constituencies had consequential boundary changes, with Erewash and Amber Valley the most affected.
The constituency is made up of the following electoral wards:
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency from the next general election, due by January 2025, will be expanded by the addition of the South West Parishes ward in the borough of Amber Valley, transferred from Derbyshire Dales. [3]
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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1885 | Sir James Alfred Jacoby | Liberal | |
1909 | John Hancock | Labour | |
1915 | Liberal | ||
1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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2010 | Pauline Latham | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Luke Gardiner [5] | ||||
Green | Gez Kinsella | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Holliday [6] | ||||
Reform UK | Stephen Dean | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Pauline Latham | 29,027 | 58.8 | +0.2 | |
Labour | Emma Monkman | 13,642 | 27.6 | −7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Felix Dodds | 4,756 | 9.6 | +6.0 | |
Green | Sue MacFarlane | 1,931 | 3.9 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 15,385 | 31.2 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,356 | 73.2 | −1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.05 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Pauline Latham | 29,513 | 58.6 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Alison Martin | 17,897 | 35.5 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Wain | 1,793 | 3.6 | −1.2 | |
Green | Sue MacFarlane | 1,168 | 2.3 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 11,616 | 23.1 | −3.7 | ||
Turnout | 50,461 [9] | 74.6 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -1.35 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Pauline Latham | 24,908 | 52.2 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Nicola Heaton | 12,134 | 25.4 | +0.9 | |
UKIP | Martin Fitzpatrick | 6,497 | 13.6 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones [11] | 2,292 | 4.8 | -15.7 | |
Green | Sue MacFarlane [12] | 1,898 | 4.0 | New | |
Majority | 12,774 | 26.8 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,729 | 70.6 | -0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.45 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pauline Latham | 22,877 | 48.3 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Hardyal Dhindsa | 11,585 | 24.5 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sally McIntosh | 9,711 | 20.5 | +4.5 | |
BNP | Lewis Allsebrook | 1,698 | 3.6 | New | |
UKIP | Anthony Kay | 1,252 | 2.6 | +0.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | R.U.Seerius | 219 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 11,292 | 23.8 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,342 | 71.4 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.65 | |||
Note: This constituency was a notional hold in 2010, as it would likely have been won by the Conservatives in 2005 had it existed then. This is despite the fact all of the wards were actually within constituencies that Labour held in 2005.
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Hancock | 6,557 | 60.5 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | David Rhys | 4,287 | 39.5 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 2,270 | 21.0 | -6.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,844 | 79.4 | -7.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hancock | 7,557 | 63.9 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Francis Francis | 4,268 | 36.1 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 3,289 | 27.8 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 11.825 | 86.6 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Lib-Lab | John Hancock | 6,735 | 60.5 | −6.5 | |
Conservative | Samuel Cresswell | 4,392 | 39.5 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 2,343 | 21.0 | −13.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,127 | 84.0 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 13,244 | ||||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Alfred Jacoby | 7,065 | 67.0 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Samuel Cresswell | 3,475 | 33.0 | -10.5 | |
Majority | 3,590 | 34.0 | +21.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,540 | 82.6 | -0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,757 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Alfred Jacoby | 5,323 | 56.5 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Henry Raikes | 4,094 | 43.5 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 1,229 | 13.0 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,417 | 83.0 | -5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,347 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Alfred Jacoby | 4,926 | 53.1 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | William Bridgeman | 4,351 | 46.9 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 575 | 6.2 | -5.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,277 | 88.5 | +9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,479 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Alfred Jacoby | 4,899 | 55.6 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | John Satterfield Sandars | 3,907 | 44.4 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 992 | 11.2 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,806 | 79.4 | -7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 11,089 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Alfred Jacoby | 4,569 | 55.2 | -8.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | Charles Seely | 3,706 | 44.8 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 863 | 10.4 | -17.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,275 | 86.5 | -2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 9,571 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Alfred Jacoby | 5,447 | 64.0 | ||
Conservative | John Burton Barrow | 3,067 | 36.0 | ||
Majority | 2,380 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 8,514 | 89.0 | |||
Registered electors | 9,571 | ||||
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