North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Derbyshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Derbyshire in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election
Location of Derbyshire within England
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	72,374 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Clay Cross, Dronfield, Killamarsh, Staveley
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Lee Rowley (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	East Derbyshire

North East Derbyshire is a constituency ^{[n 1]} created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Lee Rowley of the Conservative Party. ^{[n 2]} This was the first time a Conservative candidate had been elected since 1935.

The seat had been, relative to others, a marginal seat from 2005 to 2019 as its winner's majority had not exceeded 5.7% of the vote since the 23.2% majority won in that year. The seat has changed hands once since that year and is no longer marginal after the 26% majority won in 2019.

History

Summary of results

The seat was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Until 1910, the area was regularly represented by a Liberal MP. From the 1935 to the 2015 elections inclusive N.E. Derbyshire returned Labour candidates in succession. In 2010 and 2015 the results featured marginal majorities (a majority of relatively few percentage points between the winner's and the runner-up's tallies). The runner-up candidate from 1945 to 2015 inclusive was Conservative. The 2015 result for example gave the seat the 17th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. ^[1] The seat was at the following election one of six gains between the two parties counterbalancing Conservative losses (the party emerged as the biggest single party by more than fifty seats and with an increased share of the vote but with a net loss of thirteen seats). Rowley's local majority was 5.7% of votes cast. ^[2]

Other parties

In line with nationwide swing in 2015, UKIP fielded a candidate who won more than 5% of the vote therefore kept their deposit; the Liberal Democrat candidate forfeited their deposit in 2015. The Green Party fielded a candidate for the first time in 2015; the party's Kesteven forfeited his deposit. These three parties forfeited their deposits in 2017.

Turnout

Turnout has ranged from 58.9% in 2001 to 86.4% in 1950.

Constituency profile

In the 20th century, mining and associated industries were an important source of employment and primary industries for the wider economy, though the former ceased around 1970. At about the same time, some ex-mining towns like Dronfield saw much middle class commuter house building in areas like Dronfield Woodhouse; jobs were typically in Sheffield and Chesterfield.

The western edge of the constituency borders the Peak District and is home to many rural villages.

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The boundaries of North East Derbyshire from 1983 to 2010

1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Eckington, and in the Sessional Division of Chesterfield the parishes of Bolsover, Staveley, and Whittington.

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Urban Districts of Bolsover and Dronfield, the Rural Districts of Clowne and Norton, and part of the Rural District of Chesterfield.

1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Clay Cross and Dronfield, and part of the Rural District of Chesterfield.

1983–2010: The District of North East Derbyshire wards of Ashover, Barlow and Holmesfield, Brampton and Walton, Clay Cross North, Clay Cross South, Coal Aston, Dronfield North, Dronfield South, Dronfield Woodhouse, Eckington North, Eckington South, Gosforth Valley, Hasland, Holmewood and Heath, Killamarsh East, Killamarsh West, North Wingfield Central, Renishaw, Ridgeway and Marsh Lane, Tupton, Unstone, and Wingerworth, and the Borough of Chesterfield wards of Barrow Hill and Hollingwood, and Lowgates and Woodthorpe.

2010–present: The District of North East Derbyshire wards of Ashover, Barlow and Holmesfield, Brampton and Walton, Clay Cross North, Clay Cross South, Coal Aston, Dronfield North, Dronfield South, Dronfield Woodhouse, Eckington North, Eckington South, Gosforth Valley, Grassmoor, Killamarsh East, Killamarsh West, North Wingfield Central, Renishaw, Ridgeway and Marsh Lane, Tupton, Unstone, and Wingerworth; and the Borough of Chesterfield wards of Barrow Hill and New Whittington, and Lowgates and Woodthorpe¹.

¹ Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023 ^{[3] [4]} , the parts in the Borough of Chesterfield now comprise the Stapeley North ward, the majority of the Whittington ward, and a small part of the Stapeley Central ward. ^[5]

The North East Derbyshire constituency covers the north eastern part of Derbyshire, surrounding Chesterfield on three sides. It covers most of the area of North East Derbyshire District Council.

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, the composition of the constituency (based on the ward structure which existed on 1 December 2020) will be unchanged from the next general election (due by January 2025), except for minor adjustments due to ward boundary changes in the District of North East Derbyshire. ^[6]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member [7]	Party!
	1885	Francis Egerton	Liberal
	1886	Thomas Bolton	Liberal
	1907 by-election	William Harvey	Liberal
	January 1910		Labour
	1914 by-election	George Bowden	Unionist
	1918	Stanley Holmes	Liberal
	1922	Frank Lee	Labour
	1931	Jardine Whyte	Conservative
	1935	Frank Lee	Labour
	1942 by-election	Henry White	Labour
	1959	Tom Swain	Labour
	1979	Ray Ellis	Labour
	1987	Harry Barnes	Labour
	2005	Natascha Engel	Labour
	2017	Lee Rowley	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Jones [8]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: North East Derbyshire ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Rowley	28,897	58.7	9.5
	Labour	Chris Peace	16,021	32.6	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Shipman	3,021	6.1	3.3
	Green	Frank Adlington-Stringer	1,278	2.6	1.2
Majority			12,876	26.1	20.4
Turnout			49,217	68.0	1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.2

General election 2017: North East Derbyshire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Rowley	24,784	49.2	12.5
	Labour	Natascha Engel	21,923	43.5	2.9
	UKIP	James Bush	1,565	3.1	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Lomax	1,390	2.8	1.4
	Green	David Kesteven	719	1.4	0.8
Majority			2,861	5.7	N/A
Turnout			50,381	69.9	2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	4.8

General election 2015: North East Derbyshire ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natascha Engel [12]	19,488	40.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Lee Rowley [12]	17,605	36.7	+3.7
	UKIP	James Bush [13]	7,631	15.9	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Batey [14]	2,004	4.2	-19.1
	Green	David Kesteven [15]	1,059	2.2	New
	Independent	Rob Lane	161	0.3	New
Majority			1,883	3.9	-1.3
Turnout			47,948	67.1	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

General election 2010: North East Derbyshire ^{[16] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natascha Engel	17,948	38.2	-10.1
	Conservative	Huw Merriman	15,503	33.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bull	10,947	23.3	+1.8
	UKIP	James Bush	2,636	5.6	+1.2
Majority			2,445	5.2	−18.0
Turnout			47,034	65.9	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.6

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: North East Derbyshire ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natascha Engel	21,416	49.3	−6.3
	Conservative	Dominic Johnson	11,351	26.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Snowdon	8,812	20.3	+2.5
	UKIP	Kenneth Perkins	1,855	4.3	New
Majority			10,065	23.2	−5.9
Turnout			43,434	61.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.0

General election 2001: North East Derbyshire ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	23,437	55.6	−4.9
	Conservative	James Hollingsworth	11,179	26.5	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Higginbottom	7,508	17.8	+3.5
Majority			12,258	29.1	−6.2
Turnout			42,124	58.9	−13.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.1

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: North East Derbyshire ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	31,425	60.5	+11.7
	Conservative	Simon Elliott	13,104	25.2	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Hardy	7,450	14.3	+1.3
Majority			18,321	35.3	+24.7
Turnout			51,979	71.5	−9.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: North East Derbyshire ^{[20] [21]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	28,860	48.8	+4.4
	Conservative	John Hayes	22,590	38.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	D Stone	7,675	13.0	−4.9
Majority			6,270	10.6	+3.9
Turnout			59,125	80.6	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: North East Derbyshire ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	24,747	44.4	+3.6
	Conservative	John Hayes	21,027	37.7	+0.8
	SDP	Stephen Hardy	9,985	17.9	−4.3
Majority			3,720	6.7	+2.8
Turnout			55,759	79.3	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: North East Derbyshire ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Ellis	21,094	40.8
	Conservative	Ian Bridge	19,088	36.9
	SDP	Stephen Hardy	11,494	22.2	New
Majority			2,006	3.9
Turnout			51,676	79.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Ellis	27,218	48.1	-1.8
	Conservative	E. Oliver	21,889	38.7	+9.0
	Liberal	P. Hall	7,436	13.2	-7.2
Majority			5,329	9.4	-10.8
Turnout			56,543	79.9	+6.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	25,234	49.9	-7.1
	Conservative	J. C. Ramsden	14,997	29.7	-13.3
	Liberal	C. Cook	10,336	20.4	New
Majority			10,237	20.2	+6.2
Turnout			50,567	73.4	-5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	29,602	57.0	-3.9
	Conservative	J. C. Ramsden	22,320	43.0	+3.9
Majority			7,282	14.0	-7.7
Turnout			51,922	78.4	+8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	38,181	60.9	-6.0
	Conservative	John P Pashley	24,550	39.1	+6.0
Majority			13,631	21.8	-12.0
Turnout			62,731	69.8	-4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	38,723	66.9	+2.7
	Conservative	Michael Fabian Spungin	19,123	33.1	-2.7
Majority			19,600	33.8	+5.4
Turnout			57,846	73.9	-4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	38,657	64.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Michael Fabian Spungin	21,564	35.8	-1.3
Majority			17,093	28.4	+2.6
Turnout			60,221	77.9	-2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	37,444	62.9	-3.6
	Conservative	Robert A Ward	22,112	37.1	+3.6
Majority			15,332	25.8	-7.2
Turnout			59,556	80.8	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	34,965	66.5	-0.2
	Conservative	George R Shaw	17,621	33.5	+0.2
Majority			17,344	33.0	-0.4
Turnout			52,586	76.7	-7.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	33,376	66.7	+0.4
	Conservative	Peter Hughes	16,655	33.3	-0.5
Majority			16,721	33.4	+0.9
Turnout			50,031	84.4	-2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	33,417	66.3
	Conservative	George R Shaw	17,021	33.8
Majority			16,396	32.5
Turnout			50,438	86.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	35,795	65.6	+8.4
	Conservative	Ronald Edward Warlow	18,789	34.4	-1.2
Majority			17,006	31.2	+9.6
Turnout			54,584	79.0	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

1942 North East Derbyshire by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	25,382	57.2	+6.4
	Conservative	Horace Trevor-Cox	15,802	35.6	-15.2
	Liberal	Arthur Thomas Marwood	3,186	7.2	New
Majority			9,580	21.6	N/A
Turnout			44,370	77.9	-1.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1931: North East Derbyshire ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jardine Whyte	20,719	50.79
	Labour	Frank Lee	19,385	47.52
	New Party	Albert Vincent Williams	689	1.69	New
Majority			1,334	3.27	N/A
Turnout			40,793	79.35
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: North East Derbyshire ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	21,633	54.6	+9.7
	Unionist	Rupert Eric Herbert Samuelson	9,167	23.1	-10.1
	Liberal	Harry Briggs	8,861	22.3	+0.4
Majority			12,466	31.5	-19.8
Turnout			39,661	79.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.9

General election 1924: North East Derbyshire ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	13,420	44.9	+5.4
	Unionist	George Bowden	9,914	33.2	+1.7
	Liberal	Philip Guedalla	6,529	21.9	-7.1
Majority			3,506	11.7	+3.7
Turnout			29,863	78.5	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

General election 1923: North East Derbyshire ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	10,971	39.5	+5.6
	Unionist	Charles Waterhouse	8,768	31.5	-0.7
	Liberal	Philip Guedalla	8,080	29.0	-4.9
Majority			2,203	8.0	+8.0
Turnout			27,819	75.8	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

General election 1922: North East Derbyshire ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	9,359	33.9	+5.3
	Liberal	Stanley Holmes	9,344	33.9	+2.5
	Unionist	Charles Waterhouse	8,877	32.2	+18.1
Majority			15	0.0	N/A
Turnout			27,580	77.3	+19.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: North East Derbyshire ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stanley Holmes	6,117	31.4	N/A
	Labour	Frank Lee	5,560	28.6	−27.7
	Ind. Unionist	George Bowden	5,049	25.9	New
C	Unionist	Edward Cavendish	2,738	14.1	−29.6
Majority			557	2.8	N/A
Turnout			19,464	58.0	−20.7
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: George Bowden
• Liberal: John Houfton

Bowden

1914 North East Derbyshire by-election ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Bowden	6,469	39.7	-4.0
	Liberal	John Houfton	6,155	37.8	New
	Labour	James Martin	3,669	22.5	-33.8
Majority			314	1.9	N/A
Turnout			16,293	84.2	+5.5
Registered electors			19,340
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+14.9

Harvey

General election December 1910:North East Derbyshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. E. Harvey	7,838	56.3	−1.3
	Conservative	Josiah Court	6,088	43.7	+1.3
Majority			1,750	12.6	−2.6
Turnout			13,926	78.7	−6.8
Registered electors			17,701
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.3

General election January 1910:North East Derbyshire ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. E. Harvey	8,715	57.6	New
	Conservative	Josiah Court	6,411	42.4	−1.1
Majority			2,304	15.2	N/A
Turnout			15,126	85.5	+0.2
Registered electors			17,701
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

1907 North East Derbyshire by-election ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	W. E. Harvey	6,644	52.9	−3.6
	Conservative	Josiah Court	5,915	47.1	+3.6
Majority			729	5.8	−7.2
Turnout			12,559	77.4	−7.9
Registered electors			16,233
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	−3.6

General election 1906:North East Derbyshire ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bolton	7,665	56.5	+5.2
	Conservative	Josiah Court	5,896	43.5	−5.2
Majority			1,769	13.0	+10.4
Turnout			13,561	85.3	+4.9
Registered electors			15,898
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

General election 1900:North East Derbyshire ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bolton	5,251	51.3	−1.6
	Conservative	Josiah Court	4,983	48.7	+1.6
Majority			268	2.6	−3.2
Turnout			10,234	80.4	−0.5
Registered electors			12,732
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

Elections in the 1890s

Thomas Bolton

General election 1895: North East Derbyshire ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bolton	4,737	52.9	−10.3
	Conservative	Josiah Court	4,210	47.1	+10.3
Majority			527	5.8	−20.6
Turnout			8,947	80.9	+3.5
Registered electors			11,066
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.3

General election 1892: North East Derbyshire ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bolton	5,206	63.2	+8.1
	Conservative	Frederic Gorell Barnes	3,034	36.8	−8.1
Majority			2,172	26.4	+16.2
Turnout			8,240	77.4	+1.0
Registered electors			10,643
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.1

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: North East Derbyshire ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bolton	3,879	55.1	−11.2
	Liberal Unionist	Charles Markham	3,158	44.9	+11.2
Majority			721	10.2	−22.4
Turnout			7,037	76.4	−5.4
Registered electors			9,207
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.2

General election 1885: North East Derbyshire ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Egerton	4,999	66.3
	Conservative	Charles Gould (barrister)	2,536	33.7
Majority			2,463	32.6
Turnout			7,535	81.8
Registered electors			9,207
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.

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