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List of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

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.

Constituencies

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Further information: 2024 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour   ¤ Reform

Constituency[a] Electorate[1] Majority[2][b] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Amber Valley CC 70,625 3,554   Linsey Farnsworth ‡   Alex Stevenson ¤
Bolsover CC 74,680 6,323   Natalie Fleet ‡   Mark Fletcher †
Chesterfield BC 70,722 10,820   Toby Perkins ‡   Ben Flook †
Derby North BC 71,867 8,915   Catherine Atkinson ‡   Amanda Solloway †
Derby South BC 72,067 6,002   Baggy Shanker ‡   Alan Graves ¤
Derbyshire Dales CC 71,435 350   John Whitby ‡   Sarah Dines †
Erewash CC 71,986 5,859   Adam Thompson ‡   Maggie Throup †
High Peak CC 73,960 7,908   Jon Pearce ‡   Robert Largan †
Mid Derbyshire CC 70,085 1,878   Jonathan Davies ‡   Luke Gardiner †
North East Derbyshire CC 72,344 1,753   Louise Jones ‡   Lee Rowley †
South Derbyshire CC 71,202 4,168   Samantha Niblett ‡   Heather Wheeler †

Boundary changes

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See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Constituency name[a] Boundaries 2010-2024 Boundaries 2024–present
  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
Numbered map of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire 2010-2024
2010-2024 Boundaries
Numbered map of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire from 2024
Boundaries 2024-present

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the eleven constituencies in Derbyshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to electoral wards within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range.[3] These changes came into effect from the 2024 general election .

The following constituencies were proposed:

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

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Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]

2024

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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]

Party Votes % Change from 2019 Seats Change from 2019
Labour 195,568 40.1% Increase5.4% 11 Increase9
Conservative 133,262 27.3% Decrease25.0% 0 Decrease9
Reform UK 94,292 19.3% Increase16.6% 0 Steady
Green 30,338 6.2% Increase3.6% 0 Steady
Liberal Democrats 24,897 5.1% Decrease2.1% 0 Steady
Workers 5,603 1.1% New 0 Steady
Others 3,498 0.7% Increase0.2% 0 Steady
Total 487,458 100.0 11

Percentage votes

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Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
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 40.1
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 27.3
Reform1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.7 19.1
Green Party - - - * * * * * 0.6 2.8 1.2 2.6 6.2
Liberal Democrat2 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 5.1
UKIP - - - - - - * * * 3.2 15.4 1.6 * -
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 1.8

1As the Brexit Party in 2019

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

* Included in Other

Seats

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Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
Labour 7 7 6 4 4 4 9 8 8 5 4 5 2 11
Conservative 3 3 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 6 7 6 9 0
Liberal Democrat1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11

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

Maps

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1885-1910

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1918-1945

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1950-1979

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1983-present

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Historical representation by party

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 84 86 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 2024
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

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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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  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. ^ a b c d "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2014". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". paras 82-89. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  4. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)