Derbyshire Dales | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 63,732 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Sarah Dines (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | West Derbyshire |
Derbyshire Dales (/ˈdɑːrbiʃɪər, -ʃər/ DAR-bee-sheer, -shər) is a constituency[n 1] that has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Sarah Dines of the Conservative Party. The constituency was created for the 2010 general election.[n 2]
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Derbyshire Dales which is almost coterminous with the previous seat of West Derbyshire.
The constituency is geographically large and mostly within the Peak District National Park. Its main settlements are Ashbourne, Bakewell and Matlock.
The District of Derbyshire Dales, and the Borough of Amber Valley wards of Alport, Crich and South West Parishes.
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:
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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2010 | Sir Patrick McLoughlin | Conservative | |
2019 | Sarah Dines | Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Court[4] | ||||
Reform UK | Edward Oakenfull[5] | ||||
True & Fair | Helen Wetherall[6] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sarah Dines | 29,356 | 58.7 | −1.3 | |
Labour | Claire Raw | 11,975 | 23.9 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Court | 6,627 | 13.2 | +6.9 | |
Green | Matthew Buckler | 2,058 | 4.1 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 17,381 | 34.8 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,016 | 77.9 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 29,744 | 60.0 | +7.6 | |
Labour | Andy Botham | 15,417 | 31.1 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Hollyer | 3,126 | 6.3 | −2.1 | |
Green | Matthew Buckler | 1,002 | 2.0 | −2.6 | |
Humanity | Robin Greenwood | 282 | 0.6 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 14,327 | 28.9 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,571 | 77.0 | +2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 24,805 | 52.4 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Andy Botham | 10,761 | 22.7 | +3.3 | |
UKIP | John Young | 5,508 | 11.6 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Fearn | 3,965 | 8.4 | −14.1 | |
Green | Ian Wood | 2,173 | 4.6 | +2.9 | |
Humanity | Amila Y'Mech | 149 | 0.3 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 14,044 | 29.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,361 | 74.6 | +0.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 24,378 | 52.1 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe Naitta | 10,512 | 22.5 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Colin Swindell | 9,061 | 19.4 | −6.3 | |
UKIP | Ian Guiver | 1,779 | 3.8 | +1.3 | |
Green | Josh Stockell | 772 | 1.7 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Nick The Flying Brick | 228 | 0.5 | New | |
Humanity | Amila Y'Mech | 50 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,866 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,780 | 73.8 | +6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.7 |