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.

Constituencies

Further information: 2019 United Kingdom general election

  † Conservative   ‡ Labour

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[1] Majority[2][nb 2] Member of Parliament[2] Nearest opposition[2] Map
Amber Valley CC 69,976 16,886   Nigel Mills†   Adam Thompson‡
Bolsover CC 75,161 5,299   Mark Fletcher†   Dennis Skinner‡
Chesterfield BC 71,034 1,451   Toby Perkins‡   Leigh Higgins†
Derby North BC 73,199 2,540   Amanda Solloway†   Tony Tinley‡
Derby South BC 73,062 6,019   Margaret Beckett‡   Ed Barker†
Derbyshire Dales CC 65,080 17,381   Sarah Dines†   Claire Raw‡
Erewash CC 72,523 10,606   Maggie Throup†   Catherine Atkinson‡
High Peak CC 74,265 590   Robert Largan†   Ruth George‡
Mid Derbyshire CC 67,442 15,385   Pauline Latham†   Alison Martin‡
North East Derbyshire CC 72,345 12,876   Lee Rowley†   Chris Peace‡
South Derbyshire CC 79,331 19,335   Heather Wheeler†   Robert Pearson‡

2010 boundary changes

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to increase the number of seats which covered Derbyshire from 10 to 11, with the re-establishment of Mid Derbyshire. As a consequence of resulting boundary changes, West Derbyshire was renamed Derbyshire Dales.

Former name Boundaries 1997-2010 Current name Boundaries 2010–present
  1. Amber Valley CC
  2. Bolsover CC
  3. Chesterfield BC
  4. Derby North BC
  5. Derby South BC
  6. Erewash CC
  7. High Peak CC
  8. North East Derbyshire CC
  9. South Derbyshire CC
  10. West Derbyshire CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire
Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire
  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
Proposed Revised constituencies in Derbyshire
Proposed Revised constituencies in Derbyshire

Proposed 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 has proposed retaining the current number of 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]

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]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Derbyshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Party Votes % Change from 2017 Seats Change from 2017
Conservative 277,723 52.3% Increase3.6% 9 Increase3
Labour 184,295 34.7% Decrease9.8% 2 Decrease3
Liberal Democrats 38,253 7.2% Increase3.4% 0 0
Green 13,658 2.6% Increase1.4% 0 0
Brexit 14,487 2.7% new 0 0
Others 2,711 0.5% Decrease1.3% 0 0
Total 531,127 100.0 11

Percentage votes

Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019
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
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
Liberal Democrat1 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
Green Party - - - * * * * * 0.6 2.8 1.2 2.6
UKIP - - - - - - * * * 3.2 15.4 1.6 *
Brexit Party - - - - - - - - - - - - 2.7
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

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

* Included in Other

Seats

Election year 1974

(Feb)

1974

(Oct)

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

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

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

  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

  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

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 84 86 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 19 2019
Chesterfield Varley Benn Holmes Perkins
Derby South Beckett
Bolsover Skinner Fletcher
Derbyshire North East Ellis Barnes Engel Rowley
Derby North Knight Laxton Williamson Solloway Williamson → Solloway
Amber Valley Oppenheim Mallaber Mills
South Derbyshire Currie Todd Wheeler
Erewash Rost Knight Blackman Lee Throup
High Peak Hawkins Hendry Levitt Bingham George Largan
W Derbyshire / Derbyshire Dales (2010) Parris McLoughlin Dines
Mid Derbyshire Latham

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.

References

  1. ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis". ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Constituencies A-Z - Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  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)
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