Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Derbyshire
Mid Derbyshire
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundaries since 2024
	Boundary of Mid Derbyshire in the East Midlands
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	66,855 (2015 Election)
Major settlements	Belper, Duffield Oakwood
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	TBC (TBC)
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]}

Constituency profile[edit]

The constituency covers a large area to the north and east of Derby. Residents are slightly wealthier than the UK average.^[2]

Boundaries[edit]

2010–2024[edit]

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 was made up of the following electoral wards:

Belper Central; Belper East; Belper North; Belper South; Duffield, part of the borough of Amber Valley
Allestree, Oakwood and Spondon, part of the City of Derby
Little Eaton and Breadsall; Ockbrook and Borrowash; Stanley; West Hallam and Dale Abbey, part of the borough of Erewash¹

¹ Further to a local government boundary review in Erewash which became effective in May 2015,^[3] the Stanley ward was merged into Little Eaton and Breadsall which was renamed Little Eaton and Stanley.

Current[edit]

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was expanded by adding the South West Parishes ward in the Borough of Amber Valley (as it existed on 1 December 2020), transferred from Derbyshire Dales.^[4]

Following local government boundary reviews in Amber Valley^[5]^[6] and Derby^[7]^[8] which came into effect in May 2023, the constituency now comprises the following:

The Borough of Amber Valley wards of: Alport & South West Parishes (part); Belper East; Belper North; Belper South; Duffield & Quarndon.
The City of Derby wards of: Allestree; Chaddesden North (small part); Oakwood (most); Spondon.
The Borough of Erewash wards of: Little Eaton & Stanley; Ockbrook & Borrowash; West Hallam & Dale Abbey.^[9]

Members of Parliament[edit]

MPs 1885–1918[edit]

South Derbyshire prior to 1885

	Member^[10]	Party
1885	Sir James Alfred Jacoby	Liberal
1909	John Hancock	Labour
1915	John Hancock	Liberal
1918	constituency abolished

MPs since 2010[edit]

Amber Valley, Erewash and Derby North prior to 2010

Election		Member^[10]	Party
	2010	Pauline Latham	Conservative

Elections[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

General election 2024: Mid Derbyshire^[11]
Party		Candidate
	Labour	Jonathan Davies
	Reform UK	Stephen Dean
	Conservative	Luke Gardiner
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Holliday
	Green	Gez Kinsella
	Workers Party	Josiah Uche
	Independent	Sue Warren
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

2019 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2017 general election: Mid Derbyshire ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 ^[14]	74.6	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.35

2015 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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^[16]	2,292	4.8	-15.7
	Green	Sue MacFarlane^[17]	1,898	4.0	New
Majority			12,774	26.8	+3.0
Turnout			47,729	70.6	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.45

2010 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[18]
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.

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

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;

Liberal: John Hancock
Unionist:

December 1910 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

January 1910 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[20]
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

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Hancock, who was sponsored by the Derbyshire Miners Association was chosen by the local Liberal Association as their candidate. During the campaign he agreed that he would sign the Labour Party constitution, so some records describe him as the Labour party candidate.

1906 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1900 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[21]^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1895 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[21]^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1892 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[21]^[23]
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

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

1886 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1885 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[19]^[21]^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
	Liberal win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ The Liberal Democrats have selected the environmentalist Felix Dodds. 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.

References[edit]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Derbyshire+Mid
^ LGBCE. "Erewash | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands.
^ LGBCE. "Amber Valley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^ "The Amber Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".
^ LGBCE. "Derby | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
^ "The Derby (Electoral Changes) Order 2023".
^ "New Seat Details - Derbyshire Mid". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). Erewash Council. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
^ "Derbyshire Mid Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Derbyshire Mid parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ Council, Derby City (9 June 2017). "Full General Election 2017 results".
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Derby Liberal Democrat leader Hilary Jones to stand for Parliament | Derby Telegraph". Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^ "Elections | Derbyshire Green Party". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Liberal Year Book, 1907
^ ^a ^b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
^ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

52°57′N 1°24′W / 52.95°N 1.40°W / 52.95; -1.40

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

[3] The Liberal Democrats have selected the environmentalist Felix Dodds. 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.

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Derbyshire+Mid

[5] LGBCE. "Erewash | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[6] "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands.

[7] LGBCE. "Amber Valley | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[8] "The Amber Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2022".

[9] LGBCE. "Derby | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

[10] "The Derby (Electoral Changes) Order 2023".

[11] "New Seat Details - Derbyshire Mid". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

[rayment-12] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)

[13] "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). Erewash Council. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[14] "Derbyshire Mid Parliamentary constituency". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[15] "Derbyshire Mid parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[16] Council, Derby City (9 June 2017). "Full General Election 2017 results".

[electoralcalculus2015-17] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[18] "Derby Liberal Democrat leader Hilary Jones to stand for Parliament | Derby Telegraph". Archived from the original on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

[19] "Elections | Derbyshire Green Party". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

[electoralcalculus2010-20] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[ReferenceCraig85-18-21] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[ReferenceA-22] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

[ReferenceLYB07-23] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Liberal Year Book, 1907

[ReferenceB-24] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

[25] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896

[26] Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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Mid Derbyshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Mid Derbyshire in the East Midlands
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	66,855 (2015 Election)^[1]
Major settlements	Belper, Duffield Oakwood
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	TBC (TBC)
Created from	Amber Valley, Erewash and Derby North
1885–1918
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	South Derbyshire
Replaced by	Belper