The ceremonial county of Derbyshire (which includes the unitary authority of Derby) is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies: three borough constituenciesand eight county constituencies. Since the 2024 general election, all eleven constituencies have been represented by members of the Labour Party.
Constituencies
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Reform
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | 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
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 proposed retaining the eleven 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] These changes came into effect from the 2024 general election.
Containing electoral wards from Amber Valley
- Amber Valley
- Derbyshire Dales (part)
- Mid Derbyshire (part)
Containing electoral wards from Bolsover
- Bolsover (part)
Containing electoral wards from Chesterfield
Containing electoral wards from Derby
- Derby North
- Derby South
- Mid Derbyshire (part)
Containing electoral wards from Derbyshire Dales
- Derbyshire Dales (part)
Containing electoral wards from Erewash
- Erewash
- Mid Derbyshire (part)
Containing electoral wards from High Peak
Containing electoral wards from North East Derbyshire
- Bolsover (part)
- North East Derbyshire (part)
Containing electoral wards from South Derbyshire
- Derbyshire Dales (part)
- South Derbyshire
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[5]
2024
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% | 5.4% | 11 | 9 |
Conservative | 133,262 | 27.3% | 25.0% | 0 | 9 |
Reform UK | 94,292 | 19.3% | 16.6% | 0 | 0 |
Green | 30,338 | 6.2% | 3.6% | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 24,897 | 5.1% | 2.1% | 0 | 0 |
Workers | 5,603 | 1.1% | New | 0 | New |
Others | 3,498 | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 487,458 | 100.0 | 11 |
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% | 3.6% | 9 | 3 |
Labour | 184,295 | 34.7% | 9.8% | 2 | 3 |
Liberal Democrats | 38,253 | 7.2% | 3.4% | 0 | 0 |
Green | 13,658 | 2.6% | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit | 14,487 | 2.7% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 2,711 | 0.5% | 1.3% | 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 | 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 |
Brexit Party1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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
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
1885-1910
- 1885
- 1886
- 1892
- 1895
- 1900
- 1906
- Jan 1910
- Dec 1910
1918-1945
- 1918
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1929
- 1931
- 1935
- 1945
1950-1979
- 1950
- 1951
- 1955
- 1959
- 1964
- 1966
- 1970
- 1974 Feb
- 1974 Oct
- 1979
1983-present
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2024
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
1918 to 1950
Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Independent Labour Labour Liberal National Labour
1950 to 1983
1983 to present
Conservative Independent Labour Liberal Democrats