Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Derbyshire
Mid Derbyshire
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Mid Derbyshire in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election
	Location of Derbyshire within England
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	66,855 (2015 Election)
Major settlements	Belper, Duffield Oakwood
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of Parliament	Pauline Latham OBE (Conservative Party)
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

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

Boundaries

Current

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 is 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 Erewash

Proposed

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 expanded by the addition of the South West Parishes ward in the borough of Amber Valley, transferred from Derbyshire Dales.^[3]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

	Member^[4]	Party
1885	Sir James Alfred Jacoby	Liberal
1909	John Hancock	Labour
1915	John Hancock	Liberal
1918	constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Election		Member^[4]	Party
	2010	Pauline Latham	Conservative

Elections

Mid Derbyshire election results

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Mid Derbyshire
Party		Candidate
	Conservative	Luke Gardiner^[5]
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Holliday^[6]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

2019 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[7]
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 ^[8]
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 ^[9]	74.6	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.35

2015 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[10]
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^[11]	2,292	4.8	-15.7
	Green	Sue MacFarlane^[12]	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^[13]
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

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^[14]^[15]
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^[14]^[15]
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

1909 Mid Derbyshire by-election^[14]
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.

Jacoby

1906 general election: Mid Derbyshire^[14]^[16]
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^[14]^[16]^[17]
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