Theceremonial county ofDerbyshire (which includes theunitary authority ofDerby) is divided into 11parliamentary constituencies: threeborough constituenciesand eightcounty constituencies. Since the2024 general election, all eleven constituencies have been represented by members of theLabour Party.
† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Reform
| Constituency[a] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][b] | 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 Sandher-Jones ‡ | Lee Rowley † | |||
| South Derbyshire CC | 71,202 | 4,168 | Samantha Niblett ‡ | Heather Wheeler † | |||
See2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
| Constituency name[a] | Boundaries 2010-2024 | Boundaries 2024–present |
|---|---|---|
For the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the2024 United Kingdom general election, theBoundary Commission for England opted to retain the eleven constituencies in Derbyshire, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to electoral wards within the county and to bring the electorates within the statutory range.[3] These changes came into effect from the2024 general election .
The following constituencies were proposed:
Containing electoral wards fromAmber Valley
Containing electoral wards fromBolsover
Containing electoral wards fromChesterfield
Containing electoral wards fromDerby
Containing electoral wards fromDerbyshire Dales
Containing electoral wards fromErewash
Containing electoral wards fromHigh Peak
Containing electoral wards fromNorth East Derbyshire
Containing electoral wards fromSouth Derbyshire
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]
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% | 11 | ||
| Conservative | 133,262 | 27.3% | 0 | ||
| Reform UK | 94,292 | 19.3% | 0 | ||
| Green | 30,348 | 6.2% | 0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 24,897 | 5.1% | 0 | ||
| Workers | 5,603 | 1.1% | New | 0 | |
| Others | 3,498 | 0.7% | 0 | ||
| Total | 487,468 | 100.0 | 11 |
| 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 |
| Reform1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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
| 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
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.
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