Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)
Erewash | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 70,022 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Long Eaton and Ilkeston |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Maggie Throup (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Derbyshire South East and Ilkeston[2] |
Erewash (/ˈɛrəwɒʃ/) is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Maggie Throup, a Conservative. [n 1]
Boundaries
1983-1997: The Borough of Erewash wards of Breaston, Cotmanhay, Dale Abbey, Derby Road East, Derby Road West, Draycott, Ilkeston Central, Ilkeston North, Ilkeston South, Kirk Hallam North, Kirk Hallam South, Long Eaton Central, Nottingham Road, Ockbrook and Borrowash, Old Park, Sandiacre North, Sandiacre South, Sawley, Victoria, West Hallam, and Wilsthorpe.
1997-2010: The Borough of Erewash wards of Abbotsford, Breaston, Cotmanhay, Dale Abbey, Derby Road East, Derby Road West, Draycott, Ilkeston Central, Ilkeston North, Ilkeston South, Kirk Hallam North, Kirk Hallam South, Long Eaton Central, Nottingham Road, Ockbrook and Borrowash, Old Park, Sandiacre North, Sandiacre South, Sawley, Victoria, West Hallam, and Wilsthorpe.
2010-present: The Borough of Erewash wards of Abbotsford, Breaston, Cotmanhay, Derby Road East, Derby Road West, Draycott, Hallam Fields, Ilkeston Central, Ilkeston North, Kirk Hallam, Little Hallam, Long Eaton Central, Nottingham Road, Old Park, Sandiacre North, Sandiacre South, Sawley, and Wilsthorpe.
Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a Mid Derbyshire constituency. This took electoral wards from the existing Erewash seat, as well as making some minor alterations in neighbouring constituencies.
Constituency profile
The constituency covers the borough of Erewash, between the cities of Derby and Nottingham. The largest towns in the constituency are Long Eaton and Ilkeston. An area which is neither especially wealthy nor especially poor, Erewash is described by political commentators as a "key marginal seat" in general elections.[citation needed]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Peter Lewis Rost | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1992 | Angela Knight | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Liz Blackman | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Jessica Lee | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2015 | Maggie Throup | Conservative |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maggie Throup[6] | 20,636 | 42.7 | +3.2 | |
Labour | Catherine Atkinson[7] | 17,052 | 35.3 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Philip Rose[8] | 7,792 | 16.1 | +14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Garnett[9] | 1,658 | 3.4 | −14.1 | |
Green | Ralph Hierons | 1,184 | 2.5 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 3,584 | 7.4 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 48,322 | 67.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The Green Party originally selected Vicky Martindale as their candidate for 2015, but in April 2015 she was replaced by Ralph Hierons. Independent candidate John Thomson announced that he would stand,[10] but did not do so.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jessica Lee[13] | 18,805 | 39.5 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Cheryl Pidgeon | 16,304 | 34.2 | −10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Garnett | 8,343 | 17.5 | +4.0 | |
BNP | Mark Bailey | 2,337 | 4.9 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | Jodie Sutton | 855 | 1.8 | −0.1 | |
Green | Lee Fletcher | 534 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Luke Wilkins | 464 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,501 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 47,642 | 68.4 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Blackman | 22,472 | 44.5 | −4.7 | |
Conservative | David Timothy Simmonds | 15,388 | 30.4 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Garnett | 7,073 | 14.0 | +2.5 | |
Veritas | Robert Kilroy-Silk | 2,957 | 5.8 | N/A | |
BNP | Sadie Bethany Graham | 1,319 | 2.6 | +1.4 | |
UKIP | Geoffrey Kingscott | 941 | 1.9 | +0.5 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Jon "R. U. Seerius" Brewer | 287 | 0.6 | −0.3 | |
Church of the Militant Elvis | David Laurence Bishop | 116 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,084 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,553 | 64.5 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Blackman | 23,915 | 49.2 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Gregor MacGregor | 16,983 | 34.9 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Garnett | 5,586 | 11.5 | +2.9 | |
UKIP | Mrs. Louise Smith | 692 | 1.4 | N/A | |
BNP | Steven Eric Belshaw | 591 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Monster Raving Loony | Jon "R. U. Seerius" Brewer | 428 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Peter Waldock | 401 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,932 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 48,596 | 61.9 | −16.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Blackman | 31,196 | 51.7 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | Angela Knight | 22,061 | 36.6 | −10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Garnett | 5,181 | 8.6 | −5.0 | |
Referendum | Stephen Anthony Stagg | 1,404 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Matthew Alan Simmons | 496 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,135 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 60,334 | 77.95 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Knight | 29,907 | 47.2 | −1.4 | |
Labour | John Joseph Stafford | 24,204 | 38.2 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Richard Tuck | 8,606 | 13.6 | −5.7 | |
BNP | Laurence Andrew Johnson | 645 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,703 | 9.0 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 63,362 | 83.7 | +6.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Lewis Rost | 28,775 | 48.6 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Robert Wynne Jones | 19,021 | 32.1 | +7.1 | |
SDP | Ms. Christine Pamela Moss | 11,442 | 19.3 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 9,754 | 16.5 | |||
Turnout | 59,238 | 77.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Lewis Rost | 25,167 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Labour | William Moore | 13,848 | 25.0 | N/A | |
SDP | James Patrick Corbett | 12,331 | 22.2 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | William Graham Camm | 4,158 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,319 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,504 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ As with all constituencies, Erewash elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "'Erewash', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000695
- ^ http://www.conservatives.com/OurTeam/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/Throup_Maggie.aspx
- ^ http://www.eastmidslabour.org.uk/catherine_atkinson_selected_as_labour_s_candidate_for_erewash
- ^ http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/UKIP-names-Philip-Rose-election-candidate-Erewash/story-23071567-detail/story.html
- ^ http://gedlinglibdems.org.uk/en/article/2014/905081/martin-garnett-selected-to-stand-for-erewash-in-2015
- ^ https://yournextmp.com/person/4682/john-thomson
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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