South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Derbyshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Derbyshire in Derbyshire.
Location of Derbyshire within England.
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	71,326 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Melbourne, Swadlincote, Repton
Current constituency
Created	1983 (1983)
Member of Parliament	Heather Wheeler (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Derby North Derby South Belper South East Derbyshire
1832 (1832)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	1832–1885: Two 1885–1950: One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Derbyshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

South Derbyshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Boundaries

The pre-2010 boundaries of South Derbyshire

South Derbyshire constituency covers parts of Derbyshire to the south of the city of Derby.

The constituency was originally created after the Reform Act in 1832 when Derbyshire was divided into North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire.

The present constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Derby North, Derby South, Belper, and South East Derbyshire. It was now made up of the District of South Derbyshire, with three wards from the City of Derby (Boulton, Chellaston and Mickleover). In a Boundary Commission report issued in 1995 that came into effect at the 1997 general election, the Mickleover ward was removed to Derby South.

The constituency formally included the South Derbyshire borough with the addition of the City of Derby wards of Boulton and Chellaston. Following the 2010 boundary changes, South Derbyshire loses these Derby wards to become co-terminous with its district.

Constituency profile

This marginal constituency consists of semi-rural villages, including Repton (with its famous public school), that are Tory-voting, plus industrial towns such as Swadlincote that support Labour.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		1832	Hon. George Venables-Vernon	Whig	The Lord Waterpark	Whig
		1835	Sir George Harpur Crewe, Bt	Tory	Sir Roger Gresley, Bt	Tory
		1837			Francis Hurt	Tory
		1841	Edward Miller Mundy	Conservative	Charles Robert Colvile	Peelite
		1849 by-election	William Mundy	Conservative
		1857	Thomas William Evans	Liberal
		1859			William Mundy	Conservative
		1865			Charles Robert Colvile	Liberal
		1868	Rowland Smith	Conservative	Sir Thomas Gresley, Bt	Conservative
		1869 by-election			Sir Henry Wilmot, Bt	Conservative
		1874	Thomas William Evans	Liberal
		1885	radical boundary changes, reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1950

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Henry Wardle	Liberal
	1892 by-election	Harrington Evans Broad	Liberal
	1895	John Gretton	Conservative
	1906	Sir Herbert Henry Raphael	Liberal
	1918	Henry Holman Gregory	Coalition Liberal
	1922	Henry Dubs Lorimer	Conservative
	1924	Sir James Augustus Grant	Conservative
	1929	David Pole	Labour
	1931	Paul Emrys-Evans	Conservative
	1945	Arthur Champion	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Edwina Currie	Conservative
	1997	Mark Todd	Labour
	2010	Heather Wheeler	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Wheeler	22,935	45.5%	+8.1
	Labour	Michael Edwards	15,807	31.4%	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alexis Diouf	8,012	15.9%	+3.0
	BNP	Peter Jarvis	2,193	4.3%	+0.3
	UKIP	Charles Swabey	1,206	2.4%	+2.4
	Socialist Labour	Paul Liversuch	266	0.5%	+0.5
Majority			7,128	14.1
Turnout			50,419	71.4%	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-9.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	24,823	44.5	−6.2
	Conservative	Simon Spencer	20,328	36.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Newton-Cook	7,600	13.6	+3.5
	BNP	David Joines	1,797	3.2	N/A
	Veritas	Edward Spalton	1,272	2.3	N/A
Majority			4,495	8.1
Turnout			55,820	65.6	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	26,338	50.7	-3.8
	Conservative	James Hakewill	18,487	35.6	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Eagling	5,233	10.1	+1.1
	UKIP	John Blunt	1,074	2.1	+1.1
	Socialist Labour	Paul Liversuch	564	1.1
	Independent	James Taylor	249	0.5
Majority			7,851	15.1
Turnout			51,945	64.1	-14.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	32,709	54.5	+10.5
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	18,742	31.3	-15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Renold	5,408	9.0	+0.7
	Referendum Party	R. A. E. North	2,491	4.2	N/A
	UKIP	I. E. Crompton	617	1.0	N/A
Majority			13,967	23.2
Turnout				78.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1992: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	34,266	48.7	−0.4
	Labour	Mark Todd	29,608	42.1	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. DJ Brass	6,236	8.9	−8.8
	Natural Law	TW Mercer	291	0.4	+0.4
Majority			4,658	6.6	−9.2
Turnout			70,401	84.7	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.6

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Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	31,927	49.1
	Labour	J. D. Whitby	21,616	33.2
	Social Democrat	J. Edgar	11,509	17.7
Majority			10,311	15.9
Turnout				81.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	25,909	43.8	N/A
	Labour	P. Kent	17,296	29.2	N/A
	Social Democrat	Roderick MacFarquhar	15,959	27.0	N/A
Majority			8,613	14.6	N/A
Turnout				78.5	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Champion	47,586	57.7
	Conservative	Paul Emrys-Evans	24,636	29.9
	Liberal	N. Heathcote	10,255	12.4
Majority			22,950	27.8	N/A
Turnout			82,477		N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire