Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)
Derby North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 72,617 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Amanda Solloway (Conservative Party) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Derby |
Derby North /ˈdɑːrbi nɔːrθ/ is a constituency [n 1] formed of half of the city of Derby represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Amanda Solloway, of the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
1950-1955: The County Borough of Derby wards of Abbey, Babington, Becket, Bridge, Derwent, Friar Gate, King's Mead, and Rowditch.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Derby wards of Abbey, Babington, Becket, Bridge, Derwent, Friar Gate, King's Mead, and Rowditch, and the civil parish of Chaddesden in the Rural District of Shardlow.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Derby wards of Abbey, Allestree, Breadsall, Chaddesden, Darley, Derwent, Friar Gate, Mickleover, and Spondon.
1983-2010: The City of Derby wards of Abbey, Allestree, Breadsall, Chaddesden, Darley, Derwent, Mackworth, and Spondon.
2010-present: The City of Derby wards of Abbey, Chaddesden, Darley, Derwent, Littleover, Mackworth, and Mickleover.
Many constituency boundaries changed for the 2010 general election and this seat changed quite significantly which made the seat less of a Labour Party safe seat based on council results for electoral wards.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[3] | Party | Notes | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1950 | Clifford Wilcock | Labour | Died January 1962 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1962 by-election | Niall MacDermot | Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1970 | Phillip Whitehead | Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Greg Knight | Conservative | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 | Bob Laxton | Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2010 | Chris Williamson | Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 2015 | Amanda Solloway | Conservative |
Constituency profile
The constituency covers a largely residential area immediately north of Derby city centre, including some of the city’s most affluent suburbs, as well as some of its council housing, though much of this is former council housing in private ownership. Unemployment is below the national average. Average incomes are above the national average. [4]
History
A relatively close seat for two largest parties since 1950, Derby North has been held by Labour Party's Clifford Wilcock, Niall MacDermot then Phillip Whitehead.[n 3] In the 1979 election, it was covered by the BBC as the bellwether seat as the 41st of the 41 seats that Margaret Thatcher needed to win; in that year it stayed Labour, with an exit poll on the seat being a center piece of the election-night coverage.[5]
The Conservative Greg Knight gained the seat as part of a landslide victory of 1983 and held it until 1997.[n 4]
Labour's Bob Laxton defeated Knight in 1997 and held the seat until retiring in 2010, when the seat was held for Labour by Chris Williamson.
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Solloway[7] | 16,402 | 36.7 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Chris Williamson | 16,361 | 36.6 | +3.5 | |
UKIP | Tilly Ward[8] | 6,532 | 14.6 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care[9] | 3,832 | 8.6 | −19.5 | |
Green | Alice Mason-Power[10] | 1,618 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 41 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 44,745 | 69.1 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Williamson | 14,896 | 33.0 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Mold | 14,283 | 31.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care | 12,638 | 28.0 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Pete Cheeseman | 2,000 | 4.4 | N/A | |
UKIP | Elizabeth Ransome[13] | 829 | 1.8 | −0.2 | |
Independent | David Gale | 264 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Pirate | David Geraghty[14] | 170 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 613 | 1.4 | −13.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,080 | 63.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Boundary changes occurred in 2010, so percentage changes are based on notional results
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Laxton | 19,272 | 44.0 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Aitken-Davies | 15,515 | 35.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Beckett | 7,209 | 16.5 | +2.4 | |
Veritas | Martin Bardoe | 958 | 2.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Michelle Medgyesy | 864 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,757 | 8.6 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,818 | 64.3 | +6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Laxton | 22,415 | 50.9 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Barry Holden | 15,433 | 35.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Charlesworth | 6,206 | 14.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 6,982 | 15.9 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,054 | 57.8 | −16.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Laxton | 29,844 | 53.2 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 19,229 | 34.3 | −14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Charlesworth | 5,059 | 9.0 | −0.6 | |
Referendum | Paul Reynolds | 1,816 | 3.2 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Mrs. Jane H.M. Waters | 195 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,615 | 18.9 | +11.3 | ||
Turnout | 56,143 | 73.8 | −6.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 13.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 28,574 | 48.4 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Robert Laxton | 24,121 | 40.9 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Charlesworth | 5,638 | 9.6 | −3.8 | |
Green | Eric Wall | 383 | 0.7 | +0.2 | |
National Front | Peter Hart | 245 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Natural Law | N. Onley | 58 | 0.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,453 | 7.6 | −4.0 | ||
Turnout | 59,019 | 80.7 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 26,561 | 48.9 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 20,236 | 37.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Stephen Francis Connolly | 7,268 | 13.4 | −6.1 | |
Green | Eric Wall | 291 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,325 | 11.6 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 54,356 | 75.8 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 22,303 | 43.7 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 18,797 | 36.8 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | Stephen Francis Connolly | 9,924 | 19.5 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 3,506 | 6.9 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,024 | 72.5 | −4.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 28,797 | 44.9 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | R.N. Kemm | 28,583 | 44.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | R.F. Whitehouse | 6,093 | 9.5 | −8.0 | |
National Front | C. Bayliss | 592 | 0.9 | N/A | |
United English National | S.P. Gibson | 116 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 214 | 0.3 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 64,181 | 76.8 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 26,960 | 44.5 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | D.J. Penfold | 22,767 | 37.6 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | M.D. Peel | 10,595 | 17.5 | −4.1 | |
More Prosperous Britain | H. Smith | 242 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,193 | 6.9 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 60,564 | 73.2 | −5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 26,029 | 40.2 | −14.5 | |
Conservative | D.J. Penfold | 24,736 | 38.2 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | M.D. Peel | 13,995 | 21.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,293 | 2.0 | −7.5 | ||
Turnout | 64,760 | 79.1 | +6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 20,114 | 54.7 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | J.W. Roberts | 16,635 | 45.3 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 3,479 | 9.5 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,749 | 64.2 | −6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 23,033 | 61.8 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | D.H. Hene | 14,215 | 38.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 8,818 | 23.7 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,248 | 70.8 | −3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 21,386 | 52.9 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | D.H. Hene | 13,991 | 34.6 | +12.1 | |
Liberal | A.L. Smart | 5,057 | 12.5 | −12.9 | |
Majority | 7,395 | 18.3 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,434 | 74.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 16,497 | 49.4 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | I. Irving | 8,479 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | T.M. Wray | 7,502 | 22.5 | −24.7 | |
Independent | T. Lynch | 886 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,018 | 24.0 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,364 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford A.B. Wilcock | 22,673 | 52.8 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Robin Maxwell-Hyslop | 20,266 | 47.2 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 2,407 | 5.6 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,939 | 76.7 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford A.B. Wilcock | 24,162 | 55.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | R.C.P. Rouse | 19,156 | 44.2 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 5,006 | 11.6 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,318 | 75.7 | −9.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford A.B. Wilcock | 22,390 | 57.09 | ||
Conservative | VE Waldron | 16,828 | 42.91 | ||
Majority | 5,562 | 14.18 | |||
Turnout | 82.49 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford A.B. Wilcock | 22,410 | 55.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | V. Seely | 14,980 | 36.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | G.I. Walters | 3,190 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,430 | 18.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,580 | 85.5 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Later an MEP
- ^ Deputy chief whip from 1993 to 1996 and Minister for Industry from 1996 to 1997.
- References
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Derby.gov.uk local election results 2010
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ^ 2001 census statistics Derby 001 etc SOAs occupation, housing and income
- ^ Page 516, When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies by Andy Beckett
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.conservatives.com/People/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/Solloway_Amanda.aspx/
- ^ http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/UKIP-replaces-General-Election-candidate-Derby/story-26094762-detail/story.html
- ^ http://www.libdems.org.uk/candidates_detail.aspx?name=Lucy_Care&pPK=dc939820-fc7e-4e2e-a462-89be99a8e412/</
- ^ http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/General-Election-Green-Party-announces-contest/story-26185912-detail/story.html
- ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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