| North East Derbyshire | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Electorate: | 72,344 (2023)[1] |
| Type: | County |
| Year: | 1885 |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Region: | England |
| Towns: | Clay Cross, Dronfield, Killamarsh, Staveley |
North East Derbyshire is a constituency created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Louise Jones of the Labour Party.
The seat had been, relative to others, a marginal seat from 2005 to 2017 as its winner's majority had not exceeded 5.7% of the vote since the 23.2% majority won in that year. The seat changed hands in 2017 as the first Conservative victory since 1935 but reverted to Labour in 2024.
In the 20th century, mining and associated industries were an important source of employment and primary industries for the wider economy, though the former ceased around 1970. At about the same time, some ex-mining towns like Dronfield saw much middle class commuter house building in areas like Dronfield Woodhouse; jobs were typically in Sheffield and Chesterfield.
The western edge of the constituency borders the Peak District and is home to many rural villages.
1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Eckington, and in the Sessional Division of Chesterfield the parishes of Bolsover, Staveley, and Whittington.
1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Urban Districts of Bolsover and Dronfield, the Rural Districts of Clowne and Norton, and part of the Rural District of Chesterfield.
1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Clay Cross and Dronfield, and part of the Rural District of Chesterfield.
1983–2010: The District of North East Derbyshire wards of Ashover, Barlow and Holmesfield, Brampton and Walton, Clay Cross North, Clay Cross South, Coal Aston, Dronfield North, Dronfield South, Dronfield Woodhouse, Eckington North, Eckington South, Gosforth Valley, Hasland, Holmewood and Heath, Killamarsh East, Killamarsh West, North Wingfield Central, Renishaw, Ridgeway and Marsh Lane, Tupton, Unstone, and Wingerworth, and the Borough of Chesterfield wards of Barrow Hill and Hollingwood, and Lowgates and Woodthorpe.
2010–present: The District of North East Derbyshire wards of Ashover, Barlow and Holmesfield, Brampton and Walton, Clay Cross North, Clay Cross South, Coal Aston, Dronfield North, Dronfield South, Dronfield Woodhouse, Eckington North, Eckington South, Gosforth Valley, Grassmoor, Killamarsh East, Killamarsh West, North Wingfield Central, Renishaw, Ridgeway and Marsh Lane, Tupton, Unstone, and Wingerworth; and the Borough of Chesterfield wards of Barrow Hill and New Whittington, and Lowgates and Woodthorpe1.
1 Further to a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023,[4] [5] the parts in the Borough of Chesterfield now comprise the Stapeley North ward, the majority of the Whittington ward, and a small part of the Stapeley Central ward.[6]
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency (based on the ward structure which existed on 1 December 2020) is unchanged.[7]
The North East Derbyshire constituency covers the north eastern part of Derbyshire, surrounding Chesterfield on three sides. It covers most of the area of North East Derbyshire District Council.
East Derbyshire prior to 1885
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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;