List of parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire explained

The ceremonial county of Derbyshire (which includes the unitary authority of Derby) is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies: three borough constituenciesand eight county constituencies. Since the 2024 general election, all eleven constituencies have been represented by members of the Labour Party.

Constituencies

Constituency	Electorate^[1]	Majority^[2]	Member of Parliament	Nearest opposition	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 Jones ‡		Lee Rowley †
South Derbyshire CC	71,202	4,168		Samantha Niblett ‡		Heather Wheeler †

Boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary 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 the 2024 general election .

The following constituencies were proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Amber Valley

• Amber Valley
• Derbyshire Dales (part)
• Mid Derbyshire (part)

Containing electoral wards from Bolsover

• Bolsover (part)

Containing electoral wards from Chesterfield

• Chesterfield
• North East Derbyshire (part)

Containing electoral wards from Derby

• Derby North
• Derby South
• Mid Derbyshire (part)

Containing electoral wards from Derbyshire Dales

• Derbyshire Dales (part)

Containing electoral wards from Erewash

• Erewash
• Mid Derbyshire (part)

Containing electoral wards from High Peak

• High Peak

Containing electoral wards from North East Derbyshire

• Bolsover (part)
• North East Derbyshire (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Derbyshire

• Derbyshire Dales (part)
• South Derbyshire

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[4]

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Derbyshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2019	Seats	Change from 2019
Labour	195,568	40.1%	5.4%	11	9
Conservative	133,262	27.3%	25.0%	0	9
Reform UK	94,292	19.3%	16.6%	0
Green	30,338	6.2%	3.6%	0
Liberal Democrats	24,897	5.1%	2.1%	0
Workers	5,603	1.1%	New	0
Others	3,498	0.7%	0.2%	0
Total	487,458	100.0		11

Percentage votes

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
Reform^1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.7	19.1
Green Party	-	-		-						0.6	2.8	1.2	2.6	6.2
Liberal Democrat^2	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

Seats

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 Democrat^1	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

Maps

1983-present

Historical representation by party

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.

1885 to 1918

Constituency	1885	1886	87	91	92	1892	1895	1900	04	1906	07	08	09	Jan 1910	10	Dec 1910	12	13	14	14	15	16
Chesterfield	Barnes	→				Bayley				Haslam				→				Kenyon
Derby	Roe						Bemrose	Roe														Collins
	Vernon-Harcourt						Drage	Bell	→					Thomas
Derbyshire Mid	Jacoby												Hancock								→
Derbyshire North East	Egerton	Bolton									Harvey			→					→	Bowden
Derbyshire South	Wardle				Broad		Gretton			Raphael
Derbyshire West	E. Cavendish	→		V. Cavendish								Petty-FitzMaurice					→
High Peak	Sidebottom							Partington								Hill-Wood
Ilkeston	Watson		Foster												Seely

1918 to 1950

Constituency	1918	1922	1923	1924	1929	31	1931	33	1935	36	38	39	42	44	1945
Clay Cross	Broad	Duncan						Henderson	Holland	Ridley				Neal
Ilkeston	Seely	Oliver					Flint		Oliver
Derbyshire North East	Holmes	Lee					Whyte		Lee				H. White
Chesterfield	Kenyon				Benson		Conant		Benson
Derby	Thomas					→				Noel-Baker
	Green	Roberts	Raynes	Luce	Raynes		Reid								Wilcock
Belper	Hancock		Wragg		Lees		Wragg								Brown
Derbyshire South	Gregory	Lorimer		Grant	Pole		Emrys-Evans								Champion
Derbyshire West	C. White		E. W. Cavendish								Hunloke			C. White jnr	→
High Peak	Hill-Wood				Law							Molson

1950 to 1983

Constituency	1950	1951	1955	1959	61	62	1964	1966	67	1970	Feb 1974	Oct 1974	1979
Chesterfield	Benson						Varley
Derby South	Noel-Baker									Johnson
Bolsover	Neal									Skinner
Derbyshire North East	White			Swain									Ellis
Derby North	Wilcock					MacDermot				Whitehead
Ilkeston	Oliver						Fletcher
Belper	Brown									Stewart-Smith	MacFarquhar		Faith
South East Derbyshire	Champion			J. Jackson			Park			Rost
High Peak	Molson				Walder			P. Jackson		Le Marchant
West Derbyshire	Wakefield					Crawley			Scott-Hopkins				Parris

1983 to present

Constituency	1983	84	86	1987	1992	1997	2001	2005	2010	2015	2017	19	2019	2024
Chesterfield	Varley	Benn					Holmes		Perkins
Derby South	Beckett													Shanker
Bolsover	Skinner												Fletcher	Fleet
Derbyshire North East	Ellis			Barnes				Engel			Rowley			Jones
Derby North	Knight					Laxton			Williamson	Solloway	Williamson	→	Solloway	Atkinson
Amber Valley	Oppenheim					Mallaber			Mills					Farnsworth
South Derbyshire	Currie					Todd			Wheeler					Niblett
Erewash	Rost				Knight	Blackman			Lee	Throup				Thompson
High Peak	Hawkins				Hendry	Levitt			Bingham		George		Largan	Pearce
W Derbyshire / D'shire Dales ('10)	Parris		McLoughlin										Dines	Whitby
Mid Derbyshire									Latham					Davies

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the East Midlands (region)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - East Midlands. Boundary Commission for England. 9 July 2024.
2. Web site: Constituencies A-Z - Election 2014. BBC News. en-GB. 2024-07-09.
3. Web site: The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report Boundary Commission for England . 2023-07-09 . paras 82-89.
4. Watson. Christopher. Uberoi. Elise. Loft. Philip. 2020-04-17. General election results from 1918 to 2019. en-GB.