Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
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County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 71,867 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Catherine Atkinson (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Derby |
Derby North (/ˈdɑːrbi/) is a constituency[n 1] formed of part of the city of Derby, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Catherine Atkinson from the Labour Party. It was previously held by Amanda Solloway, a Conservative.[n 2]
Between 1983 and 2005, the seat was a bellwether; in 2010 and 2017, the seat leaned more to the political left than the overall result. The seat was, relative to others, a marginal seat from 2001, as well as a swing seat, as its winner's majority had not exceeded 8.6% of the vote since the 15.9% majority won at that year's general election. The seat had changed hands twice since then. In the 2024 general election, that changed, with Atkinson winning with a majority of 21.4%.
Boundaries
[edit]Historic
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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 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.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Derby prior to 1950
Constituency profile
[edit]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 now in private ownership because of Right to Buy. Unemployment is below the national average. Average incomes are above the national average.[4]
History
[edit]A seat contested relatively closely between the two largest parties since 1950, Derby North was held consecutively by the Labour Party's Clifford Wilcock, Niall MacDermot, and Phillip Whitehead.[n 3] At the 1979 general election, it was covered by the BBC as the bellwether seat as the 41st of 41 seats that the Conservative Party needed to win; that year it stayed under control of Labour, but the Conservatives won the election regardless. Its exit poll was a central point of discussion of the BBC's election night coverage.[5]
The Conservative Greg Knight gained the seat in 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 retained for Labour by Chris Williamson. In 2015, Amanda Solloway, a Conservative; gained the seat with a swing of 0.8%. The 2015 result gave the seat the second-most marginal majority (measured by percentage) of the Conservative Party's 331 seats.[6] Williamson regained the seat in 2017. He was subsequently suspended from the Labour Party, and was blocked in November 2019 from running as a Labour candidate at the following election;[7] he resigned from the party and stated his intention to run as an independent, but came sixth out of the six candidates as Solloway was returned.[8]
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherine Atkinson | 18,619 | 45.5 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Amanda Solloway | 9,704 | 23.7 | −21.5 | |
Reform UK | Tim Prosser | 7,488 | 18.3 | +14.2 | |
Green | Helen Hitchcock | 3,286 | 8.0 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Sweeney | 1,822 | 4.5 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 8,915 | 21.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,919 | 57.2 | −7.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.6 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Solloway | 21,259 | 45.2 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Tony Tinley | 18,719 | 39.8 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Webb | 3,450 | 7.3 | +2.7 | |
Brexit Party | Alan Graves | 1,908 | 4.1 | New | |
Green | Helen Hitchcock | 1,046 | 2.2 | New | |
Independent | Chris Williamson | 635 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,540 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,017 | 64.2 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.8 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Williamson | 23,622 | 48.5 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Amanda Solloway | 21,607 | 44.4 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care[11] | 2,262 | 4.6 | −4.0 | |
UKIP | Bill Piper[12] | 1,181 | 2.4 | −12.2 | |
Majority | 2,015 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,672 | 69.1 | 0.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Solloway[14] | 16,402 | 36.66 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Chris Williamson | 16,361 | 36.57 | +3.6 | |
UKIP | Tilly Ward[15] | 6,532 | 14.6 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care | 3,832 | 8.6 | −19.4 | |
Green | Alice Mason-Power[16] | 1,618 | 3.6 | New | |
Majority | 41 | 0.09 | N/A | ||
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 | New | |
UKIP | Elizabeth Ransome[19] | 829 | 1.8 | −0.2 | |
Independent | David Gale | 264 | 0.6 | New | |
Pirate | David Geraghty[20] | 170 | 0.4 | New | |
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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob 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 | New | |
UKIP | Michelle Medgyesy | 864 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 3,757 | 8.6 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,818 | 64.3 | +6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob 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 | −16.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob 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 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Jane H.M. Waters | 195 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,615 | 18.9 | N/A | ||
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 | Bob 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 | New | |
Natural Law | N. Onley | 58 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,453 | 7.5 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 59,019 | 80.7 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 26,561 | 48.9 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 20,236 | 37.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Stephen Connolly | 7,268 | 13.4 | −6.1 | |
Green | Eric Wall | 291 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 6,325 | 11.7 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,356 | 75.8 | +3.3 | ||
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 Connolly | 9,924 | 19.5 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 3,506 | 6.9 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,024 | 72.5 | −4.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | New | |
United English National | S.P. Gibson | 116 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 214 | 0.4 | −6.5 | ||
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 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | M.D. Peel | 10,595 | 17.5 | −4.1 | |
More Prosperous Britain | H. Smith | 242 | 0.4 | New | |
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 | New | |
Majority | 1,293 | 2.0 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 64,760 | 79.1 | +6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 20,114 | 54.7 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | John W Roberts | 16,635 | 45.3 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 3,479 | 9.4 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,749 | 64.2 | −6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 23,033 | 61.8 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Derek H Hene | 14,215 | 38.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 8,818 | 23.6 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,248 | 70.8 | −3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 21,386 | 52.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Derek H Hene | 13,991 | 34.6 | −12.6 | |
Liberal | Alfred Leslie Smart | 5,057 | 12.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,395 | 18.3 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,434 | 74.4 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 16,497 | 49.4 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | Lyndon Irving | 8,479 | 25.4 | new | |
Conservative | T.M. Wray | 7,502 | 22.5 | −24.7 | |
Independent | T. Lynch | 886 | 2.7 | new | |
Majority | 8,018 | 24.0 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,364 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford 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 Wilcock | 24,162 | 55.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Rolla CP 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 Wilcock | 22,390 | 57.09 | ||
Conservative | Victor Echevarri Waldron | 16,828 | 42.91 | ||
Majority | 5,562 | 14.18 | |||
Turnout | 39,218 | 82.49 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Wilcock | 22,410 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | V. Seely | 14,980 | 36.9 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Ivan Walters | 3,190 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 7,430 | 18.3 | |||
Turnout | 40,580 | 85.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Whitehead was later an MEP
- ^ Knight was Deputy Chief Whip from 1993 to 1996 and Minister for Industry from 1996 to 1997.
References
[edit]- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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External links
[edit]- Derby North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
- Derby North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Derby North UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK