North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Derbyshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of North East Derbyshire in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Derbyshire within England.
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	72,374 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Clay Cross, Dronfield, Killamarsh, Staveley
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Natascha Engel (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	East Derbyshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

North East Derbyshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Natascha Engel of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

History

This constituency was created in the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Until 1910 it was a regularly represented by the Liberal party but since 1935 has remained a Labour safe seat, one of those longest continuously held by that party. In 2010 it became, unusually, a marginal seat. In the past mining and associated industries were an important source of employment, 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.

Boundaries

The boundaries of North East Derbyshire from 1983 to 2010

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Bolsover and Dronfield, the Rural Districts of Clowne (the civil parishes of Barlborough, Clowne, Elmton, and Whitwell) and Norton, and in the Rural District of Chesterfield the civil parishes of Beighton, Coal Aston, Dronfield Woodhouse, Eckington, Holmesfield, Killamarsh, Staveley, and Tinstone.

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 Woodthorpe.

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party	Notes
	1885	Francis Egerton	Liberal
	1886	Thomas Bolton	Liberal	Died 1906
	1907 by-election	William Harvey	Liberal
	Jan 1910		Labour	Died 1914
	1914 by-election	George Bowden	Unionist
	1918	Stanley Holmes	Liberal
	1922	Frank Lee	Labour
	1931	Jardine Whyte	Conservative
	1935	Frank Lee	Labour
	1942 by-election	Henry White	Labour
	1959	Tom Swain	Labour	Died March 1979; no by-election held due to imminent general election
	1979	Ray Ellis	Labour
	1987	Harry Barnes	Labour
	2005	Natascha Engel	Labour	Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means 2015-present

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: North East Derbyshire[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natascha Engel[4]	19,488	40.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Lee Rowley[5]	17,605	36.7	+3.7
	UKIP	James Bush[6]	7,631	15.9	+10.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Batey[7]	2,004	4.2	-19.1
	Green	David Kesteven[8]	1,059	2.2	N/A
	Independent	Rob Lane	161	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,883	3.9	-1.3
Turnout			47,948	67.1	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.6

General Election 2010: North East Derbyshire[9][10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natascha Engel	17,948	38.2	-10.1
	Conservative	Huw Merriman	15,503	33.0	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Bull	10,947	23.3	+1.8
	UKIP	James Bush	2,636	5.6	+1.2
Majority			2,445	5.2	-18.0
Turnout			47,034	65.9	+4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.6

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: North East Derbyshire[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Natascha Engel	21,416	49.3	−6.3
	Conservative	Dominic Johnson	11,351	26.1	−0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Snowdon	8,812	20.3	+2.5
	UKIP	Kenneth Perkins	1,855	4.3	N/A
Majority			10,065	23.2	-5.9
Turnout			43,434	61.2	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.0

General Election 2001: North East Derbyshire[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	23,437	55.6	−4.9
	Conservative	James Hollingsworth	11,179	26.5	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Higginbottom	7,508	17.8	+3.5
Majority			12,258	29.1	-6.2
Turnout			42,124	58.9	−13.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: North East Derbyshire[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	31,425	60.5	+11.7
	Conservative	Simon Elliott	13,104	25.2	−13.0
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Hardy	7,450	14.3	+1.3
Majority			18,321	35.3
Turnout				71.5	−12.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: North East Derbyshire[14][15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	28,860	48.8	+4.4
	Conservative	John Henry Hayes	22,590	38.2	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	D Stone	7,675	13.0	−4.9
Majority			6,270	10.6	+3.9
Turnout			59,125	80.6	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: North East Derbyshire[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Barnes	24,747	44.4
	Conservative	John Henry Hayes	21,027	37.7
	Social Democratic	S. P. Hardy	9,985	17.9
Majority			3,720	6.7
Turnout				79.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: North East Derbyshire[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Ellis	21,094	40.8
	Conservative	I. Bridge	19,088	36.9
	Social Democratic	S. P. Hardy	11,494	22.2
Majority			2,006	3.9
Turnout				79.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Ellis	27,218	48.1
	Conservative	E. Oliver	21,889	38.7
	Liberal	P. Hall	7,436	13.2
Majority			5,329	9.4
Turnout				79.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	25,234	49.9
	Conservative	J. C. Ramsden	14,997	29.7
	Liberal	C. Cook	10,336	20.4
Majority			10,237	20.2
Turnout				73.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	29,602	57.0
	Conservative	J. C. Ramsden	22,320	43.0
Majority			7,282	14.0
Turnout				78.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	38,181	60.9
	Conservative	J. P. Pashley	24,550	39.1
Majority			13,631	21.7
Turnout				69.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	38,723	66.9
	Conservative	M. F. Spungin	19,123	33.1
Majority			19,600	33.9
Turnout				73.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	38,657	64.2
	Conservative	M. F. Spungin	21,564	35.8
Majority			17,093	28.4
Turnout				77.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Swain	37,444	62.9
	Conservative	R. A. Ward	22,112	37.1
Majority			15,332	25.7
Turnout				80.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	34,965	66.5
	Conservative	G. R. Shaw	17,621	33.5
Majority			17,344	33.0
Turnout				76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	33,376	66.7
	Conservative	P. Hughes	16,655	33.3
Majority			16,721	33.4
Turnout				84.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	33,417	66.3
	Conservative	G. R. Shaw	17,021	33.8
Majority			16,396	32.5
Turnout				86.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	35,795	65.6
	Conservative	Ronald Edward Warlow	18,789	34.4
Majority			17,006	31.2
Turnout				79.0
	Labour hold		Swing

North East Derbyshire by-election, 1942: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry White	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: North East Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	25,382	57.2
	Conservative	Horace Trevor-Cox	15,802	35.6
	Liberal	A. T. Marwood	3,186	7.2
Majority			9,580	21.6
Turnout				77.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: North East Derbyshire[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jardine Whyte	20,719	50.79
	Labour	Frank Lee	19,385	47.52
	New Party	A. V. Williams	689	1.69
Majority			1,334	3.27
Turnout				79.35
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: North East Derbyshire[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	21,633	54.6	+9.7
	Unionist	Rupert Eric Herbert Samuelson	9,167	23.1	-10.1
	Liberal	Harry Anson Briggs	8,861	22.3	+0.4
Majority			12,466	31.5	-19.8
Turnout				79.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.9

General Election 1924: North East Derbyshire [19] Electorate 38,025
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	13,420	44.9	+5.4
	Unionist	George Robert Harland Bowden	9,914	33.2	+1.7
	Liberal	Philip Guedalla	6,529	21.9	-7.1
Majority			3,506	11.7	+3.7
Turnout			29,863	78.5	+2.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.8

General Election 1923: North East Derbyshire [20] Electorate 36,712
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	10,971	39.5	+5.6
	Unionist	Charles Waterhouse	8,768	31.5	-0.7
	Liberal	Philip Guedalla	8,080	29.0	-4.9
Majority			2,203	8.0	+8.0
Turnout			27,819	75.8	-1.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.1

General Election 1922: North East Derbyshire[21] Electorate 35,683
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Lee	9,359	33.9
	Liberal	Joseph Stanley Holmes	9,344	33.9
	Unionist	Charles Waterhouse	8,877	32.2
Majority			15	0.0
Turnout				77.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: North East Derbyshire[21] Electorate 33,567
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Stanley Holmes	6,117	31.4	-6.4
	Labour	Frank Lee	5,560	28.6	+6.1
	Independent Unionist	George Robert Harland Bowden	5,049	25.9	-13.8
	Coalition Unionist	Marquess of Hartington	2,738	14.1	n/a
Majority			557	2.8
Turnout				58.0
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing

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;

• Unionist: George Robert Harland Bowden
• Liberal: John Plowright Houfton

Harland Bowden

North East Derbyshire by-election, 1914[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	George Robert Harland Bowden	6,469	39.7	-4.0
	Liberal	John Plowright Houfton	6,155	37.8	n/a
	Labour	James Martin	3,669	22.5	-33.8
Majority			314	1.9
Turnout				84.2	+5.5
	Unionist gain from Labour		Swing	+14.9

William Harvey

General Election December 1910:North East Derbyshire Electorate 17,701
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Edwin Harvey	7,838	56.3
	Conservative	Dr Josiah Court	6,088	43.7
Majority			1,750	12.6
Turnout				78.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election January 1910:North East Derbyshire[23] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Edwin Harvey	8,715
	Liberal Unionist	Dr. Josiah Court	6,411
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

North East Derbyshire by-election, 1907[24] Electorate 16,232
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Edwin Harvey	6,644
	Liberal Unionist	Dr. Josiah Court	5,915
Majority			729
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1906:North East Derbyshire[25] Electorate 15,898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Dolling Bolton	7,665	56.5	+5.2
	Liberal Unionist	Dr. Josiah Court	5,896	43.5	-5.2
Majority			1,769	13.0	+10.4
Turnout				85.3	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

General Election 1900:North East Derbyshire[26] Electorate 12,732
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Dolling Bolton	5,251	51.3
	Liberal Unionist	Dr. Josiah Court	4,983	48.7
Majority			268	2.6
Turnout				80.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

Thomas Bolton

General Election 1895: North East Derbyshire [27] Electorate 11,066
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Dolling Bolton	4,737	-10.3
	Liberal Unionist	Dr. Josiah Court	4,210	47.1	+10.3
Majority			527	5.8	-20.6
Turnout				80.9	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.3

General Election 1892: North East Derbyshire [28] Electorate 10,643
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Dolling Bolton	5,206	63.2
	Conservative	F G Barnes	3,034	36.8
Majority			2,172	26.4
Turnout				77.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1886: North East Derbyshire [29] Electorate 9,207
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Dolling Bolton	3,879	55.1
	Liberal Unionist	C Markham	3,158	44.9
Majority			721	10.2
Turnout				76.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1885: North East Derbyshire [30] Electorate 9,207
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Francis Egerton	4,999	66.3	n/a
	Conservative	C Gould	2,536	33.7	n/a
Majority			2,463	32.6	n/a
Turnout				81.8	n/a
	Liberal win (new seat)

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

Notes and references

Notes

1. A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. 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.

References

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28. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
29. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
30. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

Coordinates: 53°14′N 1°33′W / 53.24°N 1.55°W