South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South Derbyshire
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of South Derbyshire in Derbyshire.
Location of Derbyshire within England.
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	71,326 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Melbourne, Swadlincote, Willington
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Heather Wheeler (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	Derby North Derby South Belper South East Derbyshire
1832–1950
Number of members	1832–1885: Two 1885–1950: One
Type of constituency	County constituency
Created from	Derbyshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

South Derbyshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Heather Wheeler, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Repton and Swadlincote, the Municipal Borough of Derby, the civil parish of Mercaston in the Sessional Division of Ashbourne, and part of the Sessional Division of Derby.

1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Alvaston and Boulton, Long Eaton, and Swadlincote, the Rural Districts of Hartshorne and Seals (the civil parishes of Calke, Hartshorne, Netherseal, Overseal, Smisby, The Boundary, Ticknall, and Woodville) and Shardlow (the civil parishes of Aston-upon-Trent, Barrow-upon-Trent, Breadsall, Breaston, Chaddesden, Chellaston, Dale Abbey, Derby Hills, Draycott and Church Wilne, Elvaston, Hopwell, Kirk Hallam, Little Eaton, Littleover, Melbourne, Normanton, Ockbrook, Osmaston, Risley, Sandiacre, Sawley and Wilsthorpe, Shardlow and Great Wilne, Sinfin and Arleston, Sinfin Moor, Spondon, Stanley, Stanton-by-Bridge, Stanton-by-Dale, Swarkestone, West Hallam, and Weston-upon-Trent), and in the Rural District of Repton the civil parishes of Caldwell, Castle Gresley, Catton, Coton in the Elms, Drakelow, Linton, Lullington, Rosliston, and Walton-upon-Trent.

1983-1997: The District of South Derbyshire, and the City of Derby wards of Boulton, Chellaston, and Mickleover.

1997-2010: The District of South Derbyshire, and the City of Derby wards of Boulton and Chellaston.

2010-present: The District of South Derbyshire (the wards of Aston, Church Gresley, Etwall, Hartshorne and Ticknall, Hatton, Hilton, Linton, Melbourne, Midway, Newhall and Stanton, North West, Repton, Seales, Stenson, Swadlincote, Willington and Findern, and Woodville).

Boundaries of South Derbyshire from 1997 to 2010

South Derbyshire constituency covers Derbyshire to the south of the city of Derby, forming a tapering salient surrounded by Staffordshire and Leicestershire.

The constituency was originally created after the Reform Act in 1832 when Derbyshire was divided into North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire.

The present constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Derby North, Derby South, Belper, and South East Derbyshire. When Parliament implemented the plans of the Boundary Commission's Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies 1995 that came into effect for 1997, Mickleover ward was transferred to Derby South. Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, approved for the 2010 general election, the constituency shed the two City of Derby wards to become coterminous with its district.^{[n 3]}

Constituency profile

This marginal constituency consists of rural and semi-rural settlements, including Repton (with its famous public school), in which a majority of voters have, in local elections since World War II, been Tory-voting, plus more historically industrial, and manufacturing-focussed settlements such as Swadlincote where the electorate has been for the most part Labour-voting.

Workless claimants were in November 2012 significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%, at 2.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian, and very close to that of the Mid Derbyshire seat, at 1.9%. Also similar is the regionally lowest jobseeker seat of Derbyshire Dales, with only 1.5% of the population registered as jobseekers.^[2]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

	First member^[3]	First party	Second member^[3]	Second party
1832	Hon. George Venables-Vernon	Whig	The Lord Waterpark	Whig
1835	Sir George Harpur Crewe, Bt	Tory	Sir Roger Gresley, Bt	Tory
1837	Sir George Harpur Crewe, Bt	Tory	Francis Hurt	Tory
1841	Edward Miller Mundy	Conservative	Charles Robert Colvile	Peelite
1849 by-election	William Mundy	Conservative
1857	William Evans	Liberal
1859			William Mundy	Conservative
1865			Charles Robert Colvile	Liberal
1868	Rowland Smith	Conservative	Sir Thomas Gresley, Bt	Conservative
1869 by-election	Rowland Smith	Conservative	Sir Henry Wilmot, Bt	Conservative
1874	William Evans	Liberal	Sir Henry Wilmot, Bt	Conservative
1885	radical boundary changes, reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1950

	Member^[3]	Party
1885	Henry Wardle	Liberal
1892 by-election	Harrington Evans Broad	Liberal
1895	John Gretton	Conservative
1906	Sir Herbert Henry Raphael	Liberal
1918	Henry Holman Gregory	Coalition Liberal
1922	Henry Dubs Lorimer	Conservative
1924	Sir James Augustus Grant	Conservative
1929	David Pole	Labour
1931	Paul Emrys-Evans	Conservative
1945	Joe Champion	Labour
1950	constituency abolished

MPs since 1983

	Member^[3]	Party
1983	Edwina Currie	Conservative
1997	Mark Todd	Labour
2010	Heather Wheeler	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: South Derbyshire^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Wheeler	25,066	49.4	+3.9
	Labour	Cheryl Pidgeon^[5]	13,595	26.8	-4.6
	UKIP	Alan Graves^[6]	8,998	17.7	+15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Lorraine Johnson	1,887	3.7	-12.2
	Green	Marianne Bamkin^[7]	1,216	2.4	+2.4
Majority			11,471	22.6
Turnout				68.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.25

General Election 2010: South Derbyshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather Wheeler	22,935	45.5	+8.1
	Labour	Michael Edwards	15,807	31.4	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alexis Diouf	8,012	15.9	+3.0
	BNP	Peter Jarvis	2,193	4.3	+0.3
	UKIP	Charles Swabey	1,206	2.4	+2.4
	Socialist Labour	Paul Liversuch	266	0.5	+0.5
Majority			7,128	14.1
Turnout			50,419	71.4%	+4.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: South Derbyshire^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	24,823	44.5	−6.2
	Conservative	Simon Spencer	20,328	36.4	+0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Newton-Cook	7,600	13.6	+3.5
	BNP	David Joines	1,797	3.2	N/A
	Veritas	Edward Spalton	1,272	2.3	N/A
Majority			4,495	8.1
Turnout			55,820	65.6	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.5

General Election 2001: South Derbyshire^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	26,338	50.7	-3.8
	Conservative	James Hakewill	18,487	35.6	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Eagling	5,233	10.1	+1.1
	UKIP	John Blunt	1,074	2.1	+1.1
	Socialist Labour	Paul Liversuch	564	1.1
	Independent	James Taylor	249	0.5
Majority			7,851	15.1
Turnout			51,945	64.1	-14.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: South Derbyshire^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Todd	32,709	54.5	+10.5
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	18,742	31.3	-15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Renold	5,408	9.0	+0.7
	Referendum	Richard A.E. North	2,491	4.2	N/A
	UKIP	I. E. Crompton	617	1.0	N/A
Majority			13,967	23.2
Turnout				78.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.2

General Election 1992: South Derbyshire^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	34,266	48.7	−0.4
	Labour	Mark Todd	29,608	42.1	+8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. DJ Brass	6,236	8.9	−8.8
	Natural Law	TW Mercer	291	0.4	+0.4
Majority			4,658	6.6	−9.2
Turnout			70,401	84.7	+3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: South Derbyshire^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	31,927	49.1
	Labour	J. D. Whitby	21,616	33.2
	Social Democratic	J. Edgar	11,509	17.7
Majority			10,311	15.9
Turnout				81.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: South Derbyshire^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edwina Currie	25,909	43.8	N/A
	Labour	Peter Anthony Kent	17,296	29.2	N/A
	Social Democratic	Roderick MacFarquhar	15,959	27.0	N/A
Majority			8,613	14.6	N/A
Turnout				78.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Joseph Champion	47,586	57.7
	Conservative	Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans	24,636	29.9
	Liberal	Norman Heathcote	10,255	12.4
Majority			22,950	27.8	N/A
Turnout			82,477		N/A
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Derbyshire Southern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans	31,321	51.53
	Labour	FAP Rowe	29,462	48.47
Majority			1,859	3.06
Turnout				73.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: South Derbyshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans	33,965	58.64
	Labour	Major David Pole	23,958	41.36
Majority			10,007	17.28
Turnout				82.34
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Derbyshire South ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Graham Pole	25,101	47.4	+6.9
	Unionist	Sir James Augustus Grant	17,803	33.7	-10.6
	Liberal	Ebenezer Josiah Johnson	9,998	18.9	+3.7
Majority			7,298	13.7	17.5
Turnout				83.4	+1.5
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing	+8.7

1924 General Election: Derbyshire South ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Augustus Grant	16,448
	Labour	Alfred Goodere	15,033
	Liberal	Alfred Jesse Suenson-Taylor	5,647
Majority
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

1923 General Election: Derbyshire South ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Henry Dubs Lorimer	12,902	38.5	-4.1
	Labour	Alfred Goodere	10,919	32.7	+3.1
	Liberal	Gilbert Stone	9,620	28.8	+1.0
Majority				5.8	-7.2
Turnout				75.7	-4.1
	Unionist hold		Swing	-3.6

Elections in the 1910s

Herbert Raphael

General Election December 1910 South Derbyshire^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Henry Raphael	7,744	51.2	-1.3
	Liberal Unionist	John Bertram Marsden-Smedley	7,373	48.8	+1.3
Majority			371	2.4	-2.6
Turnout				87.0	-3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.3

General Election January 1910 South Derbyshire^[19] Electorate 17,368
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Henry Raphael	8,259	52.5	-2.7
	Conservative	John Bertram Marsden-Smedley	7,473	47.5	+2.7
Majority			786	5.0	-5.4
Turnout				90.6	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906 South Derbyshire^[19] Electorate 16,326
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Herbert Henry Raphael	7,961	55.2
	Conservative	John Gretton	6,468	44.8
Majority			1,493	10.4
Turnout				88.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A county 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.
↑ Boulton and Chellaston wards were transferred to Derby South, and Mickleover ward, herein from 1983 to 1997, was transferred from Derby South to Derby North.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
1 2 3 4 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/derbyshire-south-2015.html
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/derbyshire-south-2015.html
↑ Marianne Bamkin, Wikimedia Commons, retrieved 10 April 2015
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
1 2 3 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

Conservative (32)	Amber Valley Boston and Skegness Bosworth Broxtowe Charnwood Corby Daventry Derby North Derbyshire Dales Erewash Gainsborough Grantham and Stamford Harborough High Peak Kettering Lincoln Loughborough Louth and Horncastle Mid Derbyshire Newark Northampton North Northampton South North West Leicestershire Rushcliffe Rutland and Melton Sherwood Sleaford and North Hykeham South Derbyshire South Holland and The Deepings South Leicestershire South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

Labour (14)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Derby South Gedling Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Mansfield North East Derbyshire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South

East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 52°48′N 1°33′W / 52.80°N 1.55°W / 52.80; -1.55

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