Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chesterfield Borough constituency
Chesterfield shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Paul Holmes
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Derbyshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal seat between the Liberal Democrats and Labour.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 Sources 6 See also

[edit] Boundaries

It includes most of the town of Chesterfield and neighbours the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire constituencies.

[edit] History

The constituency was long a Labour stronghold, but following Tony Benn stepping down, surprised many when it became the Liberal Democrats' first seat in the East Midlands.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1885	Alfred Barnes	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892	Thomas Bayley	Liberal
	1906	James Haslam	Lib-Lab
	1910		Labour
	1913	Barnet Kenyon	Lib-Lab
	1914		Labour
	1929	George Benson	Labour
	1931	R J E Conant	Conservative
	1935	George Benson	Labour
	1964	Eric Varley	Labour
	1984	Tony Benn	Labour
	2001	Paul Holmes	Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Holmes	20,875	47.3	-0.5
	Labour	Simon Rich	17,830	40.4	-1.6
	Conservative	Mark Kreling	3,605	8.2	+0.1
	UK Independence	Christopher Brady	997	2.3	N/A
	English Democrats	Ian Jerram	814	1.8	N/A
Majority			3,045	6.9
Turnout			44,121	59.6	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.6

General Election 2001: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Holmes	21,249	47.8	+8.3
	Labour	Reg Race	18,663	42.0	-8.8
	Conservative	Simon Hitchcock	3,613	8.1	-1.1
	Socialist Alliance	Jeannie Robinson	437	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Bill Harrison	295	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Rawson	184	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,586	5.8
Turnout			44,441	60.7	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+8.6

General Election 1997: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	26,105	50.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Rogers	20,330	39.6
	Conservative	Martin Potter	4,752	9.2
	Independent Old Age Pensioner	N. Scarth	202	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,775
Turnout				78.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	26,461	47.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Rogers	20,047	35.8
	Conservative	Peter Lewis	9,473	16.9
Majority			6,414
Turnout				78.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	24,532	44.9
	Liberal	Tony Rogers	15,955	29.6
	Conservative	R. P. Grant	13,472	25.0
Majority			8,577	15.9
Turnout				76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

• Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
• http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire
Conservative	Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat	Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1)