Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Derby North Borough constituency |
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| Derby North shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Robert Laxton |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Derbyshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Derby North is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is currently a Labour-Conservative marginal seat.
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[edit] Boundaries
Derby North constituency roughly covers the northern part of the city of Derby. It was a Labour seat for nearly fifty years until the Conservatives gained it in their landslide victory in 1983. They held it for fourteen years until Labour regained the seat in their landslide year in 1997, 2001 and more recently in 2005 against a strong Conservative challenge.
In January 2007 the constituency boundaries changed significantly and this alters the political balance offering all three main parties a realistic opportunity of successfully returning an Member of Parliament.
Wards in the new Derby North Constituency are;
Abbey, Chaddesden, Darley, Derwent, Littleover, Mackworth and Mickleover.
Based on 2007 local election results, Derby North vote share is currently as follows:-
Liberal Democrat 36.63% Conservative 30.15% Labour 29.97% Others 3.25%
The Conservatives have selected Stephen Mold as their candidate
The Liberal Democrats have selected local councillor Lucy Care as their candidate
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1950 | Clifford Wilcock | Labour | |
| 1962 | Niall MacDermot | Labour | |
| 1970 | Phillip Whitehead | Labour | |
| 1983 | Greg Knight | Conservative | |
| 1997 | Robert Laxton | Labour | |
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Derby North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Robert Laxton | 19,272 | 44.0 | −6.9 | |
| Conservative | Richard Aitken-Davies | 15,515 | 35.4 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Beckett | 7,209 | 16.5 | +2.4 | |
| Veritas | Martin Bardoe | 958 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| UK Independence | Michelle Medgyesy | 864 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,757 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 43,818 | 64.3 | +6.5 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Derby North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Robert Laxton | 22,415 | 50.9 | -2.3 | |
| Conservative | Barry Holden | 15,433 | 35.0 | +0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Charlesworth | 6,206 | 14.1 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 6,982 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,054 | 57.8 | -16.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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