Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Derbyshire
County constituency
for the House of Commons

Boundary of Mid Derbyshire in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election.

Location of Derbyshire within England.
County Derbyshire
Electorate 66,572 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created 2010 (2010)
Member of Parliament Pauline Latham OBE (Conservative)
1885 (1885)1918 (1918)
Type of constituency County constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency East Midlands

Mid Derbyshire 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 voting system.

Contents

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a Mid Derbyshire seat. Neighbouring seats have had consequential boundary changes, with Erewash and Amber Valley two of the most affected.

The electoral wards used in the new constituency are:

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

Election Member [1] Party
1885 Sir James Alfred Jacoby Liberal
1909 John George Hancock Labour
1915 Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Election Member [1] Party
2010 Pauline Latham Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Mid Derbyshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pauline Latham 22,877 48.3 +1.1
Labour Hardyal Dhindsa 11,585 24.5 −10.2
Liberal Democrat Sally McIntosh 9,711 20.5 +4.5
BNP Lewis Allesbrook 1,698 3.6 N/A
UKIP Anthony Kay 1,252 2.6 +0.5
Monster Raving Loony R.U.Seerius 219 0.5 N/A
Majority 11,292 23.9 +11.4
Turnout 47,342 71.4 +4.9
Conservative hold Swing +5.7

See also

Notes and references