Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Derbyshire
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	66,855 (2015 Election)[1]
Major settlements	Belper, Borrowash, Duffield, West Hallam; in Derby: Allestree, Oakwood and Spondon
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Pauline Latham OBE (Conservative Party)
Created from	Amber Valley
1885–1918
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	Belper
Created from	South Derbyshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Mid Derbyshire is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Pauline Latham, a Conservative.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

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

The constituency is made up of the following electoral wards:

Belper Central; Belper East; Belper North; Belper South; Duffield, part of the borough of Amber Valley
Allestree, Oakwood and Spondon, part of the City of Derby
Little Eaton and Breadsall; Ockbrook and Borrowash; Stanley; West Hallam and Dale Abbey, part of the borough of Erewash

Members of Parliament

MPs 1885–1918

	Member^[2]	Party
1885	Sir James Alfred Jacoby	Liberal
1909	John Hancock	Labour
1915	John Hancock	Liberal
1918	constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	2010	Pauline Latham	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2017: Mid Derbyshire ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pauline Latham	29,513	58.6	+6.4
	Labour	Alison Martin	17,897	35.5	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Wain	1,793	3.6	−1.2
	Green	Sue MacFarlane	1,168	2.3	−1.7
Majority			11,616	23.0	−3.8
Turnout			50,461 ^[4]	74.6	+4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.35

General Election 2015: Mid Derbyshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Pauline Latham	24,908	52.2	+3.9
	Labour	Nicola Heaton	12,134	25.4	+1.0
	UKIP	Martin Fitzpatrick	6,497	13.6	+11
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Jones^[6]	2,292	4.8	-15.7
	Green	Sue MacFarlane^[7]	1,898	4.0	+4.0
Majority			12,774	26.8	+2.9
Turnout			47,729	70.6	-0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.45

General Election 2010: Mid Derbyshire^[8]
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 Allsebrook	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	+5.65

Elections in the 1910s

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: John Hancock
Unionist:

General Election December 1910: Mid Derbyshire^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hancock	6,557	60.5	-3.4
	Conservative	David Rhys	4,287	39.5	+3.4
Majority			2,270	21.0	-6.8
Turnout				79.4	-7.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.4

General Election January 1910: Mid Derbyshire^[9]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Hancock	7,557	63.9	+3.4
	Conservative	Francis Francis	4,268	36.1	-3.4
Majority			3,289	27.8	+6.8
Turnout				86.6	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1900s

Mid Derbyshire by-election, 1909^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Lib-Lab	John Hancock	6,735	60.5	−6.5
	Conservative	Samuel Cresswell	4,392	39.5	+6.5
Majority			2,343	21.0	−13.0
Turnout			11,127	84.0	+1.4
Registered electors			13,244
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	+6.5

Hancock, who was sponsored by the Derbyshire Miners Association was chosen by the local Liberal Association as their candidate. During the campaign he agreed that he would sign the Labour Party constitution, so some records describe him as the Labour party candidate.

Jacoby

General Election 1906: Mid Derbyshire^[9]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Alfred Jacoby	7,065	67.0	+10.5
	Conservative	Samuel Cresswell	3,475	33.0	-10.5
Majority			3,590	34.0	+21.0
Turnout			10,540	82.6	-0.4
Registered electors			12,757
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.5

General Election 1900: Mid Derbyshire^[9]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Alfred Jacoby	5,323	56.5	+3.4
	Conservative	Henry St John Digby Raikes	4,094	43.5	−3.4
Majority			1,229	13.0	+6.8
Turnout			9,417	83.0	-5.5
Registered electors			11,347
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1890s