Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards
South Derbyshire is a constituency [ n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Samantha Niblett of the Labour Party .[ n 2]
Boundaries
Historic
The constituency was originally created after the Reform Act in 1832 when Derbyshire was divided into North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire.
Boundaries of South Derbyshire from 1997 to 2010
1832–1868 : The Hundreds of Appletree, Morleston and Litchurch, and Repton and Gresley, and so much of the Wapentake of Wirksworth as was not comprised in the Bakewell Division.[ 2]
1868–1885 : The Hundreds of Repton and Gresley, Morleston and Litchurch, and Appletree.[ 3]
1885–1918 : The Municipal Borough of Derby, the Sessional Divisions of Repton and Swadlincote, and parts of the Sessional Divisions of Ashbourne and Derby.
1918–1950 : The Urban Districts of Alvaston and Boulton, Long Eaton, and Swadlincote, the Rural Districts of Hartshorne and Seals, and Shardlow, and part of the Rural District of Repton.
1983–1997 : The District of South Derbyshire, and the City of Derby wards of Boulton, Chellaston, and Mickleover.
The present constituency was created in 1983 from parts of the seats of Derby North , Derby South , Belper , and South East Derbyshire .
1997–2010 : The District of South Derbyshire, and the City of Derby wards of Boulton and Chellaston.
Mickleover ward was transferred to Derby South.
2010–2024 : The District of South Derbyshire.
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]
Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , which came into effect for the 2024 general election , the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
The District of South Derbyshire wards of Aston; Church Gresley; Etwall; Linton; Melbourne; Midway; Newhall and Stanton; Repton; Seales; Stenson; Swadlincote; Willington and Findern; Woodville.[ 4]
This comprises the whole of South Derbyshire District, excluding the wards of Hatton and Hilton, which were transferred to Derbyshire Dales .
The South Derbyshire constituency covers Derbyshire to the south of the city of Derby , forming a tapering salient surrounded by Staffordshire and Leicestershire .
Constituency profile
This 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.[ 5]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1832–1885
Derbyshire prior to 1832
MPs 1885–1950
MPs since 1983
Derby North , Derby South , Belper and South East Derbyshire prior to 1983
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
Elections in the 1980s
Election in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1910s
Herbert Raphael
Elections in the 1900s
Raphael
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1860s
Caused by Gresley's death.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1830s
See also
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
^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands" . Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 3 July 2024 .
^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales" . London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 154–206. Retrieved 27 July 2017 .
^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF) . Retrieved 27 July 2017 .
^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023" . Schedule 1 Part 1 East Midlands.
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ a b c d Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 58 . ISBN 0-900178-13-2 .
^ Jones, M. G. M.; Vibart, H. M. (23 September 2004) [2005]. "Colvile, Sir Henry Edward (1852–1907)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/32513 . Retrieved 31 July 2018 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Carlisle Patriot" . 23 July 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "Cambridge Chronicle and Journal" . 16 July 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "South Derbyshire - General election results 2024" . BBC News .
^ "I'm a mother, activist, and campaigner fighting to harness technology in building a fairer future. With your support, I want to kick the Tories out of South Derbyshire and be our next Labour MP" . samanthaniblett.uk .
^ "South Derbyshire Constituency" . Reform UK . Retrieved 23 May 2024 .
^ "Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidates" . Mark Pack . Retrieved 12 April 2024 .
^ "Our candidates" . Green Party of England and Wales. Retrieved 5 June 2024 .
^ "Derbyshire South Parliamentary constituency" . BBC News . BBC. Retrieved 22 November 2019 .
^ a b c d "Here's all the candidates in Derbyshire for the General Election" . Derbyshire Live . 8 June 2017 – via www.derbytelegraph.co.uk.
^ "Election Data 2015" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015 .
^ a b "UK ELECTION RESULTS: DERBYSHIRE SOUTH 2015" .
^ Marianne Bamkin , Wikimedia Commons, retrieved 10 April 2015
^ "Election Data 2010" . Electoral Calculus . Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. 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 6 December 2010 .
^ "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
^ a b c d F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1922
^ a b c d e f g h i British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ "To the electors of the Southern Division of Derbyshire" . Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal . 2 July 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "The Representation of Derbyshire" . Derby Mercury . 2 December 1885. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
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