Derby North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950 onwards From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Derby North (/ˈdɑːrbi/) is a constituency[n 1] formed of part of the city of Derby, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Catherine Atkinson from the Labour Party. It was previously held by Amanda Solloway, a Conservative.[n 2]
Derby North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 71,867 (2023)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of Parliament | Catherine Atkinson (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Derby |
Between 1983 and 2005, the seat was a bellwether; in 2010 and 2017, the seat leaned more to the political left than the overall result. The seat was, relative to others, a marginal seat from 2001, as well as a swing seat, as its winner's majority had not exceeded 8.6% of the vote since the 15.9% majority won at that year's general election. The seat had changed hands twice since then. In the 2024 general election, that changed, with Atkinson winning with a majority of 21.4%.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Derby wards of Abbey, Babington, Becket, Bridge, Derwent, Friar Gate, King's Mead, and Rowditch.
1955–1974: The County Borough of Derby wards of Abbey, Babington, Becket, Bridge, Derwent, Friar Gate, King's Mead, and Rowditch, and the parish of Chaddesden in the Rural District of Shardlow.
1974–1983: The County Borough of Derby wards of Abbey, Allestree, Breadsall, Chaddesden, Darley, Derwent, Friar Gate, Mickleover, and Spondon.
1983–2010: The City of Derby wards of Abbey, Allestree, Breadsall, Chaddesden, Darley, Derwent, Mackworth, and Spondon.
2010–2023: The City of Derby wards of Abbey, Chaddesden, Darley, Derwent, Littleover, Mackworth, and Mickleover.
Boundary changes before the 2010 general election resulted in significant changes – removing three wards (Allestree, Spondon and Oakwood) to the newly created Mid Derbyshire seat. In their place, Littleover and Mickleover wards moved in from Derby South.
Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2023[2][3], the constituency now comprises the following wards of the City of Derby:
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency (based on the ward structure which existed on 1 December 2020) is unchanged.[5]
Derby prior to 1950
The constituency covers a largely residential area immediately north of Derby city centre, including some of the city's most affluent suburbs, as well as some of its council housing, though much of this is now in private ownership because of Right to Buy. Unemployment is below the national average. Average incomes are above the national average.[8]
A seat contested relatively closely between the two largest parties since 1950, Derby North was held consecutively by the Labour Party's Clifford Wilcock, Niall MacDermot, and Phillip Whitehead.[n 3] At the 1979 general election, it was covered by the BBC as the bellwether seat as the 41st of 41 seats that the Conservative Party needed to win; that year it stayed under control of Labour, but the Conservatives won the election regardless. Its exit poll was a central point of discussion of the BBC's election night coverage.[9]
The Conservative Greg Knight gained the seat in 1983, and held it until 1997.[n 4]
Labour's Bob Laxton defeated Knight in 1997 and held the seat until retiring in 2010, when the seat was retained for Labour by Chris Williamson. In 2015, Amanda Solloway, a Conservative; gained the seat with a swing of 0.8%. The 2015 result gave the seat the second-most marginal majority (measured by percentage) of the Conservative Party's 331 seats.[10] Williamson regained the seat in 2017. He was subsequently suspended from the Labour Party, and was blocked in November 2019 from running as a Labour candidate at the following election;[11] he resigned from the party and stated his intention to run as an independent, but came sixth out of the six candidates as Solloway was returned.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Catherine Atkinson | 18,619 | 45.5 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Amanda Solloway | 9,704 | 23.7 | −21.5 | |
Reform UK | Tim Prosser | 7,488 | 18.3 | +14.2 | |
Green | Helen Hitchcock | 3,286 | 8.0 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Sweeney | 1,822 | 4.5 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 8,915 | 21.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,919 | 57.2 | −7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 71,900 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Solloway | 21,259 | 45.2 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Tony Tinley | 18,719 | 39.8 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Greg Webb | 3,450 | 7.3 | +2.7 | |
Brexit Party | Alan Graves | 1,908 | 4.1 | New | |
Green | Helen Hitchcock | 1,046 | 2.2 | New | |
Independent | Chris Williamson | 635 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,540 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 47,017 | 64.2 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Williamson | 23,622 | 48.5 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Amanda Solloway | 21,607 | 44.4 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care[15] | 2,262 | 4.6 | −4.0 | |
UKIP | Bill Piper[16] | 1,181 | 2.4 | −12.2 | |
Majority | 2,015 | 4.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48,672 | 69.1 | 0.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Amanda Solloway[18] | 16,402 | 36.66 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Chris Williamson | 16,361 | 36.57 | +3.6 | |
UKIP | Tilly Ward[19] | 6,532 | 14.6 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care | 3,832 | 8.6 | −19.4 | |
Green | Alice Mason-Power[20] | 1,618 | 3.6 | New | |
Majority | 41 | 0.09 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,745 | 69.1 | +6.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Williamson | 14,896 | 33.0 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Mold | 14,283 | 31.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Care | 12,638 | 28.0 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Pete Cheeseman | 2,000 | 4.4 | New | |
UKIP | Elizabeth Ransome[23] | 829 | 1.8 | −0.2 | |
Independent | David Gale | 264 | 0.6 | New | |
Pirate | David Geraghty[24] | 170 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 613 | 1.4 | −13.2 | ||
Turnout | 45,080 | 63.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.4 |
Boundary changes occurred in 2010, so percentage changes are based on notional results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Laxton | 19,272 | 44.0 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Aitken-Davies | 15,515 | 35.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Beckett | 7,209 | 16.5 | +2.4 | |
Veritas | Martin Bardoe | 958 | 2.2 | New | |
UKIP | Michelle Medgyesy | 864 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 3,757 | 8.6 | −7.3 | ||
Turnout | 43,818 | 64.3 | +6.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Laxton | 22,415 | 50.9 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Barry Holden | 15,433 | 35.0 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Charlesworth | 6,206 | 14.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 6,982 | 15.9 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 44,054 | 57.8 | −16.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Laxton | 29,844 | 53.2 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 19,229 | 34.3 | −14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Charlesworth | 5,059 | 9.0 | −0.6 | |
Referendum | Paul Reynolds | 1,816 | 3.2 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Jane H.M. Waters | 195 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 10,615 | 18.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,143 | 73.8 | −6.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +13.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 28,574 | 48.4 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Bob Laxton | 24,121 | 40.9 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Charlesworth | 5,638 | 9.6 | −3.8 | |
Green | Eric Wall | 383 | 0.7 | +0.2 | |
National Front | Peter Hart | 245 | 0.4 | New | |
Natural Law | N. Onley | 58 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,453 | 7.5 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 59,019 | 80.7 | +4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 26,561 | 48.9 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 20,236 | 37.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Stephen Connolly | 7,268 | 13.4 | −6.1 | |
Green | Eric Wall | 291 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 6,325 | 11.7 | +4.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,356 | 75.8 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gregory Knight | 22,303 | 43.7 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 18,797 | 36.8 | −8.1 | |
Liberal | Stephen Connolly | 9,924 | 19.5 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 3,506 | 6.9 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,024 | 72.5 | −4.3 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +3.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 28,797 | 44.9 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | R.N. Kemm | 28,583 | 44.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | R.F. Whitehouse | 6,093 | 9.5 | −8.0 | |
National Front | C. Bayliss | 592 | 0.9 | New | |
United English National | S.P. Gibson | 116 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 214 | 0.4 | −6.5 | ||
Turnout | 64,181 | 76.8 | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 26,960 | 44.5 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | D.J. Penfold | 22,767 | 37.6 | −0.6 | |
Liberal | M.D. Peel | 10,595 | 17.5 | −4.1 | |
More Prosperous Britain | H. Smith | 242 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 4,193 | 6.9 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 60,564 | 73.2 | −5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 26,029 | 40.2 | −14.5 | |
Conservative | D.J. Penfold | 24,736 | 38.2 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | M.D. Peel | 13,995 | 21.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,293 | 2.0 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 64,760 | 79.1 | +6.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 20,114 | 54.7 | −7.1 | |
Conservative | John W Roberts | 16,635 | 45.3 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 3,479 | 9.4 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 36,749 | 64.2 | −6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 23,033 | 61.8 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | Derek H Hene | 14,215 | 38.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 8,818 | 23.6 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,248 | 70.8 | −3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 21,386 | 52.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Derek H Hene | 13,991 | 34.6 | −12.6 | |
Liberal | Alfred Leslie Smart | 5,057 | 12.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 7,395 | 18.3 | +12.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,434 | 74.4 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niall MacDermot | 16,497 | 49.4 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | Lyndon Irving | 8,479 | 25.4 | new | |
Conservative | T.M. Wray | 7,502 | 22.5 | −24.7 | |
Independent | T. Lynch | 886 | 2.7 | new | |
Majority | 8,018 | 24.0 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,364 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Wilcock | 22,673 | 52.8 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Robin Maxwell-Hyslop | 20,266 | 47.2 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 2,407 | 5.6 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,939 | 76.7 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Wilcock | 24,162 | 55.8 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Rolla CP Rouse | 19,156 | 44.2 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 5,006 | 11.6 | −6.7 | ||
Turnout | 43,318 | 75.7 | −9.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Wilcock | 22,390 | 57.09 | ||
Conservative | Victor Echevarri Waldron | 16,828 | 42.91 | ||
Majority | 5,562 | 14.18 | |||
Turnout | 39,218 | 82.49 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clifford Wilcock | 22,410 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | V. Seely | 14,980 | 36.9 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Ivan Walters | 3,190 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | 7,430 | 18.3 | |||
Turnout | 40,580 | 85.5 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
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