Derby South (UK Parliament constituency)
Derby South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Derby South in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election. | |
Location of Derbyshire within England. | |
County | Derbyshire |
Electorate | 72,048 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1950 |
Member of parliament | Margaret Beckett (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Derby |
Overlaps | |
European Parliament constituency | East Midlands |
Derby South /ˈdɑːrbi saʊθ/ is a constituency [n 1] formed of half of the city of Derby represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1983 by Margaret Beckett of the Labour Party.[n 2]
Boundaries
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1950-1955: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Castle, Dale, Litchurch, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree.
1955-1974: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Castle, Dale, Litchurch, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree, and the civil parish of Littleover in the Rural District of Shardlow.
1974-1983: The County Borough of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Babington, Chellaston, Litchurch, Littleover, Normanton, Osmaston, and Peartree.
1983-1997: The City of Derby wards of Alvaston, Babington, Blagreaves, Kingsway, Litchurch, Littleover, Normanton, Osmaston, and Sinfin.
1997-2010: The City of Derby wards of Alvaston, Babington, Blagreaves, Kingsway, Litchurch, Littleover, Mickleover, Normanton, Osmaston, and Sinfin.
2010-present: The City of Derby wards of Alvaston, Arboretum, Blagreaves, Boulton, Chellaston, Normanton, and Sinfin.
Derby city centre has been in this constituency since 1974; from 1950 it had been in Derby North. The proposals made by the boundary commission in 2016 for new constituencies would see the wards Aston, Chaddesden, Spondon and Oakwood move into the seat while the wards Arboretum, Normanton and Blagreaves would move to the seat of Derby North.[2] This would notionally make the seat a Conservative seat.[3]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1950 | Philip Noel-Baker | Labour | |
1970 | Walter Johnson | Labour | |
1983 | Margaret Beckett | Labour |
Constituency profile
The constituency takes in Derby city centre including much of its varied income inner-city, a narrow majority of which used to be local council-built however which is offset by conservation areas including beside Derby Cathedral and Derby Catacombs. The remainder of the seat is generally more affluent suburbs, and much of the engineering industry traditionally associated with the city.
History
The constituency was created in 1950, when the former two-seat constituency of Derby was split into two single-member seats. Unlike the Derby North seat, this seat has to date been a Labour Party seat.
A notable former MP for the seat was its first incumbent, Philip Noel-Baker of the Labour Party. He served as a Cabinet minister in the post-war Attlee government, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 for his campaigning for disarmament. He had previously represented the former two-seat constituency of Derby since a by-election in 1936.
The former Cabinet minister Margaret Beckett, who had represented Lincoln (under her maiden name of Margaret Jackson) from 1974 to 1979, has represented Derby South for the Labour Party since 1983. At that election Beckett won the seat with the smallest majority seen of just 421 over the Conservative Party, since which she has achieved only larger majorities than this. The most recent result shows a marginally larger percentage majority in 2010, bucking a national trend, suggesting the seat is a relatively safe seat for the Labour Party.
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 20,007 | 49.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Evonne Williams[7] | 11,179 | 27.4 | -1.1 | |
UKIP | Victor Webb | 6,341 | 15.5 | +11.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Joe Naitta[8] | 1,717 | 4.2 | -16.3 | |
Green | David Foster[9] | 1,208 | 3.0 | +3 | |
TUSC | Chris Fernandez[10] | 225 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
British Independents | David Gale[11][12] | 143 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 8,828 | 21.6 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,820 | 58.1 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 17,851 | 43.3 | -9.8 | |
Conservative | Jack Perscke | 11,729 | 28.5 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Batey | 8,430 | 20.5 | -3.7 | |
UKIP | Stephen Fowke | 1,821 | 4.4 | +3 | |
Independent | Alan Graves | 1,357 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 6,122 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,188 | 58 | -6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -9.25 | |||
The vote share changes on 2005 and the turnout figures were notional based on boundary changes.
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 19,683 | 45.4 | −11.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Lucy Care | 14,026 | 32.3 | +13.0 | |
Conservative | David Brackenbury | 8,211 | 18.9 | −5.4 | |
UKIP | David Black | 845 | 1.9 | N/A | |
Veritas | Frank Leeming | 608 | 1.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,657 | 13.0 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 43,373 | 61.6 | +5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 24,310 | 56.4 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Simon Spencer | 10,455 | 24.3 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Anders Hanson | 8,310 | 19.3 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 13,855 | 32.1 | 1.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,075 | 55.9 | −12.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 29,154 | 56.3 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Javed Arain | 13,048 | 25.2 | −12.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jeremy Beckett | 7,438 | 14.4 | +4.0 | |
Referendum | John K. Browne | 1,862 | 3.6 | N/A | |
National Democrats | Rob Evans | 317 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 16,106 | 31.1 | +17.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,819 | 67.8 | −7.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 25,917 | 51.7 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | Nicholas P. Brown | 18,981 | 37.9 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Simon J. Hartropp | 5,198 | 10.4 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 6,936 | 13.6 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 50,096 | 75.5 | +5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 21,003 | 43.7 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Francis Leighton | 19,487 | 40.5 | +2.1 | |
Social Democratic | Nora Patricia Mellor | 7,608 | 15.8 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 1,516 | 3.2 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 48,098 | 69.9 | +2.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Margaret Beckett | 18,169 | 39.3 | −10.7 | |
Conservative | G.W. Hales | 17,748 | 38.4 | −0.3 | |
Social Democratic | I.W. Smith | 9,976 | 21.6 | +11.9 | |
Ecology | E. Wall | 297 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 421 | 0.9 | −10.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,190 | 67.4 | −4.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Walter H. Johnson | 26,945 | 50.0 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Michael Charles Stern | 20,853 | 38.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | J.D. Somerset Sullivan | 5,196 | 9.7 | −4.9 | |
National Front | L.A. Verity | 587 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | W.A. Biggs | 146 | 0.3 | N/A | |
United English National | J. Short | 122 | 0.2 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 6,092 | 11.3 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 53,849 | 71.4 | +1.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Walter H. Johnson | 26,342 | 51.0 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | A.J. Bussell | 17,010 | 32.9 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | R. Palmer | 7,520 | 14.6 | −3.4 | |
United English National | A.S. Ashby | 793 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,332 | 18.1 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,665 | 69.5 | +6.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Walter H. Johnson | 26,613 | 47.4 | −7.0 | |
Conservative | R.S.W. Clements | 19,470 | 34.6 | −11.0 | |
Liberal | J. Mills | 10,121 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,143 | 12.7 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,204 | 76.2 | +8.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Walter H. Johnson | 19,407 | 54.4 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | R. Greene | 16,258 | 45.6 | +13.8 | |
Majority | 3,149 | 8.8 | −16.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,665 | 67.3 | −5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Philip J. Noel-Baker | 21,433 | 57.6 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | M.C.G. Fidler | 11,857 | 31.8 | −10.5 | |
Liberal | A.L. Smart | 3,966 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,576 | 25.7 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,256 | 72.6 | −5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Philip J. Noel-Baker | 22,432 | 57.7 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | T.M. Wray | 16,420 | 42.3 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 6,012 | 15.5 | +7.5 | ||
Turnout | 38,852 | 74.8 | −4.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Philip J. Noel-Baker | 20,776 | 48.5 | −5.1 | |
Conservative | T.M. Wray | 17,345 | 40.5 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | A. Leslie Smart | 4,746 | 11.1 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 3,431 | 8.0 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,867 | 79.2 | +0.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Philip J. Noel-Baker | 23,081 | 53.6 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Marcus Kimball | 16,572 | 38.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | A. Leslie Smart | 3,408 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,509 | 15.1 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 43,061 | 78.8 | −5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Philip J. Noel-Baker | 27,333 | 62.6 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes | 16,344 | 37.4 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 10,989 | 25.1 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 43,677 | 84.5 | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Philip J. Noel-Baker | 26,886 | 60.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Cecil Dudley Grimes | 13,926 | 31.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Lyndon Irving | 3,900 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,960 | 29.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 44,712 | 87.1 | N/A | ||
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- ↑ A borough 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.
- References
- ↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ "Revealed: How major constituency changes in Derbyshire affect you". Derby Telegraph. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Wella, Anthony. "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Derby South parliamentary constituency BBC
- ↑ https://www.conservatives.com/OurTeam/Prospective_Parliamentary_Candidates/Williams_Evonne.aspx/
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/parliamentary_candidates_detail.aspx?name=Joe_Naitta&pPK=a1234a2e-7ec3-496d-9487-8675fd8d7285/
- ↑ http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/General-Election-Green-Party-announces-contest/story-26185912-detail/story.html
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/David-Gale-stand-British-Independents-Derby-South/story-26304621-detail/story.html
- ↑ http://www.britishindependents.org/index.php/candidates/item/17-a-message-from-david-gale
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- 1 2 "British Parliamentary Election results 1997–:English Boroughs part 1". David Boothroyd. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 "Election history". London: The Guardian newspaper. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 "United Kingdom Parliamentary Election results 1983–97: English Boroughs part 1". David Boothroyd. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "UK General Election results May 1979". Richard Kimber. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
- ↑ "UK General Election results: October 1974". Richard Kimber. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
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- ↑ "UK General Election results: March 1966". Richard Kimber. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
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- ↑ "UK General Election results: February 1950". Richard Kimber. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Monklands East |
Constituency represented by the Leader of the Opposition 1994 |
Succeeded by Sedgefield |
Coordinates: 52°54′N 1°27′W / 52.90°N 1.45°W