South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Derbyshire
County constituency

South Derbyshire shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England
Created: 1832, 1983
MP: Mark Todd
Party: Labour
Type: House of Commons
County: Derbyshire
EP constituency: East Midlands

South 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 system of election.

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South Derbyshire constituency covers parts of Derbyshire to the south of the city of Derby. When it was created, the largest part of the new constituency came from the former Belper constituency (not including the eponymous town of Belper), with smaller parts from Derby South, South East Derbyshire, and Derby North.

When initially created the constituency was made up of the District of South Derbyshire, with three wards from the City of Derby (Boulton, Chellaston and Mickleover). In a Boundary Commission report issued in 1995 that came into effect at the 1997 general election, the Mickleover ward was removed to Derby South.

Once held by the voluble Edwina Currie until she lost the seat in Labour's landslide of 1997, it is a marginal consisting of semi-rural villages, including Repton (with its famous public school), that are Tory-voting, plus industrial towns such as Swadlincote that support Labour.

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This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

  • Constituency created (1832)
Year First member First party Second member Second party
1832 Hon. George John Venables-Vernon The Lord Waterpark
1835 Sir George Harpur Crewe Sir Roger Gresley
1837 Francis Hurt
1841 Edward Miller Mundy Charles Robert Colvile
1849 William Mundy
1857 Thomas William Evans
1859 William Mundy
1865 Charles Robert Colvile
1868 Rowland Smith Sir Thomas Gresley
1869 Sir Henry Sacheverell Wilmot
1874 Thomas William Evans
  • Constituency reduced in parliament (1885)

Election Member Party
1885 Henry Wardle
1892 Harrington Evans Broad
1895 John Gretton Conservative
1906 Sir Herbert Henry Raphael Liberal
1918 Henry Holman Gregory Coalition Liberal
1922 Henry Dubs Lorimer Conservative
1924 Sir James Augustus Grant Conservative
1929 David Graham Pole Labour
1931 Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans Conservative
1945 Arthur Joseph Champion Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election Member Party
1983 constituency recreated
1983 Edwina Currie Conservative
1997 Mark Todd Labour

General Election 2005: South Derbyshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Todd 24,823 44.5 −6.2
Conservative Simon Spencer 20,328 36.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrat Deborah Newton-Cook 7,600 13.6 +3.5
British National Party David Joines 1,797 3.2 N/A
Veritas Edward Spalton 1,272 2.3 N/A
Majority 4,495 8.1
Turnout 55,820 65.6 +1.6
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: South Derbyshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Todd 26,338 50.7 -3.8
Conservative James Hakewill 18,487 35.6 +4.3
Liberal Democrat Russell Eagling 5,233 10.1 +1.1
UK Independence John Blunt 1,074 2.1 +1.1
Socialist Labour Paul Liversuch 564 1.1
Independent James Taylor 249 0.5
Majority 7,851 15.1
Turnout 51,945 64.1 -14.1
Labour hold Swing

General Election 1997: South Derbyshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Todd 32,709 54.5 +10.5
Conservative Edwina Currie 18,742 31.3 -15.9
Liberal Democrat R. C. Renold 5,408 9.0 +0.7
Referendum Party R. A. E. North 2,491 4.2 N/A
UK Independence I. E. Crompton 617 1.0 N/A
Majority 13,967 23.2
Turnout 78.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1992: South Derbyshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwina Currie 34,266 48.7
Labour Mark Todd 29,608 42.1
Liberal Democrat D. Brass 6,236 8.9
Natural Law T. Mercer 291 0.4 N/A
Majority 4,658 6.6
Turnout 85.5
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1987: South Derbyshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwina Currie 31,927 49.1
Labour J. D. Whitby 21,616 33.2
Social Democrat J. Edgar 11,509 17.7
Majority 10,311 15.9
Turnout 81.3
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983: South Derbyshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwina Currie 25,909 43.8 N/A
Labour P. Kent 17,296 29.2 N/A
Social Democrat Roderick MacFarquhar 15,959 27.0 N/A
Majority 8,613 14.6 N/A
Turnout 78.5 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

General Election 1945: South Derbyshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Champion 47,586 57.7
Conservative Paul Emrys-Evans 24,636 29.9
Liberal N. Heathcote 10,255 12.4
Majority 22,950 27.8 N/A
Turnout 82,477 N/A
Labour gain from Conservative Swing N/A


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Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour Amber Valley · Ashfield · Bassetlaw · Bolsover · Broxtowe · Corby · Derby North · Derby South · Erewash · Gedling · Grantham and Stamford · High Peak · Leicester East · Leicester South · Leicester West · Lincoln · Loughborough · Mansfield · Northampton North · North East Derbyshire · North West Leicestershire · Nottingham East · Nottingham North · Nottingham South · Sherwood · South Derbyshire
Conservative Blaby · Boston and Skegness · Bosworth · Charnwood · Daventry · Gainsborough · Harborough · Kettering · Louth and Horncastle · Newark · Northampton South · Rushcliffe · Rutland and Melton · Sleaford and North Hykeham · South Holland and The Deepings · Wellingborough · West Derbyshire
Liberal Democrat Chesterfield
East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) · UKIP (2) · Labour (1) · Liberal Democrats (1)


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