Bolsover (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bolsover County constituency

Bolsover shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Dennis Skinner
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Derbyshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Bolsover is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1950 from parts of North-Eastern Derbyshire and Clay Cross constituencies. It is a Labour Party stronghold.

1 Boundaries
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

When the constituency was first formed it comprised the Urban District of Bolsover and the Rural Districts of Blackwell and Clowne. Bolsover and Clowne had both previously been included in the North-Eastern Division of Derbyshire, while Blackwell had formed part of the Clay Cross Division.
In 1974 the Local Government District of Bolsover was formed with identical boundaries to the constituency.
These boundaries remained unchanged until 1983 when the Morton, Pilsley, Shirland and Sutton wards of the District of North East Derbyshire were transferred from the North East Derbyshire Constituency.

[edit] History

Largely a former mining area, the constituency is a safe Labour seat.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1950 – 1970: Harold Neal, Labour
1970 – present: Dennis Skinner, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	25,217	65.2	-3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Hawksworth	6,780	17.5	+5.6
	Conservative	Hasan Imam	6,702	17.3	-2.2
Majority			18,437	47.6
Turnout			38,699	57.3	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

General Election 2001: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	26,249	68.6	-5.4
	Conservative	Simon Massey	7,472	19.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Marie Bradley	4,550	11.9	+2.6
Majority			18,777	49.1
Turnout			38,271	56.5	-14.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	35,073	74.0
	Conservative	R. Harwood	7,924	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Cox	4,417	9.3
Majority			27,149
Turnout				71.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	33,973	64.5
	Conservative	Timothy James	13,313	25.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Barber	5,363	10.2
Majority			20,660
Turnout				78.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

Constituencies in the East Midlands
Labour	Amber Valley \| Ashfield \| Bassetlaw \| Bolsover \| Broxtowe \| Corby \| Derby North \| Derby South \| Erewash \| Gedling \| 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 \| Grantham and Stamford \| 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)