Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Chesterfield Borough constituency |
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| Chesterfield shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Paul Holmes |
| Party: | Liberal Democrat |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Derbyshire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal seat between the Liberal Democrats and Labour.
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[edit] Boundaries
It includes most of the town of Chesterfield and neighbours the Bolsover and North East Derbyshire constituencies.
[edit] History
The constituency was long a Labour stronghold, but following Tony Benn stepping down, surprised many when it became the Liberal Democrats' first seat in the East Midlands.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Alfred Barnes | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1892 | Thomas Bayley | Liberal | |
| 1906 | James Haslam | Lib-Lab | |
| 1910 | Labour | ||
| 1913 | Barnet Kenyon | Lib-Lab | |
| 1914 | Labour | ||
| 1929 | George Benson | Labour | |
| 1931 | Roger Conant | Conservative | |
| 1935 | George Benson | Labour | |
| 1964 | Eric Varley | Labour | |
| 1984 | Tony Benn | Labour | |
| 2001 | Paul Holmes | Liberal Democrat | |
[edit] Election results
[edit] Elections in the 1980s
| Chesterfield by-election, 1984 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 24,633 | 46.5 | -1.6 | |
| Liberal | Max Payne | 18,369 | 34.7 | +15.1 | |
| Conservative | Nick Bourne | 8,028 | 15.2 | -17.3 | |
| Independent | Bill Maynard | 1,355 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Monster Raving Loony | David Sutch | 178 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Four-wheel drive Hatchback Road Safety | David Bentley | 116 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | John Davey | 83 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent Ecology Party | Thomas Layton | 46 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent - Freight on rails not roads | Helen Anscomb | 34 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Yoga and Meditation | Jitendra Bardwaj | 33 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Donald Butler | 24 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| The Welshman | Paul Nicholls-Jones | 22 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Elvisly Yours Elvis Presley Party | Sid Shaw | 20 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| I am not a number | Christopher Hill | 17 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Acne Party | Giancarlo Piccaro | 15 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | David Cahill | 12 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Peace | John Connell | 7 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,264 | 11.8 | −3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 52,992 | 76.9 | +4.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1987: Chesterfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 24,532 | 44.9 | ||
| Liberal | Tony Rogers | 15,955 | 29.6 | ||
| Conservative | R. P. Grant | 13,472 | 25.0 | ||
| Majority | 8,577 | 15.9 | |||
| Turnout | 76.7 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1992: Chesterfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 26,461 | 47.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Rogers | 20,047 | 35.8 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Lewis | 9,473 | 16.9 | ||
| Majority | 6,414 | ||||
| Turnout | 78.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Chesterfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Tony Benn | 26,105 | 50.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Rogers | 20,330 | 39.6 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Potter | 4,752 | 9.2 | ||
| Independent Old Age Pensioner | N. Scarth | 202 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 5,775 | ||||
| Turnout | 78.0 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2001: Chesterfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Holmes | 21,249 | 47.8 | +8.3 | |
| Labour | Reg Race | 18,663 | 42.0 | -8.8 | |
| Conservative | Simon Hitchcock | 3,613 | 8.1 | -1.1 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Jeannie Robinson | 437 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Bill Harrison | 295 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Christopher Rawson | 184 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,586 | 5.8 | |||
| Turnout | 44,441 | 60.7 | -10.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | +8.6 | |||
| General Election 2005: Chesterfield | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Holmes | 20,875 | 47.3 | -0.5 | |
| Labour | Simon Rich | 17,830 | 40.4 | -1.6 | |
| Conservative | Mark Kreling | 3,605 | 8.2 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Brady | 997 | 2.3 | N/A | |
| English Democrats | Ian Jerram | 814 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,045 | 6.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,121 | 59.6 | -1.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
[edit] Sources
- Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page (Complete list of MPs)
[edit] See also
| 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) | |
