Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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Mid Derbyshire is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 (MP) by the first past the post voting system.

Boundaries

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, the Boundary Commission for England created a Mid Derbyshire seat. Neighbouring seats have had consequential boundary changes, with Erewash
Erewash (UK Parliament constituency)
Erewash is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:The constituency covers the borough of Erewash....

 and Amber Valley
Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Amber Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system. It is a marginal constituency between the Conservative and Labour parties...

 two of the most affected.

The electoral wards used in the new constituency are:
  • From Amber Valley Borough Council: Belper Central; Belper East; Belper North; Belper South; Duffield.
  • From Derby City Council: Allestree; Oakwood; Spondon.
  • From Erewash Borough Council: Little Eaton and Breadsall; Ockbrook and Borrowash; Stanley; West Hallam and Dale Abbey.

MPs 1885–1918

ElectionMember Party
1885
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

Sir James Alfred Jacoby
James Alfred Jacoby
Sir James Alfred Jacoby was a Nottingham lace manufacturer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1909....

Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

1909 John George Hancock Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

1915 Liberal
Liberal-Labour (UK)
The Liberal–Labour movement refers to the practice of local Liberal associations accepting and supporting candidates who were financially maintained by trade unions...

1918
United Kingdom general election, 1918
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constituency abolished

MPs since 2010

ElectionMember Party
2010 Pauline Latham
Pauline Latham
Pauline Elizabeth Latham is a British Conservative Party politician, who was elected at the 2010 general election as the Member of Parliament for Mid Derbyshire, a new constituency created as a result of changes made by the Boundary Commission for England.Latham had been a Conservative member of...

Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
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Elections in the 2010s

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