Derbyshire Dales
2010 Results:
Conservative: 24378 (52.11%)
Labour: 9061 (19.37%)
Liberal Democrat: 10512 (22.47%)
UKIP: 1779 (3.8%)
Green: 772 (1.65%)
Monster Raving Loony: 228 (0.49%)
Others: 50 (0.11%)
Majority: 13866 (29.64%)
Notional 2005 Results:
Conservative: 22133 (49.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 11014 (24.7%)
Labour: 10034 (22.5%)
Other: 1435 (3.2%)
Majority: 11119 (24.9%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 24378 (47.7%)
Labour: 13625 (26.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 11408 (22.3%)
UKIP: 1322 (2.6%)
Other: 410 (0.8%)
Majority: 10753 (21%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 24280 (48%)
Labour: 16910 (33.4%)
Liberal Democrat: 7922 (15.7%)
UKIP: 672 (1.3%)
Other: 805 (1.6%)
Majority: 7370 (14.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 23945 (42.1%)
Labour: 19060 (33.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 9940 (17.5%)
Referendum: 2499 (4.4%)
Other: 1439 (2.5%)
Majority: 4885 (8.6%)
Boundary changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Patrick McLoughlin(Conservative) (more information at They work for you)
Patrick McLoughlin(Conservative) (more information at They work for you)Colin Swindell (Labour) Joe Naitta (Liberal Democrat) Josh Stockell (Green)Ian Guiver (UKIP)Nick the Flying Brick (Official Monster Raving Loony) Amila Y`Mech (Humanity)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 76727
Male: 49.4%
Female: 50.6%
Under 18: 20.5%
Over 60: 25%
Born outside UK: 2.5%
White: 99.1%
Asian: 0.2%
Mixed: 0.4%
Other: 0.2%
Christian: 79.4%
Full time students: 2.1%
Graduates 16-74: 24.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 27.1%
Owner-Occupied: 75.7%
Social Housing: 12.3% (Council: 10.7%, Housing Ass.: 1.6%)
Privately Rented: 7.9%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 6.7%
Possibly the Labour councillor was Bill Moore, who was several times parliamentary candidate for the division & who I know lived (or maybe still lives?) in Youlgreave. Thanks Pete for the explanation about Bonsall – if Labour is still competitive in Masson Ward it would presumably be their strength in Bonsall rather than Matlock Bath, though I did notice a pretty working-class district just outside the latter as well. I’m not surprised that Youlgreave, which seems to have more than one spelling, has been Labour in the past; but Ashbourne is more of a surprise to me.
The two wards covering Matlock were both split this time between Conservatives and Lib Dems.
Labour stood this time, and not that far behind in one of them.
Labour well ahead in Wirksworth.
The rest of the area blue apart from split with Independent in Middleton/Youlgreave, and I think one other ward.
Sorry, not quite the whole of the rest of the area,
another Labour ward.
Which seats has Hathersage been in? I know it was removed from Derbyshire West in 1983
Which seats have included the areas covered by the wards of Hathersage and Eyam, Bakewell, Masson, Chatsworth, Doveridge and Sudbury, Crich, South West Parishes? I know Hathersage was removed from Derbyshire West in 1983 (but of course is now in this seat)
Which seats have included the areas of the wards of Hathersage and Eyam, Bakewell, Masson, Chatsworth, Doveridge and Sudbury, Crich, South West Parishes? I know Hathersage was removed from Derbyshire West in 1983 (but of course is now in this seat)
As you say Hathersage & Eyam were in High Peak from 1983 to 2010 but have now returned to this seat. prior to that they were always part of this seat as were all the other areas you mention with the exception of the last two named wards from Amber Valley. These were part of Belper up until 1983 when they were added to this seat. Crich was added to Amber Valley in 1997 but returned in 2010. Up until 1983 the Derbyshire West seat more or less exactly corresponded with the current boundaries of the Derbyshire Dales district – certainly since 1950 it did (before then it included the NW of what is now South Derbyshire district) while High Peak was likewise coterminous with the boundaries of the current district, in that case as far back as 1885 (but obviously not including the Tintwistle area which was in Cheshire until 1973)
Harry Porter
Even more irritating than your 20 posts per day asking whether Village ward has been in Barsetshire South constituency since its creation in 1918, is the fact that you rarely if ever say thank you to those who repeatedly answer your questions for you (usually Pete).
I think it’s a legitimate use of the site
and Pete who has the greatest knowledge seems happy to answer.
Pete has sometimes expressed irritation at this but Harry does sometimes thank him for the information to be fair.
The Tories have a decent chance of winning all 6 county divisions within Derbyshire Dales district on the new boundaries to be used in May. Ashbourne, Bakewell, Derwent Valley and Dovedale will all be safely Tory.
Wirksworth is solidly Labour at district level, but the county division is usually less solid due to the inclusion of a lot of the surrounding rural area. The division was Tory by 285 votes in 2009. Labour would have had a decent chance of gaining it this year but for the boundary changes which see the division expand to include Hulland ward, where a Tory councillor was elected unoppossed in May 2011. That should be enough for the Tories to hold on.
As to Matlock, much will depend on whether Labour decide to put up a candidate (they didn’t in 2009). In the 2011 district elections I make it that the Tories were around 120 votes ahead in the two wards that make up the division. Each ward elected two Tories and one Lib Dem councillor. Labour stood in only one of the wards. If Labour stand in the county division I confidently predict a Tory gain. If they don’t the Tories still have a decent chance but it will be tighter.