Derbyshire South
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 19892 (43.9%)
Conservative: 17159 (37.9%)
Liberal Democrat: 5938 (13.1%)
Other: 2337 (5.2%)
Majority: 2733 (6%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 20328 (36.4%)
Labour: 24823 (44.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 7600 (13.6%)
BNP: 1797 (3.2%)
Other: 1272 (2.3%)
Majority: 4495 (8.1%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 18487 (35.6%)
Labour: 26338 (50.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 5233 (10.1%)
UKIP: 1074 (2.1%)
Other: 813 (1.6%)
Majority: 7851 (15.1%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 18742 (31.3%)
Labour: 32709 (54.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 5408 (9%)
Referendum: 2491 (4.2%)
Other: 617 (1%)
Majority: 13967 (23.3%)
Boundary changes
Current MP: Mark Todd (Labour) Will step down at the next election (more information at They work for you)
Candidates:
Heather Wheeler (Conservative) born 1959. Former specialist in Professional Indemnity insurance. Former Wandsworth Borough councillor. South Derbyshire district councillor since 1995 and Leader of the Conservative Group. Contested Coventry South in 2001 & 2005.
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 81562
Male: 49.5%
Female: 50.5%
Under 18: 23.2%
Over 60: 19.3%
Born outside UK: 2.9%
White: 97.2%
Black: 0.2%
Asian: 1.6%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 0.3%
Christian: 78.2%
Sikh: 1.3%
Full time students: 2%
Graduates 16-74: 17.6%
No Qualifications 16-74: 29.6%
Owner-Occupied: 79.6%
Social Housing: 11.8% (Council: 10.2%, Housing Ass.: 1.7%)
Privately Rented: 5.5%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 5.9%
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Twickenham (& Richmond Park,Windsor)
Yes…I get the impression the “back benchers” get disillusioned and the “Cabinet” people start to worry about the bickering from those who are not involved.
February 10th, 2008 at 2:12 amMaybe local government requires people to be more dedicated in time devoted to it, but the fact that we always managed to do it before suggests this is not a good development.
“Does anyone know if this will be an AWS for Labour?”
it will be an open shortlist
March 12th, 2008 at 11:32 pmThe Labour Party Selection process has been announced today:
AWS: No OPEN selection
Closing date for applications: 7 May
Shortlisting: 6 June
Hustings and count: 21 June
Any thoughts as to who’s in the starting positions?
Toby Perkins said earlier in the thread ‘I believe Derbyshire South CLP has a history of selecting non-local candidates.’ and Ranjit Banwait and Mike Ion also mentioned earlier. Still in it?
April 10th, 2008 at 5:02 pmI understand Philip Ingall will be putting in for this seat. As he has a track record of winning against the odds and working at Toyota he must be a front runner?
April 15th, 2008 at 9:21 amtopcat - you have to be kidding that Labour would choose Ranjit Banwait. There are very few Asian’s in this consisteunecy and most people want an MP they can actually pronounce the name of.
I also think Labour should choose a fairly local candidate otherwise it will be some carpet bagger who doesn`t know the area well.
April 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pmExcuse my spelling of constituency - just a mistype
April 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pmAll underway then, apparently there are 19 up for it - found two candi’s websites, anymore anyone?
http://www.seanmckee.org.uk/
http://www.richardsrobinson.org.uk/lifehistory.shtml
May 9th, 2008 at 9:06 amOf the two people who have websites I note one lives in London and the other in north notts! We need a local person!
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