Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency)

Chesterfield
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Chesterfield in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Derbyshire within England.
County	Derbyshire
Population	93,248 (2011 census)^[1]
Electorate	72,866 (December 2010)^[2]
Major settlements	Chesterfield
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of parliament	Toby Perkins (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Derbyshire East
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Chesterfield is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2010 general election by Toby Perkins of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

The current boundaries include the town of Chesterfield, together with areas to the north towards Dronfield and to the east towards Bolsover, comprising the Borough of Chesterfield wards: Brimington North, Brimington South, Brockwell, Dunston, Hasland, Hollingwood and Inkersall, Holmebrook, Linacre, Loundsley Green, Middlecroft and Poolsbrook, Moor, Old Whittington, Rother, St Helen’s, St Leonard’s, Walton, and West.^[3] The other two Borough of Chesterfield wards (Barrow Hill and New Whittington; Lowgates and Woodthorpe) fall within the neighbouring North East Derbyshire seat.^[3] Boundary changes before the 2010 general election, when the Mid Derbyshire constituency was created, meant that Chesterfield lost New Whittington to North East Derbyshire but otherwise retained its shape.

The town of Chesterfield lies just outside the Peak District southwest of Sheffield. Its best known landmark is the Church of St Mary and All Saints, commonly known as the 'Crooked Spire'. The constituency borders the constituencies of Bolsover and Derbyshire North East.

History

Chesterfield has mainly been a Labour seat with periods when it has been held by other parties, and was gained by the Liberal Democrats in 2001 and held by them until 2010. Chesterfield was a Labour Party safe seat from 1935 until 2001. Andrew Cavendish, later the Duke of Devonshire, was the National Liberal candidate at the 1945 and 1950 elections.

The seat was held in succession by two prominent Labour politicians for over 35 years. The former Labour cabinet minister Eric Varley held the seat from October 1964 to January 1984 and was succeeded by his ex-government colleague Tony Benn, who held the seat following a by-election in March 1984 and remained the town's MP until his retirement in 2001 to "spend more time involved in politics." Benn had been a Labour Cabinet Minister between 1966–70 and 1974-1979. while Varley was in the Wilson and Callaghan cabinets in the later period. Paul Holmes gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats at the 2001 general election, the party's first seat in the East Midlands in the House of Commons, but narrowly lost the seat in 2010 to the Labour candidate Toby Perkins; one of only three seats the Labour Party gained in the 2010 election. In 2015, a collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote had them fall to fourth place and the Conservatives moving into second, with Labour having their largest majority in the seat since 1979.

Members of Parliament

	Member^[4]^[5]	Party
1885	Alfred Barnes	Liberal
1886	Alfred Barnes	Liberal Unionist
1892	Thomas Bayley	Liberal
1906	James Haslam	Lib-Lab
1910	James Haslam	Labour
1913	Barnet Kenyon	Lib-Lab
1918	Barnet Kenyon	Liberal
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
2010	Toby Perkins	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Chesterfield^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Toby Perkins	21,829	47.9	+8.9
	Conservative	Mark Vivis	8,231	18.1	+2.3
	UKIP	Stuart Yeowart^[8]	7,523	16.5	+13.4
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Cambridge^[9]	6,301	13.8	-24
	Green	Matthew Genn^[10]	1,352	3	+1.7
	TUSC	Matt Whale^[11]	202	0.4	+0.4
	Peace	Tommy Holgate^[12]	129	0.3	+0.3
Majority			13,598	29.8	+28.6
Turnout			45,567	63.2	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

At the 2015 general election, this seat was the 25th most marginal constituency in Great Britain, the Liberal Democrats requiring a swing from Labour of 0.6% to take the seat (based on the result of the 2010 general election).^[13]

General Election 2010: Chesterfield^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Toby Perkins	17,891	39.0	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Holmes	17,342	37.8	-9.1
	Conservative	Carolyn Abbott	7,214	15.7	+7.5
	UKIP	David Phillips	1,432	3.1	+0.9
	English Democrat	Ian Jerram	1,213	2.6	+0.8
	Green	Duncan Kerr	600	1.3	N/A
	Independent	John "Noneoftheabove" Daramy	147	0.3	N/A
Majority			549	1.2	N/A
Turnout			45,839	63.8	+3.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Chesterfield ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Ian Jerram	814	1.8	N/A
Majority			3,045	6.9	+1.1
Turnout			44,121	59.6	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+0.6

General Election 2001: Chesterfield ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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	N/A
Turnout			44,441	60.7	-10.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Chesterfield ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Benn	26,105	50.8	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Hugh Rogers	20,330	39.6	+3.8
	Conservative	Martin Potter	4,752	9.2	-7.7
	Independent	Norman Scarth	202	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,775	11.2	-0.3
Turnout			51,389	78.0	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Chesterfield ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Benn	26,461	47.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Hugh Rogers	20,047	35.8	+6.2
	Conservative	PG Lewis	9,473	16.9	-8.0
Majority			6,414	11.5	-4.4
Turnout			55,981	78.1	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Chesterfield ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tony Benn	24,532	44.9	-1.6
	Liberal	Anthony Hugh Rogers	15,955	29.6	-5.1
	Conservative	Ronald Peter Grant	13,472	25.0	+9.8
Majority			8,577	15.9	+4.1
Turnout			53,959	76.7	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

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	Screaming Lord Sutch	178	0.3	N/A
	Independent	David Bentley	116	0.2	N/A
	Independent	John Davey	83	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Thomas Layton	46	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Helen Anscombe	34	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Jitendra Bardwaj	33	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Donald Butler	24	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Paul Nicholls-Jones	22	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Sid Shaw	20	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Hill	17	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Giancarlo Piccaro	15	0.0	N/A
	Independent	David Cahill	12	0.0	N/A
	Independent	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 1983: Chesterfield ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Eric Varley	23,881	48.1	-9.3
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	16,118	32.4	+0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Max Payne	9,705	19.5	+9.1
Majority			7,763	15.6	-9.5
Turnout			49,704	72.6	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Varley	31,049	57.4
	Conservative	S. Hill	17,445	32.2
	Liberal	M. Payne	5,617	10.4
Majority			13,604	25.1
Turnout				73.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Varley	30,953	59.9
	Conservative	J. D. Taylor	13,393	25.9
	Liberal	M. W. Brown	7,349	14.2
Majority			17,560	34.0
Turnout				72.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Varley	31,040	54.8
	Conservative	J. D. Taylor	15,644	27.6
	Liberal	M. W. Brown	9,937	17.6
Majority			15,396	27.2
Turnout				80.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Varley	30,386	59.0
	Conservative	John C Ramsden	16,217	31.5
	Liberal	Terence D Bamford	4,891	9.5
Majority			14,169	27.5
Turnout				72.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Varley	31,542	61.6
	Conservative	Alan T Hale	13,443	26.3
	Liberal	Terence D. Bamford	6,227	12.2
Majority			18,099	35.3
Turnout				76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eric Varley	29,452	56.5
	Conservative	William G Blake	14,944	28.7
	Liberal	Derek A McKie	7,738	14.8
Majority			14,508	27.8
Turnout				78.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Benson	30,534	56.6
	National Liberal	James Anthony Lemkin	17,084	31.7
	Liberal	Geoffrey R. Smedley-Stevenson	6,360	11.8
Majority			13,450	24.9
Turnout				82.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Benson	29,602	57.7
	National Liberal	Frank Hadfield	21,748	42.4
Majority			7,854	15.3
Turnout				79.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Benson	34,753	63.7
	National Liberal	John F. Nash	19,776	36.3
Majority			14,977	27.5
Turnout				84.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Benson	33,914	60.8
	National Liberal	Andrew Cavendish	17,231	30.9
	Liberal	John William O'Neill	4,052	7.3
	Communist	B. Barker	554	1.0
Majority			16,683	29.9
Turnout				87.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Benson	29,459	62.8
	Liberal National	Marquess of Hartington	17,424	37.2
Majority			12,035	25.7
Turnout			46,883	77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; *Labour: George Benson,

Conservative:

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Benson	21,439	50.94
	Conservative	Roger John Edward Conant	16,555	39.33
	Liberal	Robert George Hill	4,096	9.73
Majority			4,884	11.60
Turnout				79.78
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1931: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger John Edward Conant	23,026	57.46
	Labour	George Benson	17,046	42.54
Majority			5,980	14.92
Turnout				80.02
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election, 1929: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Benson	20,296	54.1	+14.4
	Unionist	Roger John Edward Conant	9,915	26.4	n/a
	Liberal	Harry Cropper	7,329	19.5	-40.8
Majority			10,381	27.7	48.3
Turnout			37,540	77.8	+13.4
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election, 1924: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	13,971	60.3	+9.4
	Labour	George Benson	9,206	39.7	+13.8
Majority
Turnout			23,177	64.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Barnet Kenyon

General Election 6 December 1923:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	12,164	50.9	n/a
	Labour	George Benson	6,198	25.9	n/a
	Unionist	R F H Broomhead-Colton-Fox	5,541	23.2	n/a
Majority			5,966	25.0	n/a
Turnout			23,903		n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Liberal hold		Swing	n/a

Kenyon

Chesterfield by-election, 1913
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	7,725	55.8
	Unionist	Edward Christie	5,539	40.0
	Independent Labour	John Scurr	583	4.2
Turnout				81.5
Majority			2,186	15.8
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

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Sources

Guardian Unlimited Politics (Election results from 1992 to the present)
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)

External links

nomis Constituency Profile for Chesterfield — presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.

Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

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Labour (14)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Derby South Gedling Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Mansfield North East Derbyshire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South

East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (2)

Coordinates: 53°15′N 1°24′W / 53.25°N 1.40°W / 53.25; -1.40

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