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  Derby North - History
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Established February 23, 1950
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRBH September 11, 2021 02:32pm
DescriptionDerby North is the commuter area of the city and home to many workers who go south to the Rolls Royce Aerospace factory and the city's railworks. The seat is more residential than Derby South and includes some of the city's more desirable housing in places such as Allestree and Darley. But it also contains the higher proportion of the city's council housing, much of it in Mackworth and Chaddesden. Although held by Labour continuously from its creation in 1950 until 1983, the Conservatives came close in Derby North in 1959, February 1974 and 1979 (Labour winning by just 214). Philip Whitehead, long-time MP (and now East Midlands MEP) was defeated in 1983 by Tory Greg Knight who doubled his majority in 1987. He in turn held on until 1997 when the Labour landslide brought in former Derby council leader Bob Laxton by a substantial 10,615 majority. There was a small swing against him in 2001 and his majority is now just under 7,000.

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Date Type Results
Jul 04, 2024 General Election
 Catherine Atkinson
18,619
45.50% 		 Amanda Solloway(I)
9,704
23.72% 		 Timothy Prosser
7,488
18.30% 		 Helen Hitchcock
3,286
8.03% 		 John Nicholas Sweeney
1,822
4.45%
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Date Type Results
Dec 12, 2019 General Election
 Amanda Solloway
21,259
45.22% 		 Tony Tinley
18,719
39.81% 		 Gregory Webb
3,450
7.34% 		 Alan Graves
1,908
4.06% 		 Helen Hitchcock
1,046
2.22% 		 Chris Williamson(I)
635
1.35%
Feb 27, 2019 Party Switch
 Chris Williamson(I)
1
100.00%
Jun 08, 2017 General Election
 Chris Williamson
23,622
48.53% 		 Amanda Solloway(I)
21,607
44.39% 		 Lucy Care
2,262
4.65% 		 Bill Piper
1,181
2.43%
May 07, 2015 General Election
 Amanda Solloway
16,402
36.66% 		 Chris Williamson(I)
16,361
36.56% 		 Tilly Ward
6,532
14.60% 		 Lucy Care
3,832
8.56% 		 Alice Mason-Power
1,618
3.62%
May 06, 2010 General Election
 Chris Williamson
14,896
33.04% 		 Stephen Mold
14,283
31.68% 		 Lucy Care
12,638
28.03% 		 Peter Cheeseman
2,000
4.44% 		 Elizabeth Ransome
829
1.84% 		 David Gale
264
0.59% 		 David Geraghty
170
0.38%
May 05, 2005 General Election
 Bob Laxton(I)
19,272
43.98% 		 Richard Aitken-Davies
15,515
35.41% 		 Jeremy Beckett
7,209
16.45% 		 Martin Bardoe
958
2.19% 		 Michelle Medgyesy
864
1.97%
Jun 07, 2001 General Election
 Bob Laxton(I)
22,415
50.88% 		 Barry Holden
15,433
35.03% 		 Robert Charlesworth
6,206
14.09%
May 01, 1997 General Election
 Bob Laxton
29,844
53.16% 		 Greg Knight(I)
19,229
34.25% 		 Robert Charlesworth
5,059
9.01% 		 Paul Reynolds
1,816
3.23% 		 Jane H.M. Waters
195
0.35%
Apr 09, 1992 General Election
 Greg Knight(I)
28,574
48.41% 		 Bob Laxton
24,121
40.87% 		 Robert Charlesworth
5,638
9.55% 		 Eric Wall
383
0.65% 		 Peter Hart
245
0.42% 		 N. Onley
58
0.10%
Jun 11, 1987 General Election
 Greg Knight(I)
26,561
48.86% 		 Phillip Whitehead
20,236
37.23% 		 Stephen Connolly
7,268
13.37% 		 Eric Wall
291
0.54%
Jun 09, 1983 General Election
 Greg Knight
22,303
43.71% 		 Phillip Whitehead(I)
18,797
36.84% 		 Stephen Connolly
9,924
19.45%
May 03, 1979 General Election
 Phillip Whitehead(I)
28,797
44.87% 		 Richard Kemm
28,583
44.53% 		 Richard Whitehouse
6,093
9.49% 		 C. Bayliss
592
0.92% 		 S. P. Gibson
116
0.18%
Oct 10, 1974 General Election
 Phillip Whitehead(I)
26,960
44.51% 		 David J. Penfold
22,767
37.59% 		 Malcolm Peel
10,595
17.49% 		 Harold Smith
242
0.40%
Feb 28, 1974 General Election
 Phillip Whitehead(I)
26,029
40.19% 		 David J. Penfold
24,736
38.20% 		 Malcolm Peel
13,995
21.61%
Jun 18, 1970 General Election
 Phillip Whitehead
20,114
54.73% 		 John W. Roberts
16,635
45.27%
Mar 31, 1966 General Election
 Niall MacDermot(I)
23,033
61.84% 		 Derek H. Hene
14,215
38.16%
Oct 15, 1964 General Election
 Niall MacDermot(I)
21,386
52.89% 		 Derek H. Hene
13,991
34.60% 		 A. Leslie Smart
5,057
12.51%
Apr 17, 1962 By-election
 Niall MacDermot
16,497
49.45% 		 Lyndon Irving
8,479
25.41% 		 Terence M. Wray
7,502
22.49% 		 Thomas Lynch
886
2.66%
Oct 08, 1959 General Election
 Clifford Wilcock(I)
22,673
52.80% 		 Robin Maxwell-Hyslop
20,266
47.20%
May 26, 1955 General Election
 Clifford Wilcock(I)
24,162
55.78% 		 Rolla C. P. Rouse
19,156
44.22%
Oct 25, 1951 General Election
 Clifford Wilcock(I)
22,390
57.09% 		 Victor E. Waldron
16,828
42.91%
Feb 23, 1950 General Election
 Clifford Wilcock(I)
22,410
55.22% 		 V. Seely
14,980
36.91% 		 Gerald Ivan Walters
3,190
7.86%

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