Derbyshire Dales (UK Parliament constituency)

Derbyshire Dales
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election.
Location of Derbyshire within England.
County	Derbyshire
Electorate	63,732 (December 2010)^[1]
Major settlements	Ashbourne, Bakewell, Matlock
Current constituency
Created	2010
Member of parliament	Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Created from	West Derbyshire
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Derbyshire Dales /ˈdɑːrbɪʃə deɪlz/ or /ˈdɑːrbiʃɪər deɪlz/ is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Patrick McLoughlin of the Conservative Party since being created for the 2010 general election.^{[n 2]}

History

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Derbyshire Dales which is almost coterminous with the previous seat of West Derbyshire.

The constituency is geographically large. Most of its area is in the Peak District National Park, including its main settlements of Ashbourne, Bakewell and Matlock. It was fought for the first time at the 2010 general election and is currently represented by the Conservative Patrick McLoughlin, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party. This constituency and its predecessor West Derbyshire have been represented by Conservative MPs since 1950.

The District of Derbyshire Dales, and the Borough of Amber Valley wards of Alport, Crich, and South West Parishes.

Election		Member^[2]	Party
	2010	Sir Patrick McLoughlin	Conservative

General Election 2015: Derbyshire Dales^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick McLoughlin	24,805	52.4	+0.3
	Labour	Andy Botham	10,761	22.7	+3.4
	UKIP	John Young	5,508	11.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Fearn	3,965	8.4	-14.1
	Green	Ian Wood	2,173	4.6	+2.9
	Humanity	Amila Y'Mech	149	0.3	+0.2
Majority			14,044	29.7	+0.1
Turnout			47,361	74.6	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.6

General Election 2010: Derbyshire Dales^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Patrick McLoughlin	24,378	52.1	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Naitta	10,512	22.5	-1.9
	Labour	Colin Swindell	9,061	19.4	-6.3
	UKIP	Ian Guiver	1,779	3.8	+1.3
	Green	Josh Stockell	772	1.7	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Nick The Flying Brick	228	0.5	N/A
	Humanity	Amila Y'Mech	50	0.1	N/A
Majority			13,866	29.6
Turnout			46,780	73.8	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.7

↑ A county 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.

Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

Conservative (32)	Amber Valley Boston and Skegness Bosworth Broxtowe Charnwood Corby Daventry Derby North Derbyshire Dales Erewash Gainsborough Grantham and Stamford Harborough High Peak Kettering Lincoln Loughborough Louth and Horncastle Mid Derbyshire Newark Northampton North Northampton South North West Leicestershire Rushcliffe Rutland and Melton Sherwood Sleaford and North Hykeham South Derbyshire South Holland and The Deepings South Leicestershire South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

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)

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