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3 December 1885 | 7,451/8,616 | 86.48 | |
Liberal Party | 3,408 | 45.74 | |
Conservative Party | 2,136 | 28.67 | |
Ind LIB/LAB | 1,907 | 25.59 | |
Majority | 1,272 | 17.07 | |
7 July 1886 | 7,020/8,616 | 81.48 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 3,567 | 50.81 | |
Liberal Party | 3,453 | 49.19 | |
Majority | 114 | 1.62 | |
12 July 1892 | 8,316/10,313 | 80.64 | |
Liberal Party | 4,249 | 51.09 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,067 | 48.91 | |
Majority | 182 | 2.19 | |
25 July 1895 | 8,897/10,413 | 85.44 | |
Liberal Party | 4,572 | 51.39 | |
Liberal Unionist Party | 4,325 | 48.61 | |
Majority | 247 | 2.78 | |
15 October 1900 | 10,147/12,069 | 84.07 | |
Liberal Party | 5,418 | 53.40 | |
Conservative Party | 4,729 | 46.60 | |
Majority | 689 | 6.79 | |
24 January 1906 | 12,844/15,077 | 85.19 | |
Liberal/Labour | 7,254 | 56.48 | |
Conservative Party | 5,590 | 43.52 | |
Majority | 1,664 | 12.96 | |
21 January 1910 | 13,927/16,248 | 85.72 | |
Labour Party | 8,234 | 59.12 | |
Conservative Party | 5,693 | 40.88 | |
Majority | 2,541 | 18.25 | |
14 December 1910 | 12,338/16,248 | 75.94 | |
Labour Party | 7,283 | 59.03 | |
Conservative Party | 5,055 | 40.97 | |
Majority | 2,228 | 18.06 | |
31 July 1913 Death of James Haslam. | |||
20 August 1913 | 13,847/16,995 | 81.48 | |
Liberal/Labour | 7,725 | 55.79 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,539 | 40.00 | |
Independent Labour | 583 | 4.21 | |
Majority | 2,186 | 15.79 | |
Barnet Kenyon was the nominee of the Derbyshire Miners' Association but, due to his close ties with the local Liberal Association, both the Labour Party and the Miners' Federation of Great Britain refused to endorse him as an official candidate. | |||
February 1914 Barnet Kenyon signs the Labour Party constitution and is admitted into the Parliamentary Labour Party. | |||
March 1914 Barnet Kenyon secedes from the Labour Party. | |||
14 December 1918 | 32,307 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
Barnet Kenyon was issued with the Coalition "coupon" but repudiated it. | |||
15 November 1922 | 34,415 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
6 December 1923 | 23,903/34,648 | 68.99 | |
Liberal Party | 12,164 | 50.89 | |
Labour Party | 6,198 | 25.93 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,541 | 23.18 | |
Majority | 5,966 | 24.96 | |
29 October 1924 | 23,177/35,989 | 64.40 | |
Liberal Party | 13,971 | 60.28 | |
Labour Party | 9,206 | 39.72 | |
Majority | 4,765 | 20.56 | |
30 May 1929 | 37,540/48,278 | 77.76 | |
Labour Party | 20,296 | 54.06 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,915 | 26.41 | |
Liberal Party | 7,329 | 19.52 | |
Majority | 10,381 | 27.65 | |
27 October 1931 | 40,072/50,076 | 80.02 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 23,026 | 57.46 | |
Labour Party | 17,046 | 42.54 | |
Majority | 5,980 | 14.92 | |
14 November 1935 | 42,090/52,758 | 79.78 | |
Labour Party | 21,439 | 50.94 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,555 | 39.33 | |
Liberal Party | 4,096 | 9.73 | |
Majority | 4,884 | 11.60 | |
5 July 1945 | 46,883/60,686 | 77.26 | |
Labour Party | 29,459 | 62.84 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,424 | 37.16 | |
Majority | 12,035 | 25.67 | |
Boundary Change | |||
23 February 1950 | 55,751/64,079 | 87.00 | |
Labour Party | 33,914 | 60.83 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 17,231 | 30.91 | |
Liberal Party | 4,052 | 7.27 | |
Communist Party | 554 | 0.99 | |
Majority | 16,683 | 29.92 | |
25 October 1951 | 54,528/64,762 | 84.20 | |
Labour Party | 34,752 | 63.73 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 19,776 | 36.27 | |
Majority | 14,976 | 27.46 | |
26 May 1955 | 51,350/64,250 | 79.92 | |
Labour Party | 29,602 | 57.65 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 21,748 | 42.35 | |
Majority | 7,854 | 15.30 | |
8 October 1959 | 53,978/65,270 | 82.70 | |
Labour Party | 30,534 | 56.57 | |
National Liberal and Conservative Party | 17,084 | 31.65 | |
Liberal Party | 6,360 | 11.78 | |
Majority | 13,450 | 24.92 | |
15 October 1964 | 52,134/66,138 | 78.83 | |
Labour Party | 29,452 | 56.49 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 14,944 | 28.66 | |
Liberal Party | 7,738 | 14.84 | |
Majority | 14,508 | 27.83 | |
31 March 1966 | 51,212/66,749 | 76.72 | |
Labour Party | 31,542 | 61.59 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,443 | 26.25 | |
Liberal Party | 6,227 | 12.16 | |
Majority | 18,099 | 35.34 | |
18 June 1970 | 51,494/71,051 | 72.47 | |
Labour Party | 30,386 | 59.01 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,217 | 31.49 | |
Liberal Party | 4,891 | 9.50 | |
Majority | 14,169 | 27.52 | |
28 February 1974 | 56,621/70,686 | 80.10 | |
Labour Party | 31,040 | 54.82 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 15,644 | 27.63 | |
Liberal Party | 9,937 | 17.55 | |
Majority | 15,396 | 27.19 | |
10 October 1974 | 51,695/71,194 | 72.61 | |
Labour Party | 30,953 | 59.88 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,393 | 25.91 | |
Liberal Party | 7,349 | 14.22 | |
Majority | 17,560 | 33.97 | |
3 May 1979 | 54,111/73,738 | 73.38 | |
Labour Party | 31,049 | 57.38 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 17,445 | 32.24 | |
Liberal Party | 5,617 | 10.38 | |
Majority | 13,604 | 25.14 | |
Major Boundary Change | |||
9 June 1983 | 49,704/69,286 | 71.74 | |
Labour Party | 23,881 | 48.05 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,118 | 32.43 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 9,705 | 19.53 | |
Majority | 7,763 | 15.62 | |
16 January 1984 Resignation of Rt Hon Eric Varley. (Northstead) | |||
1 March 1984 | 52,992/69,286 | 76.48 | |
Labour Party | 24,633 | 46.48 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 18,369 | 34.66 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,028 | 15.15 | |
Independent Labour | 1,355 | 2.56 | |
Monster Raving Loony Party | 178 | 0.34 | |
Independent | 116 | 0.22 | |
Independent | 83 | 0.16 | |
Independent | 46 | 0.09 | |
Independent | 34 | 0.06 | |
Independent | 33 | 0.06 | |
Independent | 24 | 0.05 | |
Independent | 22 | 0.04 | |
Independent | 20 | 0.04 | |
Independent | 17 | 0.03 | |
Independent | 15 | 0.03 | |
Independent | 12 | 0.02 | |
Independent | 7 | 0.01 | |
Majority | 6,264 | 11.82 | |
11 June 1987 | 53,959/71,020 | 75.98 | |
Labour Party | 24,532 | 45.46 | |
Liberal Party in Alliance | 15,955 | 29.57 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 13,472 | 24.97 | |
Majority | 8,577 | 15.90 | |
9 April 1992 | 55,981/71,783 | 77.99 | |
Labour Party | 26,461 | 47.27 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20,047 | 35.81 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,473 | 16.92 | |
Majority | 6,414 | 11.46 | |
1 May 1997 | 51,389/72,472 | 70.91 | |
Labour Party | 26,105 | 50.80 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20,330 | 39.56 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,752 | 9.25 | |
Independent | 202 | 0.39 | |
Majority | 5,775 | 11.24 | |
Norman Scarth sought election as an OAP candidate. | |||
7 June 2001 | 44,441/73,252 | 60.67 | |
Liberal Democrats | 21,249 | 47.81 | |
Labour Party | 18,663 | 42.00 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,613 | 8.13 | |
Socialist Alliance | 437 | 0.98 | |
Socialist Labour | 295 | 0.66 | |
Independent | 184 | 0.41 | |
Majority | 2,586 | 5.82 | |
5 May 2005 | 44,121/74,007 | 59.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20,875 | 47.31 | |
Labour Party | 17,830 | 40.41 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,605 | 8.17 | |
UK Independence Party | 997 | 2.26 | |
English Democrats Party | 814 | 1.84 | |
Majority | 3,045 | 6.90 | |
Minor Boundary Change | |||
6 May 2010 | 45,839/72,355 | 63.35 | |
Labour Party | 17,891 | 39.03 | |
Liberal Democrats | 17,342 | 37.83 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,214 | 15.74 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,432 | 3.12 | |
English Democrats Party | 1,213 | 2.65 | |
Green Party | 600 | 1.31 | |
Independent | 147 | 0.32 | |
Majority | 549 | 1.20 | |
7 May 2015 | 45,567/72,078 | 63.22 | |
Labour Party | 21,829 | 47.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 8,231 | 18.06 | |
UK Independence Party | 7,523 | 16.51 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,301 | 13.83 | |
Green Party | 1,352 | 2.97 | |
Trades Union & Socialist Coalition | 202 | 0.44 | |
Peace | 129 | 0.28 | |
Majority | 13,598 | 29.84 | |
8 June 2017 | 47,927/72,069 | 66.50 | |
Labour Party | 26,266 | 54.80 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,661 | 34.76 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2,612 | 5.45 | |
UK Independence Party | 1,611 | 3.36 | |
Green Party | 777 | 1.62 | |
Majority | 9,605 | 20.04 | |
12 December 2019 | 45,186/71,034 | 63.61 | |
Labour Party | 18,171 | 40.21 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 16,720 | 37.00 | |
Brexit Party | 4,771 | 10.56 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3,985 | 8.82 | |
Green Party | 1,148 | 2.54 | |
Independent | 391 | 0.87 | |
Majority | 1,451 | 3.21 | |