South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Derbyshire was a parliamentary constituency in Derbyshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

South East Derbyshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
South East Derbyshire in Derbyshire, showing boundaries used from 1974 to 1983.
1950–1983
Seats	one
Created from	South Derbyshire
Replaced by	Erewash, Derbyshire South and Amber Valley[1]

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

1950–1955: The Urban District of Long Eaton, and the Rural District of Shardlow.^[2]

1955–1974: The Urban District of Long Eaton, and the Rural District of Shardlow except the parishes included in the Derby North and Derby South constituencies (Chaddesden and Littleover).^[3]

1974–1983: The Urban District of Long Eaton, and the Rural District of South East Derbyshire.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Joe Champion	Labour
	1959	John Jackson	Conservative
	1964	Trevor Park	Labour
	1970	Peter Rost	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: South East Derbyshire^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Champion	30,039	49.06
	Conservative	John Charles Jennings	24,789	40.49
	Liberal	Maldwyn James	6,396	10.45
Majority			5,250	8.57
Turnout			61,224	86.94
	Labour win (new seat)

General election 1951: South East Derbyshire^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Champion	33,020	52.68
	Conservative	John Charles Jennings	29,663	47.32
Majority			3,357	5.36
Turnout			62,683	86.41
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: South East Derbyshire^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Champion	25,620	51.59
	Conservative	John Jackson	24,039	48.41
Majority			1,581	3.18
Turnout			49,659	82.11
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1959: South East Derbyshire^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jackson	25,374	45.54
	Labour	Arthur Champion	25,362	45.52
	Liberal	Thomas Lynch	4,980	8.94	New
Majority			12	0.02	N/A
Turnout			55,716	85.12
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: South East Derbyshire^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Park	29,528	50.75
	Conservative	Peter Myers	28,655	49.25
Majority			873	1.50	N/A
Turnout			58,183	82.83
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1966: South East Derbyshire^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Park	32,407	54.63
	Conservative	Peter Myers	26,911	45.37
Majority			5,496	9.26
Turnout			59,318	81.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: South East Derbyshire^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Rost	32,185	52.21
	Labour	John Ryman	29,461	47.79
Majority			2,724	4.42	N/A
Turnout			61,646	75.46
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General election February 1974: South East Derbyshire^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Rost	20,016	44.11
	Labour	JW Wardle	16,981	37.42
	Liberal	F Fry	8,378	18.46	New
Majority			3,035	6.69
Turnout			45,375	85.11
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election October 1974: South East Derbyshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Rost	18,856	43.74
	Labour	RJ Madeley	17,851	41.41
	Liberal	H Warschauer	6,404	14.85
Majority			1,005	2.33
Turnout			43,111	80.22
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1979: South East Derbyshire^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Rost	24,004	51.47
	Labour	Gerald Bermingham	16,617	35.63
	Liberal	Richard Lustig	5,518	11.83
	National Front	C Neil	498	1.07	New
Majority			7,387	15.84
Turnout			46,637	81.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons

References

1. "'Derbyshire South East', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
2. "Representation of the People Act 1948: Schedule 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 65 (sch. 1), retrieved 28 February 2023
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (Derby and South East Derbyshire) Order 1955. SI 1955/5". Statutory Instruments 1955. Part II. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1956. pp. 2116–2117.
4. "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1970/1674, retrieved 28 February 2023
5. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
6. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
7. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
8. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
9. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
10. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
11. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
12. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
13. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
14. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)