Bolsover (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bolsover County constituency
Bolsover shown within Derbyshire, and Derbyshire shown within England
Created:	1950
MP:	Dennis Skinner
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Derbyshire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Bolsover is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1950 from parts of North-Eastern Derbyshire and Clay Cross constituencies. It is a Labour Party stronghold.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

When the constituency was first formed it comprised the Urban District of Bolsover and the Rural Districts of Blackwell and Clowne. Bolsover and Clowne had both previously been included in the North-Eastern Division of Derbyshire, while Blackwell had formed part of the Clay Cross Division.
In 1974 the Local Government District of Bolsover was formed with identical boundaries to the constituency.
These boundaries remained unchanged until 1983 when the Morton, Pilsley, Shirland and Sutton wards of the District of North East Derbyshire were transferred from the North East Derbyshire Constituency.

[edit] History

Largely a former mining area, the constituency is a safe Labour seat, held by the voluble and often controversial Dennis Skinner, dubbed "The Beast of Bolsover" while his party were in opposition, although since Labour were elected to power in 1997 he has kept a somewhat lower profile.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1950 – 1970: Harold Neal, Labour
• 1970 – present: Dennis Skinner, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	25,217	65.2	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Denise Hawksworth	6,780	17.5	+5.6
	Conservative	Hasan Imam	6,702	17.3	-2.2
Majority			18,437	47.6
Turnout			38,699	57.3	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

General Election 2001: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	26,249	68.6	-5.4
	Conservative	Simon Massey	7,472	19.5	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Marie Bradley	4,550	11.9	+2.6
Majority			18,777	49.1
Turnout			38,271	56.5	-14.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	35,073	74.0
	Conservative	R. Harwood	7,924	16.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Cox	4,417	9.3
Majority			27,149
Turnout				71.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Bolsover
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Skinner	33,973	64.5
	Conservative	Timothy James	13,313	25.3
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Barber	5,363	10.2
Majority			20,660
Turnout				78.9
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

v • d • e Constituencies in the East Midlands Labour Amber Valley · Ashfield · Bassetlaw · Bolsover · Broxtowe · Corby · Derby North · Derby South · Erewash · Gedling · Grantham and Stamford · High Peak · Leicester East · Leicester South · Leicester West · Lincoln · Loughborough · Mansfield · Northampton North · North East Derbyshire · North West Leicestershire · Nottingham East · Nottingham North · Nottingham South · Sherwood · South Derbyshire Conservative Blaby · Boston and Skegness · Bosworth · Charnwood · Daventry · Gainsborough · Harborough · Kettering · Louth and Horncastle · Newark · Northampton South · Rushcliffe · Rutland and Melton · Sleaford and North Hykeham · South Holland and The Deepings · Wellingborough · West Derbyshire Liberal Democrat Chesterfield East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) · UKIP (2) · Labour (1) · Liberal Democrats (1)