Election 97

Derbyshire North East


Result 97 gain
from Labour
Current MP 97 Harry Barnes
Majority 0 ( 0.0%)
Conservative 97 13,104 (25.2%)
Labour 97 31,425 (60.5%)
LibDem 97 7,450 (14.3%)
Nationalist 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 97 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 97
Electorate 97 71,653
Turnout 97 51,979 (72.5%)



1992 MP Harry Barnes
Old constituency name Derbyshire North East
Majority 92 6,270 (10.6%)
Conservative 92 22,590 (38.2%)
Labour 92 28,860 (48.8%)
LibDem 92 7,675 (13.0%)
Nationalist 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Other 92 0 ( 0.0%)
Elected party 92 Labour
Electorate 92 71,177
Turnout 92 59,125 (83.1%)
Derbyshire North East



Tory change -13.0%
Labour change +11.6%
Lib Dem change +1.4%
Nationalist change +0.0%
Other change +0.0%
Electorate change +0.7%
Turnout Change -10.5%
Robert Waller wrote

This was for may years a safe Labour seat owing to its long-term reliance on coalmining and the nearby heavy industry of Chesterfield and Sheffield, but massive new private housing developments and an influx of affluent commuters have swung the seat to the Tories over the past 20 years - in 1987, the Labour majority was reduced to 3,720. Parts of the constituency remain solidly Labour - it includes rebellious Clay Cross - and Labour's Harry Barnes will probably hold it this time, but the long-term prospects are uncertain.


Super Profiles

6,175 15.61 9.03 173
5,935 15.00 11.17 134
1,584 4.00 11.25 36
6,141 15.52 14.70 106
0 0.00 10.45 0
107 0.27 2.81 10
123 0.31 8.01 4
13,649 34.50 15.25 226
4,606 11.64 7.13 163
1,153 2.91 10.17 29