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Chesterfield — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Chesterfield was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 10,820 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Chesterfield from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Alfred Barnes (Liberal) 3,408 45.7% John Cumming Macdona (Conservative) 1,272 (17.1 pts) 86.5%
1886 Alfred Barnes (Liberal Unionist) 3,567 50.8% Thomas Bayley (Liberal) 114 (1.6 pts) 81.5%
1892 Thomas Bayley (Liberal) 4,249 51.1% Alfred Barnes (Liberal Unionist) 182 (2.2 pts) 80.6%
1895 Thomas Bayley (Liberal) 4,572 51.4% Augustus William Byron (Conservative) 247 (2.8 pts) 85.4%
1900 Thomas Bayley (Liberal) 5,418 53.4% Augustus William Byron (Conservative) 689 (6.8 pts) 84.1%
1906 James Haslam (Liberal-Labour) 7,254 56.5% Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson (Conservative) 1,664 (13.0 pts) 85.2%
Jan 1910 James Haslam (Labour) 8,234 59.1% Walter Guy Wulff Radford (Conservative) 2,541 (18.2 pts) 85.7%
Dec 1910 James Haslam (Labour) 7,283 59.0% Walter Guy Wulff Radford (Conservative) 2,228 (18.1 pts) 75.9%
1918 Barnet Kenyon (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 Barnet Kenyon (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1923 Barnet Kenyon (Liberal) 12,164 50.9% George Benson (Labour) 5,966 (25.0 pts) 69.0%
1924 Barnet Kenyon (Liberal) 13,971 60.3% George Benson (Labour) 4,765 (20.6 pts) 64.4%
1929 George Benson (Labour) 20,296 54.1% Roger John Edward Conant (Unionist) 10,381 (27.7 pts) 77.8%
1931 Roger John Edward Conant (Conservative) 23,026 57.5% George Benson (Labour) 5,980 (14.9 pts) 80.0%
1935 George Benson (Labour) 21,439 50.9% Roger John Edward Conant (Conservative) 4,884 (11.6 pts) 79.8%
1945 George Benson (Labour) 29,459 62.8% Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish (Conservative) 12,035 (25.7 pts) 77.3%
1950 George Benson (Labour) 33,914 60.8% Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish (Conservative) 16,683 (29.9 pts) 87.0%
1951 George Benson (Labour) 34,753 63.7% John Nash (Conservative) 14,977 (27.5 pts) 84.2%
1955 George Benson (Labour) 29,602 57.6% Frank Hadfield (Conservative) 7,854 (15.3 pts) 79.9%
1959 George Benson (Labour) 30,534 56.6% James Anthony Lemkin (Conservative) 13,450 (24.9 pts) 82.7%
1964 Eric Varley (Labour) 29,452 56.5% William G Blake (Conservative) 14,508 (27.8 pts) 78.8%
1966 Eric Varley (Labour) 31,542 61.6% Alan Teague Hale (Conservative) 18,099 (35.3 pts) 76.7%
1970 Eric Varley (Labour) 30,386 59.0% John Charles Ramsden (Conservative) 14,169 (27.5 pts) 72.5%
Feb 1974 Eric Varley (Labour) 31,040 54.8% John Derek Taylor (Conservative) 15,396 (27.2 pts) 80.1%
Oct 1974 Eric Varley (Labour) 30,953 59.9% John Derek Taylor (Conservative) 17,560 (34.0 pts) 72.6%
1979 Eric Varley (Labour) 31,049 57.4% Stewart Charles Hill (Conservative) 13,604 (25.1 pts) 73.4%
1983 Eric Varley (Labour) 23,881 48.0% Nick Bourne (Conservative) 7,763 (15.6 pts) 72.6%
1987 Tony Benn (Labour) 24,532 45.5% Anthony Rogers (Liberal) 8,577 (15.9 pts) 76.7%
1992 Tony Benn (Labour) 26,461 47.3% Anthony Rogers (Liberal Democrat) 6,414 (11.5 pts) 78.0%
1997 Tony Benn (Labour) 26,105 50.8% Anthony Rogers (Liberal Democrat) 5,775 (11.2 pts) 70.9%
2001 Paul Holmes (Liberal Democrat) 21,249 47.8% Reg Race (Labour) 2,586 (5.8 pts) 60.7%
2005 Paul Holmes (Liberal Democrat) 20,875 47.3% Simon Rich (Labour) 3,045 (6.9 pts) 59.6%
2010 Toby Perkins (Labour) 17,891 39.0% Paul Holmes (Liberal Democrat) 549 (1.2 pts) 63.9%
2015 Toby Perkins (Labour) 21,829 47.9% Mark Vivis (Conservative) 13,598 (29.8 pts) 63.9%
2017 Toby Perkins (Labour) 26,266 54.8% Spencer Pitfield (Conservative) 9,605 (20.0 pts) 66.6%
2019 Toby Perkins (Labour) 18,171 40.2% Leigh Higgins (Conservative) 1,451 (3.2 pts) 63.8%
2024 Toby Perkins (Labour) 19,316 46.5% Ben Flook (Conservative) 10,820 (26.0 pts) 58.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Barnes Liberal 3,40845.7% Yes
John Cumming Macdona Conservative 2,13628.7% No
James Haslam Independent Liberal-Labour 1,90725.6% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Barnes Liberal Unionist 3,56750.8% Yes
Thomas Bayley Liberal 3,45349.2% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Bayley Liberal 4,24951.1% Yes
Alfred Barnes Liberal Unionist 4,06748.9% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Bayley Liberal 4,57251.4% Yes
Augustus William Byron Conservative 4,32548.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Bayley Liberal 5,41853.4% Yes
Augustus William Byron Conservative 4,72946.6% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Haslam Liberal-Labour 7,25456.5% Yes
Godfrey Lampson Tennyson Locker-Lampson Conservative 5,59043.5% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Haslam Labour 8,23459.1% Yes
Walter Guy Wulff Radford Conservative 5,69340.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Haslam Labour 7,28359.0% Yes
Walter Guy Wulff Radford Conservative 5,05541.0% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barnet Kenyon Liberal Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barnet Kenyon Liberal Unopposed Yes

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barnet Kenyon Liberal 12,16450.9% Yes
George Benson Labour 6,19825.9% No
RFH Broomhead-Colton-Fox Unionist 5,54123.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Barnet Kenyon Liberal 13,97160.3% Yes
George Benson Labour 9,20639.7% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Benson Labour 20,29654.1% Yes
Roger John Edward Conant Unionist 9,91526.4% No
Harry Cropper Liberal 7,32919.5% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Roger John Edward Conant Conservative 23,02657.5% Yes
George Benson Labour 17,04642.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Benson Labour 21,43950.9% Yes
Roger John Edward Conant Conservative 16,55539.3% No
Robert George Hill Liberal 4,0969.7% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Benson Labour 29,45962.8% Yes
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish Conservative 17,42437.2% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Benson Labour 33,91460.8% Yes
Andrew Robert Buxton Cavendish Conservative 17,23130.9% No
John William O'Neill Liberal 4,0527.3% No
Bas Barker Communist 5541.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Benson Labour 34,75363.7% Yes
John Nash Conservative 19,77636.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Benson Labour 29,60257.6% Yes
Frank Hadfield Conservative 21,74842.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Benson Labour 30,53456.6% Yes
James Anthony Lemkin Conservative 17,08431.6% No
Geoffrey R Smedley-Stevenson Liberal 6,36011.8% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Varley Labour 29,45256.5% Yes
William G Blake Conservative 14,94428.7% No
Derek A McKie Liberal 7,73814.8% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Varley Labour 31,54261.6% Yes
Alan Teague Hale Conservative 13,44326.2% No
Terence Donald Bamford Liberal 6,22712.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Varley Labour 30,38659.0% Yes
John Charles Ramsden Conservative 16,21731.5% No
Terence Donald Bamford Liberal 4,8919.5% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Varley Labour 31,04054.8% Yes
John Derek Taylor Conservative 15,64427.6% No
Maurice William Brown Liberal 9,93717.6% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Varley Labour 30,95359.9% Yes
John Derek Taylor Conservative 13,39325.9% No
Maurice William Brown Liberal 7,34914.2% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Varley Labour 31,04957.4% Yes
Stewart Charles Hill Conservative 17,44532.2% No
Max Gascoyne Payne Liberal 5,61710.4% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Eric Varley Labour 23,88148.0% Yes
Nick Bourne Conservative 16,11832.4% No
Max Payne Liberal 9,70519.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Benn Labour 24,53245.5% Yes
Anthony Rogers Liberal 15,95529.6% No
Ronald Grant Conservative 13,47225.0% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Benn Labour 26,46147.3% Yes
Anthony Rogers Liberal Democrat 20,04735.8% No
Peter Gordon Lewis Conservative 9,47316.9% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Tony Benn Labour 26,10550.8% Yes
Anthony Rogers Liberal Democrat 20,33039.6% No
Martin Potter Conservative 4,7529.2% No
Norman Scarth Independent 2020.4% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat 21,24947.8% Yes
Reg Race Labour 18,66342.0% No
Simon Hitchcock Conservative 3,6138.1% No
Jeannie Robinson Socialist Alliance 4371.0% No
Bill Harrison Socialist Labour 2950.7% No
Christopher Rawson Independent 1840.4% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat 20,87547.3% Yes
Simon Rich Labour 17,83040.4% No
Mark Kreling Conservative 3,6058.2% No
Christopher Brady UKIP 9972.3% No
Ian Jerram English Democrats 8141.8% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Toby Perkins Labour 17,89139.0% Yes
Paul Holmes Liberal Democrat 17,34237.8% No
Carolyn Abbott Conservative 7,21415.7% No
David Phillips UKIP 1,4323.1% No
Ian Jerram English Democrats 1,2132.6% No
Duncan Kerr Green 6001.3% No
John Daramy Independent 1470.3% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Toby Perkins Labour 21,82947.9% Yes
Mark Vivis Conservative 8,23118.1% No
Stuart Yeowart UKIP 7,52316.5% No
Julia Cambridge Liberal Democrat 6,30113.8% No
Matthew Genn Green 1,3523.0% No
Matthew Whale Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2020.4% No
Thomas Holgate The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment 1290.3% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Toby Perkins Labour 26,26654.8% Yes
Spencer Pitfield Conservative 16,66134.8% No
Tom Snowdon Liberal Democrat 2,6125.4% No
Stuart Bent UKIP 1,6113.4% No
David Wadsworth Green 7771.6% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Toby Perkins Labour 18,17140.2% Yes
Leigh Higgins Conservative 16,72037.0% No
John Scotting Brexit Party 4,77110.6% No
Emily Coy Liberal Democrat 3,9858.8% No
Neil Jackson Green 1,1482.5% No
John Daramy Independent 3910.9% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Toby Perkins Labour 19,31646.5% Yes
Ben Flook Conservative 8,49620.4% No
Dan Price Reform UK 7,89719.0% No
David Wadsworth Green 2,6826.5% No
Ian Barfield Liberal Democrat 2,5536.1% No
Kris Stone Chesterfield And North Derbyshire Independents (CANDI) 3630.9% No
Julie Lowe Workers Party of Britain 2480.6% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Liberal margin 17.1 pts 1886: Liberal Unionist margin 1.6 pts 1892: Liberal margin 2.2 pts 1895: Liberal margin 2.8 pts 1900: Liberal margin 6.8 pts 1906: Liberal-Labour margin 13.0 pts Jan 1910: Labour margin 18.2 pts Dec 1910: Labour margin 18.1 pts 1923: Liberal margin 25.0 pts 1924: Liberal margin 20.6 pts 1929: Labour margin 27.7 pts 1931: Conservative margin 14.9 pts 1935: Labour margin 11.6 pts 1945: Labour margin 25.7 pts 1950: Labour margin 29.9 pts 1951: Labour margin 27.5 pts 1955: Labour margin 15.3 pts 1959: Labour margin 24.9 pts 1964: Labour margin 27.8 pts 1966: Labour margin 35.3 pts 1970: Labour margin 27.5 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 27.2 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 34.0 pts 1979: Labour margin 25.1 pts 1983: Labour margin 15.6 pts 1987: Labour margin 15.9 pts 1992: Labour margin 11.5 pts 1997: Labour margin 11.2 pts 2001: Liberal Democrat margin 5.8 pts 2005: Liberal Democrat margin 6.9 pts 2010: Labour margin 1.2 pts 2015: Labour margin 29.8 pts 2017: Labour margin 20.0 pts 2019: Labour margin 3.2 pts 2024: Labour margin 26.0 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Chesterfield has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Liberal-Labour, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Chesterfield in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Chesterfield in 2024 with 19,316 votes (46.5%), a majority of 10,820 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Chesterfield since 1885?

Since 1885, Chesterfield has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, Liberal Unionist, Liberal-Labour.

What was the closest result in Chesterfield?

The closest result on record for Chesterfield was 2010, when Labour beat Liberal Democrat by just 549 votes (1.2 percentage points).

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