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West Derbyshire — UK General Election Results

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

West Derbyshire was won by Conservative at the 2005 general election, with a majority of 10,753 votes over Labour. This page covers every general election in West Derbyshire from 1885 to 2005.

Full Election History, 1885–2005

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Edward Cavendish (Liberal) 5,020 54.8% Frederic Charles Arkwright (Conservative) 882 (9.6 pts) 88.8%
1886 Edward Cavendish (Liberal Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Victor Christian William Cavendish (Liberal Unionist) 5,961 68.3% Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot (Liberal) 3,193 (36.6 pts) 73.0%
1895 Victor Christan William Cavendish (Liberal Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 Victor Christian William Cavendish (Liberal Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 Victor Christian William Cavendish (Liberal Unionist) 5,283 52.8% Edward Hinmers (Liberal) 559 (5.6 pts) 87.5%
Jan 1910 Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice (Liberal Unionist) 5,974 54.8% Edward Hinmers (Liberal) 1,049 (9.6 pts) 91.1%
Dec 1910 Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice (Liberal Unionist) 5,624 55.2% Charles Frederick White (Liberal) 1,060 (10.4 pts) 85.2%
1918 Charles Frederick White (Liberal) 10,752 55.6% Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice (Unionist) 2,160 (11.2 pts) 66.0%
1922 Charles Frederick White (Liberal) 13,060 50.2% Edward William Spencer Cavendish (Unionist) 87 (0.3 pts) 86.1%
1923 Edward William Spencer Cavendish (Unionist) 13,419 50.9% William Christopher Mallison (Liberal) 453 (1.7 pts) 84.9%
1924 Edward William Spencer Cavendish (Unionist) 15,324 56.9% William Christopher Mallison (Liberal) 3,712 (13.8 pts) 84.8%
1929 Edward William Spencer Cavendish (Unionist) 16,760 49.7% William Christopher Mallison (Liberal) 3,483 (10.3 pts) 83.2%
1931 Edward William Spencer Cavendish (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 Edward William Spencer Cavendish (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1945 Charles Frederick White (Labour) 18,331 48.8% William Traven Aitken (Conservative) 156 (0.4 pts) 81.7%
1950 Edward Birkbeck Wakefield (Conservative) 20,015 51.9% Norman Gratton (Labour) 6,537 (17.0 pts) 87.5%
1951 Edward Birkbeck Wakefield (Conservative) 22,223 58.8% Ronald Howard Lewis (Labour) 6,645 (17.6 pts) 84.4%
1955 Edward Birkbeck Wakefield (Conservative) 21,052 59.6% Robert B Stirling (Labour) 6,756 (19.1 pts) 80.0%
1959 Edward Birkbeck Wakefield (Conservative) 22,034 61.3% Albert E Kitts (Labour) 8,109 (22.6 pts) 81.9%
1964 Aidan Merivale Crawley (Conservative) 16,825 44.2% Ronald Laurence Gardner-Thorpe (Liberal) 5,266 (13.8 pts) 85.8%
1966 Aidan Crawley (Conservative) 18,383 49.6% Phillip Whitehead (Labour) 4,592 (12.4 pts) 83.4%
1970 James Scott-Hopkins (Conservative) 22,692 61.9% Frederick Inglis (Labour) 8,716 (23.8 pts) 76.7%
Feb 1974 James Scott-Hopkins (Conservative) 19,941 48.7% Peter Worboys (Liberal) 8,460 (20.7 pts) 84.0%
Oct 1974 James Scott-Hopkins (Conservative) 18,468 47.9% Peter Worboys (Liberal) 7,846 (20.3 pts) 78.5%
1979 Matthew Parris (Conservative) 21,478 52.5% Peter Worboys (Liberal) 10,217 (25.0 pts) 80.7%
1983 Matthew Parris (Conservative) 29,695 55.9% Vivian Bingham (Liberal) 15,325 (28.8 pts) 77.4%
1987 Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative) 31,224 53.1% Christopher Walmsley (Liberal) 10,527 (17.9 pts) 83.1%
1992 Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative) 32,879 54.3% Richard David Fearn (Liberal Democrat) 18,769 (31.0 pts) 85.0%
1997 Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative) 23,945 42.1% Stephen Clamp (Labour) 4,885 (8.6 pts) 78.2%
2001 Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative) 24,280 48.0% Stephen Clamp (Labour) 7,370 (14.6 pts) 62.4%
2005 Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative) 24,378 47.7% David Menon (Labour) 10,753 (21.0 pts) 69.2%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Cavendish Liberal 5,02054.8% Yes
Frederic Charles Arkwright Conservative 4,13845.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Cavendish Liberal Unionist Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Christian William Cavendish Liberal Unionist 5,96168.3% Yes
Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot Liberal 2,76831.7% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Christan William Cavendish Liberal Unionist Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Christian William Cavendish Liberal Unionist Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Victor Christian William Cavendish Liberal Unionist 5,28352.8% Yes
Edward Hinmers Liberal 4,72447.2% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice Liberal Unionist 5,97454.8% Yes
Edward Hinmers Liberal 4,92545.2% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice Liberal Unionist 5,62455.2% Yes
Charles Frederick White Liberal 4,56444.8% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Frederick White Liberal 10,75255.6% Yes
Henry William Edmund Petty-Fitzmaurice Unionist 8,59244.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Frederick White Liberal 13,06050.2% Yes
Edward William Spencer Cavendish Unionist 12,97349.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Spencer Cavendish Unionist 13,41950.9% Yes
William Christopher Mallison Liberal 12,96649.1% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Spencer Cavendish Unionist 15,32456.9% Yes
William Christopher Mallison Liberal 11,61243.1% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Spencer Cavendish Unionist 16,76049.7% Yes
William Christopher Mallison Liberal 13,27739.4% No
William Wilkinson Labour 3,66010.9% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Spencer Cavendish Conservative Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Spencer Cavendish Conservative Unopposed Yes

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Frederick White Labour 18,33148.8% Yes
William Traven Aitken Conservative 18,17548.4% No
Robert Goodall Agriculturalist 1,0682.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Birkbeck Wakefield Conservative 20,01551.9% Yes
Norman Gratton Labour 13,47835.0% No
George Frederick Strange Liberal 5,07013.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Birkbeck Wakefield Conservative 22,22358.8% Yes
Ronald Howard Lewis Labour 15,57841.2% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Birkbeck Wakefield Conservative 21,05259.6% Yes
Robert B Stirling Labour 14,29640.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward Birkbeck Wakefield Conservative 22,03461.3% Yes
Albert E Kitts Labour 13,92538.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aidan Merivale Crawley Conservative 16,82544.2% Yes
Ronald Laurence Gardner-Thorpe Liberal 11,55930.4% No
John Dilks Labour 9,66925.4% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aidan Crawley Conservative 18,38349.6% Yes
Phillip Whitehead Labour 13,79137.2% No
Peggy Edwards Liberal 4,87413.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Scott-Hopkins Conservative 22,69261.9% Yes
Frederick Inglis Labour 13,97638.1% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Scott-Hopkins Conservative 19,94148.7% Yes
Peter Worboys Liberal 11,48128.0% No
Frederick Inglis Labour 9,52923.3% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Scott-Hopkins Conservative 18,46847.9% Yes
Peter Worboys Liberal 10,62227.6% No
David Arthur Townsend Labour 9,45624.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Matthew Parris Conservative 21,47852.5% Yes
Peter Worboys Liberal 11,26127.6% No
William Moore Labour 8,13419.9% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Matthew Parris Conservative 29,69555.9% Yes
Vivian Bingham Liberal 14,37027.0% No
John Sanders March Labour 9,06017.1% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick McLoughlin Conservative 31,22453.1% Yes
Christopher Walmsley Liberal 20,69735.2% No
William Moore Labour 6,87511.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick McLoughlin Conservative 32,87954.3% Yes
Richard David Fearn Liberal Democrat 14,11023.3% No
Stephen Clamp Labour 13,52822.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick McLoughlin Conservative 23,94542.1% Yes
Stephen Clamp Labour 19,06033.5% No
Christopher Seeley Liberal Democrat 9,94017.5% No
John Gouriet Referendum Party 2,4994.4% No
Godfrey Meynell Independent Green 5931.0% No
Hugh Price UKIP 4840.9% No
The Flying Brick' Delves Monster Raving Loony 2810.5% No
Martin Kyslun Back to Basics 810.1% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick McLoughlin Conservative 24,28048.0% Yes
Stephen Clamp Labour 16,91033.4% No
Jeremy Beckett Liberal Democrat 7,92215.7% No
Stuart Bavester UKIP 6721.3% No
The Flying Brick' Delves Monster Raving Loony 4720.9% No
Robert Goodall Independent 3330.7% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Patrick McLoughlin Conservative 24,37847.7% Yes
David Menon Labour 13,62526.6% No
Ray Dring Liberal Democrat 11,40822.3% No
Michael Cruddas UKIP 1,3222.6% No
The Flying Brick' Delves Monster Raving Loony 4050.8% No
Martin Kyslun Independent 50.0% No

Margin Over Time

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

1885: Liberal margin 9.6 pts 1892: Liberal Unionist margin 36.6 pts 1906: Liberal Unionist margin 5.6 pts Jan 1910: Liberal Unionist margin 9.6 pts Dec 1910: Liberal Unionist margin 10.4 pts 1918: Liberal margin 11.2 pts 1922: Liberal margin 0.3 pts 1923: Unionist margin 1.7 pts 1924: Unionist margin 13.8 pts 1929: Unionist margin 10.3 pts 1945: Labour margin 0.4 pts 1950: Conservative margin 17.0 pts 1951: Conservative margin 17.6 pts 1955: Conservative margin 19.1 pts 1959: Conservative margin 22.6 pts 1964: Conservative margin 13.8 pts 1966: Conservative margin 12.4 pts 1970: Conservative margin 23.8 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 20.7 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 20.3 pts 1979: Conservative margin 25.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 28.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 17.9 pts 1992: Conservative margin 31.0 pts 1997: Conservative margin 8.6 pts 2001: Conservative margin 14.6 pts 2005: Conservative margin 21.0 pts 1885 1892 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005

Trend

West Derbyshire has been contested at 32 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist, Conservative, Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won West Derbyshire in the 2005 general election?

Conservative won West Derbyshire in 2005 with 24,378 votes (47.7%), a majority of 10,753 votes over Labour in second place.

Which parties have won West Derbyshire since 1885?

Since 1885, West Derbyshire has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Unionist.

What was the closest result in West Derbyshire?

The closest result on record for West Derbyshire was 1922, when Liberal beat Unionist by just 87 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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