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Encyclopedia > Derbyshire North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Derbyshire North East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Derbyshire North East constituency covers the north eastern part of Derbyshire, surrounding Chesterfield on three sides. Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive hill and mountain scenery. ... Chesterfield is a market town and district in Derbyshire, a county in England. ...

Member of Parliament

Harry Barnes (born July 2, 1936) is an English politician, and member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire. ...

Election results

General Election 2005: Derbyshire North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Natascha Engel 21,416 49.3 −6.3
Conservative Dominic Johnson 11,351 26.1 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Tom Snowdon 8,812 20.3 +2.5
UKIP Kenneth Perkins 1,855 4.3 N/A
Majority 10,065 23.2
Turnout 43,434 61.2 +2.3
Labour hold Swing 3.0
General Election 2001: Derbyshire North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Barnes 23,437 55.6 −4.9
Conservative James Hollingsworth 11,179 26.5 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Higginbottom 7,508 17.8 +3.5
Majority 12,258 29.1
Turnout 42,124 58.9 −13.6
Labour hold Swing

The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced you-kip) is a right-wing political party that aims at British withdrawal from the European Union. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


  Results from FactBites:
 
North East Derbyshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (197 words)
North East Derbyshire is a local government district in Derbyshire, England.
It borders the districts of Chesterfield, Bolsover, Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales in Derbyshire, and Sheffield and Rotherham in South Yorkshire.
The district offices are based outside the district, in the town of Chesterfield, which the district surrounds on three sides, and thus acts as the shopping and work centre for much of the district.
Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Kent (2438 words)
East Kent became one of the kingdoms of the Jutes during the fifth century AD (see Kingdom of Kent) and the area was later known as Cantia in ab ut AD730 and Cent in AD835.
It is bounded on the north by the River Thames and the North Sea, and on the south by the Straits of Dover and the English Channel.
From the north they are: the marshlands along the Thames/Medway estuaries and along the North Kent coast; the chalk North Downs reaching heights of around 600ft; the sandstone and clay valley containing the River Medway and its tributaries; the Greensand ridge; the Wealden clay valley and finally the sandstone High Weald.
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