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UK Parliament - Derby North

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> United Kingdom > England > East Midlands > East Midlands > Derby North

Office

Parliament

Honorific

Member of Parliament - Abbr: MP

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

April 20, 2010 - 06:00pm Central

Polls Open

May 06, 2010 - 01:00am Central

Polls Close

May 06, 2010 - 04:00pm Central

Term Start

May 17, 2010 - 12:00pm

Term End

May 17, 2015 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Ralphie

Last Modified

RBH May 18, 2010 07:17pm

Data Sources

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Description

BBC Profile:
Labour held the seat for most of the post-Second World War period, but it was won by Greg Knight for the Conservatives, in 1983 on a 10% swing.

Bob Laxton took the seat back for Labour at the 1997 general election. At the 2005 election his majority was 3,757 votes.

This election, some wards have been lost to the new Mid Derbyshire seat and Littleover has been gained from Derby South; a few part-wards have also been moved between the North and South divisions. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

The aerospace and rail industries dominate the labour market. Although manufacturing accounts for an above average number of employees, higher proportions work in finance, IT, public administration, education and health.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
Lab 16,420 (42.07%)
LD 10,729 (27.49%)
C 10,120 (25.93%)
Others 958 (2.45%)
UKIP 805 (2.06%)