Constituency profile

Mid Derbyshire

East Midlands · County constituency

Jonathan Davies MP
Sitting MP

Jonathan Davies

Labour

First elected July 2024

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
East Midlands
County constituency
Last 5 GE winners
CCCCL
Conservative 4/5, Labour 1/5
EU referendum 2016
52.5% Leave
UK average 51.9%; +0.6pp above mean
Current outlook
Reform UK +4.3pp
Vulnerability score 9/10 (Labour projected to lose)
MidlandsBrexit-marginal

About the Mid Derbyshire constituency

Mid Derbyshire is a county constituency in the East Midlands. The sitting MP is Jonathan Davies (Labour), first elected in July 2024. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 36.5% to 32.5% for the Conservatives, a majority of 1,878 votes on a 68.0% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Reform UK on 32.3% and the Conservatives on 28.0%, a margin of 4.3 points - a projected change of hands from Labour.

Who lives in Mid Derbyshire? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
52.5%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
35.9%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
14.8%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
78.6%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
20.7%
UK average ~36%
Median age
47.2
UK median ~40
Age 65+
28.3%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
23.7%
UK average ~28%

How did Mid Derbyshire vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab gain from Con · majority 1,878 votes (4.0pp) · turnout 68.0%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Mid Derbyshire

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Mid Derbyshire within Derby and Amber Valley and 1 other council

Mid Derbyshire crosses council boundaries: Derby (47%), Amber Valley (33%), Erewash (20%). None of the constituent councils were due to vote in 2026, so the figures below are the most recent ward results available. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seat
Derby
26 LSOAs
47%
Amber Valley
18 LSOAs
33%
Erewash
11 LSOAs
20%

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
AllestreeConservative 39.8%vs Labour 35.1%2023 Conservative 49.8%vs Labour 27.7%-45.0%
Alport & South West ParishesConservative 40.4%vs Labour 37.0%2023 Conservative 48.6%vs Labour 25.7%-46.0%
Belper EastLabour 41.6%vs Conservative 25.5%2023 Labour 29.8%vs Others 27.1%-40.7%
Belper NorthLabour 46.1%vs Conservative 26.9%2023 Labour 33.5%vs Conservative 25.4%-49.2%
Belper SouthLabour 43.1%vs Conservative 25.3%2023 Green 58.9%vs Conservative 17.7%-33.1%
Chaddesden NorthLabour 44.8%vs Conservative 21.5%2023 Labour 36.6%vs Lib Dem 35.8%-24.0%
Duffield & QuarndonLabour 28.3%vs Conservative 27.7%2023 Green 67.0%vs Conservative 27.6%-51.8%
Little Eaton & StanleyLabour 35.3%vs Conservative 33.5%2023 Conservative 48.0%vs Labour 40.3%-40.9%
OakwoodConservative 37.2%vs Labour 34.1%2023 Conservative 64.2%vs Labour 21.7%-35.0%
Ockbrook & BorrowashLabour 34.7%vs Conservative 27.4%2023 Independent 44.6%vs Conservative 34.2%-35.4%
SpondonConservative 36.6%vs Labour 36.0%2023 Conservative 52.4%vs Labour 32.9%-32.1%
West Hallam & Dale AbbeyConservative 30.6%vs Labour 28.3%2023 Conservative 43.5%vs Lib Dem 42.4%-35.0%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Mid Derbyshire at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Mid Derbyshire at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010Con holdPauline Latham24.5%48.3%20.5%2.6% UKIP-4.0%11,29271.6%
2015Con holdPauline Latham25.4%52.2%4.8%13.6% UKIP4.0%-12,77470.7%-0.9
2017Con holdPauline Latham35.5%58.6%3.6%-2.3%-11,61674.7%+4.0
2019notionalConservative winnerPauline Latham 2019 MP, pre-review boundary27.0%59.6%9.6%-3.9%-16,81673.6%-1.1
2024Lab gain from ConJonathan Davies36.5%32.5%5.0%17.6% Ref7.5%1.0%1,87868.0%-5.6

Earlier years are on pre-2024 boundaries; comparable results on the new boundary will be added when sourced.

Constituencies most like Mid Derbyshire

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Mid Derbyshire. Politics shown for context.

What would change this seat?

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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