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Chesterfield is a constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Derbyshire, England. It has been represented in the House of Commons by Labour politician Toby Perkins since 2010. It was first created in 1885.

Members of Parliament
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Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Alfred Barnes	Liberal
1886	Alfred Barnes	Liberal Unionist
1892	Thomas Bayley	Liberal
1906	James Haslam	Lib-Lab
1910	James Haslam	Labour
1913	Barnet Kenyon	Lib-Lab
1918	Barnet Kenyon	Liberal
1929	George Benson	Labour
1931	Roger Conant	Conservative
1935	George Benson	Labour
1964	Eric Varley	Labour
1984	Tony Benn	Labour
2001	Paul Holmes	Liberal Democrat
2010	Toby Perkins	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toby Perkins	18,171	40.2	14.6
	Conservative	Leigh Higgins	16,720	37.0	2.2
	Brexit Party	John Scotting	4,771	10.6	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Coy	3,985	8.8	3.4
	Green	Neil Jackson	1,148	2.5	0.9
	Independent	John Daramy	391	0.9	0.9
Majority			1,451	3.2	16.8
Turnout			45,186	63.6	2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	8.4

General election 2017: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toby Perkins	26,266	54.8	6.9
	Conservative	Spencer Pitfield	16,661	34.8	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Snowdon	2,612	5.4	8.4
	UKIP	Stuart Bent	1,611	3.4	13.1
	Green	David Wadsworth	777	1.6	1.3
Majority			9,605	20.0	9.8
Turnout			47,927	66.9	3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	4.9

General election 2015: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toby Perkins	21,829	47.9	+8.9
	Conservative	Mark Vivis	8,231	18.1	+2.3
	UKIP	Stuart Yeowart	7,523	16.5	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Cambridge	6,301	13.8	-24.0
	Green	Matthew Genn	1,352	3.0	+1.7
	TUSC	Matt Whale	202	0.4	+0.4
	Peace	Tommy Holgate	129	0.3	+0.3
Majority			13,598	29.8	+28.6
Turnout			45,567	63.2	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 2010: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Toby Perkins	17,891	39.0	-1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Holmes	17,342	37.8	-9.1
	Conservative	Carolyn Abbott	7,214	15.7	+7.5
	UKIP	David Phillips	1,432	3.1	+0.9
	English Democrat	Ian Jerram	1,213	2.6	+0.8
	Green	Duncan Kerr	600	1.3	N/A
	Independent	John "Noneoftheabove" Daramy	147	0.3	N/A
Majority			549	1.2	N/A
Turnout			45,839	63.8	+3.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Holmes	20,875	47.3	-0.5
	Labour	Simon Rich	17,830	40.4	-1.6
	Conservative	Mark Kreling	3,605	8.2	+0.1
	UKIP	Christopher Brady	997	2.3	N/A
	English Democrat	Ian Jerram	814	1.8	N/A
Majority			3,045	6.9	+1.1
Turnout			44,121	59.6	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+0.6

General election 2001: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Holmes	21,249	47.8	+8.3
	Labour	Reg Race	18,663	42.0	-8.8
	Conservative	Simon Hitchcock	3,613	8.1	-1.1
	Socialist Alliance	Jeannie Robinson	437	1.0	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Bill Harrison	295	0.7	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Rawson	184	0.4	N/A
Majority			2,586	5.8	N/A
Turnout			44,441	60.7	-10.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	26,105	50.8	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Rogers	20,330	39.6	+3.8
	Conservative	Martin Potter	4,752	9.2	−7.7
	Independent	Norman Scarth	202	0.4	N/A
Majority			5,775	11.2	−0.3
Turnout			51,389	70.9	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	26,461	47.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Rogers	20,047	35.8	+6.2
	Conservative	PG Lewis	9,473	16.9	−8.0
Majority			6,414	11.5	−4.4
Turnout			55,981	78.1	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	24,532	44.9	−1.6
	Liberal	Anthony Rogers	15,955	29.6	−5.1
	Conservative	Ronald Grant	13,472	25.0	+9.8
Majority			8,577	15.9	+4.1
Turnout			53,959	76.7	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

1984 Chesterfield by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Benn	24,633	46.5	-1.6
	Liberal	Max Payne	18,369	34.7	+15.1
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	8,028	15.2	-17.3
	Independent Labour	Bill Maynard	1,355	2.6	N/A
	Monster Raving Loony	Screaming Lord Sutch	178	0.3	N/A
	Independent	David Bentley	116	0.2	N/A
	Independent	John Davey	83	0.2	N/A
	Independent	Thomas Layton	46	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Helen Anscombe	34	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Jitendra Bardwaj	33	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Donald Butler	24	0.1	N/A
	Independent	Paul Nicholls-Jones	22	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Sid Shaw	20	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Hill	17	0.0	N/A
	Independent	Giancarlo Piccaro	15	0.0	N/A
	Independent	David Cahill	12	0.0	N/A
	Independent	John Connell	7	0.0	N/A
Majority			6,264	11.8	-3.8
Turnout			52,992	76.9	+4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Varley	23,881	48.1	-9.3
	Conservative	Nick Bourne	16,118	32.4	+0.2
	Liberal	Max Payne	9,705	19.5	+9.1
Majority			7,763	15.6	-9.5
Turnout			49,704	72.6	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Varley	31,049	57.4
	Conservative	S. Hill	17,445	32.2
	Liberal	M. Payne	5,617	10.4
Majority			13,604	25.1
Turnout				73.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Varley	30,953	59.9
	Conservative	J. D. Taylor	13,393	25.9
	Liberal	M. W. Brown	7,349	14.2
Majority			17,560	34.0
Turnout				72.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Varley	31,040	54.8
	Conservative	J. D. Taylor	15,644	27.6
	Liberal	M. W. Brown	9,937	17.6
Majority			15,396	27.2
Turnout				80.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Varley	30,386	59.0
	Conservative	John C Ramsden	16,217	31.5
	Liberal	Terence D Bamford	4,891	9.5
Majority			14,169	27.5
Turnout				72.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Varley	31,542	61.6
	Conservative	Alan T Hale	13,443	26.3
	Liberal	Terence D. Bamford	6,227	12.2
Majority			18,099	35.3
Turnout				76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Varley	29,452	56.5
	Conservative	William G Blake	14,944	28.7
	Liberal	Derek A McKie	7,738	14.8
Majority			14,508	27.8
Turnout				78.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Benson	30,534	56.6
	National Liberal	James Anthony Lemkin	17,084	31.7
	Liberal	Geoffrey R. Smedley-Stevenson	6,360	11.8
Majority			13,450	24.9
Turnout				82.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Benson	29,602	57.7
	National Liberal	Frank Hadfield	21,748	42.4
Majority			7,854	15.3
Turnout				79.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Benson	34,753	63.7	+2.9
	National Liberal	John F. Nash	19,776	36.3	+5.4
Majority			14,977	27.5	-2.4
Turnout			54,529	84.2	-2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Benson	33,914	60.8
	National Liberal	Andrew Cavendish	17,231	30.9
	Liberal	John William O'Neill	4,052	7.3
	Communist	Bas Barker	554	1.0
Majority			16,683	29.9
Turnout				87.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Benson	29,459	62.8
	Conservative	Andrew Cavendish	17,424	37.2
Majority			12,035	25.7
Turnout			46,883	77.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; *Labour: George Benson,

Conservative:

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Benson	21,439	50.94
	Conservative	Roger Conant	16,555	39.33
	Liberal	Robert George Hill	4,096	9.73
Majority			4,884	11.60
Turnout				79.78
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General election 1931: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Conant	23,026	57.46
	Labour	George Benson	17,046	42.54
Majority			5,980	14.92
Turnout				80.02
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election, 1929: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Benson	20,296	54.1	+14.4
	Unionist	Roger Conant	9,915	26.4	N/A
	Liberal	Harry Cropper	7,329	19.5	−40.8
Majority			10,381	27.7	N/A
Turnout			37,540	77.8	+13.4
Registered electors			48,278
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+27.6

General election, 1924: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	13,971	60.3	+9.4
	Labour	George Benson	9,206	39.7	+13.8
Majority			4,765	20.6	−4.4
Turnout			23,177	64.4	−4.6
Registered electors			35,989
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.2

General election 6 December 1923:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	12,164	50.9	N/A
	Labour	George Benson	6,198	25.9	N/A
	Unionist	R F H Broomhead-Colton-Fox	5,541	23.2	N/A
Majority			5,966	25.0	N/A
Turnout			23,903	69.0	N/A
Registered electors			34,648
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 6 December 1922:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Chesterfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barnet Kenyon	Unopposed
	Liberal gain from Labour

1913 Chesterfield by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Barnet Kenyon	7,725	55.8	−3.2
	Unionist	Edward Christie	5,539	40.0	−1.0
	Independent Labour	John Scurr	583	4.2	N/A
Majority			2,186	15.8	−2.2
Turnout			13,847	81.5	+5.6
Registered electors			16,995
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	−1.1

General election Dec 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Haslam	7,283	59.0	−0.1
	Conservative	W.G.W. Radford	5,055	41.0	+0.1
Majority			2,228	18.0	−0.2
Turnout			12,338	75.9	−9.8
Registered electors			16,248
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

General election Jan 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Haslam	8,234	59.1	+2.6
	Conservative	W.G.W. Radford	5,693	40.9	−2.6
Majority			2,541	18.2	+5.2
Turnout			13,927	85.7	+0.5
Registered electors			16,248
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	James Haslam	7,254	56.5	+3.1
	Conservative	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	5,590	43.5	−3.1
Majority			1,664	13.0	+6.2
Turnout			12,844	85.2	+1.1
Registered electors			15,077
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	+3.1

General election 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bayley	5,418	53.4	+2.0
	Conservative	A. W. Byron	4,729	46.6	−2.0
Majority			689	6.8	+4.0
Turnout			10,147	84.1	−1.3
Registered electors			12,069
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bayley	4,572	51.4	+0.3
	Conservative	A. W. Byron	4,325	48.6	−0.3
Majority			247	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			8,897	85.4	+4.8
Registered electors			10,413
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

General election 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Bayley	4,249	51.1	+1.9
	Liberal Unionist	Alfred Barnes	4,067	48.9	−1.9
Majority			182	2.2	N/A
Turnout			8,316	80.6	−0.9
Registered electors			10,313
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Alfred Barnes	3,567	50.8	+22.1
	Liberal	Thomas Bayley	3,453	49.2	+3.5
Majority			114	1.6	N/A
Turnout			7,020	81.5	−5.0
Registered electors			8,616
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.3

General election 1885
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Barnes	3,408	45.7	N/A
	Conservative	John Cumming Macdona	2,136	28.7	N/A
	Independent Liberal-Labour	James Haslam	1,907	25.6	N/A
Majority			1,272	17.0	N/A
Turnout			7,451	86.5	−5.0
Registered electors			8,616
	Liberal win (new seat)

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