East Midlands · England · 69,917Boundary · 2023

Mid Derbyshire

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Apr 2026

A marginal seat — won by just 1,878 votes (3.9%) in 2024. Covers Derby, Belper and Borrowash. Population 80,166, notably older (median age 47 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 55% below the national average.

One of the most distinctive moments of Jonathan Davies's first parliamentary term came in June 2025, when he broke with the Labour majority on multiple votes on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- voting against the Bill at Third Reading and opposing amendments that would have left open a potential loophole allowing voluntary starvation to qualify someone as terminally ill. While the assisted dying bill passed with Labour support, Davies sided with opponents, reflecting a position more cautious than his party's majority on end-of-life legislation. Beyond Westminster, his local profile has been built through constituency engagement -- visiting unpaid carers, raising dust pollution problems at a Mackworth construction site with developers and local councils, and creating a forum for young people to raise concerns directly with him.

Davies votes with Labour 96.6% of the time, making his assisted dying stance a genuine outlier rather than a pattern of rebellion. His 85% voting participation sits within a reasonable range for a first-term MP. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, but notably low scores on pro-business and parliamentary scrutiny measures -- and he is considerably more likely than the average Labour MP to support the Commons overriding the Lords. His 119 contributions across 84 debates span economy and jobs, local government, defence, social care, and health, suggesting a broad rather than narrowly specialist parliamentary voice.

416
Commons votes
This parliament
£29k
Median income
HMRC · 2024
69.9k
Electorate
2024 GE

Lab took this seat from Con after 4 consecutive elections.

Current Member of Parliament

Jonathan Davies

Jonathan Davies

Labour Party

Jonathan Davies is the Labour MP for Mid Derbyshire, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Notable Votes

Vote on a package of government new clauses to the Crime and Policing Bill at Report Stage, covering measures including: criminalising organising begging for profit, stronger protections for emergency workers against racial and religious abuse, removing the limitation period in child sexual abuse cases, and new offences around internal concealment of items for criminal purposes. The large Aye majority reflects broad government support for these law and order measures.

MP voted NoAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

Vote on New Clause 106, which sought to require women to have an in-person medical consultation before receiving abortion medication, as a safety measure. This was debated alongside New Clause 1, which would have decriminalised abortion for women, making it a free vote on conscience issues around abortion law reform.

MP voted YesAgainst party majorityLikely whipped

A procedural vote on whether to allow New Clause 16 to be formally considered as part of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Report Stage, after proceedings had been interrupted on 13 June when an objection was raised. The debate excerpts do not reveal the substantive content of New Clause 16.

MP voted YesAgainst party majority

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Voting at a Glance

A marginal seat — won by just 1,878 votes (3.9%) in 2024. Covers Derby, Belper and Borrowash. Population 80,166, notably older (median age 47 vs 41 nationally). Recorded crime is 55% below the national average.

2024 General Election

§ 06This week in Westminster.Live · today’s sittingOrder Paper · refreshed daily

Davies’s scheduled Commons activity this week — whipped divisions, oral questions, debates — drawn from the House of Commons Order Paper.

§ 07The record, at a glance.423 divisions voted

Two readings of the same data. Issue volume shows where Davies has cast the most ballots — a proxy for engagement, not direction. Notable votes are the moments where the whip was free or where they broke ranks.

Issue volume
Top issues by total divisions voted · cumulative this Parliament
Economy
86
Taxation
85
Employment
51
Crime & Policing
38
Education
34
Welfare and Benefits
28
Notable votes
Free votes and rebellions — moments the MP’s own judgment matters more than the whip
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 117 Jun 2025
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 10617 Jun 2025
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1620 Jun 2025 · free vote
Aye
§ 08The local picture.12 wards

Constituencies are not uniform. Below — the local council make-up, key facts worth knowing, and the neighbouring seats on either side.

WardCouncillorVotesParty
AllestreeGed Potter2,413Conserva
AllestreeKieran Alexander Morgan-McGeehan1,992Conserva
AllestreeSteve Hassall2,283Conserva
Alport South West ParishesDavid Taylor868Conserva
Alport South West ParishesJane Orton846Conserva
Belper EastFay Atkinson890Belper I
Belper EastJohn Porter928Labour P
Belper EastTracey Hill978Labour P
Belper NorthBen Rupert Edward Bellamy663Belper I
Belper NorthEmma Monkman783Labour P
Belper SouthGez Kinsella826Green Pa
Belper SouthJamie Walls790Green Pa
Population (2021 Census)
80,166
Electorate 69,917 · 2024 register
Median income
£29,100
HMRC SPI 2024
Households renting privately
12.8%
England average 20.0%
Schools
35
29 primary · 4 secondary
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