Bolsover (UK Parliament constituency)

Bolsover
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Bolsover in Derbyshire for the 2010 general election
Location of Derbyshire within England
County	Derbyshire
Population	94,473 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	72,162 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements	Bolsover, Shirebrook, Clowne, South Normanton
Current constituency
Created	1950
Member of Parliament	Mark Fletcher (Conservative)
Seats	One
Created from	Clay Cross and North East Derbyshire

Bolsover (/ˈbɒlsˌoʊvər/, /ˈbɒlzˌoʊvər/ and commonly /boʊzər/) is a constituency in Derbyshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Mark Fletcher, a member of the Conservative Party. The constituency was created in 1950, and is centred on the town of Bolsover.

Between 1970 and 2019, the constituency was represented by Labour's Dennis Skinner, who by 2019 was the oldest member of the House of Commons and the second longest-serving. At the constituency's inception it was one of the safest Labour seats in the country, but over the following half century Skinner's vote share dropped from 77% in 1970, still holding a high vote share of 65% in 2005, to only 36% in 2019, with the result that he lost the seat to the Conservatives by a margin of 11%.