The placeConstituency · East Midlands · Electorate 77,207 · 2023 boundaries

Bolsover.

Labour Party MP Natalie Fleet holds the seat on 40.5% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.

Member of ParliamentNatalie Fleet · Labour Party
CouncilsBolsover · North East Derbyshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeE14001109
Electorate · 2024
77.2k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
40.5%
Labour Party · +14.9pp over Con
Settlements
20
Largest: South Normanton and Pinxton
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
21.1
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
1 Jun 2026

A steady loyalist who has generated some of the parliament's more striking personal headlines, Natalie Fleet made national news in 2025 after publicly disclosing she had been raped and using that experience to drive amendments on grooming gang victims through to government backing -- a campaign that attracted royal endorsement and BBC coverage. More recently, a Reform UK politician shared a Facebook post calling for her to be shot, a reminder that she has faced serious threats since before she was elected. In the Commons, she has voted with Labour on every recorded division -- 100% party alignment -- including recent votes to tighten asylum support rules and to block a Privileges Committee referral of the Prime Minister.

Fleet participates in roughly 70% of votes, a little below the Commons average, and has made 51 contributions across 36 debates since 2024. Her speeches cluster around economy and jobs, crime, social care, and local government -- a mix that reflects Bolsover's post-industrial character. Her stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights (85%) and progressive taxation (95%), but she scores markedly below her Labour colleagues on criminal justice reform (29% vs a party average of 64%) and disability benefits (0% vs 12%).

The criminal justice gap is worth flagging: it sits alongside her crime-focused campaigning, suggesting her interest runs to victims and enforcement rather than reform of sentencing or rehabilitation. She holds no committee seats, which limits her formal scrutiny role. News sentiment data covering the past 90 days is available but thin on substance -- crime dominates coverage, largely at neutral sentiment, with MP-performance pieces scoring higher. No data suggests notable local controversy beyond the threats she has received.

40.5%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
2
Councils overlapping the seat
21
Wards · 47 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.21 wards · 47 councillors · 2 councils

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Ault Hucknall(3 seats)Tite · Ritchie · Kirkham1,939Bolsover LabMay 2023
Barlborough(2 seats)Haywood · Wapplington981Bolsover LabMay 2023
Blackwell(2 seats)Moesby · Renshaw897Bolsover LabMay 2023
Bolsover East(2 seats)Clarke · Clarke943Bolsover LabMay 2023
Bolsover North Shuttlewood(2 seats)Taylor · Hales921Bolsover LabMay 2023
Bolsover South(2 seats)Wood · Jeffery703Bolsover LabMay 2023
Clowne East(3 seats)Bennett · Hiney-Saunders · Walker1,568Bolsover LabMay 2023
Clowne West Will Fletcher239Bolsover LabMay 2023
Elmton With Creswell(3 seats)Davis · McGregor · Turner2,107Bolsover LabMay 2023
Holmewood Heath(2 seats)Stone · Cornwell871North East Derbyshire ConMay 2023
Langwith(2 seats)Peake · Fritchley957Bolsover LabMay 2023
Pilsley Morton(3 seats)Cooper · Higgon · Gillott2,379North East Derbyshire ConMay 2023
Pinxton(2 seats)Hinman · Dooley852Bolsover LabMay 2023
Shirebrook North(2 seats)Kane · Wilson741Bolsover LabMay 2023
Shirebrook South(2 seats)Yates · Tait834Bolsover LabMay 2023
Shirland(3 seats)Cupit · Liggett · Roe2,100North East Derbyshire ConMay 2023
South Normanton East(2 seats)Stevenson · King665Bolsover LabMay 2023
South Normanton West(3 seats)Powell · Fox · Smith1,270Bolsover LabMay 2023
Sutton(2 seats)Birkin · Kerry993North East Derbyshire ConMay 2023
Tibshelf(2 seats)Watson · Gilbody761Bolsover LabMay 2023
Whitwell(2 seats)Raspin · Munro811Bolsover LabMay 2023

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 02Settlements.20 named places

The seat’s population is concentrated in South Normanton and Pinxton (14,135), with Shirebrook (11,894) as the second pole. Total population across named built-up areas: 99,972.

town 67,401village 32,571

Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021

SettlementPop.Class
South Normanton and Pinxton14,135town
Shirebrook11,894town
Rural & dispersed11,430town
Bolsover9,812town
Clowne8,424town
Creswell5,185town
Showing 6 of 20·All 20 settlements
§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ
Employment rate57.0%57.1%0%
Owner-occupied67.0%63.1%+6%
Private rented16.0%20.0%-20%
Social rented16.9%16.8%+1%

Ethnicity.

White97.3%
Asian0.9%
Black0.5%
Mixed0.9%
Other0.3%

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 49.2% Female 50.8% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£24,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£30,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,905
VAT/PAYE-registered
Schools
55
45 primary · 5 secondary
GCSE pass
57.3%
Attainment 8: 39.7

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£189m
Taxpayers48,000
Median per taxpayer£2,220
Mean per taxpayer£3,910

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

This constituency is served by Bolsover and North East Derbyshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.

For household tax breakdown

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§ 05Recorded crime.data.police.uk · 12-month rolling

Headline rate.

Per 1k pop · 3mo
21.1
+2% vs national
Monthly avg / 1k
7.0
12-month rolling
Top category
Violence & sexual offences
45% of recorded crime

By category.

Violence & sexual offences9.5
Anti-social behaviour2.5
Criminal damage & arson2.0
Public order1.7
Other theft1.4
Vehicle crime1.1
Shoplifting0.8

Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop

Showing 7 of 15·All 15 categories — full monthly trend & settlement breakdown
§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Natalie FleetWONLab17,19740.5
Mark FletcherCon10,87425.6
Robert ReaneyRef9,13121.5
David KestevenGrn3,7548.8
David HancockLD1,4783.5

Turnout 42,434

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Mark FletcherCon47.4
2017Dennis SkinnerLab51.9
2015Dennis SkinnerLab51.2
2010Skinner, DennisLab50.0
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
SchoolsDfE · attainment data
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission