Bolsover.
Labour Party MP Natalie Fleet holds the seat on 40.5% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ault Hucknall(3 seats) | Tite · Ritchie · Kirkham | 1,939 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Barlborough(2 seats) | Haywood · Wapplington | 981 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Blackwell(2 seats) | Moesby · Renshaw | 897 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Bolsover East(2 seats) | Clarke · Clarke | 943 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Bolsover North Shuttlewood(2 seats) | Taylor · Hales | 921 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Bolsover South(2 seats) | Wood · Jeffery | 703 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Clowne East(3 seats) | Bennett · Hiney-Saunders · Walker | 1,568 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Clowne West | Will Fletcher | 239 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Elmton With Creswell(3 seats) | Davis · McGregor · Turner | 2,107 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Holmewood Heath(2 seats) | Stone · Cornwell | 871 | North East Derbyshire Con | May 2023 |
| Langwith(2 seats) | Peake · Fritchley | 957 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Pilsley Morton(3 seats) | Cooper · Higgon · Gillott | 2,379 | North East Derbyshire Con | May 2023 |
| Pinxton(2 seats) | Hinman · Dooley | 852 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Shirebrook North(2 seats) | Kane · Wilson | 741 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Shirebrook South(2 seats) | Yates · Tait | 834 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Shirland(3 seats) | Cupit · Liggett · Roe | 2,100 | North East Derbyshire Con | May 2023 |
| South Normanton East(2 seats) | Stevenson · King | 665 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| South Normanton West(3 seats) | Powell · Fox · Smith | 1,270 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Sutton(2 seats) | Birkin · Kerry | 993 | North East Derbyshire Con | May 2023 |
| Tibshelf(2 seats) | Watson · Gilbody | 761 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
| Whitwell(2 seats) | Raspin · Munro | 811 | Bolsover Lab | May 2023 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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.
Source · ONS Built-Up Areas · Census 2021
| Settlement | Pop. | Class |
|---|---|---|
| South Normanton and Pinxton | 14,135 | town |
| Shirebrook | 11,894 | town |
| Rural & dispersed | 11,430 | town |
| Bolsover | 9,812 | town |
| Clowne | 8,424 | town |
| Creswell | 5,185 | town |
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment rate | 57.0% | 57.1% | 0% |
| Owner-occupied | 67.0% | 63.1% | +6% |
| Private rented | 16.0% | 20.0% | -20% |
| Social rented | 16.9% | 16.8% | +1% |
Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £189m |
| Taxpayers | 48,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,220 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £3,910 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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Headline rate.
By category.
Source · data.police.uk · 3-month rate per 1,000 pop
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie FleetWON | Lab | 17,197 | 40.5 |
| Mark Fletcher | Con | 10,874 | 25.6 |
| Robert Reaney | Ref | 9,131 | 21.5 |
| David Kesteven | Grn | 3,754 | 8.8 |
| David Hancock | LD | 1,478 | 3.5 |
Turnout 42,434
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mark Fletcher | Con | 47.4 |
| 2017 | Dennis Skinner | Lab | 51.9 |
| 2015 | Dennis Skinner | Lab | 51.2 |
| 2010 | Skinner, Dennis | Lab | 50.0 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo