Editing Belper (section)

==Governance==
Administratively, Belper Town Council manages first tier local government services, with [[Amber Valley|Amber Valley Borough]] and [[Derbyshire County Council|Derbyshire County]] councils providing successively higher level services.

For Westminster elections, the parish is part of the [[Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Derbyshire]] constituency<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Maps: Great Britain |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |access-date=15 May 2025 |website= |publisher=Ordnance Survey}}</ref> which has been represented by [[Jonathan Davies (politician)|Jonathan Davies]] (Labour) since 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Derbyshire Mid {{!}} General Election 2024 {{!}} Sky News |url=https://election.news.sky.com/elections/general-election-2024/derbyshire-mid-183 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=election.news.sky.com |language=en}}</ref> Until 1983 the town gave its name to the [[Belper (UK Parliament constituency)|Belper constituency]], which from 1945 to 1970 was the seat of [[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|George Brown]], the deputy leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].