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Derby (UK Parliament constituency)

Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two members of parliament. It was divided into the single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South in 1950.

History

Derby regularly sent two representatives to Parliament from Edward I's reign. In 1900 it was one of the first two constituencies to elect a member from the then newly formed Labour Party, along with Merthyr Tydfil.

In 1950 the constituency was abolished and replaced by the two single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South.

Boundaries

1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of Derby as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.[1]

Members of Parliament

1294–1640

1640–1950

Sir William Harcourt

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Strutt was appointed Chief Commissioner of Railways, requiring a by-election.

Ponsonby succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl of Bessborough, causing a by-election.

The election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating by Strutt's and Leveson-Gower's agents, and the writ suspended in March 1848, later causing a by-election.[32]

Elections in the 1850s

Horsfall's election was in March 1853 declared void due to bribery, and Heyworth was declared elected in his place.[35]

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Plimsoll's resignation caused a by-election.

Bass' resignation caused a by-election.

Harcourt

Harcourt's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer caused a by-election.

Roe

Elections in the 1890s

Haslam

Harcourt's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer requires a by-election.

Bemrose
Drage

Elections in the 1900s

Bell

Elections in the 1910s

Asquith

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Collins

Elections in the 1920s

Roberts
Henderson Stewart

Elections in the 1930s

Noel-Baker

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place in Autumn 1939 and by then, the following candidates had been selected;

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Supported by Henry Varley's Social Purity Alliance
  2. ^ Compared to joint Liberal vote in 1895
  3. ^ Compared to Lib-Lab candidate in 1906
  4. ^ Compared to combined Conservative share at Jan 1910 election
  1. ^ a b Based on half of the total votes

References

  1. ^ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd Hutton, William (1817). The History of Derby. Nichols. p. 91.
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  13. ^ "General Election". Morning Post. 29 June 1841. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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  15. ^ The election of 1847 was declared void on petition; neither Strutt nor Leveson-Gower was a candidate in the resulting by-election
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  25. ^ Horsfall's election was subsequently declared void, and Heyworth declared elected in his place
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  49. ^ Derby Daily Telegraph, Mar 1939