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
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]
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;
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;
^Compared to combined Conservative share at Jan 1910 election
^ a bBased on half of the total votes
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