Derby (UK Parliament constituency)
Derby | |
---|---|
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1295–1950 (split) | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | Derby North and Derby South |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]1294–1640
[edit]1640–1950
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/1895_Sir_William_Harcourt.jpg/120px-1895_Sir_William_Harcourt.jpg)
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1830s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Cavendish | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Edward Strutt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 650 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Cavendish | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Edward Strutt | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 650 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Strutt | 884 | 43.5 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Cavendish | 716 | 35.3 | N/A | |
Tory | Charles Henry Colvile | 430 | 21.2 | New | |
Majority | 286 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,136 | 82.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,384 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Strutt | 903 | 42.0 | −1.5 | |
Whig | John Ponsonby | 724 | 33.6 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Francis Curzon[29] | 525 | 24.4 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 199 | 9.2 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | c. 1,076 | c. 72.8 | c. +9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,478 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.6 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Strutt | 836 | 32.1 | −9.9 | |
Whig | John Ponsonby | 791 | 30.3 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Francis Curzon[29] | 525 | 20.1 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Charles Robert Colvile | 456 | 17.5 | +5.3 | |
Majority | 266 | 10.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,318 | 75.3 | c. +2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,751 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −8.3 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −5.0 |
Elections in the 1840s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Strutt | 875 | 39.0 | +6.9 | |
Whig | John Ponsonby | 784 | 34.9 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Sacheverell Chandos Pole | 587 | 26.1 | −11.5 | |
Majority | 197 | 8.8 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,377 | 72.2 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,906 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Strutt was appointed Chief Commissioner of Railways, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Strutt | 835 | 59.9 | −14.0 | |
Conservative | Digby Mackworth | 559 | 40.1 | +14.0 | |
Majority | 276 | 19.8 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,394 | 68.9 | −3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,022 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −14.0 |
Ponsonby succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Earl of Bessborough, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Frederick Leveson-Gower | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Edward Strutt | 881 | 31.8 | −7.2 | |
Whig | Frederick Leveson-Gower | 852 | 30.8 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Raikes[30] | 820 | 29.6 | +3.5 | |
Chartist | Philip McGrath[31] | 216 | 7.8 | New | |
Majority | 32 | 1.2 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,385 | 63.6 | −8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,177 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.9 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Michael Thomas Bass | 956 | 28.1 | −3.7 | |
Radical | Lawrence Heyworth | 912 | 26.8 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | James William Freshfield[33] | 778 | 22.8 | +8.0 | |
Conservative | James Lord[34] | 760 | 22.3 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 134 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,703 (est) | 78.2 (est) | +14.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,177 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | −5.7 | |||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | −5.9 |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Michael Thomas Bass | 1,252 | 38.0 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Horsfall | 1,025 | 31.1 | +1.5 | |
Radical | Lawrence Heyworth | 1,018 | 30.9 | +0.1 | |
Turnout | 2,160 (est) | 88.2 (est) | +24.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,448 | ||||
Majority | 227 | 6.9 | N/A | ||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Majority | 7 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | −3.9 |
Horsfall's election was in March 1853 declared void due to bribery, and Heyworth was declared elected in his place.[35]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Michael Thomas Bass | 884 | 40.9 | +2.9 | |
Radical | Samuel Beale | 846 | 39.2 | +8.3 | |
Conservative | William Forbes Mackenzie | 430 | 19.9 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 416 | 19.3 | +12.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,295 (est) | 52.2 (est) | −36.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,479 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Radical gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Thomas Bass | 1,260 | 35.5 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Samuel Beale | 902 | 25.4 | −13.8 | |
Liberal | William Milbourne James[36][37] | 736 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Cecil Raikes[38] | 648 | 18.3 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 166 | 4.6 | −14.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,773 (est) | 70.6 (est) | +18.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,513 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.5 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Thomas Cox | 1,096 | 31.7 | +13.4 | |
Liberal | Michael Thomas Bass | 1,063 | 30.7 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Samuel Plimsoll | 691 | 20.0 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | Samuel Beale | 608 | 17.6 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 488 | 14.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,277 (est) | 92.9 (est) | +22.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,450 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Thomas Bass | 4,995 | 41.1 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | Samuel Plimsoll | 4,677 | 38.4 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | William Thomas Cox | 2,492 | 20.5 | −11.2 | |
Majority | 2,185 | 17.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,328 (est) | 75.0 (est) | −17.9 | ||
Registered electors | 9,777 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +12.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Thomas Bass | 5,579 | 39.4 | −1.7 | |
Liberal | Samuel Plimsoll | 4,938 | 34.9 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | William Thomas Cox[39] | 3,642 | 25.7 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 1,296 | 9.2 | −8.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,901 (est) | 78.7 (est) | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 11,316 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.1 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Thomas Bass | 8,864 | 45.8 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Samuel Plimsoll | 7,758 | 40.1 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Thomas Collins | 2,730 | 14.1 | −11.6 | |
Majority | 5,028 | 26.0 | +16.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,594 (est) | 89.1 (est) | +10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 13,006 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Plimsoll's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Harcourt | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Bass' resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roe | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Sir_William_Harcourt.jpg/120px-Sir_William_Harcourt.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 7,813 | 36.1 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | William Harcourt | 7,630 | 35.3 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | William Brown Hextall | 4,943 | 22.8 | +8.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Alfred Stace Dyer[43] | 1,251 | 5.8 | New | |
Majority | 2,687 | 12.5 | −13.5 | ||
Turnout | 12,868 | 86.2 | −2.9 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 14,925 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Harcourt's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Harcourt | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/1890_Thomas_Roe_MP.jpg/120px-1890_Thomas_Roe_MP.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 6,571 | 37.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | William Harcourt | 6,431 | 37.1 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Unionist | William Evans[44] | 4,346 | 25.1 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 2,085 | 12.0 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 10,758 | 72.1 | −14.1 | ||
Registered electors | 14,925 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Harcourt | 7,507 | 29.1 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 7,389 | 28.6 | −8.5 | |
Conservative | William Brown Hextall | 5,546 | 21.5 | New | |
Liberal Unionist | Alfred Seale Haslam | 5,363 | 20.8 | −4.3 | |
Majority | 1,843 | 7.1 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | 12,903 [est 1] | 83.6 | +11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 15,754 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.1 |
Harcourt's appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer requires a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Harcourt | 6,508 | 80.1 | +22.4 | |
Independent | Henry Farmer-Atkinson[n 1] | 1,619 | 19.9 | New | |
Majority | 4,889 | 60.2 | +53.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,127 | 51.6 | −32.0 | ||
Registered electors | 15,754 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/HHBemroseMP.jpg/120px-HHBemroseMP.jpg)
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Geoffrey_Drage.jpg/120px-Geoffrey_Drage.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Howe Bemrose | 7,907 | 28.0 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Drage | 7,076 | 25.1 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | William Harcourt | 6,785 | 24.0 | −5.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 6,475 | 22.9 | −5.7 | |
Majority | 291 | 1.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 14,122[est 1] | 82.8 | −0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 17,379 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 7,922 | 26.6 | −20.3'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000010B−QINU`"' | |
Labour Repr. Cmte. | Richard Bell | 7,640 | 25.7 | New | |
Conservative | Henry Howe Bemrose | 7,397 | 24.9 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Drage | 6,775 | 22.8 | −2.3 | |
Turnout | 29,734 | 84.5 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 18,270 | ||||
Majority | 525 | 1.7 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Majority | 865 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Richard Bell | 10,361 | 31.0 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 10,239 | 30.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | James Henry Edward Holford | 6,421 | 19.2 | −5.7 | |
Conservative | Edward George Spencer Churchill | 6,409 | 19.2 | −3.6 | |
Turnout | 33,430 | 87.6 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 19,543 | ||||
Majority | 3,818 | 11.4 | +9.7 | ||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 10,343 | 28.3 | −2.3 | |
Labour | J. H. Thomas[n 3] | 10,189 | 27.9 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Arthur Edward Beck | 8,038 | 22.0 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Arthur Page | 7,953 | 21.8 | +2.6 | |
Turnout | 36,523 | 92.5 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 20,113 | ||||
Majority | 2,305 | 6.3 | −5.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.6 | |||
Majority | 2,151 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Lib-Lab | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Roe | 9,515 | 35.5 | +7.2 | |
Labour | J. H. Thomas | 9,144 | 34.1 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Arthur Edward Beck[n 4] | 8,160 | 30.4 | −13.4 | |
Turnout | 26,819 | 88.0 | −4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 20,113 | ||||
Majority | 1,355 | 5.1 | −1.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.3 | |||
Majority | 984 | 3.7 | −2.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.8 |
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Raymond_Asquith02.jpg/120px-Raymond_Asquith02.jpg)
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;
- Liberal: Raymond Asquith
- Labour: J. H. Thomas
- Unionist: Arthur Edward Beck
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Sir_William_Job_Collins.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Collins | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. H. Thomas | 25,145 | 37.8 | +3.7 | |
Unionist | Albert Green | 14,920 | 22.4 | −8.0 | |
Liberal | William Blews Rowbotham | 13,408 | 20.2 | −15.3 | |
National Democratic | Harold Machin Smith | 13,012 | 19.6 | New | |
Turnout | 66,485 | 65.5 | −22.5 | ||
Majority | 1,512 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Majority | 11,737 | 17.6 | +13.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Charles_Henry_Roberts.jpg/120px-Charles_Henry_Roberts.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
25,215 | 27.0 | −10.8 | |
Liberal | ![]() |
24,068 | 25.8 | +5.6 | |
Unionist | Albert Green | 22,240 | 23.9 | +1.5 | |
Labour | William Raynes | 21,677 | 23.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 93,200 | 84.0 | +18.5 | ||
Majority | 1,828 | 1.9 | N/A | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | ||||
Majority | 2,975 | 3.1 | −14.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
24,887 | 29.0 | +2.0 | |
Labour | ![]() |
20,318 | 23.7 | +0.4 | |
Unionist | Henry Fitz-Herbert Wright | 20,070 | 23.4 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Charles Henry Roberts | 10,669 | 12.5 | −13.3 | |
Ind. Unionist | Thomas Clifford Newbold | 9,772 | 11.4 | New | |
Turnout | 85,716 | 81.1 | −2.9 | ||
Majority | 9,649 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.8 |
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/James_Henderson_Stewart.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
27,423 | 25.7 | −3.3 | |
Unionist | ![]() |
25,425 | 23.8 | +0.4 | |
Labour | William Robert Raynes | 25,172 | 23.6 | −0.1 | |
Unionist | Hilda Hulse | 21,700 | 20.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | James Henderson-Stewart | 7,083 | 6.6 | −5.9 | |
Turnout | 99,720 | 85.2 | +4.1 | ||
Majority | 5,723 | 5.4 | +5.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Majority | 353 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
39,688 | 30.0 | +4.3 | |
Labour | ![]() |
36,237 | 27.4 | +3.8 | |
Unionist | Richard Luce | 24,553 | 18.6 | −5.2 | |
Unionist | John Arthur Aiton | 20,443 | 15.4 | −4.9 | |
Liberal | L. du Garde Peach | 11,317 | 8.6 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 132,238 | 82.6 | −2.6 | ||
Majority | 11,684 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | ![]() |
49,257 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | ![]() |
47,729 | 34.3 | +0.3 | |
Labour | William Robert Raynes | 21,841 | 15.7 | −11.7 | |
Labour | Walter Halls | 20,241 | 14.6 | −12.8 | |
Majority | 27,416 | 19.7 | +10.9 | ||
Turnout | 139,068 | 84.5 | +1.9 | ||
National Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
37,707 | 30.19 | ||
National Labour | ![]() |
37,566 | 30.08 | ||
Labour | Herbert Arthur Hind | 25,037 | 20.04 | ||
Labour | Leonard John Barnes | 24,594 | 19.69 | ||
Majority | 12,670 | 10.15 | |||
Turnout | 124,904 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
National Labour hold | Swing |
![](http://178.128.105.246/content-http-upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Philip_Noel-Baker_Anefo.jpg/120px-Philip_Noel-Baker_Anefo.jpg)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Philip Noel-Baker | 28,419 | 52.5 | +12.8 | |
National Labour | Archibald Church | 25,666 | 47.5 | +17.4 | |
Majority | 2,753 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54,085 | 65.5 | |||
Labour gain from National Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]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;
- Labour: Philip Noel-Baker and A E Hunter[47]
- Conservative: P C Cooper-Parry[48]
- National Labour: Archibald Church[49]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
42,196 | 33.60 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
40,800 | 32.49 | ||
Conservative | Francis Lochrane | 21,460 | 17.09 | ||
Conservative | Max Bemrose | 21,125 | 16.82 | ||
Majority | 19,340 | 16.51 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 125,581 | 76.39 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
- ^ Supported by Henry Varley's Social Purity Alliance
- ^ Compared to joint Liberal vote in 1895
- ^ Compared to Lib-Lab candidate in 1906
- ^ Compared to combined Conservative share at Jan 1910 election
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Woodger, L. S. (1993). "Derby". In Clark, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole; Roskell, J. S. (eds.). The House of Commons 1386–1421. The History of Parliament Trust.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fuidge, N. M. (1982). "Derby". In Bindoff, S. T. (ed.). The House of Commons 1509–1558. The History of Parliament Trust.
- ^ a b c d e f g M. R. P. (1981). "Derby". In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The House of Commons 1558–1603. The History of Parliament Trust.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844–1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 59–60. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
- ^ "COKE, Thomas William II (1793-1867), of Longford, Derbys". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ Pickard, Willis (Winter 2010–11). "The 'Member for Scotland': Duncan McLaren and the Liberal Dominance of Victorian Scotland" (PDF). Journal of Liberal History. 69: 22. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Walker, Martyn (2017). The Development of the Mechanics' Institute Movement in Britain and Beyond: Supporting further education for the adult working classes. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781315685021. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Howe, Anthony, ed. (2007). The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume 1, 1815-1847. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 423. ISBN 9780199211951. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Wednesday & Thursday's Posts". Stamford Mercury. 11 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 185.
- ^ "General Election". Morning Post. 29 June 1841. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby Borough Election". Morning Post. 30 June 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ The election of 1847 was declared void on petition; neither Strutt nor Leveson-Gower was a candidate in the resulting by-election
- ^ "The Land and the Charter". Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser. 10 July 1847. p. 19. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Movements". Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser. 29 May 1847. p. 21. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Country News". Illustrated London News. 29 May 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 1 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby Election". Leicester Journal. 8 September 1848. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Smith, Francis Barrymore (1966). "Second Reform Period, 1851-1865". The Making of the Second Reform Bill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 29. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Provincial News". Sheffield Independent. 9 September 1848. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ceadel, Martin (1996). "The Richard Cobden Era". The Origins of War Prevention: The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1730-1854. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 465. ISBN 0-19-822674-8. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Review of activities in the year 2009-10" (PDF). The History of Parliament. October 2010. p. 6. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Remembering one of Papplewick's most famous sons". Hucknall Dispatch. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Horsfall's election was subsequently declared void, and Heyworth declared elected in his place
- ^ "Election Intelligence". Staffordshire Advertiser. 14 March 1857. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c Harratt, Simon; Farrell, Stephen. "Derby". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ a b "Derby Borough Election". Staffordshire Advertiser. 3 January 1835. Retrieved 11 April 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby Election". Lincolnshire Chronicle. 30 July 1847. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Movements". Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser. 7 August 1847. pp. 11–18. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby Mercury". 29 March 1848. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby Election—The Nomination". Morning Post. 2 September 1848. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Domestic Intelligence". Dundee, Perth and Cupar Advertiser. 5 September 1848. p. 1. Retrieved 2 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Election Committees". Chelmsford Chronicle. 11 March 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "To the Electors of the Borough of Derby". Derby Mercury. 20 April 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby". Bolton Chronicle. 9 April 1859. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. 20 May 1859. p. 4. Retrieved 6 May 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The General Election". London Evening Standard. 28 January 1874. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
- ^ a b Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ^ "Another Candidate for Derby". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. 13 November 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Derby Election". Derby Mercury. 30 June 1886. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 25 November 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference, 1939
- ^ Derby Daily Telegraph, 24 January 1939
- ^ Derby Daily Telegraph, Mar 1939
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)