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Derby is a former United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 Parliamentary
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
 constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
. It was a constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 of the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of England
Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. Its roots can be traced back to the early medieval period. In a series of developments, it came increasingly to constrain the power of the King of England, and went on after the Act of Union 1707 to merge with the Parliament of Scotland and form the main basis of the Pa...
 then of the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
 from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
 from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
. It was divided between the constituencies of Derby North and Derby South in 1950.

Members of Parliament
Edward II


until

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YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
  November 1640 William Allestry Royalist Nathaniel Hallowes Parliamentarian
 October 1643Allestry disabled to sit - seat vacant
 1645Thomas Gell  
 December 1648Gell excluded in Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge

Pride?s Purge took place in December 1648, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the British House of Commons all those who were not supporters of the Grandee s in the New Model Army and the Independents....
 - seat vacant
  1653Derby was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
Barebones Parliament

Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth of England to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as The Protectorate....
  1654 Gervase Bennet   Derby had only one seat in the First
First Protectorate Parliament

The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government . It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the British House of Commons....
  and
Second
Second Protectorate Parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the British House of Commons....
 Parliaments of the Protectorate
 January 1659John Dalton  
  May 1659 Nathaniel Hallowes  One seat vacant
 April 1660Roger Allestry  John Dalton  
 1665Anchitell Grey
Anchitell Grey

Anchitell Grey was a member of the Parliament of England from 1665 until 1695, representing the city of Derby . Though he spoke rarely, he kept a detailed diary of proceedings in the British House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard....
 		 
 1679George Vernon  
 1685William Allestry  John Coke  
 1689Anchitell Grey
Anchitell Grey

Anchitell Grey was a member of the Parliament of England from 1665 until 1695, representing the city of Derby . Though he spoke rarely, he kept a detailed diary of proceedings in the British House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard....
 		 
 1690Robert Wilmot  
 1695Lord Henry Cavendish
Lord Henry Cavendish

Lord Henry Cavendish was a British politician, the second son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire.He married Rhoda Cartwright and had one daughter:...
 		 John Bagnold  
 1698George Vernon  
 1701Lord James Cavendish  Sir Charles Pye
Pye Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Pye. Both are extinct.The Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead was created on 27 April 1641 in the Baronetage of England, for Edmund Pye, who had purchased the Manor of Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire in 1628....
 		 
 1701John Harpur  
 1702Thomas Stanhope  
 1705Lord James Cavendish  Sir Thomas Parker
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield Privy Council of Great Britain Fellow of the Royal Society was an England Whig politician....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1710Richard Pye
Pye Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Pye. Both are extinct.The Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead was created on 27 April 1641 in the Baronetage of England, for Edmund Pye, who had purchased the Manor of Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire in 1628....
 		 
 1710Sir Richard Levinge  John Harpur  
 1711Edward Mundy  
 1713Nathaniel Curzon
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet

Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet was an English British Tory Party politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston,and his wife Sarah Penn daughter of William Penn of Penn, Buckinghamshire....
 		 
 1715Lord James Cavendish  William Stanhope
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a British statesman and diplomatist.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I of Great Britain....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1722Thomas Bayley  
 1727William Stanhope
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a British statesman and diplomatist.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I of Great Britain....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1730Charles Stanhope  
 1736John Stanhope  
 1742Viscount Duncannon
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough

William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, Privy Council was a British British Whig Party politician, known as Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758....
 		 
 1748Thomas Rivett  
 1754Lord Frederick Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish (soldier)

Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish was a British field marshal and British Whig Party politician, a younger son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire....
 		 George Venables-Vernon
George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon

George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon , was a United Kingdom politician.Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Cheshire....
 		 
 1762William Fitzherbert  
 1772Wenman Coke  
 1775John Gisborne  
 1776Daniel Parker Coke
Daniel Coke

Daniel Parker Coke , was an England barrister and member of parliament....
 		 
 1780Lord George Cavendish
George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington

George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington , known as Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was the third son of the William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and the former Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, a daughter of the Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ....
 		 Edward Coke
Edward Coke (1758-1837)

Edward Coke , born Edward Roberts, was a British politician and landowner.Edward was the second son of Wenman Coke and younger brother of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , the celebrated "Coke of Norfolk" and later Earl of Leicester....
 		 
 1797George Walpole  
 1806William Cavendish
William Cavendish (1783-1812)

William Cavendish was an English politician, the son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, later Earl of Burlington.He married Louisa O'Callaghan , daughter of Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore, on 18 July 1807....
 		 
 1807Thomas Coke  
 1807Edward Coke
Edward Coke (1758-1837)

Edward Coke , born Edward Roberts, was a British politician and landowner.Edward was the second son of Wenman Coke and younger brother of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , the celebrated "Coke of Norfolk" and later Earl of Leicester....
 		 
 1812Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish
Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish

General Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish was a British soldier, politician and courtier. He was the third son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington and Lady Elizabeth Compton....
 		Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1818Thomas Wenman Coke  
 1826Samuel Crompton
Sir Samuel Crompton, 1st Baronet

Sir Samuel Crompton, 1st Baronet was a politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member for Parliament for East Retford, Derby and Thirsk ....
 		 
 1830Edward Strutt
Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper

Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper , the grandson of Jedediah Strutt, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.Strutt sat as a Member of Parliament for Derby from 1830 to 1848, for Arundel from 1851 to 1852 and for Nottingham from 1852 to 1856....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1835John Ponsonby
John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough

John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Peerage and politician.Ponsonby was the eldest son of the John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough....
 		Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1847Hon.






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Derby is a former United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 Parliamentary
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
 constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
. It was a constituency
United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly....
 of the House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
 of the Parliament of England
Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. Its roots can be traced back to the early medieval period. In a series of developments, it came increasingly to constrain the power of the King of England, and went on after the Act of Union 1707 to merge with the Parliament of Scotland and form the main basis of the Pa...
 then of the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
 from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislature in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories....
 from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
. It was divided between the constituencies of Derby North and Derby South in 1950.

Boundaries


Members of Parliament


1295-1640


Edward I
  • 1294:William de la Cornere, Randalph Makeneye
  • 1297:William Bourne de Derby, Nicklos de Lorimer
  • 1299:Nicklos de Lorimor, Gervase de Derby
  • 1301:Gervase de Wilnye, Adam le Rede
  • 1304:John de laCorne, Richard Cardoyl
  • 1305:John de Chadesdon, Gervase de Wileyne
  • 1306:Hugh Alibon, Peter la Chapman

Edward II
  • 1307:John Chaddesdon, Gervase de Wilney
  • 1310:Henry Alwaston, Thomas de Stade
  • 1311:Thomas del Sted, Henry Bindetton
  • 1312:Geffry de Leycestre, Robert de Breydsale
  • etc


until
  • 1604-1611: John Baxter
  • 1604-1611: Edward Sleighe
  • 1614: Gilbert Kniveton
  • 1621-1622: Timothy Leeving
  • 1621-1622: Edward Leeche

1640-1945

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
  November 1640 William Allestry Royalist Nathaniel Hallowes Parliamentarian
 October 1643Allestry disabled to sit - seat vacant
 1645Thomas Gell  
 December 1648Gell excluded in Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge

Pride?s Purge took place in December 1648, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the British House of Commons all those who were not supporters of the Grandee s in the New Model Army and the Independents....
 - seat vacant
  1653Derby was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
Barebones Parliament

Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth of England to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as The Protectorate....
  1654 Gervase Bennet   Derby had only one seat in the First
First Protectorate Parliament

The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government . It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the British House of Commons....
  and
Second
Second Protectorate Parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the British House of Commons....
 Parliaments of the Protectorate
 January 1659John Dalton  
  May 1659 Nathaniel Hallowes  One seat vacant
 April 1660Roger Allestry  John Dalton  
 1665Anchitell Grey
Anchitell Grey

Anchitell Grey was a member of the Parliament of England from 1665 until 1695, representing the city of Derby . Though he spoke rarely, he kept a detailed diary of proceedings in the British House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard....
 		 
 1679George Vernon  
 1685William Allestry  John Coke  
 1689Anchitell Grey
Anchitell Grey

Anchitell Grey was a member of the Parliament of England from 1665 until 1695, representing the city of Derby . Though he spoke rarely, he kept a detailed diary of proceedings in the British House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard....
 		 
 1690Robert Wilmot  
 1695Lord Henry Cavendish
Lord Henry Cavendish

Lord Henry Cavendish was a British politician, the second son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire.He married Rhoda Cartwright and had one daughter:...
 		 John Bagnold  
 1698George Vernon  
 1701Lord James Cavendish  Sir Charles Pye
Pye Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Pye. Both are extinct.The Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead was created on 27 April 1641 in the Baronetage of England, for Edmund Pye, who had purchased the Manor of Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire in 1628....
 		 
 1701John Harpur  
 1702Thomas Stanhope  
 1705Lord James Cavendish  Sir Thomas Parker
Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield

Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield Privy Council of Great Britain Fellow of the Royal Society was an England Whig politician....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1710Richard Pye
Pye Baronets

There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Pye. Both are extinct.The Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead was created on 27 April 1641 in the Baronetage of England, for Edmund Pye, who had purchased the Manor of Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire in 1628....
 		 
 1710Sir Richard Levinge  John Harpur  
 1711Edward Mundy  
 1713Nathaniel Curzon
Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet

Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet was an English British Tory Party politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston,and his wife Sarah Penn daughter of William Penn of Penn, Buckinghamshire....
 		 
 1715Lord James Cavendish  William Stanhope
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a British statesman and diplomatist.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I of Great Britain....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1722Thomas Bayley  
 1727William Stanhope
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, Privy Council of Great Britain , was a British statesman and diplomatist.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I of Great Britain....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1730Charles Stanhope  
 1736John Stanhope  
 1742Viscount Duncannon
William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough

William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, Privy Council was a British British Whig Party politician, known as Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758....
 		 
 1748Thomas Rivett  
 1754Lord Frederick Cavendish
Lord Frederick Cavendish (soldier)

Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish was a British field marshal and British Whig Party politician, a younger son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire....
 		 George Venables-Vernon
George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon

George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon , was a United Kingdom politician.Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Cheshire....
 		 
 1762William Fitzherbert  
 1772Wenman Coke  
 1775John Gisborne  
 1776Daniel Parker Coke
Daniel Coke

Daniel Parker Coke , was an England barrister and member of parliament....
 		 
 1780Lord George Cavendish
George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington

George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington , known as Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was the third son of the William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire and the former Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, a daughter of the Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington ....
 		 Edward Coke
Edward Coke (1758-1837)

Edward Coke , born Edward Roberts, was a British politician and landowner.Edward was the second son of Wenman Coke and younger brother of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , the celebrated "Coke of Norfolk" and later Earl of Leicester....
 		 
 1797George Walpole  
 1806William Cavendish
William Cavendish (1783-1812)

William Cavendish was an English politician, the son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington, later Earl of Burlington.He married Louisa O'Callaghan , daughter of Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore, on 18 July 1807....
 		 
 1807Thomas Coke  
 1807Edward Coke
Edward Coke (1758-1837)

Edward Coke , born Edward Roberts, was a British politician and landowner.Edward was the second son of Wenman Coke and younger brother of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester , the celebrated "Coke of Norfolk" and later Earl of Leicester....
 		 
 1812Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish
Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish

General Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish was a British soldier, politician and courtier. He was the third son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington and Lady Elizabeth Compton....
 		Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1818Thomas Wenman Coke  
 1826Samuel Crompton
Sir Samuel Crompton, 1st Baronet

Sir Samuel Crompton, 1st Baronet was a politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member for Parliament for East Retford, Derby and Thirsk ....
 		 
 1830Edward Strutt
Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper

Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper , the grandson of Jedediah Strutt, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.Strutt sat as a Member of Parliament for Derby from 1830 to 1848, for Arundel from 1851 to 1852 and for Nottingham from 1852 to 1856....
 		 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1835John Ponsonby
John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough

John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Peerage and politician.Ponsonby was the eldest son of the John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough....
 		Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1847Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1848Michael Thomas Bass Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Laurence Heyworth Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
 1852Thomas Berry Horsfall Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 1853Laurence Heyworth Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
  1857Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
Samuel Beale Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 1865William Thomas Cox Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 1868Samuel Plimsoll
Samuel Plimsoll

Samuel Plimsoll was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line....
 		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 1880Sir William Vernon-Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt (politician)

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a United Kingdom lawyer, journalist and Liberal Party statesman.He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Gladstone before becoming Leader of the Opposition ....
 		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 1883Thomas Roe
Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe

Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe , was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.Of a modest background, Roe was the son of Thomas Roe, a timber merchant and Mayor of Derby, and his wife Deborah, daughter of Absalom Oakley....
 		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 1895Sir Henry Howe Bemrose
Henry Howe Bemrose

Sir Henry Howe Bemrose was a United Kingdom printer and publisher, as well as Mayor of Derby and later Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Derby ....
 		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Geoffrey Drage Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 1900Sir Thomas Roe
Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe

Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe , was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.Of a modest background, Roe was the son of Thomas Roe, a timber merchant and Mayor of Derby, and his wife Deborah, daughter of Absalom Oakley....
 		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
Richard Bell
Richard Bell (politician)

Richard Bell was one of the first two United Kingdom Labour Party Member of Parliament elected after the formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900....
 		 Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 1904Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 1910James Henry Thomas
James Henry Thomas

James Henry Thomas, was a United Kingdom Labor union and Labour Party politician. He was involved in a British political scandals involving budget leaks....
 		Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 1916Sir William Job Collins
William Job Collins

William Job Collins was a surgeon and later politician and legislator.He was the eldest son of William Job Collins and Mary Anne Francisca ....
 		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 1918Albert Green Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 1922Charles Henry Roberts
Charles Henry Roberts

Charles Henry Roberts , was a United Kingdom Liberal Party politician.Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of Tidebrook, Sussex....
 		Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
 1923William Robert Raynes Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 1924Sir Richard Harman Luce Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
 1929William Robert Raynes Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
  1931William Allan Reid
William Allan Reid

William Allan Reid was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician, who served as one of the two Member of Parliament for Derby from the United Kingdom general election, 1931 until the United Kingdom general election, 1945....
 		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
National Labour
National Labour Party (UK)

The National Labour Party was a group founded around the United Kingdom Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald after he was expelled from the Labour Party in September 1931....
 1936Philip Noel-Baker
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker

Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, born Philip John Baker was a politician, diplomat, academic, an outstanding amateur athletics , and renowned campaigner for disarmament who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959....
 		 Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
 1945Clifford Wilcock
Clifford Wilcock

Group-Captain Clifford Arthur Bowman Wilcock, Order of the British Empire, Air Force Cross , Royal Aeronautical Society was a United Kingdom engineer, company director and politician who is noted for his contributions to civil and military aviation....
 		Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
1950
United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour party government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservative party , the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five seats over all other parties, and th...
 Constituency split into North and South divisions




Elections


See also

  • List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
    List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

    This is a list of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition. It is intended for list of Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom which have been abolished, including those which were later revived, but does not include constituencies which were merely renamed....
  • Unreformed House of Commons
    Unreformed House of Commons

    The unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act 1832.Until the Act of Union 1707 of 1707 joining the Kingdoms of Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of England , Scotland had its own Parliament of Scotland, and the term refers to the English House of Commons...