constituency. It was a
from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two
. It was divided between the single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South in 1950.
In 1950 the constituency was abolished and replaced by the two single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South.
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November 1640 The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
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William Allestry William Allestry or Allestrie was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
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Nathaniel Hallowes Nathaniel Hallowes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1653 and again in 1659. He was an active Parliamentarian during the English Civil War.-Biography:...
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October 1643 |
Allestry disabled to sit - seat vacant |
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1645 |
Thomas Gell |
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December 1648 |
Gell excluded in Pride's PurgePride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
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Derby was unrepresented in the Barebones ParliamentBarebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
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1654 |
Gervase Bennet Gervase Bennet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1653 and 1659. Bennet coined the term "Quakers" to refer to the Religious Society of Friends....
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Derby had only one seat in the First 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 House....
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SecondThe 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 House of Commons...
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January 1659 The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
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John Dalton John Dalton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Dalton was the son of John Dalton, a vintner of Nottingham, and his wife Isabel. He settled at Derby where he became a draper. In 1645, he became an alderman of Derby and was mayor in 1646. He was mayor...
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May 1659 The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
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Nathaniel Hallowes Nathaniel Hallowes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1653 and again in 1659. He was an active Parliamentarian during the English Civil War.-Biography:...
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Roger Allestry Roger Allestry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1665.Allestry was the son of Thomas Allestry of Alvaston, Derbyshire and his second wife Constance Isley. He was a commissioner for assessment at Derby in 1657 and from 1660 until his death...
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John Dalton John Dalton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Dalton was the son of John Dalton, a vintner of Nottingham, and his wife Isabel. He settled at Derby where he became a draper. In 1645, he became an alderman of Derby and was mayor in 1646. He was mayor...
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1665 |
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 House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard...
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1679 |
George Vernon |
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1685 |
William Allestry William Allestry was an English and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689.Allestry was the son of Roger Allestry of Alvaston, Derbyshire and his wife Sarah Bradshaw, daughter of William Bradshaw of Derby. His father had been MP for Derby.He was educated at Queen's College,...
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John Coke John Coke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in between 1685 and 1689.Coke was the son of Thomas Coke of Melbourne, and his wife Mary Pope, daughter of Richard Pope of Woolstaston, Shropshire. He entered Christ Church, Oxford and Gray's Inn in 1669...
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1689 |
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 House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard...
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1690 |
Robert Wilmot |
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1695 |
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:...
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John Bagnold |
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1698 |
George Vernon |
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1701 |
Lord James Cavendish |
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Sir Charles Pye 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. He was Member of...
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1701 |
John Harpur |
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1702 |
Thomas Stanhope |
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1705 |
Lord James Cavendish |
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Sir Thomas Parker Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC, FRS was an English Whig politician.-Youth and early career:He was born in Staffordshire, the son of Thomas Parker, an attorney at Leek. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1710 |
Richard Pye 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. He was Member of...
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1710 |
Sir Richard Levinge Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician and judge.Leving was a Member of Parliament of the English House of Commons for Chester from 1690 to 1695. In 1692 he also became a member of the Irish House of Commons for Blessington, a seat he held until 1695. During this time he served...
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1711 |
Edward Mundy |
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1713 |
Nathaniel Curzon Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet was an English Tory 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.Curzon was elected as Member of...
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1715 |
Lord James Cavendish |
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William Stanhope William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC was a British statesman and diplomat.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. His ancestor, Sir John Stanhope , was a half-brother of Philip...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1722 |
Thomas Bayley |
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1727 |
William Stanhope William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC was a British statesman and diplomat.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. His ancestor, Sir John Stanhope , was a half-brother of Philip...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1730 |
Charles Stanhope |
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1736 |
John Stanhope |
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1742 |
Viscount Duncannon William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. William Ponsonby from 1723 to 1739 and Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758...
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1748 |
Thomas Rivett - External links :* BURKE, Bernard ....
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1754 |
Lord Frederick Cavendish Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish was a British field marshal and Whig politician, a younger son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire.-Military career:...
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George Venables-Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon was a British 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...
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1762 |
William Fitzherbert |
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1772 |
Wenman Coke Wenman Coke , known as Wenman Roberts until 1750, was a British landowner and politician.-Background:Born Wenman Roberts, he was the son of Major Philip Roberts and Anne, daughter of Edward Coke. He assumed the surname of Coke in lieu of his patronymic in 1750...
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1775 |
John Gisborne |
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1776 |
Daniel Parker CokeDaniel Parker Coke , was an English barrister and member of parliament.-Early life:Coke was the only son of Thomas Coke , a barrister, and his wife, Matilda Goodwin . He belonged to an old Derbyshire family, the Cokes of Trusley...
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1780 |
Lord George Cavendish George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington , styled Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was a British politician.-Background:...
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Edward Coke |
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1797 |
George Walpole Major-General The Honourable George Walpole , was a British soldier and politician. He gained distinction after suppressing the Maroon insurrection in Jamaica in 1785...
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1806 |
William Cavendish |
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1807 |
Thomas Coke |
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1807 |
Edward Coke |
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1812 |
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....
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1818 |
Thomas Wenman Coke |
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1826 |
Samuel Crompton 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. He also served as Deputy Lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire....
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1830 |
Edward Strutt Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper PC, FRS , was a British Liberal Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen.-Background and education:...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1835 |
John Ponsonby John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough PC , styled Viscount Duncannon from 1844 until 1847, was a British cricketer, courtier and Liberal politician.-Background:...
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Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1847 |
Hon. Frederick Leveson-Gower |
Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1848 |
Michael Thomas Bass |
Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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Laurence Heyworth |
Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1852 |
Thomas Berry Horsfall |
ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1853 |
Laurence Heyworth |
Whig The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
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1857 |
Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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Samuel Beale |
Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1865 |
William Thomas Cox |
ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1868 |
Samuel Plimsoll Samuel Plimsoll was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line .-Early life:Plimsoll was born in Bristol and soon moved to Whiteley Wood...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1880 |
Sir William Vernon-HarcourtSir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1883 |
Thomas Roe Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe , known as Sir Thomas Roe between 1894 and 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, particularly associated with the town of Derby.-Background and early life:...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1895 |
Sir Henry Howe Bemrose Sir Henry Howe Bemrose was a British printer and publisher, as well as mayor and later Conservative Member of Parliament for Derby.-Life:...
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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Geoffrey Drage |
ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1900 |
Sir Thomas Roe Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe , known as Sir Thomas Roe between 1894 and 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, particularly associated with the town of Derby.-Background and early life:...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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Richard BellRichard Bell was one of the first two British Labour Members of Parliament, and the first English one, elected after the formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900....
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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1904 |
Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1910 |
James Henry Thomas James Henry "Jimmy" Thomas was a British trade unionist and Labour politician. He was involved in a political scandal involving budget leaks.-Early career and Trade Union activities:...
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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1916 |
Sir William Job Collins Sir William Job Collins KCVO was a surgeon and later a Liberal politician and legislator.-Background:...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1918 |
Albert Green Albert Green was a British Conservative Party politician.At the 1918 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Derby, winning the second of the city's two seats. He had a narrow margin of only 2.2% of the votes over his Liberal Party opponent W.B...
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1922 |
Charles Henry Roberts Charles Henry Roberts , was a British Liberal politician.-Background:Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of Tidebrook, Sussex.-Political career:...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1923 |
William Robert Raynes William Robert Raynes was a British Labour politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Derby from 6 December 1923 to 29 October 1924.-References:...
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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1924 |
Sir Richard Harman Luce |
ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1929 |
William Robert Raynes William Robert Raynes was a British Labour politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Derby from 6 December 1923 to 29 October 1924.-References:...
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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1931 |
William Allan Reid William Allan Reid was a British Conservative Party politician, who served as one of the two Members of Parliament for Derby from the 1931 general election until the 1945 general election.- External links :...
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1936 |
Philip Noel-Baker by Philip Noel-Baker with other authorsby others* Lloyd, Lorna: Philip Noel-Baker and the Peace Through Law in -External links:...
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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Clifford Wilcock Group Captain Clifford Arthur Bowman Wilcock, OBE, AFC, FRAeS was a British engineer, company director and politician who is noted for his contributions to civil and military aviation.-Great War service:...
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Labour The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
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1950The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
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Constituency split into North and South divisions |