East Derbyshire was a parliamentary constituency in Derbyshire which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
| East Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Seats | two |
| Created from | North Derbyshire |
| Replaced by | Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire |
It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished only seventeen years later under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was then replaced by seven new constituencies: Chesterfield, Mid Derbyshire, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, West Derbyshire, High Peak and Ilkeston.
Boundaries
edit1868–1885: The Hundred of Scarsdale.[1]
Members of Parliament
edit| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Francis Egerton | Liberal | Henry Strutt | Liberal | ||
| 1874 | Francis Arkwright | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | Alfred Barnes | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
Elections
editElections in the 1860s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Francis Egerton | 2,089 | 25.8 | ||
| Liberal | Henry Strutt | 2,032 | 25.1 | ||
| Conservative | William Gladwin Turbutt | 1,999 | 24.7 | ||
| Conservative | William Overend[3] | 1,970 | 24.4 | ||
| Majority | 33 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 4,045 (est) | 79.2 (est) | |||
| Registered electors | 5,107 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Elections in the 1870s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Francis Egerton | 2,206 | 26.2 | +0.4 | |
| Conservative | Francis Arkwright | 2,116 | 25.2 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal | William Fowler[4] | 2,067 | 24.6 | −0.5 | |
| Conservative | Henry Strutt | 2,017 | 24.0 | −0.4 | |
| Turnout | 4,203 (est) | 86.9 (est) | +7.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,836 | ||||
| Majority | 90 | 1.0 | +0.6 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
| Majority | 49 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alfred Barnes | 3,119 | 28.2 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal | Francis Egerton | 3,063 | 27.7 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | Francis Arkwright | 2,577 | 23.3 | −1.9 | |
| Conservative | William Gladwin Turbutt[5] | 2,303 | 20.8 | −3.2 | |
| Majority | 542 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,531 (est) | 89.6 (est) | +2.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,173 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.8 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "The Representation of Derbyshire". Nottinghamshire Guardian. 9 October 1868. p. 5. Retrieved 6 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The General Election". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. 31 January 1874. p. 4. Retrieved 29 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "East Derbyshire Election". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. 3 April 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.