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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–2010 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Derbyshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885, until it was replaced by the Derbyshire Dales constituency in the 2010 general election, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. It was a safe Conservative seat for most of its existence.
West Derbyshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of West Derbyshire in Derbyshire for the 2005 general election | |
![]() Location of Derbyshire within England | |
County | Derbyshire |
Major settlements | Bakewell, Matlock, Wirksworth |
1885–2010 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | North Derbyshire |
Replaced by | Derbyshire Dales |
This was the only really safe Conservative seat in Derbyshire, consisting mostly of rural villages and tourist towns like Bakewell and Matlock; Labour's only strengths were in Wirksworth and Masson, not enough to end the long-standing Conservative representation of this seat.
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Derbyshire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new constituency of Derbyshire Dales based on the existing West Derbyshire constituency.
Historically associated with the Cavendish family, the seat and its predecessors were usually represented by one of the future Dukes of Devonshire or their relatives from 1580 until the Second World War. When the Cavendish family left the Liberals over Irish Home Rule the seat stayed loyal to them as they sat first as Liberal Unionists then as Conservatives. In 1918 the hold on the constituency was briefly broken by Charles Frederick White standing for the Liberals, but the seat was regained in 1923. In a by-election in 1944, White's son, also called Charles Frederick White resigned as the official Labour nominee in order to stand against the wartime party truce. He defeated the Conservative candidate, William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, and subsequently took the Labour whip in the Commons, holding the seat in the 1945 general election for Labour. The Conservatives regained the seat in the 1950 general election and have held it ever since. The closest they have come to losing was in the 1986 by-election when they held it by only 100 votes in a period of heavy unpopularity for the government of Margaret Thatcher.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Cavendish | 5,020 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | Frederic Charles Arkwright | 4,138 | 45.2 | ||
Majority | 882 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,158 | 88.8 | |||
Registered electors | 10,310 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Edward Cavendish | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Victor Cavendish | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Victor Cavendish | 5,961 | 68.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hugh MacDermot | 2,768 | 31.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,193 | 36.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,729 | 73.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,956 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Victor Cavendish | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Victor Cavendish | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Victor Cavendish | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Victor Cavendish | 5,283 | 52.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Hinmers | 4,724 | 47.2 | New | |
Majority | 559 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,007 | 87.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,443 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Unionist | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice | 5,974 | 54.8 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Edward Hinmers | 4,925 | 45.2 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 1,049 | 9.6 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,899 | 91.1 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,962 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice | 5,624 | 55.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Charles White | 4,564 | 44.8 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,060 | 10.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,188 | 85.2 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,962 | ||||
Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +0.4 |
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;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles White | 10,752 | 55.6 | +10.8 | |
C | Unionist | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice | 8,592 | 44.4 | −10.8 |
Majority | 2,160 | 11.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 19,344 | 66.0 | −19.2 | ||
Registered electors | 29,323 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.8 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Charles White | 13,060 | 50.2 | −5.4 | |
Unionist | Edward Cavendish | 12,973 | 49.8 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 87 | 0.4 | −10.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,033 | 86.1 | +20.1 | ||
Registered electors | 30,231 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edward Cavendish | 13,419 | 50.9 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | William Christopher Mallison | 12,966 | 49.1 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 453 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 26,385 | 84.9 | −1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 31,067 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edward Cavendish | 15,324 | 56.9 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | William Christopher Mallison | 11,612 | 43.1 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 3,712 | 13.8 | +12.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,936 | 84.8 | −0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 31,757 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Edward Cavendish | 16,760 | 49.7 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | William Christopher Mallison | 13,277 | 39.4 | −3.7 | |
Labour | William Wilkinson | 3,660 | 10.9 | New | |
Majority | 3,483 | 10.3 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,697 | 83.2 | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 40,487 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Cavendish | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Cavendish | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Hunloke | 16,740 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Charles White | 11,216 | 32.5 | New | |
Liberal | Milner Gray | 6,515 | 18.9 | New | |
Majority | 5,524 | 16.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,471 | 79.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Labour | Charles White | 16,336 | 57.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Marquess of Hartington | 11,775 | 41.5 | N/A | |
Agriculturalist | Robert Goodall | 233 | 0.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,561 | 16.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,344 | 65.4 | N/A | ||
Independent Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles White | 18,331 | 48.8 | +16.3 | |
Conservative | William Aitken | 18,175 | 48.4 | −0.2 | |
Agriculturalist | Robert Goodall | 1,068 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 156 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,574 | 81.7 | +2.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Wakefield | 20,015 | 51.9 | +3.5 | |
Labour | N. Gratton | 13,478 | 35.0 | −13.8 | |
Liberal | George Frederick Strange | 5,070 | 13.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,537 | 16.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,563 | 87.5 | +5.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Wakefield | 22,223 | 58.8 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Ronald Lewis | 15,578 | 41.2 | +6.2 | |
Majority | 6,645 | 17.6 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 37,801 | 84.4 | −3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edward Wakefield | 21,052 | 59.6 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Robert B. Stirling | 14,296 | 40.4 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 6,756 | 19.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,348 | 80.0 | −4.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Wakefield | 22,034 | 61.3 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Albert E. Kitts | 13,925 | 38.7 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 8,109 | 22.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,959 | 82.0 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aidan Crawley | 12,455 | 36.0 | −25.3 | |
Liberal | Ronald Gardner-Thorpe | 11,235 | 32.5 | New | |
Labour | John Dilks | 9,431 | 27.2 | −11.5 | |
Independent | Raymond Gregory | 1,433 | 4.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,220 | 3.5 | −19.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,554 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aidan Crawley | 16,825 | 44.2 | −18.1 | |
Liberal | Ronald Gardner-Thorpe | 11,559 | 30.4 | N/A | |
Labour | John Dilks | 9,669 | 25.4 | −13.3 | |
Majority | 5,266 | 13.8 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 38,053 | 85.8 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Aidan Crawley | 18,383 | 49.6 | +5.4 | |
Labour | Phillip Whitehead | 13,791 | 37.2 | +11.8 | |
Liberal | Peggy Edwards | 4,874 | 13.2 | −17.2 | |
Majority | 4,592 | 12.4 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,048 | 83.4 | −2.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 16,319 | 56.7 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | Michael Aza Pinney | 5,696 | 19.8 | +6.6 | |
Labour | Robin Corbett | 5,284 | 18.3 | −18.9 | |
Independent | Robert Goodall | 1,496 | 5.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,623 | 36.9 | +24.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,795 | 64.5 | −18.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 22,692 | 61.9 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Fred Inglis | 13,976 | 38.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 8,716 | 23.8 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 36,668 | 76.7 | −6.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 19,941 | 48.7 | −13.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Worboys | 11,481 | 28.0 | New | |
Labour | Fred Inglis | 9,529 | 23.3 | −14.8 | |
Majority | 8,460 | 20.7 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,951 | 61.8 | −14.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Scott-Hopkins | 18,468 | 47.9 | −0.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Worboys | 10,622 | 27.6 | −0.4 | |
Labour | David Townsend | 9,456 | 24.5 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 7,846 | 20.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,546 | 57.6 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Parris | 21,478 | 52.6 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Peter Worboys | 11,261 | 27.6 | 0.0 | |
Labour | William Moore | 8,134 | 19.9 | −4.6 | |
Majority | 10,217 | 25.0 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 40,873 | 80.7 | +23.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Parris | 29,695 | 55.9 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Viv Bingham | 14,370 | 27.0 | −0.6 | |
Labour | John March | 9,060 | 17.1 | −2.8 | |
Majority | 15,325 | 28.9 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,125 | 77.4 | −3.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 19,896 | 39.5 | −16.4 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walmsley | 19,796 | 39.4 | +12.4 | |
Labour | William Moore | 9,952 | 19.8 | +2.7 | |
Rainbow Dream Ticket | R. C. Sidwell | 348 | 0.7 | New | |
Independent | Robert Goodall | 289 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 100 | 0.1 | −28.8 | ||
Turnout | 50,281 | 71.9 | −5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 31,224 | 53.1 | −2.8 | |
Liberal | Christopher Walmsley | 20,697 | 35.2 | +8.2 | |
Labour | William Moore | 6,875 | 11.7 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 10,527 | 17.9 | −11.0 | ||
Turnout | 58,796 | 83.1 | +5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 32,879 | 54.3 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | RD Fearn | 14,110 | 23.3 | −11.9 | |
Labour | Stephen J Clamp | 13,528 | 22.4 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 18,769 | 31.0 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 60,517 | 85.0 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 23,945 | 42.1 | ||
Labour | Stephen J Clamp | 19,060 | 33.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Seeley | 9,940 | 17.5 | ||
Referendum | John Gouriet | 2,499 | 4.4 | New | |
Independent Green | Godfrey Meynell | 593 | 1.0 | New | |
UKIP | Hugh Price | 484 | 0.9 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | "The Flying Brick" Delves | 281 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent Back to Basics | Martin Kyslun | 81 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,885 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 56,883 | 78.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 24,280 | 48.0 | +5.9 | |
Labour | Stephen J Clamp | 16,910 | 33.4 | −0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Beckett | 7,922 | 15.7 | −1.8 | |
UKIP | Stuart Bavester | 672 | 1.3 | +0.4 | |
Monster Raving Loony | "The Flying Brick" Delves | 472 | 0.9 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Robert Goodall | 333 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 7,370 | 14.6 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 50,589 | 67.8 | −10.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick McLoughlin | 24,378 | 47.7 | −0.3 | |
Labour | David Menon | 13,625 | 26.6 | −6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ray Dring | 11,408 | 22.3 | +6.6 | |
UKIP | Michael Cruddas | 1,322 | 2.6 | +1.3 | |
Monster Raving Loony | "The Flying Brick" Delves | 405 | 0.8 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Martin Kyslun | 5 | 0.0 | New | |
Majority | 10,753 | 21.0 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,143 | 69.2 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.2 |