North Derbyshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Form 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the westerly 'doubly' orange area.
1832–1885
Seatstwo
Created fromDerbyshire
Replaced byHigh Peak and West Derbyshire

North Derbyshire was a Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created when Derbyshire constituency was split into North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire under the Reform Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45). It was abolished in 1885, together with the constituencies of South Derbyshire and East Derbyshire. In 1885 the area of the three constituencies was split between the new smaller constituencies of Chesterfield, Mid Derbyshire, North-East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, West Derbyshire, High Peak and Ilkeston.

Boundaries

1832–1868: The Hundreds of High Peak and Scarsdale, and so much of the Wapentake of Wirksworth as was comprised in the Bakewell Division.[1]

1868–1885: The Hundred of High Peak and the Wapentake of Wirksworth.[2]

Members of Parliament

John Cheetham
Election First member First party Second member Second party
1832 Lord Cavendish of Keighley Whig[3] Thomas Gisborne Whig[3]
1834 by-election Lord George Cavendish Whig[4][5][3]
1837 William Evans Whig[5][3][6]
1853 by-election William Pole Thornhill Independent Whig[7][8]
1859 Liberal Liberal
1865 William Jackson Liberal
1868 Augustus Arkwright Conservative
1880 Lord Edward Cavendish Liberal John Frederick Cheetham Liberal
1885 Constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Derbyshire[9][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig William Cavendish 3,388 48.7
Whig Thomas Gisborne 2,385 34.3
Tory Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet 1,183 17.0
Majority 1,202 17.3
Turnout 3,677 84.1
Registered electors 4,370
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

Cavendish succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Duke of Devonshire and causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 May 1834: North Derbyshire[9][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Cavendish Unopposed
Registered electors 4,370
Whig hold
General election 1835: North Derbyshire[9][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Cavendish Unopposed
Whig Thomas Gisborne Unopposed
Registered electors 4,175
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1837: North Derbyshire[9][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Cavendish 2,816 39.0
Whig William Evans 2,422 33.5
Conservative George Arkwright 1,983 27.5
Majority 439 6.0
Turnout 4,481 81.1
Registered electors 5,527
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Cavendish Unopposed
Whig William Evans Unopposed
Registered electors 5,757
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1847: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Cavendish Unopposed
Whig William Evans Unopposed
Registered electors 5,601
Whig hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Cavendish Unopposed
Whig William Evans Unopposed
Registered electors 5,315
Whig hold
Whig hold

Evans resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 22 July 1853: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Whig William Pole Thornhill 1,680 58.4 New
Whig William Evans[10][11] 1,195 41.6 N/A
Majority 485 16.8 N/A
Turnout 2,875 55.1 N/A
Registered electors 5,219
Ind. Whig gain from Whig Swing N/A

Evans resigned before the poll concluded.[12]

General election 1857: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Cavendish Unopposed
Independent Whig William Pole Thornhill Unopposed
Registered electors 5,336
Whig hold
Ind. Whig gain from Whig
General election 1859: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Cavendish Unopposed
Liberal William Pole Thornhill Unopposed
Registered electors 5,380
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Ind. Whig

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Cavendish Unopposed
Liberal William Jackson Unopposed
Registered electors 5,055
Liberal hold
Liberal hold
General election 1868: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Cavendish 2,903 35.2 N/A
Conservative Augustus Arkwright 2,698 32.8 New
Liberal William Jackson 2,637 32.0 N/A
Turnout 5,468 (est) 87.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,231
Majority 205 2.4 N/A
Liberal hold
Majority 61 0.8 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Cavendish Unopposed
Conservative Augustus Arkwright Unopposed
Registered electors 6,594
Liberal hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Derbyshire[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Cavendish 3,416 27.9 N/A
Liberal John Frederick Cheetham 3,183 26.0 N/A
Conservative Augustus Arkwright 2,936 24.0 N/A
Conservative William Sidebottom[13] 2,718 22.2 N/A
Majority 247 2.0 N/A
Turnout 6,127 (est) 87.7 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,985
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. ^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. XLV: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 154–206. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 59. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
  4. ^ "North Derbyshire Election". Derby Mercury. 11 August 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ a b "Weekly Freeman's Journal". 10 July 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 87 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Changes in the House of Commons". York Herald. 30 July 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Windsor and Eton Express". 11 April 1857. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  10. ^ "Carlisle Patriot". 23 July 1853. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Cambridge Chronicle and Journal". 16 July 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "North Derbyshire Election". Morning Post. 21 July 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Representation of North Derbyshire". Derby Daily Telegraph. 23 March 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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