Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ilkeston
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons

Ilkeston is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was represented by one Member of Parliament. In 1983 it was abolished - together with South East Derbyshire - when the Derbyshire county constituencies were newly ordered and the constituencies of Amber Valley and Erewash were created and the constituency of South Derbyshire was re-created; the constituency of Bolsover was not abolished although it was created in 1950 together with South East Derbyshire.

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  • Constituency created (1885)
Year Member Party
1885 Thomas Watson Liberal
1887 Sir Balthazar Walter Foster Liberal
1910 John Edward Bernard Seely Liberal
1922 George Harold Oliver Labour
1931 Abraham John Flint National Labour
1935 George Harold Oliver Labour
1964 Leopold Raymond Fletcher Labour
1983 constituency abolished

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

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