Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)

Ilkeston
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1983 (1983)
Number of members one

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 redrawn - 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.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Thomas Watson Liberal
1887 by-election Sir Balthazar Walter Foster Liberal
1910 by-election John Edward Bernard Seely Liberal
1922 George Oliver Labour
1931 Abraham John Flint National Labour
1935 George Oliver Labour
1964 Ray Fletcher Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

See also

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I"