Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)

Ilkeston
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1983
Number of members one
Created from Derbyshire South

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.

Members of Parliament

Walter Foster
ElectionMemberParty
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

Elections in the 1910s

Jack Seely
General Election December 1910: Ilkeston[1]

Electorate 19,467

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon. John Edward Bernard Seely 9,990 62.7 +2.9
Conservative William Marshall Freeman 5,946 37.3 -2.9
Majority 4,044 25.4 +5.8
Turnout 81.9 -5.8
Liberal hold Swing +2.9
'Ilkeston by-election, 1912[2]

Electorate 20,670

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rt Hon. John Edward Bernard Seely 9,049 53.6 -9.1
Unionist William Marshall Freeman 7,838 46.4 +9.1
Majority 1,211 7.2 -18.2
Turnout 81.7 -0.2
Liberal hold Swing -9.1
General Election 1918: Ilkeston[3]

Electorate 28,896

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 9,660 54.8 +1.2
Labour George Harold Oliver 7,962 45.2 n/a
Majority 1,698 9.6
Turnout 61.0 -19.3
Liberal hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Ilkeston[4]

Electorate 30,738

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 9,432 40.0 -5.2
National Liberal Rt Hon. John Edward Bernard Seely 8,348 35.3 -19.6
Unionist William Marshall Freeman 5,841 24.7 n/a
Majority 1,084 4.7 14.2
Turnout 76.8 +15.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +7.1
Thomas Casey
General Election 1923: Ilkeston[5]

Electorate 31,503

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 9,191 42.1 +2.1
Unionist William Marshall Freeman 6,566 30.0 +5.3
Liberal Thomas Worrall Casey 6,112 27.9 -7.4
Majority 2,625 12.1 +7.4
Turnout 69.4 -7.4
Labour hold Swing -1.6
Lady Anna Barlow
General Election 1924: Ilkeston[6]

Electorate 32,243

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 11,011 44.9 +2.8
Unionist Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes 9,203 37.5 +7.5
Liberal Hon. Lady Anna Barlow 4,320 17.6 -10.3
Majority 1,808 7.4 -4.7
Turnout 76.1 +6.7
Labour hold Swing -2.4
General Election 1929: Ilkeston[7]

Electorate 42,430

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 20,202 59.0 +14.1
Liberal Dr John Vincent Shaw 7,766 22.7 +5.1
Unionist Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes 6,258 18.3 -19.2
Majority 12,436 36.3 +28.9
Turnout 80.7 +3.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Ilkeston[8]

Electorate 44,116

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour Abraham John Flint 17,587 50.0 n/a
Labour George Harold Oliver 17,585 50.0 -9.0
Majority 2 0.0 36.3
Turnout 79.7 -1.0
National Labour gain from Labour Swing
General Election 1935: Ilkeston[9]

Electorate 45,427

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 23,851 64.3 +14.3
National Sir Charles Markham 13,250 35.7 -14.3
Majority 10,601 28.6 28.6
Turnout 81.7 +2.0
Labour gain from National Labour Swing +14.3

Elections in the 1940s

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;

General Election 1945: Ilkeston[10]

Electorate 48,919

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 26,536 66.8 +2.5
Conservative Fl-Lt. Philip G Hartley 8,439 21.3 n/a
Liberal Charles Orton Foster 4,720 11.9 n/a
Majority 18,097 45.6 +17.0
Turnout 81.1 -0.6
Labour hold Swing n/a

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Ilkeston[11]

Electorate 68,769

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 39,495 64.9 -1.9
Liberal Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson 11,262 18.5 +6.6
Conservative DFR Evans 10,113 16.6 -4.7
Majority 28,233
Turnout 88.5
Labour hold Swing -4.3
General Election 1951: Ilkeston[12]

Electorate 69,773

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver 40,671
Conservative C Frank Baker 10,273
Liberal Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson 9,387
Majority 30,398
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1955: Ilkeston[13]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver
Conservative John Arnold Farr
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1959: Ilkeston[14]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Harold Oliver
Conservative Gerald I Walters
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Ilkeston[15]

Electorate 68,796

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leopold Raymond Fletcher 33,924 60.2
Conservative Jeffery Nicholas Lewis Tillett 13,542 24.0
Liberal Mrs. Peggy Edwards 8,930 15.8 n/a
Majority 20,382 36.2
Turnout 56,396
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1966: Ilkeston[16]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leopold Raymond Fletcher
Conservative
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Ilkeston[17]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leopold Raymond Fletcher 32,961 59.9
Conservative Richard Beardsley 15,870 28.9
Liberal Wim Smit 6,157 11.2 n/a
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1979: Ilkeston[18]

Electorate

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leopold Raymond Fletcher 29,270 50.61
Conservative Michael Clark 21,160 35.99
Liberal D Blackman 7,879 13.40 n/a
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig, F.W.S
  2. ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by Craig, F.W.S
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
  11. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  12. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  13. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  14. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  15. ↑ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
  16. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  17. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  18. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1979 by FWS Craig

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