East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| East Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1868–1885 | |
| Number of members | two |
| Replaced by | Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire |
| Created from | North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire |
East Derbyshire was a parliamentary constituency in Derbyshire which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain.
It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished only seventeen years later under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was then replaced by seven new constituencies: Chesterfield, Mid Derbyshire, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, West Derbyshire, High Peak and Ilkeston.
Boundaries
1868-1885: The Hundred of Scarsdale.[1]
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | Francis Egerton | Liberal | Henry Strutt | Liberal | ||
| 1874 | Francis Arkwright | |||||
| 1880 | Alfred Barnes | Liberal | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
References
Elections
- ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1867." (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
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