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Derby Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1295–1950 (split) Number of members two Derby is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. It was divided between the single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South in 1950.
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History
Derby regularly sent two representatives to Parliament from Edward I’s reign.
In 1950 the constituency was abolished and replaced by the two single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South.
Members of Parliament
1294–1640
Parliament First member Second member 1294 William de la Cornere Randalph Makeneye [1] 1297 William Bourne de Derby Nicklos de Lorimer[1] 1299 Nicklos de Lorimor Gervase de Derby[1] 1301 Gervase de Wilnye Adam le Rede[1] 1304 John de la Corne Richard Cardoyl[1] 1305 John de Chaddesdon Gervase de Wileyne[1] 1306 Hugh Alibon Peter la Chapman[1] 1307 John Chaddesdon Gervase de Wilney[1] 1310 Henry Alwaston Thomas de Stade[1] 1311 Thomas del Sted Henry Bindetton[1] 1312 Geffry de Leycestre Robert de Breydsale[1] 1313 John Fitz John Henry Lomb[1] 1314 Adam le Rede William de Aleby[1] 1314 William de Aleby Adam le Rede[1] 1318 Simon de Chester Richard Breddon[1] 1318 Alexander de Holand John de Weston[1] 1325 Henry le Carpenter John Fitz Richard[1] 1327 John Fitz Gilbert Ferhun Tutbury[1] 1328 Simon de Chester John Collings[1] 1328 Thomas Tulaxbar Geffry Snayth[1] 1330 Simon de Nottingham John de Weston[1] 1333 Hugh Allibon John Gibbonson[1] 1334 John Gibbonson ? [1] 1335 Nicholas Langford John Fitz Thomas[1] 1336 Simon de Chester John Gibbonson[1] 1337 John Fitz William Thomas Tuttebury[1] 1338 William de Derby John Hache Robert Allibon[1] 1338 William de Derby Robert de Weston[1] 1338 Simon de Chester Robert Allibon[1] 1338 Henry del Howe Robert Saundry[1] 1339 Alexander Holland John Weston[1] 1339 John Gibbonson Thomas Preston[1] 1339 Thomas Tutbury Thomas Thurmondsley[1] 1341 Thomas de Tutbury Thomas Derby[1] 1341 Richard de Trowell Peter de Quarndon[1] 1342 Simon de Nottingham Thomas de Derby[1] 1344 William de Nottingham Simon de Chester[1] 1348 William de Chaddesdon Thomas de Tutbury[1] 1350 William Gilbert John de Chaddesdon[1] 1351 Thomas Tutbury William de Derby[1] 1354 William Chester Richard Chelford[1] 1355 Thomas Tutbury Henry Diddound[1] 1355 Edmund Toucher John Bech[1] 1356 William Ennington William Nayle[1] 1358 William de Chester William Nayle[1] 1361 Peter Prentice William de Rossington[1] 1362 Peter Prentice William de Rossington[1] 1363 John Trowell John Weeke[1] 1364 John Bradon Robert Allibon[1] 1365 William Chester John Gilbert[1] 1366 John Berd William Sese[1] 1369 John de Brakkerley William Glasyere[1] 1370 John Preest John de Brakkerley[1] 1372 John Trowell ?[1] 1373 William Chester John Gilbert[1] 1374 William Pakeman Roger Allibon[1] 1377 William Groos John de Berdee[1] 1378 John de Haye Richard de Trowell[1] 1378 Henry Flanstead Roger Allibon[1] 1379 Richard Dell Roger Ashe[1] 1382 Thomas Toppeleyse John Haye[1] 1383 William Pakeman John Bowyer[1] 1383 Richard de Trowell John Gibbon[1] 1384 Richard Sherman John de Stockes[1] 1385 Richard Trowell John Dell[1] 1386 John Stokkes John Prentice I[2] 1388 (Feb) William Pakeman Thomas Tappely [2] 1388 (Sep) William Pakeman Hugh Adam [2] 1390 (Jan) John Stokkes John Hay [2] 1390 (Nov) 1391 Richard Sherman Thomas Docking [2] 1393 John Stokkes Richard Trowell [2] 1394 1395 John Stokkes William Groos [2] 1397 (Jan) William Groos Thomas Shore [2] 1397 (Sep) William Groos Thomas Shore [2] 1399 John Stokkes Thomas Docking [2] 1401 1402 Elias Stokkes Richard Trowell [2] 1404 (Jan) 1404 (Oct) John Prentice II John Stokkes [2] 1406 Thomas Goldsmith John Fairclough [2] 1407 1410 1411 John Brasier Thomas Shore [2] 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Elias Stokkes [2] 1414 (Apr) John Prentice II Robert Bolton [2] 1414 (Nov) Elias Stokkes Thomas Ridgeway [2] 1415 1416 (Mar) Elias Stokkes Roger Wolley [2] 1416 (Oct) 1417 Robert Ireland Thomas Steppingstones [2] 1419 John Sparham Ralph Shore [2] 1420 Richard Brown Robert Smith [2] 1421 (May) Ralph Shore Thomas Stokkes [2] 1421 (Dec) Ralph Shore John Spicer [2] 1422 John Stokes John Barker[1] 1423 John de Both Elias Dell[1] 1424 John Stokes Elias Dell[1] 1425 Roger Wolley Henry Crabbe[1] 1427 Nicholas Meysham John de Stokkys[1] 1429 John de Bath Elias Stokkys[1] 1430 Thomas Stokkes Robert Smith[1] 1432 John Booth Robert Sutton[1] 1434 John Bothe Thomas Stokeys[1] 1436 Thomas Stokks Elias Tildesley[1] 1441 Thomas Stokkys Henry Spicer[1] 1446 Thomas Chatley Robert Mundy[1] 1448 Thomas Chatterley John Spicer[1] 1449 Richard Chitterley Thomas Chitterley[1] 1450 Thomas Acard Thomas Bradshawe[1] 1454 John Bird Edward Lovel[1] 1459 John Bird William Hunter[1] 1468 Thomas Bakynton Thomas Allestre[1] 1473 John Newton Roger Wilkinson[1] 1478 John Briddle John Newton[1] 1510-1523 No names known[3] 1529 Thomas Ward Henry Ainsworth [3] 1536 ? 1539 ? 1542 Thomas Sutton William Allestry [3] 1545 Thomas Sutton William Allestry [3] 1547 Thomas Sutton Robert Ragg [3] 1553 (Mar) Robert Ragg William Allestry [3] 1553 (Oct) Thomas Sutton George Cherneley [3] 1554 (Apr) William Allestry George Stringer [3] 1554 (Nov) William More William Bainbridge [3] 1555 Richard Ward William Allestry [3] 1558 James Thatcher William Bainbridge [3] 1558/9 Richard Doughty William Bainbridge[4] 1562/3 William More William Bainbridge [4] 1571 Robert Stringer William Bainbridge [4] 1572 Robert Stringer Tristram Tyrwhitt, expelled
and repl. 1576 by Robert Bainbridge [4]1584 Sir Henry Beaumont William Botham [4] 1586 (Sep) William Botham Robert Bainbridge [4] 1588/9 Richard Fletcher William Botham [4] 1593 Robert Stringer William Botham [4] 1597 Henry Duport Robert Stringer [4] 1601 (Oct) Peter Eure John Baxter [4] 1604–1611 John Baxter Edward Sleighe 1614 Gilbert Kniveton 1621–1622 Timothy Leeving Edward Leeche 1624 Timothy Leeving Edward Leeche 1625 Timothy Leeving Edward Leeche 1626 Sir Henry Crofts John Thoroughgood 1628-1629 Philip Mainwaring Timothy Leeving 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned 1640–1945
Year First member First party Second member Second party November 1640 William Allestry Royalist Nathaniel Hallowes Parliamentarian October 1643 Allestry disabled to sit - seat vacant 1645 Thomas Gell December 1648 Gell excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant 1653 Derby was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament 1654 Gervase Bennet Derby had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the ProtectorateJanuary 1659 John Dalton May 1659 Nathaniel Hallowes One seat vacant April 1660 Roger Allestry John Dalton 1665 Anchitell Grey 1679 George Vernon 1685 William Allestry John Coke 1689 Anchitell Grey 1690 Robert Wilmot 1695 Lord Henry Cavendish John Bagnold 1698 George Vernon 1701 Lord James Cavendish Sir Charles Pye 1701 John Harpur 1702 Thomas Stanhope 1705 Lord James Cavendish Sir Thomas Parker Whig 1710 Richard Pye 1710 Sir Richard Levinge John Harpur 1711 Edward Mundy 1713 Nathaniel Curzon 1715 Lord James Cavendish William Stanhope Whig 1722 Thomas Bayley 1727 William Stanhope Whig 1730 Charles Stanhope 1736 John Stanhope 1742 Viscount Duncannon 1748 Thomas Rivett 1754 Lord Frederick Cavendish George Venables-Vernon 1762 William Fitzherbert 1772 Wenman Coke 1775 John Gisborne 1776 Daniel Parker Coke 1780 Lord George Cavendish Edward Coke 1797 George Walpole 1806 William Cavendish 1807 Thomas Coke 1807 Edward Coke 1812 Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish Whig 1818 Thomas Wenman Coke 1826 Samuel Crompton 1830 Edward Strutt Whig 1835 John Ponsonby Whig 1847[5] Hon. Frederick Leveson-Gower Whig 1848 Michael Thomas Bass Whig Laurence Heyworth Whig 1852 Thomas Berry Horsfall [6] Conservative 1853 Laurence Heyworth Whig 1857 Liberal Samuel Beale Liberal 1865 William Thomas Cox Conservative 1868 Samuel Plimsoll Liberal 1880 Sir William Vernon-Harcourt Liberal 1883 Thomas Roe Liberal 1895 Sir Henry Howe Bemrose Conservative Geoffrey Drage Conservative 1900 Sir Thomas Roe Liberal Richard Bell Labour 1904 Liberal 1910 James Henry Thomas Labour 1916 Sir William Job Collins Liberal 1918 Albert Green Conservative 1922 Charles Henry Roberts Liberal 1923 William Robert Raynes Labour 1924 Sir Richard Harman Luce Conservative 1929 William Robert Raynes Labour 1931 William Allan Reid Conservative National Labour 1936 Philip Noel-Baker Labour 1945 Clifford Wilcock Labour 1950 Constituency split into North and South divisions - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg [http||//books.google.co.uk/books?id=ec4HAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Samuel%20Crompton%22%20derby&as_brr=3&pg=PA91&ci=110,1294,670,75&source=bookclip The history of Derby], William Hutton
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- ^ The election of 1847 was declared void on petition; neither Strutt nor Leveson-Gower was a candidate in the resulting by-election
- ^ Horsfall's election was subsequently declared void, and Heyworth declared elected in his place
Elections
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See also
References
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire (historic)
- Politics of Derby
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1290
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
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