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 constituency. It was a constituency

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 of the Parliament of England

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 then of the Parliament of Great Britain

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 from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 from 1801 to 1950. It was represented by two Members of Parliament

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. It was divided between the single-member constituencies of Derby North and Derby South in 1950.

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.

1294–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1294	William de la Cornere	Randalph Makeneye
1297	William Bourne de Derby	Nicklos de Lorimer
1299	Nicklos de Lorimor	Gervase de Derby
1301	Gervase de Wilnye	Adam le Rede
1304	John de la Corne	Richard Cardoyl
1305	John de Chaddesdon	Gervase de Wileyne
1306	Hugh Alibon	Peter la Chapman
1307	John Chaddesdon	Gervase de Wilney
1310	Henry Alwaston	Thomas de Stade
1311	Thomas del Sted	Henry Bindetton
1312	Geffry de Leycestre	Robert de Breydsale
1313	John Fitz John	Henry Lomb
1314	Adam le Rede	William de Aleby
1314	William de Aleby	Adam le Rede
1318	Simon de Chester	Richard Breddon
1318	Alexander de Holand	John de Weston
1325	Henry le Carpenter	John Fitz Richard
1327	John Fitz Gilbert	Ferhun Tutbury
1328	Simon de Chester	John Collings
1328	Thomas Tulaxbar	Geffry Snayth
1330	Simon de Nottingham	John de Weston
1333	Hugh Allibon	John Gibbonson
1334	John Gibbonson	?
1335	Nicholas Langford	John Fitz Thomas
1336	Simon de Chester	John Gibbonson
1337	John Fitz William	Thomas Tuttebury
1338	William de Derby	John Hache	Robert Allibon
1338	William de Derby	Robert de Weston
1338	Simon de Chester	Robert Allibon
1338	Henry del Howe	Robert Saundry
1339	Alexander Holland	John Weston
1339	John Gibbonson	Thomas Preston
1339	Thomas Tutbury	Thomas Thurmondsley
1341	Thomas de Tutbury	Thomas Derby
1341	Richard de Trowell	Peter de Quarndon
1342	Simon de Nottingham	Thomas de Derby
1344	William de Nottingham	Simon de Chester
1348	William de Chaddesdon	Thomas de Tutbury
1350	William Gilbert	John de Chaddesdon
1351	Thomas Tutbury	William de Derby
1354	William Chester	Richard Chelford
1355	Thomas Tutbury	Henry Diddound
1355	Edmund Toucher	John Bech
1356	William Ennington	William Nayle
1358	William de Chester	William Nayle
1361	Peter Prentice	William de Rossington
1362	Peter Prentice	William de Rossington
1363	John Trowell	John Weeke
1364	John Bradon	Robert Allibon
1365	William Chester	John Gilbert
1366	John Berd	William Sese
1369	John de Brakkerley	William Glasyere
1370	John Preest	John de Brakkerley
1372	John Trowell	?
1373	William Chester	John Gilbert
1374	William Pakeman	Roger Allibon
1377	William Groos	John de Berdee
1378	John de Haye	Richard de Trowell
1378	Henry Flanstead	Roger Allibon
1379	Richard Dell	Roger Ashe
1382	Thomas Toppeleyse	John Haye
1383	William Pakeman	John Bowyer
1383	Richard de Trowell	John Gibbon
1384	Richard Sherman	John de Stockes
1385	Richard Trowell	John Dell
1386	John Stokkes	John Prentice I
1388 (Feb)	William Pakeman	Thomas Tappely
1388 (Sep)	William Pakeman	Hugh Adam
1390 (Jan)	John Stokkes	John Hay
1390 (Nov)
1391	Richard Sherman	Thomas Docking
1393	John Stokkes	Richard Trowell
1394
1395	John Stokkes	William Groos
1397 (Jan)	William Groos	Thomas Shore
1397 (Sep)	William Groos	Thomas Shore
1399	John Stokkes	Thomas Docking
1401
1402	Elias Stokkes	Richard Trowell
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)	John Prentice II	John Stokkes
1406	Thomas Goldsmith	John Fairclough
1407
1410
1411	John Brasier	Thomas Shore
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Elias Stokkes
1414 (Apr)	John Prentice II	Robert Bolton
1414 (Nov)	Elias Stokkes	Thomas Ridgeway
1415
1416 (Mar)	Elias Stokkes	Roger Wolley
1416 (Oct)
1417	Robert Ireland	Thomas Steppingstones
1419	John Sparham	Ralph Shore
1420	Richard Brown	Robert Smith
1421 (May)	Ralph Shore	Thomas Stokkes
1421 (Dec)	Ralph Shore	John Spicer
1422	John Stokes	John Barker
1423	John de Both	Elias Dell
1424	John Stokes	Elias Dell
1425	Roger Wolley	Henry Crabbe
1427	Nicholas Meysham	John de Stokkys
1429	John de Bath	Elias Stokkys
1430	Thomas Stokkes	Robert Smith
1432	John Booth	Robert Sutton
1434	John Bothe	Thomas Stokeys
1436	Thomas Stokks	Elias Tildesley
1441	Thomas Stokkys	Henry Spicer
1446	Thomas Chatley	Robert Mundy
1448	Thomas Chatterley	John Spicer
1449	Richard Chitterley	Thomas Chitterley
1450	Thomas Acard	Thomas Bradshawe
1454	John Bird	Edward Lovel
1459	John Bird	William Hunter
1468	Thomas Bakynton	Thomas Allestre
1473	John Newton	Roger Wilkinson
1478	John Briddle	John Newton
1510-1523	No names known
1529	Thomas Ward	Henry Ainsworth
1536	?
1539	?
1542	Thomas Sutton	William Allestry
1545	Thomas Sutton	William Allestry
1547	Thomas Sutton	Robert Ragg
1553 (Mar)	Robert Ragg	William Allestry
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Sutton	George Cherneley
1554 (Apr)	William Allestry	George Stringer
1554 (Nov)	William More	William Bainbridge
1555	Richard Ward	William Allestry
1558	James Thatcher	William Bainbridge
1558/9	Richard Doughty	William Bainbridge
1562/3	William More	William Bainbridge
1571	Robert Stringer	William Bainbridge
1572	Robert Stringer	Tristram Tyrwhitt, expelled and repl. 1576 by Robert Bainbridge
1584	Sir Henry Beaumont	William Botham
1586 (Sep)	William Botham	Robert Bainbridge
1588/9	Richard Fletcher	William Botham
1593	Robert Stringer	William Botham
1597	Henry Duport	Robert Stringer
1601 (Oct)	Peter Eure	John Baxter John Baxter (MP) John Baxter was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611.Baxter may have been the son of Henry Baxter of Cannock, Staffordshire. He studied for the law entering either Grey's Inn in 1565 or Middle Temple from New Inn in 1568. He was called to the bar...
1604–1611	John Baxter John Baxter (MP) John Baxter was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1611.Baxter may have been the son of Henry Baxter of Cannock, Staffordshire. He studied for the law entering either Grey's Inn in 1565 or Middle Temple from New Inn in 1568. He was called to the bar...	Edward Sleighe
1614	Gilbert Kniveton
1621–1622	Timothy Leeving	Edward Leech Edward Leech Sir Edward Leech was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.In 1614, Leech was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel. He was elected MP for Derby in 1621. He was of Cheshire when he was knighted by King James at Windsor on 9 September 1621...
1624	Timothy Leeving	Sir Edward Leech Edward Leech Sir Edward Leech was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.In 1614, Leech was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel. He was elected MP for Derby in 1621. He was of Cheshire when he was knighted by King James at Windsor on 9 September 1621...
1625	Timothy Leeving	Sir Edward Leech Edward Leech Sir Edward Leech was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.In 1614, Leech was elected Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel. He was elected MP for Derby in 1621. He was of Cheshire when he was knighted by King James at Windsor on 9 September 1621...
1626	Sir Henry Crofts Henry Crofts Sir Henry Crofts was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1660.Crofts was the eldest son of Sir John Crofts of Little Saxham and West Stow and his wife Mary Shirley, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley of Wiston, Sussex. He was knighted on 3 February...	John Thoroughgood
1628-1629	Philip Mainwaring Philip Mainwaring Sir Philip Mainwaring was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1661.Mainwaring was the son of Randall Mainwaring, of Peover, Cheshire. He was admitted at Gray's Inn on 14 March 1609, and matriculated at Cambridge from Brasenose College, Oxford on 29...	Timothy Leeving
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640–1945

Year			First member	First party	Second member	Second party
		November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...	William Allestry William Allestry William Allestry or Allestrie was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1643. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Royalist	Nathaniel Hallowes Nathaniel Hallowes Nathaniel Hallowes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1653 and again in 1659. He was an active Parliamentarian during the English Civil War.-Biography:...	Parliamentarian
		October 1643	Allestry disabled to sit - seat vacant
		1645	Thomas Gell
		December 1648	Gell excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...  - seat vacant
		1653	Derby was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
		1654	Gervase Bennet Gervase Bennet Gervase Bennet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1653 and 1659. Bennet coined the term "Quakers" to refer to the Religious Society of Friends....		Derby had only one seat in the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....  and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
		January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...			John Dalton John Dalton (MP) John Dalton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Dalton was the son of John Dalton, a vintner of Nottingham, and his wife Isabel. He settled at Derby where he became a draper. In 1645, he became an alderman of Derby and was mayor in 1646. He was mayor...
		May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Nathaniel Hallowes Nathaniel Hallowes Nathaniel Hallowes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1653 and again in 1659. He was an active Parliamentarian during the English Civil War.-Biography:...		One seat vacant
		April 1660	Roger Allestry Roger Allestry Roger Allestry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1665.Allestry was the son of Thomas Allestry of Alvaston, Derbyshire and his second wife Constance Isley. He was a commissioner for assessment at Derby in 1657 and from 1660 until his death...		John Dalton John Dalton (MP) John Dalton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1659 and 1679.Dalton was the son of John Dalton, a vintner of Nottingham, and his wife Isabel. He settled at Derby where he became a draper. In 1645, he became an alderman of Derby and was mayor in 1646. He was mayor...
		1665	Anchitell Grey Anchitell Grey Anchitell Grey was a member of the Parliament of England from 1665 until 1695, representing the city of Derby. Though he spoke rarely, he kept a detailed diary of proceedings in the House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard...
		1679			George Vernon
		1685	William Allestry William Allestry (1642–1700) William Allestry was an English and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689.Allestry was the son of Roger Allestry of Alvaston, Derbyshire and his wife Sarah Bradshaw, daughter of William Bradshaw of Derby. His father had been MP for Derby.He was educated at Queen's College,...		John Coke John Coke (MP) John Coke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in between 1685 and 1689.Coke was the son of Thomas Coke of Melbourne, and his wife Mary Pope, daughter of Richard Pope of Woolstaston, Shropshire. He entered Christ Church, Oxford and Gray's Inn in 1669...
		1689	Anchitell Grey Anchitell Grey Anchitell Grey was a member of the Parliament of England from 1665 until 1695, representing the city of Derby. Though he spoke rarely, he kept a detailed diary of proceedings in the House of Commons, summarising the speeches he heard...
		1690			Robert Wilmot
		1695	Lord Henry Cavendish Lord Henry Cavendish Lord Henry Cavendish was a British politician, the second son of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire.He married Rhoda Cartwright and had one daughter:...		John Bagnold
		1698			George Vernon
		1701	Lord James Cavendish		Sir Charles Pye Pye Baronets There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Pye. Both are extinct.The Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead was created on 27 April 1641 in the Baronetage of England, for Edmund Pye, who had purchased the Manor of Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire in 1628. He was Member of...
		1701			John Harpur
		1702	Thomas Stanhope
		1705	Lord James Cavendish		Sir Thomas Parker Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield PC, FRS was an English Whig politician.-Youth and early career:He was born in Staffordshire, the son of Thomas Parker, an attorney at Leek. He was educated at Adams' Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1710			Richard Pye Pye Baronets There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname of Pye. Both are extinct.The Baronetcy Pye of Leckhampstead was created on 27 April 1641 in the Baronetage of England, for Edmund Pye, who had purchased the Manor of Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire in 1628. He was Member of...
		1710	Sir Richard Levinge Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician and judge.Leving was a Member of Parliament of the English House of Commons for Chester from 1690 to 1695. In 1692 he also became a member of the Irish House of Commons for Blessington, a seat he held until 1695. During this time he served...		John Harpur
		1711	Edward Mundy
		1713			Nathaniel Curzon Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 4th Baronet was an English Tory politician who represented three constituencies in the 18th century.Curzon was the son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet of Kedleston,and his wife Sarah Penn daughter of William Penn of Penn, Buckinghamshire.Curzon was elected as Member of...
		1715	Lord James Cavendish		William Stanhope William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC was a British statesman and diplomat.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I. His ancestor, Sir John Stanhope , was a half-brother of Philip...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1722			Thomas Bayley
		1727			William Stanhope William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, PC was a British statesman and diplomat.He was a younger son of John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbyshire, and a brother of Charles Stanhope , an active politician during the reign of George I. His ancestor, Sir John Stanhope , was a half-brother of Philip...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1730			Charles Stanhope
		1736			John Stanhope
		1742	Viscount Duncannon William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. William Ponsonby from 1723 to 1739 and Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758...
		1748			Thomas Rivett Thomas Rivett (1713-1763) - External links :* BURKE, Bernard ....
		1754	Lord Frederick Cavendish Lord Frederick Cavendish (soldier) Field Marshal Lord Frederick Cavendish was a British field marshal and Whig politician, a younger son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire.-Military career:...		George Venables-Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon was a British politician.Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Cheshire...
		1762			William Fitzherbert
		1772			Wenman Coke Wenman Coke (d. 1776) Wenman Coke , known as Wenman Roberts until 1750, was a British landowner and politician.-Background:Born Wenman Roberts, he was the son of Major Philip Roberts and Anne, daughter of Edward Coke. He assumed the surname of Coke in lieu of his patronymic in 1750...
		1775			John Gisborne
		1776			Daniel Parker Coke Daniel Coke Daniel Parker Coke , was an English barrister and member of parliament.-Early life:Coke was the only son of Thomas Coke , a barrister, and his wife, Matilda Goodwin . He belonged to an old Derbyshire family, the Cokes of Trusley...
		1780	Lord George Cavendish George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington George Augustus Henry Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington , styled Lord George Cavendish before 1831, was a British politician.-Background:...		Edward Coke
		1797	George Walpole George Walpole (British Army officer) Major-General The Honourable George Walpole , was a British soldier and politician. He gained distinction after suppressing the Maroon insurrection in Jamaica in 1785...
		1806	William Cavendish
		1807			Thomas Coke
		1807			Edward Coke
		1812	Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish General Henry Frederick Compton Cavendish was a British soldier, politician and courtier. He was the third son of George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington and Lady Elizabeth Compton....	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1818			Thomas Wenman Coke
		1826			Samuel Crompton Sir Samuel Crompton, 1st Baronet Sir Samuel Crompton, 1st Baronet was a politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member for Parliament for East Retford, Derby and Thirsk. He also served as Deputy Lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire....
		1830			Edward Strutt Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper PC, FRS , was a British Liberal Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen.-Background and education:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1835	John Ponsonby John Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough John George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough PC , styled Viscount Duncannon from 1844 until 1847, was a British cricketer, courtier and Liberal politician.-Background:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1847	Hon. Frederick Leveson-Gower	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1848	Michael Thomas Bass	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Laurence Heyworth	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1852			Thomas Berry Horsfall	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1853			Laurence Heyworth	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
		1857		Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Samuel Beale	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1865			William Thomas Cox	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1868			Samuel Plimsoll Samuel Plimsoll Samuel Plimsoll was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line .-Early life:Plimsoll was born in Bristol and soon moved to Whiteley Wood...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1880			Sir William Vernon-Harcourt William Vernon Harcourt (politician) Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1883	Thomas Roe Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe , known as Sir Thomas Roe between 1894 and 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, particularly associated with the town of Derby.-Background and early life:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1895	Sir Henry Howe Bemrose Henry Howe Bemrose Sir Henry Howe Bemrose was a British printer and publisher, as well as mayor and later Conservative Member of Parliament for Derby.-Life:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Geoffrey Drage	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1900	Sir Thomas Roe Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe Thomas Roe, 1st Baron Roe , known as Sir Thomas Roe between 1894 and 1917, was a British businessman and Liberal politician, particularly associated with the town of Derby.-Background and early life:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Richard Bell Richard Bell (politician) Richard Bell was one of the first two British Labour Members of Parliament, and the first English one, elected after the formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900....	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
		1904				Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1910			James Henry Thomas James Henry Thomas James Henry "Jimmy" Thomas was a British trade unionist and Labour politician. He was involved in a political scandal involving budget leaks.-Early career and Trade Union activities:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
		1916	Sir William Job Collins William Job Collins Sir William Job Collins KCVO was a surgeon and later a Liberal politician and legislator.-Background:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1918	Albert Green Albert Green (British politician) Albert Green was a British Conservative Party politician.At the 1918 general election he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Derby, winning the second of the city's two seats. He had a narrow margin of only 2.2% of the votes over his Liberal Party opponent W.B...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1922	Charles Henry Roberts Charles Henry Roberts Charles Henry Roberts , was a British Liberal politician.-Background:Roberts was the son of Reverend Albert James Roberts, Vicar of Tidebrook, Sussex.-Political career:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
		1923	William Robert Raynes William Robert Raynes William Robert Raynes was a British Labour politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Derby from 6 December 1923 to 29 October 1924.-References:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
		1924	Sir Richard Harman Luce	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
		1929	William Robert Raynes William Robert Raynes William Robert Raynes was a British Labour politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Derby from 6 December 1923 to 29 October 1924.-References:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
		1931	William Allan Reid William Allan Reid William Allan Reid was a British Conservative Party politician, who served as one of the two Members of Parliament for Derby from the 1931 general election until the 1945 general election.- External links :...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...		National Labour
		1936			Philip Noel-Baker Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker by Philip Noel-Baker with other authorsby others* Lloyd, Lorna: Philip Noel-Baker and the Peace Through Law in -External links:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
		1945	Clifford Wilcock Clifford Wilcock Group Captain Clifford Arthur Bowman Wilcock, OBE, AFC, FRAeS was a British engineer, company director and politician who is noted for his contributions to civil and military aviation.-Great War service:...	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...			Constituency split into North and South divisions

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
• Unreformed House of Commons
  Unreformed House of Commons
  The unreformed House of Commons is the name generally given to the British House of Commons as it existed before the Reform Act 1832.Until the Act of Union of 1707 joining the Kingdoms of Scotland and England , Scotland had its own Parliament, and the term refers to the House of Commons of England...