Clay Cross (UK Parliament constituency)

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Clay Cross
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Created from Chesterfield
Replaced by Bolsover and North East Derbyshire

Clay Cross was a county constituency centred on the village of Clay Cross in north-east Derbyshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Clay Cross, the Rural District of Blackwell, and part of the Rural District of Chesterfield.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1918 Thomas Broad Liberal
1922 Charles Duncan Labour Died 1933
1933 by-election Arthur Henderson Labour Died 1935
1935 Alfred Holland Labour Died 1936
1936 by-election George Ridley Labour Died 1944
1944 by-election Harold Neal Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Clay Cross [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Thomas Broad 7,98754.1
Labour Frank Hall 6,76645.9
Majority1,2218.2
Turnout 14,75350.6
Registered electors 29,181
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Clay Cross [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Duncan 13,206 57.9 +12.0
Liberal Charles Masterman 6,29427.6−26.5
National Liberal Thomas Broad 3,29414.5−39.6
Majority6,91230.3N/A
Turnout 22,79472.1+21.5
Registered electors 31,611
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +25.8
General election 1923: Clay Cross [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Duncan 11,939 56.0 −1.9
Unionist John Sherwood-Kelly4,88122.9New
Liberal Frank Crane Thornborough4,48821.1−6.5
Majority7,05833.1+2.8
Turnout 21,30861.4−10.7
Registered electors 34,729
Labour hold Swing +2.3
General election 1924: Clay Cross [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Duncan 14,618 64.4 +8.4
Unionist John Sherwood-Kelly8,06935.6+12.7
Majority6,54928.8−4.3
Turnout 22,68767.2+5.8
Registered electors 33,737
Labour hold Swing −2.2
General election 1929: Clay Cross [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Duncan 24,480 80.2 +15.8
Unionist Abraham Lyons 6,05519.8−15.8
Majority18,42560.4+31.6
Turnout 30,53571.8+4.6
Registered electors 42,557
Labour hold Swing −15.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Clay Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Duncan 21,163 64.6 −15.6
National Liberal Jacob Weinberg11,61135.4+15.6
Majority9,55229.2−31.2
Turnout 32,77474.6+2.8
Labour hold Swing
1933 Clay Cross by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 21,931 69.3 +4.7
Conservative John Moores 6,29319.9−15.5
Communist Harry Pollitt 3,43410.8New
Majority15,63849.4+20.2
Turnout 31,65871.2−3.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Clay Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Holland 24,590 74.6
Conservative Bridget Jackson8,39125.4
Majority16,19949.2
Turnout 32,98173.6
Labour hold Swing
1936 Clay Cross by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Ridley 24,290 75.1 +0.5
Conservative Bridget Jackson8,04224.9−0.5
Majority16,24850.2+1.0
Turnout 32,33272.4−1.2
Labour hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1940s

Clay Cross by-election, 1944 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Neal 13,693 76.3
Independent Anti-FascistPhil Hicken2,33613.0New
Independent Atlantic Charter William Douglas-Home 1,91110.7New
Majority11,35763.3
Turnout 17,940
Labour hold Swing
General election 1945: Clay Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Neal 27,53882.06
Conservative William Perkins Bull6,02117.94
Majority21,51764.12
Turnout 33,55970.82
Labour hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1927
  2. ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1927
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ Whitaker's Almanac (1945), p.311

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