Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ilkeston
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
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Ilkeston in Derbyshire, 1974–1983
18851983
Seatsone
Created from Derbyshire South
Replaced by Amber Valley and Erewash [1]

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.

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Boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Division of Smalley, and the parishes of Breaston, Draycott and Wilne, Hopwell, Longeaton, Ockbrook, Risley, and Sawley and Wilsthorpe in the Sessional Division of Derby. [2]

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Ilkeston, the Urban Districts of Heanor and Ripley, and the Rural District which consisted of the parishes of Codnor Park and Shipley. [3]

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Ilkeston, the Urban Districts of Alfreton, Heanor, and Ripley, and in the Rural District of Belper the parish of Shipley.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Thomas Watson Liberal
1887 Sir Walter Foster
1910 Jack Seely
1922 George Oliver Labour
1931 Abraham Flint National Labour
1935 George Oliver Labour
1964 Ray Fletcher
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Ilkeston [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Watson 5,780 60.4
Conservative William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe [6] [7] 3,79339.6
Majority 1,98720.8
Turnout 9,57389.8
Registered electors 10,660
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Ilkeston [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Watson 4,621 54.9 −5.5
Conservative Samuel Leeke3,79345.1+5.5
Majority 8289.8−11.0
Turnout 8,41478.9−10.9
Registered electors 10,660
Liberal hold Swing −5.5

Watson's death caused a by-election.

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Sir Walter Foster
By-election, 24 Mar 1887: Ilkeston [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 5,512 56.9 +2.0
Conservative Samuel Leeke4,18043.1−2.0
Majority 1,33213.8+4.0
Turnout 9,69288.5+9.6
Registered electors 10,948
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Ilkeston [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 6,185 58.4 +3.5
Conservative Samuel Leeke4,40241.63.5
Majority 1,78316.8+7.0
Turnout 10,58778.20.7
Registered electors 13,541
Liberal hold Swing +3.5
General election 1895: Ilkeston [14] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 6,215 54.2 4.2
Conservative Edward Picton Baumgarten5,25445.8+4.2
Majority 9618.48.4
Turnout 11,46987.1+8.9
Registered electors 13,175
Liberal hold Swing 4.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Ilkeston [17] [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 6,633 53.8 −0.4
Conservative Henry Wright 5,69846.2+0.4
Majority 9357.6−0.8
Turnout 12,33184.9−2.2
Registered electors 14,519
Liberal hold Swing −0.4
General election 1906: Ilkeston [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 9,655 64.3 +10.5
Conservative LC Tipper5,35835.7−10.5
Majority 4,29728.6+21.0
Turnout 15,01387.2+2.3
Registered electors 17,216
Liberal hold Swing +10.5

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Ilkeston [22] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 10,632 62.3 −2.0
Conservative Forbes St John Morrow6,43237.7+2.0
Majority 4,20024.6−4.0
Turnout 17,06487.7+0.5
Registered electors 19,467
Liberal hold Swing −2.0
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Seely
1910 Ilkeston by-election [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Seely 10,204 59.8 2.5
Conservative Henry Wright 6,87140.2+2.5
Majority 3,33319.65.0
Turnout 17,07587.70.0
Registered electors 19,467
Liberal hold Swing 2.5
General election December 1910: Ilkeston [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Seely 9,990 62.7 +0.4
Conservative William Marshall Freeman5,94637.30.4
Majority 4,04425.4+0.8
Turnout 15,93681.9−5.8
Registered electors 19,467
Liberal hold Swing +0.4
1912 Ilkeston by-election [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Seely 9,049 53.6 −9.1
Unionist William Marshall Freeman7,83846.4+9.1
Majority 1,2117.2−18.2
Turnout 16,88781.7−0.2
Registered electors 20,670
Liberal hold Swing −9.1

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1918: Ilkeston [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal John Seely 9,66054.87.9
Labour George Oliver 7,96245.2New
Majority 1,6989.615.8
Turnout 17,62261.020.9
Liberal hold Swing
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Ilkeston [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 9,432 40.0 −5.2
National Liberal John Seely 8,34835.3−19.5
Unionist William Marshall Freeman5,84124.7New
Majority 1,0844.7N/A
Turnout 23,62176.8+15.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +7.1
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Thomas Casey
General election 1923: Ilkeston [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 9,191 42.1 +2.1
Unionist William Marshall Freeman6,56630.0+5.3
Liberal Thomas Worrall Casey 6,11227.9−7.4
Majority 2,62512.1+7.4
Turnout 21,86969.4−7.4
Labour hold Swing −1.6
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Anna Barlow
General election 1924: Ilkeston [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 11,011 44.9 +2.8
Unionist Victor Raikes 9,20337.5+7.5
Liberal Anna Barlow 4,32017.6−10.3
Majority 1,8087.4−4.7
Turnout 24,53476.1+6.7
Labour hold Swing −2.4
General election 1929: Ilkeston [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 20,202 59.0 +14.1
Liberal John Vincent Shaw7,76622.7+5.1
Unionist Victor Raikes 6,25818.3−19.2
Majority 12,43636.3+28.9
Turnout 34,22680.7+4.6
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Ilkeston [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Labour Abraham Flint 17,587 50.0 N/A
Labour George Oliver 17,58550.0−9.0
Majority 20.0N/A
Turnout 35,17279.7−1.0
National Labour gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Ilkeston [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 23,851 64.3 +14.3
National Charles Markham13,25035.7−14.3
Majority 10,60128.6N/A
Turnout 37,10181.7+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 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 26,536 66.8 +2.5
Conservative Philip G Hartley8,43921.3N/A
Liberal Charles Orton Foster4,72011.9N/A
Majority 18,09745.5+16.9
Turnout 39,69581.1−0.6
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Ilkeston [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 39,495 64.9 −1.9
Liberal Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson11,26218.5+6.6
Conservative DFR Evans10,11316.6−4.7
Majority 28,23346.4+0.9
Turnout 60,87088.5+7.4
Labour hold Swing −4.3
General election 1951: Ilkeston [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 40,671 67.41
Conservative C Frank Baker10,27317.03
Liberal Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson9,38715.56
Majority 30,39850.38
Turnout 60,331
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Ilkeston [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 38,961 69.29
Conservative John Farr 17,26830.71
Majority 21,69338.58
Turnout 56,22980.37
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Ilkeston [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Oliver 39,930 68.59
Conservative Gerald Ivan Walters18,28631.41
Majority 21,64437.18
Turnout 58,21683.50
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Ilkeston [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 33,924 60.2 −8.6
Conservative Jeffery Nicholas Lewis Tillett13,54224.0−7.4
Liberal Peggy Edwards8,93015.8New
Majority 20,38236.2−1.0
Turnout 56,396
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Ilkeston [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 36,522 70.09
Conservative Basil J Eales15,58229.91
Majority 20,94040.18
Turnout 52,10476.20
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Ilkeston [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 32,961 59.9 −10.2
Conservative Richard Beardsley15,87028.9−1.0
Liberal Wim Smit6,15711.2New
Majority 17,09131.0−9.2
Turnout 54,98874.15−2.05
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Ilkeston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 31,500 52.02
Conservative PM Morrell17,32028.60
Liberal Geoffrey Pool11,73419.38
Majority 14,18023.42
Turnout 60,55481.45
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Ilkeston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 31,153 54.96
Conservative A N R Hamilton15,85827.98
Liberal Geoffrey Pool9,67117.06
Majority 15,29527.25
Turnout 56,68274.85
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Ilkeston [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 29,270 50.61
Conservative Michael Clark 21,16035.99
Liberal Desmond Blackburn7,87913.40
Majority 8,11014.62
Turnout 58,309
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

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