Ilkeston (constituency)

Ilkeston
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Ilkeston in Derbyshire, 1974–1983
1885–1983
Seatsone
Created fromDerbyshire South
Replaced byAmber 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.

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 WatsonLiberal
1887 Sir Walter Foster
1910 Jack Seely
1916 Coalition Liberal
Jan 1922 National Liberal
Nov 1922 George OliverLabour
1931 Abraham FlintNational Labour
1935 George OliverLabour
1964 Ray Fletcher
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Ilkeston[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Thomas Watson 5,780 60.4
Conservative William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe[6][7] 3,793 39.6
Majority 1,987 20.8
Turnout 9,573 89.8
Registered electors 10,660
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: Ilkeston[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Watson 4,621 54.9 −5.5
Conservative Samuel Leeke 3,793 45.1 +5.5
Majority 828 9.8 −11.0
Turnout 8,414 78.9 −10.9
Registered electors 10,660
Liberal hold Swing −5.5

Watson's death caused a by-election.

Sir Walter Foster
By-election, 24 Mar 1887: Ilkeston[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 5,512 56.9 +2.0
Conservative Samuel Leeke 4,180 43.1 −2.0
Majority 1,332 13.8 +4.0
Turnout 9,692 88.5 +9.6
Registered electors 10,948
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Ilkeston[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 6,185 58.4 +3.5
Conservative Samuel Leeke 4,402 41.6 −3.5
Majority 1,783 16.8 +7.0
Turnout 10,587 78.2 −0.7
Registered electors 13,541
Liberal hold Swing +3.5
General election 1895: Ilkeston[8][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 6,215 54.2 −4.2
Conservative Edward Picton Baumgarten 5,254 45.8 +4.2
Majority 961 8.4 −8.4
Turnout 11,469 87.1 +8.9
Registered electors 13,175
Liberal hold Swing −4.2

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Ilkeston[8][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 6,633 53.8 −0.4
Conservative Henry Wright 5,698 46.2 +0.4
Majority 935 7.6 −0.8
Turnout 12,331 84.9 −2.2
Registered electors 14,519
Liberal hold Swing −0.4
General election 1906: Ilkeston[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 9,655 64.3 +10.5
Conservative LC Tipper 5,358 35.7 −10.5
Majority 4,297 28.6 +21.0
Turnout 15,013 87.2 +2.3
Registered electors 17,216
Liberal hold Swing +10.5

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Ilkeston[9][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Balthazar Foster 10,632 62.3 −2.0
Conservative Forbes St John Morrow 6,432 37.7 +2.0
Majority 4,200 24.6 −4.0
Turnout 17,064 87.7 +0.5
Registered electors 19,467
Liberal hold Swing −2.0
Seely
1910 Ilkeston by-election[4][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Seely 10,204 59.8 −2.5
Conservative Henry Wright 6,871 40.2 +2.5
Majority 3,333 19.6 −5.0
Turnout 17,075 87.7 0.0
Registered electors 19,467
Liberal hold Swing −2.5
General election December 1910: Ilkeston[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Seely 9,990 62.7 +0.4
Conservative William Marshall Freeman 5,946 37.3 −0.4
Majority 4,044 25.4 +0.8
Turnout 15,936 81.9 −5.8
Registered electors 19,467
Liberal hold Swing +0.4
1912 Ilkeston by-election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Seely 9,049 53.6 −9.1
Unionist William Marshall Freeman 7,838 46.4 +9.1
Majority 1,211 7.2 −18.2
Turnout 16,887 81.7 −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[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
C National Liberal John Seely 9,660 54.8
Labour George Oliver 7,962 45.2
Majority 1,698 9.6
Turnout 17,622 61.0
Registered electors 28,896
National Liberal win (new boundaries)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Ilkeston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 9,432 40.0 −5.2
National Liberal John Seely 8,348 35.3 −19.5
Unionist William Marshall Freeman 5,841 24.7 New
Majority 1,084 4.7 N/A
Turnout 23,621 76.8 +15.8
Registered electors 30,738
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing +7.1
Thomas Casey
General election 1923: Ilkeston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 9,191 42.1 +2.1
Unionist William Marshall Freeman 6,566 30.0 +5.3
Liberal Thomas Worrall Casey 6,112 27.9 −7.4
Majority 2,625 12.1 +7.4
Turnout 21,869 69.4 −7.4
Registered electors 31,503
Labour hold Swing −1.6
Anna Barlow
General election 1924: Ilkeston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 11,011 44.9 +2.8
Unionist Victor Raikes 9,203 37.5 +7.5
Liberal Anna Barlow 4,320 17.6 −10.3
Majority 1,808 7.4 −4.7
Turnout 24,534 76.1 +6.7
Registered electors 32,243
Labour hold Swing −2.4
General election 1929: Ilkeston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 20,202 59.0 +14.1
Liberal John Vincent Shaw 7,766 22.7 +5.1
Unionist Victor Raikes 6,258 18.3 −19.2
Majority 12,436 36.3 +28.9
Turnout 34,226 80.7 +4.6
Registered electors 42,430
Labour hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Ilkeston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour Abraham Flint 17,587 50.1 N/A
Labour George Oliver 17,585 49.9 −9.0
Majority 2 <0.01 N/A
Turnout 35,172 79.7 −1.0
Registered electors 44,116
National Labour gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Ilkeston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 23,851 64.3 +14.3
National (Conservative) Charles Markham 13,250 35.7 −14.3
Majority 10,601 28.6 N/A
Turnout 37,101 81.7 +2.0
Registered electors 45,427
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[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 26,536 66.8 +2.5
Conservative Philip Hartley 8,439 21.3 –14.4
Liberal Charles Foster 4,720 11.9 N/A
Majority 18,097 45.5 +16.9
Turnout 39,695 81.1 −0.6
Registered electors 49,007
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Ilkeston[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour George Oliver 39,495 64.9
Liberal Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson 11,262 18.5
Conservative DFR Evans 10,113 16.6
Majority 28,233 46.4
Turnout 60,870 88.5
Registered electors 68,769
Labour win (new boundaries)
General election 1951: Ilkeston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 40,671 67.41
Conservative C Frank Baker 10,273 17.03
Liberal Geoffrey Eugene MacPherson 9,387 15.56
Majority 30,398 50.38
Turnout 60,331 86.5
Registered electors 69,773
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Ilkeston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 38,961 69.29
Conservative John Farr 17,268 30.71
Majority 21,693 38.58
Turnout 56,229 80.37
Registered electors 69,967
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Ilkeston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Oliver 39,930 68.59
Conservative Gerald Ivan Walters 18,286 31.41
Majority 21,644 37.18
Turnout 58,216 83.50
Registered electors 69,719
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Ilkeston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 33,924 60.2 −8.6
Conservative Jeffery Nicholas Lewis Tillett 13,542 24.0 −7.4
Liberal Peggy Edwards 8,930 15.8 New
Majority 20,382 36.2 −1.0
Turnout 56,396 82.0
Registered electors 68,796
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Ilkeston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 36,522 70.09
Conservative Basil J Eales 15,582 29.91
Majority 20,940 40.18
Turnout 52,104 76.20
Registered electors 68,478
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Ilkeston[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 32,961 59.9 −10.2
Conservative Richard Beardsley 15,870 28.9 −1.0
Liberal Wim Smit 6,157 11.2 New
Majority 17,091 31.0 −9.2
Turnout 54,988 74.15 −2.05
Registered electors 74,080
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Ilkeston[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 31,500 52.02
Conservative PM Morrell 17,320 28.60
Liberal Geoffrey Pool 11,734 19.38
Majority 14,180 23.42
Turnout 60,554 81.45
Registered electors 74,378
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Ilkeston[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 31,153 54.96
Conservative A N R Hamilton 15,858 27.98
Liberal Geoffrey Pool 9,671 17.06
Majority 15,295 27.25
Turnout 56,682 74.85
Registered electors 74,962
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Ilkeston[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Fletcher 29,270 50.61
Conservative Michael Clark 21,160 35.99
Liberal Desmond Blackburn 7,879 13.40
Majority 8,110 14.62
Turnout 58,309 78.1
Registered electors 75,305
Labour hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ "'Ilkeston', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chap. 23. Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885". The Public General Acts of the United Kingdom passed in the forty-eighth and forty-ninth years of the reign of Queen Victoria. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1885. pp. 111–198.
  3. ↑ Fraser, Hugh (1918). The Representation of the People Act, 1918: with explanatory notes. London: Sweet and Maxwell.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liberal Year Book, 1907
  6. ↑ "Ilkeston". Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. 4 December 1885. p. 6. Retrieved 1 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Biography of William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe (1828-1906)". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 Debretts House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  9. 1 2 Debretts House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. ↑ Newcastle Journal 22 May 1914
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, Fred W. S (1969). British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949. Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0900178019. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, Fred W. S (1983). British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 (2nd ed.). Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178078. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 Craig, Fred W. S (1980). Britain votes 2 : British parliamentary election results 1974-1979. Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0900178183. Retrieved 6 April 2025.

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