Belper (UK Parliament constituency): Difference between revisions

'''Belper''' is a former constituency in the [[UK Parliament]]. It was created at the [[1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918 general election]] as a county division of [[Derbyshire]], comprising the area in the centre of the county and surrounding [[Derby]], and named after the market town of [[Belper]] although this was in the north of the constituency. In 1950 it was expanded to include the far south of the county. It was a marginal constituency for most of its existence.

The area had an ever-expanding population after 1945 as prosperous suburbs of Derby were built outside the city boundaries. [[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|Lord George-Brown]], who represented the seat at the time, wrote in 1971 after his defeat in the [[1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970|1970 general election]] that "The electorate had increased by over 10,000 since 1966, mainly from the growth of middle-class housing estates, so that most of the new electors could be expected to vote Tory. Since my majority in 1966 was 4,274, an influx of 10,000 new voters, mainly Tory, obviously imperilled the seat." A [[Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)|Boundary Commission]] report issued in 1969 had recommended changes which would have removed the extra voters, but the Labour government of the time had delayed implementation of the report.

When created in 1918, the constituency consisted of the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]]s of [[Alfreton Urban District|Alfreton]], [[Belper Urban District|Belper]] and [[Heage Urban District|Heage]], together with the [[Rural District]] of Belper and part of the Rural District of [[Repton Rural District|Repton]] (the civil parishes of [[Ash, Derbyshire|Ash]], [[Bearwardcote]], [[Bretby]], Burnaston, [[Dalbury Lees]], [[Egginton]], Etwall, [[Findern]], Foremark, Ingleby, [[Mickleover]], Newton Solney, Radbourne, Repton, Trusley, Twyford and Stenson, and [[Willington, Derbyshire|Willington]]).

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| [[1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918]]

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| [[1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923]]

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| [[1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929|1929]]

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| [[1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931]]

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| [[1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945|1945]]

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| [[1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970|1970]]

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| [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974|Feb 1974]]

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| [[1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979|1979]]

|colspan="2" align="center"| [[1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983|1983]]

{{Election box begin ||title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918|General Electionelection 1918]]: Belper }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = [[John Hancock (UK politician)|John Hancock]]

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{{Election box new seat win|

|swing = n''N/aA''

|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922|General Electionelection 1922]]: Belper

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|change = n''N/aA''

|change = n/a''New''

|change = n''N/aA''

|change = n''N/aA''

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|title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923|General Electionelection 1923]]: Belper

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|change = n/a''New''

|change = -7−7.4

|change = -34−34.54

|change = ''N/A''

|title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election, 1924|General Electionelection 1924]]: Belper

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|change = +6.1

|change = +4.5

|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929|General Electionelection 1929]]: Belper

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|change = -23−23.2

|change = n/a''New''

|change = 24.4''N/A''

|swing = -12−12.2

|title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931|General Electionelection 1931]]: Belper

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|change = -3−3.2

|change = ''N/A''

|change = -0−0.7

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935|General Electionelection 1935]]: Belper

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|change = -9−9.1

|change = −18.2

|change = -5−5.2

|swing = -9−9.1

|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945|General Electionelection 1945]]: Belper

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|change = -17−17.6

|candidate = Robert Archibald Burrows

|change = n/a''New''

|change = +17.2

|swing = -10−10.8

|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950|General Electionelection 1950]]: Belper}}

|title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election, 1951|General Electionelection 1951]]: Belper}}

|change = −1.9

|change = -2−2.0

|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election, 1955|General Electionelection 1955]]: Belper}}

|change = -1−1.5

|change = −3.0

|change = -5−5.2

|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959|General Electionelection 1959]]: Belper}}

|change = -1−1.9

|change = −3.8

|title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election, 1964|General Electionelection 1964]]: Belper}}

|change = -6−6.4

|change = -8−8.8

|change = ''New''

|change = +2.4

|swing = -1−1.2

|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election, 1966|General Electionelection 1966]]: Belper}}

|change = −3.2

|change = -2−2.0

|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970|General Electionelection 1970]]: Belper}}

|candidate = [[George Brown, Baron George-Brown|George Alfred Brown]]

|change = -4−4.8

|change = ''N/A''

|change = -4−4.0

|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election, February 1974|General Electionelection February 1974]]: Belper}}

|change = −4.1

|change = +4.1

|change = +0.4

|swing = +4−4.01

|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election, October 1974|General Electionelection October 1974]]: Belper}}

|change = -4−4.6

|change = -10−10.9

|change = ''New''

|change = +6.3

|change = -1−1.2

|swing = -3−3.2

|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979|General Electionelection 1979]]: Belper}}

|change = -4−4.2

|change = -3−3.5

|change = ''New''

|change = ''N/A''

{{RefimproveMore citations needed|date=November 2009}}

[[Category:UnitedConstituencies Kingdomof Parliamentarythe constituenciesParliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918]]

[[Category:UnitedConstituencies Kingdomof Parliamentarythe constituenciesParliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1983]]