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==Boundaries==
'''When created in 1918-1950''':, Thethe constituency consisted of the [[Urban Districtsdistrict (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]]s of [[Alfreton]], Belper, and [[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]]).
 
In 1950, boundary changes removed the Urban Districts of Alfreton and Heage to the [[Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)|Ilkeston]] constituency, together with the civil parish of Shipley from out of Belper Rural District. To compensate for this loss of electors, the changes transferred in the rest of the Repton Rural District from the [[West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Derbyshire]] and [[South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South East Derbyshire]] constituencies. In addition from South East Derbyshire came the Urban District of [[Swadlincote]].
'''1950-1974''': The Urban Districts of Belper and Swadlincote, the Rural District of Repton, and part of the Rural District of Belper.
 
'''In 1974-1983''': Thethe Urbanboundaries Districtswere realigned with those for local government which had changed to transfer some electors to Derby; the constituency consisted of the urban districts of Belper and Swadlincote, and the Ruralrural Districtdistricts of Repton, and partBelper ofexcept the Rural Districtparish of BelperShipley.
 
In 1983 the constituency was abolished; the largest part (40,000 voters around Swadlincote) formed the basis of [[South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Derbyshire]], 22,000 voters around Belper itself went to West Derbyshire, and 10,000 voters to [[Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)|Amber Valley]].
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