North Derbyshire was a Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It returned two Knights of the Shire to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created when Derbyshire constituency was split into North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire under the Reform Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45). It was abolished in 1885, together with the constituencies of South Derbyshire and East Derbyshire. In 1885 the area of the three constituencies was split between the new smaller constituencies of Chesterfield, Mid Derbyshire, North-East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, West Derbyshire, High Peak and Ilkeston.
Boundaries 1832–1868: The Hundreds of High Peak and Scarsdale, and so much of the Wapentake of Wirksworth as was comprised in the Bakewell Division.
1868–1885: The Hundred of High Peak and the Wapentake of Wirksworth.
Members of Parliament
ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1832Lord Cavendish of Keighley WhigThomas Gisborne Whig 1834 by-electionLord George Cavendish Whig 1837William Evans Whig 1853 by-election William Pole Thornhill Independent Whig 1859 Liberal Liberal 1865William Jackson Liberal 1868Augustus Arkwright Conservative 1880Lord Edward Cavendish LiberalJohn Frederick Cheetham Liberal 1885Constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Cavendish succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Duke of Devonshire and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Evans resigned, causing a by-election.
Evans resigned before the poll concluded.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Source
See also List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Unreformed House of Commons
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