East Derbyshire was a parliamentary constituency in Derbyshire which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created for the 1868 general election, and abolished only seventeen years later under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. It was then replaced by seven new constituencies: Chesterfield, Mid Derbyshire, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, West Derbyshire, High Peak and Ilkeston.
Boundaries 1868–1885: The Hundred of Scarsdale.
Members of Parliament
Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1868 Francis Egerton Liberal Henry Strutt Liberal 1874 Francis Arkwright Conservative 1880Alfred Barnes Liberal1885 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
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