East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Derbyshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1868–1885
Seats	two
Created from	North Derbyshire and South Derbyshire
Replaced by	Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire

East Derbyshire was a parliamentary constituency in Derbyshire which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain.

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

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1868	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Francis Egerton	Liberal	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |	Henry Strutt	Liberal
1874	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" |			Francis Arkwright
1880	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |			Alfred Barnes	Liberal
1885	constituency abolished

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)

Elections

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