Clay Cross (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Clay Cross | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Chesterfield |
Replaced by | Bolsover and North East Derbyshire |
Clay Cross was a county constituency centred on the village of Clay Cross in north-east Derbyshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban District of Clay Cross, the Rural District of Blackwell, and part of the Rural District of Chesterfield.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | Thomas Broad | Liberal | ||
1922 | Charles Duncan | Labour | Died 1933 | |
1933 by-election | Arthur Henderson | Labour | Died 1935 | |
1935 | Alfred Holland | Labour | Died 1936 | |
1936 by-election | George Ridley | Labour | Died 1944 | |
1944 by-election | Harold Neal | Labour | ||
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Thomas Broad | 7,987 | 54.1 | |
Labour | Frank Hall | 6,766 | 45.9 | ||
Majority | 1,221 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 14,753 | 50.6 | |||
Registered electors | 29,181 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Duncan | 13,206 | 57.9 | +12.0 | |
Liberal | Charles Masterman | 6,294 | 27.6 | −26.5 | |
National Liberal | Thomas Broad | 3,294 | 14.5 | −39.6 | |
Majority | 6,912 | 30.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,794 | 72.1 | +21.5 | ||
Registered electors | 31,611 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +25.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Duncan | 11,939 | 56.0 | −1.9 | |
Unionist | John Sherwood-Kelly | 4,881 | 22.9 | New | |
Liberal | Frank Crane Thornborough | 4,488 | 21.1 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 7,058 | 33.1 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,308 | 61.4 | −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 34,729 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Duncan | 14,618 | 64.4 | +8.4 | |
Unionist | John Sherwood-Kelly | 8,069 | 35.6 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 6,549 | 28.8 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 22,687 | 67.2 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 33,737 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Duncan | 24,480 | 80.2 | +15.8 | |
Unionist | Abraham Lyons | 6,055 | 19.8 | −15.8 | |
Majority | 18,425 | 60.4 | +31.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,535 | 71.8 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 42,557 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −15.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Duncan | 21,163 | 64.6 | −15.6 | |
National Liberal | Jacob Weinberg | 11,611 | 35.4 | +15.6 | |
Majority | 9,552 | 29.2 | −31.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,774 | 74.6 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 21,931 | 69.3 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | John Moores | 6,293 | 19.9 | −15.5 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 3,434 | 10.8 | New | |
Majority | 15,638 | 49.4 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,658 | 71.2 | −3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Holland | 24,590 | 74.6 | +10.0 | |
Conservative | Bridget Jackson | 8,391 | 25.4 | −10.0 | |
Majority | 16,199 | 49.2 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,981 | 73.6 | −1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Ridley | 24,290 | 75.1 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Bridget Jackson | 8,042 | 24.9 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 16,248 | 50.2 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,332 | 72.4 | −1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Neal | 13,693 | 76.3 | +1.7 | |
Independent Anti-Fascist | Phil Hicken | 2,336 | 13.0 | New | |
Independent Atlantic Charter | William Douglas-Home | 1,911 | 10.7 | New | |
Majority | 11,357 | 63.3 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,940 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Harold Neal | 27,538 | 82.06 | ||
Conservative | William Perkins Bull | 6,021 | 17.94 | ||
Majority | 21,517 | 64.12 | |||
Turnout | 33,559 | 70.82 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
Bibliography
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)