# North Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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

| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party |
| 1832 | Lord Cavendish of Keighley | Whig | Thomas Gisborne | Whig |
| 1834 by-election | Lord George Cavendish | Whig | Thomas Gisborne | Whig |
| 1837 | Lord George Cavendish | Whig | William Evans | Whig |
| 1853 by-election | Lord George Cavendish | Whig | William Pole Thornhill | Independent Whig |
| 1859 | Lord George Cavendish | Liberal | William Pole Thornhill | Liberal |
| 1865 | Lord George Cavendish | Liberal | William Jackson | Liberal |
| 1868 | Lord George Cavendish | Liberal | Augustus Arkwright | Conservative |
| 1880 | Lord Edward Cavendish | Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | Liberal |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | William Cavendish | 3,388 | 48.7 |
| | Whig | Thomas Gisborne | 2,385 | 34.3 |
| | Tory | Sir George Sitwell, 2nd Baronet | 1,183 | 17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,202 | 17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,677 | 84.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,370 | |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |
Cavendish succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Duke of Devonshire and causing a by-election.
By-election, 27 May 1834: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,370 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1835: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | Thomas Gisborne | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,175 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1837: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | George Cavendish | 2,816 | 39.0 |
| | Whig | William Evans | 2,422 | 33.5 |
| | Conservative | George Arkwright | 1,983 | 27.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 439 | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,481 | 81.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,527 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | William Evans | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,757 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1847: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | William Evans | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,601 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | William Evans | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,315 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
Evans resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 22 July 1853: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent Whig | William Pole Thornhill | 1,680 | 58.4 | New |
| | Whig | William Evans | 1,195 | 41.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 485 | 16.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,875 | 55.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,219 | | |
| | Ind. Whig gain from Whig | Ind. Whig gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |
Evans resigned before the poll concluded.
General election 1857: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Independent Whig | William Pole Thornhill | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,336 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Ind. Whig gain from Whig | Ind. Whig gain from Whig | Ind. Whig gain from Whig | Ind. Whig gain from Whig | Ind. Whig gain from Whig |
General election 1859: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal | William Pole Thornhill | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,380 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| | Liberal gain from Ind. Whig | Liberal gain from Ind. Whig | Liberal gain from Ind. Whig | Liberal gain from Ind. Whig | Liberal gain from Ind. Whig |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal | William Jackson | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,055 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1868: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Cavendish | 2,903 | 35.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Augustus Arkwright | 2,698 | 32.8 | New |
| | Liberal | William Jackson | 2,637 | 32.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,468 (est) | 87.8 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,231 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 205 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 61 | 0.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | George Cavendish | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Augustus Arkwright | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,594 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: North Derbyshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Edward Cavendish | 3,416 | 27.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal | John Frederick Cheetham | 3,183 | 26.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Augustus Arkwright | 2,936 | 24.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | William Sidebottom | 2,718 | 22.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 247 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,127 (est) | 87.7 (est) | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,985 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |
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