# Clay Cross (UK Parliament constituency)

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 | 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 | 1950 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Clay Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Thomas Broad | 7,987 | 54.1 | |
| | Labour | Frank Hall | 6,766 | 45.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,221 | 8.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,753 | 50.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 29,181 | | |
| | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) | Liberal win (new seat) |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Clay Cross :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,912 | 30.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,794 | 72.1 | +21.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 31,611 | | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +25.8 | |
General election 1923: Clay Cross :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,058 | 33.1 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,308 | 61.4 | −10.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 34,729 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.3 | |
General election 1924: Clay Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Duncan | 14,618 | 64.4 | +8.4 |
| | Unionist | John Sherwood-Kelly | 8,069 | 35.6 | +12.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,549 | 28.8 | −4.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,687 | 67.2 | +5.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 33,737 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −2.2 | |
General election 1929: Clay Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Duncan | 24,480 | 80.2 | +15.8 |
| | Unionist | Abraham Lyons | 6,055 | 19.8 | −15.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18,425 | 60.4 | +31.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,535 | 71.8 | +4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,557 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −15.8 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Clay Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charles Duncan | 21,163 | 64.6 | −15.6 |
| | National Liberal | Jacob Weinberg | 11,611 | 35.4 | +15.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,552 | 29.2 | −31.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,774 | 74.6 | +2.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1933 Clay Cross by-election :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 15,638 | 49.4 | +20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,658 | 71.2 | −3.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Clay Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alfred Holland | 24,590 | 74.6 | +10.0 |
| | Conservative | Bridget Jackson | 8,391 | 25.4 | −10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,199 | 49.2 | +20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,981 | 73.6 | −1.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1936 Clay Cross by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | George Ridley | 24,290 | 75.1 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Bridget Jackson | 8,042 | 24.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,248 | 50.2 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,332 | 72.4 | −1.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |

### Elections in the 1940s

Clay Cross by-election, 1944 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 11,357 | 63.3 | +14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,940 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
General election 1945: Clay Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Harold Neal | 27,538 | 82.06 |
| | Conservative | William Perkins Bull | 6,021 | 17.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 21,517 | 64.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,559 | 70.82 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |