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In fact, a Boundary Commission report issued in 1969 had recommended changes which would have removed
the extra voters, but the Labour government of the time had delayed implementation of the report.
Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
3.1 Elections in the 1910s
3.2 Elections in the 1920s
3.3 Elections in the 1930s
3.4 Elections in the 1940s
3.5 Elections in the 1950s
3.6 Elections in the 1960s
3.7 Elections in the 1970s
4 References
Boundaries
When created in 1918, the constituency consisted of the Urban Districts of Alfreton, Belper and Heage,
together with the Rural District of Belper and part of the Rural District of Repton (the civil parishes of Ash,
Bearwardcote, Bretby, Burnaston, Dalbury Lees, Egginton, Etwall, Findern, Foremark, Ingleby, Mickleover,
Newton Solney, Radbourne, Repton, Trusley, Twyford and Stenson, and Willington).
In 1950, boundary changes removed the Urban Districts of Alfreton and Heage to the Ilkeston constituency,
together with the civil parish of Shipley from Belper Rural District. To compensate for this loss of electors, the
changes transferred in the rest of the Repton Rural District from the West Derbyshire and South East
Derbyshire constituencies. In addition from South East Derbyshire came the Urban District of Swadlincote.
In 1974 the boundaries were realigned with those for local government which had changed to transfer some
electors to Derby; the constituency consisted of the urban districts of Belper and Swadlincote, and the rural
districts of Repton and Belper except the civil parish of Shipley.
In 1983 the constituency was abolished; the largest part (40,000 voters around Swadlincote) formed the basis of
South Derbyshire, 22,000 voters around Belper itself went to West Derbyshire, and 10,000 voters to Amber
Valley.
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party
1918 John Hancock Liberal
1923 Herbert Wragg Conservative
1929 Jack Lees Labour
1931 Sir Herbert Wragg Conservative
1945 George Brown Labour
1970 Geoffrey Stewart-Smith Conservative
Feb 1974 Roderick MacFarquhar Labour
1979 Sheila Faith Conservative
1983 constituency abolished
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
References
1. " 'Belper', Feb 1974 - May 1983"(http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74056.htm).ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing
Limited. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)