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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Belper</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Former <a href="/wiki/County_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="County constituency">county constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belper1974Constituency.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Belper1974Constituency.svg/250px-Belper1974Constituency.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="380" class="mw-file-element" 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constituency)">Derbyshire South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mid_Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Derbyshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ilkeston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilkeston</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Derbyshire South (UK Parliament constituency)">Derbyshire South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Derbyshire West (UK Parliament constituency)">Derbyshire West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amber_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Amber Valley</a><sup id="cite_ref-ElectionWeb74_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ElectionWeb74-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Belper</b> is a former constituency in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Parliament">UK Parliament</a>. It was created at the <a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918 general election</a> as a county division of <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>, comprising the area in the centre of the county and surrounding <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a>, and named after the market town of <a href="/wiki/Belper" title="Belper">Belper</a> although this was in the north of the constituency. In 1950 it was expanded to include the far south of the county. It was a marginal constituency for most of its existence. </p><p>The area had an ever-expanding population after 1945 as prosperous suburbs of Derby were built outside the city boundaries. <a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">Lord George-Brown</a>, who represented the seat at the time, wrote in 1971 after his defeat in the <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970 general election</a> that "The electorate had increased by over 10,000 since 1966, mainly from the growth of middle-class housing estates, so that most of the new electors could be expected to vote Tory. Since my majority in 1966 was 4,274, an influx of 10,000 new voters, mainly Tory, obviously imperilled the seat." A <a href="/wiki/Boundary_commissions_(United_Kingdom)" title="Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)">Boundary Commission</a> 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. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Boundaries">Boundaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Boundaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When created in 1918, the constituency consisted of the <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(Great_Britain_and_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)">Urban Districts</a> of <a href="/wiki/Alfreton_Urban_District" title="Alfreton Urban District">Alfreton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belper_Urban_District" title="Belper Urban District">Belper</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Heage_Urban_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heage Urban District (page does not exist)">Heage</a>, together with the <a href="/wiki/Rural_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural District">Rural District</a> of Belper and part of the Rural District of <a href="/wiki/Repton_Rural_District" title="Repton Rural District">Repton</a> (the civil parishes of <a href="/wiki/Ash,_Derbyshire" title="Ash, Derbyshire">Ash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bearwardcote" title="Bearwardcote">Bearwardcote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bretby" title="Bretby">Bretby</a>, Burnaston, <a href="/wiki/Dalbury_Lees" title="Dalbury Lees">Dalbury Lees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egginton" title="Egginton">Egginton</a>, Etwall, <a href="/wiki/Findern" title="Findern">Findern</a>, Foremark, Ingleby, <a href="/wiki/Mickleover" title="Mickleover">Mickleover</a>, Newton Solney, Radbourne, Repton, Trusley, Twyford and Stenson, and <a href="/wiki/Willington,_Derbyshire" title="Willington, Derbyshire">Willington</a>). </p><p>In 1950, boundary changes removed the Urban Districts of Alfreton and Heage to the <a href="/wiki/Ilkeston_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ilkeston (UK Parliament constituency)">Ilkeston</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/West_Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Derbyshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_East_Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South East Derbyshire</a> constituencies. In addition from South East Derbyshire came the Urban District of <a href="/wiki/Swadlincote" title="Swadlincote">Swadlincote</a>. </p><p>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. </p><p>In 1983 the constituency was abolished; the largest part (40,000 voters around Swadlincote) formed the basis of <a href="/wiki/South_Derbyshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Derbyshire</a>, 22,000 voters around Belper itself went to West Derbyshire, and 10,000 voters to <a href="/wiki/Amber_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Amber Valley (UK Parliament constituency)">Amber Valley</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hancock (UK politician)">John Hancock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">1923</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wragg" title="Herbert Wragg">Herbert Wragg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">1929</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lees" title="Jack Lees">Jack Lees</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">1931</a> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wragg" title="Herbert Wragg">Herbert Wragg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Stewart-Smith" title="Geoffrey Stewart-Smith">Geoffrey Stewart-Smith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">Feb 1974</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roderick_MacFarquhar" title="Roderick MacFarquhar">Roderick MacFarquhar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">1979</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Faith" title="Sheila Faith">Sheila Faith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>constituency abolished</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">General election 1918</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hancock (UK politician)">John Hancock</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>Unopposed </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1920s">Elections in the 1920s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1920s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1922 United Kingdom general election">General election 1922</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hancock (UK politician)">John Hancock</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,494 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wright_(trade_unionist)" title="Oliver Wright (trade unionist)">Oliver Wright</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,942 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,552 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20,436 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1923 United Kingdom general election">General election 1923</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wragg" title="Herbert Wragg">Herbert Wragg</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,662 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Wright_(trade_unionist)" title="Oliver Wright (trade unionist)">Oliver Wright</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,284 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−7.4 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Hancock_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Hancock (UK politician)">John Hancock</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,178 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−34.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,378 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23,124 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">70.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1924 United Kingdom general election">General election 1924</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wragg" title="Herbert Wragg">Herbert Wragg</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>14,766 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>58.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+16.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lees" title="Jack Lees">Jack Lees</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,618 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+10.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,148 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25,384 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">74.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+3.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1929 United Kingdom general election">General election 1929</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lees" title="Jack Lees">Jack Lees</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,958 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>43.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wragg" title="Herbert Wragg">Herbert Wragg</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,003 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">35.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−23.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas Scott Anderson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,149 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,955 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,110 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Unionist_Party_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unionist Party (UK)">Unionist</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−12.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1930s">Elections in the 1930s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1930s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1931 United Kingdom general election">General election 1931</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wragg" title="Herbert Wragg">Herbert Wragg</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,361 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+25.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lees" title="Jack Lees">Jack Lees</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,450 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,911 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38,811 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">82.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+14.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1935_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1935 United Kingdom general election">General election 1935</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Wragg" title="Herbert Wragg">Herbert Wragg</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,078 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−9.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lees" title="Jack Lees">Jack Lees</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19,250 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">828 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−18.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39,328 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−9.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1940s">Elections in the 1940s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1940s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Brown</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>24,319 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>52.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">George Hampson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,438 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−17.6 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Robert Archibald Burrows </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,276 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,881 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">19.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+17.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46,033 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−10.8 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1950s">Elections in the 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boundary changes occurred at this point. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Alfred Brown</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,904 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Argyle_(lawyer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Argyle (lawyer)">Michael Argyle</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,581 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.1 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Pickett Lawrie </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,650 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.7 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,323 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58,135 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">88.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Alfred Brown</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>32,875 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+3.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Samuel Middup </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,678 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8,197 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57,553 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Alfred Brown</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,214 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.5 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Twells </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,115 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,099 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">54,329 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−5.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.5 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Alfred Brown</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31,344 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−1.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Joyce Ratcliffe </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27,007 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,337 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58,351 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.9 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1960s">Elections in the 1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Alfred Brown</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,481 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−6.4 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Luke_Lowther" title="John Luke Lowther">John Lowther</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24,169 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−8.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Norman Heathcote </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,807 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,312 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64,457 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">86.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Alfred Brown</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>34,495 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>53.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+6.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Luke_Lowther" title="John Luke Lowther">John Lowther</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30,221 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">46.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,274 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">64,716 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.6 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1970s">Elections in the 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belper_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Stewart-Smith" title="Geoffrey Stewart-Smith">Geoffrey Stewart-Smith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>35,757 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/George_Brown,_Baron_George-Brown" title="George Brown, Baron George-Brown">George Alfred Brown</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33,633 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,124 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69,390 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+4.8 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <hr /> <p>Boundary changes occurred at this point. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election February 1974</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Roderick_MacFarquhar" title="Roderick MacFarquhar">Roderick MacFarquhar</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>30,611 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−4.1 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Stewart-Smith" title="Geoffrey Stewart-Smith">Geoffrey Stewart-Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28,577 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">48.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,034 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+0.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59,188 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">83.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−4.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election October 1974</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Roderick_MacFarquhar" title="Roderick MacFarquhar">Roderick MacFarquhar</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,365 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>47.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−4.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Simon Newall </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,681 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−10.9 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Julian Wates </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,017 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,684 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">58,063 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−3.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">General election 1979</a>: Belper </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Faith" title="Sheila Faith">Sheila Faith</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>27,193 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.4 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+7.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_MacFarquhar" title="Roderick MacFarquhar">Roderick MacFarquhar</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26,311 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">42.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Malcolm Peel </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,331 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−3.5 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: MidnightBlue; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(UK)" title="National Front (UK)">National Front</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Grand-Scrutton </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">460 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">882 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61,295 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">83.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" 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