East Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
East Sussex | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1832–1885 | |
Number of members | two |
Replaced by | Rye Eastbourne East Grinstead Lewes |
Created from | Sussex |
East Sussex (formally the Eastern division of Sussex) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Sussex, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, when the existing Sussex constituency was divided into two. It consisted of the rapes of Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings, an area broadly similar to but not identical with the modern county of East Sussex. The "place of election", where nominations were taken and the result declared, was Lewes.
East Sussex was abolished for the 1885 general election, being divided between four new single-member county constituencies, Rye, Eastbourne, East Grinstead and Lewes. (Lewes and Rye also absorbed the voters from the abolished boroughs of the same names.)
Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
3.1 Elections in the 1850s
3.2 Elections in the 1860s
3.3 Elections in the 1870s
3.4 Elections in the 1880s
4 References
Boundaries
1832-1885: The Rapes of Lewes, Hastings and Pevensey.[1]
Members of Parliament
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | Hon. Charles Cavendish | Whig | Herbert Barrett Curteis | Whig | ||
1837 | George Darby | Conservative | ||||
1841 | Augustus Fuller | Conservative | ||||
1846 by-election | Charles Frewen | Conservative | ||||
March 1857 by-election | Viscount Pevensey | Conservative | ||||
April 1857 | John George Dodson | Whig[2] | ||||
1859 | Liberal | |||||
1865 | Lord Edward Cavendish | Liberal | ||||
1868 | George Burrow Gregory | Conservative | ||||
1874 | Montagu Scott | Conservative | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Augustus Fuller | 2,155 | 37.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Frewen | 1,974 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Whig | John George Dodson | 1,637 | 28.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 337 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,702 (est) | 69.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,298 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Frewen resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Holroyd | 2,302 | 50.7 | −20.9 | |
Whig | John George Dodson | 2,234 | 49.3 | +20.9 | |
Majority | 68 | 1.5 | −4.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,536 | 74.2 | +4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,114 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −20.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John George Dodson | 2,524 | 26.6 | +12.4 | |
Conservative | Henry Holroyd | 2,447 | 25.8 | −8.4 | |
Whig | William Henry Frederick Cavendish[2][4] | 2,286 | 24.1 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Augustus Fuller | 2,216 | 23.4 | −14.0 | |
Turnout | 4,737 (est) | 77.5 (est) | +7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,114 | ||||
Majority | 77 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +11.8 | |||
Majority | 161 | 1.7 | −4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John George Dodson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Holroyd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,401 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John George Dodson | 2,821 | 27.5 | N/A | |
Liberal | Edward Cavendish | 2,647 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Walter Burrell | 2,463 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Reginald Abbot[5] | 2,316 | 22.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 184 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,124 (est) | 76.8 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,670 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John George Dodson | 3,611 | 25.4 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | George Burrow Gregory | 3,581 | 25.2 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Montagu Scott | 3,560 | 25.0 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Edward Cavendish | 3,470 | 24.4 | −1.4 | |
Turnout | 7,111 (est) | 75.8 (est) | −1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,380 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 0.2 | −1.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Majority | 111 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.5 |
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Burrow Gregory | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Montagu Scott | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,141 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Burrow Gregory | 4,526 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Montagu Scott | 4,396 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | Alexander Donovan | 2,982 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | John Pearson | 2,863 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,414 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,384 (est) | 72.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,214 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
References
^ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab "Sussex Agricultural Express". 4 April 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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^ "East Sussex Election, April, 1857". Sussex Advertiser. 21 April 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
^ "East Sussex Election". Brighton Guardian. 26 July 1865. p. 1. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
^ "Berkshire". Daily News. 1 April 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
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