world.wikisort.org - United_KingdomWest Sussex (formally the Western 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.
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Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the main, south coast 'doubly' orange area.
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| Number of members | two |
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| Replaced by | Chichester
Horsham
Lewes |
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| Created from | Sussex |
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It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.
Boundaries
1832–1885: The Rapes of Arundel, Bramber and Chichester.[1]
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
| 1832 |
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Lord John Lennox |
Whig[2][3] |
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The Earl of Surrey |
Whig[2][3] |
| 1841 |
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The Earl of March |
Conservative[2] |
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Charles Wyndham |
Conservative[2] |
| 1847 |
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Richard Prime |
Conservative |
| 1854 by-election |
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Henry Wyndham |
Conservative |
| 1860 by-election |
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Walter Barttelot |
Conservative |
| 1869 by-election |
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The Earl of March |
Conservative |
| 1885 |
constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Wyndham resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Prime resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Gordon-Lennox was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Gordon-Lennox succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Richmond and causing a by-election.
Wyndham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Leconfield and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
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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 27 July 2017.
- Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 75. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 112, 167. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 472–473. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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