West Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
| West Sussex | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | two |
| Replaced by | Chichester |
| Created from | Sussex |
West 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.
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Lord John Lennox | Whig | The Earl of Surrey | Whig | ||
| 1841 | The Earl of March | Conservative | Charles Wyndham | Conservative | ||
| 1847 | Richard Prime | Conservative | ||||
| 1854 by-election | Henry Wyndham | Conservative | ||||
| 1860 by-election | Walter Barttelot | Conservative | ||||
| 1869 by-election | The Earl of March | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 472. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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