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East Kent (formally known as "Kent, Eastern") was a county constituency in Kent in South East England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

All three two-member constituencies in Kent were abolished in 1885: East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent. They were replaced by eight new single-member constituencies: Ashford, Dartford, Faversham, Isle of Thanet, Medway, St Augustine's, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge.

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Pemberton Plumptre style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Edward Knatchbull Conservative
1845 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Deedes (1796–1862)
Feb 1852 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Baronet, later Baron FitzWalter
Jul 1852 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering
Mar 1857 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Brook William Bridges, 5th Baronet, later Baron FitzWalter
Dec 1857 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Deedes (1834–1887)
1863 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering
May 1868 rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Leigh Pemberton
Nov 1868 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Watson Milles, later Earl Sondes Conservative
1875 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Wyndham Knatchbull
1876 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Deedes
1880 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Aretas Akers-Douglas, later Viscount Chilston Conservative

Election results

References


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