East Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

East Sussex
East Sussex
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1832–1885
Seats	two
Created from	Sussex
Replaced by	Rye; Eastbourne; East Grinstead; Lewes

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 1832–33 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.)

Boundaries

1832-1885: The Rapes of Lewes, Hastings and Pevensey.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Hon. Charles Cavendish	Whig	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	Herbert Barrett Curteis	Whig
1837	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Hon. Charles Cavendish	Whig	George Darby	Conservative
1841	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Augustus Fuller	Conservative	George Darby	Conservative
1846 by-election	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|			Charles Frewen	Conservative
March 1857 by-election	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|			Viscount Pevensey	Conservative
April 1857	style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" \|	John George Dodson	Whig^[2]
1859	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|		Liberal
1865	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|			Lord Edward Cavendish	Liberal
1868	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|			George Burrow Gregory	Conservative
1874	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Montagu Scott	Conservative	George Burrow Gregory	Conservative
1885	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: East Sussex^[3]
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.

By-election, 7 March 1857: East Sussex^[3]
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

General Election 1857: East Sussex^[3]
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

General Election 1859: East Sussex^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John George Dodson	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Holroyd	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,401
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: East Sussex^[3]
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

General Election 1868: East Sussex^[3]
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

General Election 1874: East Sussex^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Burrow Gregory	Unopposed
	Conservative	Montagu Scott	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,141
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: East Sussex^[3]^[6]
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.
^ ^a ^b "Sussex Agricultural Express". 4 April 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 470–471. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)
^ "East Sussex Election, April, 1857". Sussex Advertiser. 21 April 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ "East Sussex Election". Brighton Guardian. 26 July 1865. p. 1. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
^ "Berkshire". Daily News. 1 April 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (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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[1] "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.

[sussex1857-2] "Sussex Agricultural Express". 4 April 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[craig1832-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 470–471. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3. {{cite book}}: |format= requires |url= (help)

[4] "East Sussex Election, April, 1857". Sussex Advertiser. 21 April 1857. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[5] "East Sussex Election". Brighton Guardian. 26 July 1865. p. 1. Retrieved 18 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

[6] "Berkshire". Daily News. 1 April 1880. p. 3. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

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