East Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Essex
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Essex
1868–1885
SeatsTwo
Created from North Essex (6 hundreds of)
South Essex (took Dengie hundred away from)
Replaced by Saffron Walden (east part of), Maldon, Harwich, Colchester, South East Essex

EastEssex, formally known as the East Division of Essex was a parliamentary constituency in the English county of Essex. From 1868 to 1885, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the bloc vote system of election.

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History and boundaries

EastEssex was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election as one of three two-member divisions of Essex (East, South and West), replacing the two divisions which had been created by the Reform Act 1832 (Northern and Southern). Initially named as the North East Division, [1] it was renamed the East Division under the Boundaries Act 1868. The seat was created from parts of both South Essex and North Essex.

The place for "holding of courts for election of members" from 1867 became Braintree under the 1867 Act. [1]

The boundaries were defined as:

See map on Vision of Britain website. [4]

The Dengie hundred was transferred from the Southern Division, with the remainder being previously part of the abolished Northern division.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the three two-member divisions of Essex were abolished and replaced by eight single-member divisions. East Essex was replaced by the Harwich and Maldon Divisions and parts of the Saffron Walden and South Eastern Divisions. [5]

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1868 James Round Conservative Samuel Ruggles-Brise Conservative
1883 by-election Charles Hedley Strutt Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

General election 1868: East Essex [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round 2,861 28.5
Conservative Samuel Ruggles-Brise 2,816 28.1
Liberal Thomas Western 2,22422.2
Liberal Thomas Abdy 2,13421.3
Majority5925.9
Turnout 5,018 (est)76.4 (est)
Registered electors 6,564
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1874: East Essex [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round Unopposed
Conservative Samuel Ruggles-Brise Unopposed
Registered electors 6,453
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1880: East Essex [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Round 2,691 35.3 N/A
Conservative Samuel Ruggles-Brise 2,561 33.6 N/A
Liberal Charles Page Wood [7] 2,36931.1New
Majority1922.5N/A
Turnout 5,060 (est)79.3 (est)N/A
Registered electors 6,380
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Brise's resignation caused a by-election.

By-election, 25 Aug 1883: East Essex [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Hedley Strutt Unopposed
Conservative hold

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Representation of the People Act 1867, Schedule D at scanned page 26 of 36 of the Act" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1867" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "A Collection of the Public General Statutes: 1867/68. Cap. XLVI. An Act to settle and describe the Limits of certain Boroughs and the Divisions of certain Counties in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament". London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1868. pp. 119–166. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "HMSO Boundary Commission Report 1868, Essex".
  5. ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n155/mode/2up
  6. 1 2 3 4 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 383. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. ↑ "East Essex Division" . East Anglian Daily Times . 15 March 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.


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