East Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Gloucestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
United Kingdom general election 1837.svg
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the central, striped area.
County Gloucestershire
1832–1885
SeatsTwo
Created from Gloucestershire
Replaced by Tewkesbury
Cirencester
Stroud
Thornbury

East Gloucestershire, formally the Eastern division of Gloucestershire and often referred to as Gloucestershire Eastern, was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.

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The constituency was created when the Great Reform Act split Gloucestershire into eastern and western divisions, with effect from the 1832 general election.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, East Gloucestershire was abolished from the 1885 election, when the former eastern and western divisions were replaced by five new single-seat county constituencies: Cirencester, Forest of Dean, Stroud, Tewkesbury, and Thornbury.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Hundreds of Crowthorne and Minety, Brightwell's Barrow, Bradley, Rapsgate, Bisley, Longtree, Whitstone, Kiftsgate, Westminster, Deerhurst, Slaughter, Cheltenham, Cleeve, Tibaldston, Tewkesbury, and Dudstone and King's Barton, and also the City and County of Gloucester and the Borough of Cirencester. [1]

The constituency was the eastern division of the historic county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.

The place of election was at Gloucester. This was where the hustings were situated and electors voted by spoken declaration in public, before the secret ballot was introduced in 1872.

The qualification to vote in county elections, in the period when this constituency operated, was to be a 40 shilling freeholder.

The parliamentary borough constituencies of Cheltenham, Cirencester, Gloucester, Stroud, and Tewkesbury were all located in East Gloucestershire. Qualified freeholders from those boroughs could vote in the county division. Bristol was a "county of itself", so its freeholders qualified to vote in the borough, not in any county division.

Members of Parliament

Election1st member1st party2nd member2nd party
1832, 21 December Sir Berkeley Guise, Bt [2] Whig [3] Hon. Henry Reynolds-Moreton Whig [3]
1834, 7 August Sir Christopher William Codrington [4] Tory [3]
1835, 10 January Conservative [3] Hon. Augustus Moreton Whig [3] [5]
1841, 5 July Hon. Francis Charteris Conservative [3]
1846, 27 February Henry Somerset [6] Conservative
1854, 9 January Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt [7] Conservative
1854, 19 December Robert Stayner Holford [8] Conservative
1864, 12 July Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt Conservative
1872, 11 March John Yorke Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

By-election, 1 Jul 1885: East Gloucestershire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1880: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach Unopposed
Conservative John Yorke Unopposed
Registered electors 8,579
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

By-election, 17 Mar 1874: East Gloucestershire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks-Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1874: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks-Beach Unopposed
Conservative John Yorke Unopposed
Registered electors 9,157
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 11 Mar 1872: East Gloucestershire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Yorke Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks-Beach Unopposed
Conservative Robert Stayner Holford Unopposed
Registered electors 8,858
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1865: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks-Beach Unopposed
Conservative Robert Stayner Holford Unopposed
Registered electors 7,515
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 12 July 1864: East Gloucestershire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks-Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher William Codrington Unopposed
Conservative Robert Stayner Holford Unopposed
Registered electors 7,816
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1857: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher William Codrington Unopposed
Conservative Robert Stayner Holford Unopposed
Registered electors 7,891
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election, 19 December 1854: East Gloucestershire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Stayner Holford Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 9 January 1854: East Gloucestershire [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks-Beach 3,363 58.9 N/A
Whig Edward Holland [10] 2,34441.1New
Majority1,01917.8N/A
Turnout 5,70772.2N/A
Registered electors 7,906
Conservative hold
General election 1852: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher William Codrington Unopposed
Conservative Henry Somerset Unopposed
Registered electors 7,986
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: East Gloucestershire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher William Codrington Unopposed
Conservative Henry Somerset Unopposed
Registered electors 7,803−2.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
East Gloucestershire by-election, 27 February 1846
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Somerset Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1841: East Gloucestershire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Charteris Unopposed
Conservative Christopher William Codrington Unopposed
Registered electors 7,971+4.9
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [3] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher William Codrington Unopposed
Whig Augustus Morton Unopposed
Registered electors 7,598+16.5
Conservative hold
Whig hold
General election 1835: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [3] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher William Codrington Unopposed
Whig Augustus Morton Unopposed
Registered electors 6,521−0.7
Conservative gain from Whig
Whig hold
By-election, 14 August 1834: East Gloucestershire [3] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Christopher William Codrington 2,779 50.6 +21.5
Whig Thomas Leigh [11] 2,70949.4−21.4
Majority701.2N/A
Turnout 5,48883.5−5.9
Registered electors 6,569+2.1
Tory gain from Whig
General election 1832: East Gloucestershire (2 seats) [3] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Berkeley Guise 3,311 36.1
Whig Henry Reynolds-Moreton 3,184 34.7
Tory Christopher William Codrington 2,67229.1
Majority5125.6
Turnout 5,75389.4
Registered electors 6,437
Whig win (new seat)
Whig win (new seat)

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References

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  2. ↑ Died 23 July 1834.
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  6. ↑ Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Beaufort, 17 November 1853.
  7. ↑ Died 29 November 1854.
  8. ↑ Vacated seat 1872.
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