Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)
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Hastings was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member.
It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Hastings and Rye constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1886 – 1895: Wilson Noble
- 1895 – 1900: William Lucas-Shadwell
- 1900 – 1906: Freeman Freeman-Thomas, (Liberal)
- 1906 – 1908: William Harvey du Cros
- 1908 – 1918: Sir Arthur Philip du Cros
- 1918 – 1921: Laurance Lyon
- 1921 – 1937: Lord Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, later Baron Percy of Newcastle
- 1937 – 1945: Maurice Robert Hely-Hutchinson
- 1945 – 1970: Sir Neill Cooper-Key
- 1970 – 1983: Kenneth Warren, (Conservative)
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
