South Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

South Essex
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County	Essex
1832 (1832)–1885 (1885)
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	South East Essex, Epping, West Ham North, West Ham South, Romford and Walthamstow
Created from	Essex

South Essex (formally the Southern division of Essex) was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.

Boundaries

At the time the constituency was entirely in the county of Essex. Part of the area has since been transferred from Essex to Greater London.

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832, with effect from the general election in December 1832, when the former Essex constituency was divided into Northern and Southern divisions.

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Robert Westley Hall Dare	Tory	Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Bt	Whig
1834			Conservative	Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Bt	Whig
1835			Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	Conservative
1836 by-election		George Palmer	Conservative
1847		Sir Edward Buxton, Bt	Liberal
1852		Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, Bt	Conservative
1857		Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker	Liberal
1859		John Watlington Perry Watlington	Conservative
1865		Henry Selwin-Ibbetson	Conservative	Lord Eustace Cecil	Conservative
1868		Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker	Liberal	Andrew Johnston	Liberal
1874		Thomas Baring	Conservative	William Makins	Conservative
1885	Constituency divided

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 387. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

Preceded by Essex	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by South East Essex
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by Epping
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by West Ham North
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by West Ham South
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by Romford
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by Walthamstow