East Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

East Essex
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Essex
18681885
Number of members Two

East Essex was a county constituency in the county of Essex, 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 by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election, and under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 it was abolished for the 1885 general election, when it was divided into several new single-member constituencies: Chelmsford, Epping, South East Essex, Harwich, Maldon, Romford, Saffron Walden and Walthamstow.

Members of Parliament

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

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