East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
| East Suffolk | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | Suffolk |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | Eye, Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and Woodbridge |
| Created from | Aldeburgh, Dunwich, Orford and Suffolk |
East Suffolk was a county constituency in Suffolk, England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was replaced by five new single-member constituencies: Eye, Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and Woodbridge.
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | The Lord Henniker | Tory | Robert Newton Shawe | Liberal Party | ||
| 1835 | Conservative | |||||
| 1835 | Charles Broke Vere | Conservative | ||||
| 1843 by-election | The Lord Rendlesham | Conservative | ||||
| 1846 by-election | Sir Edward Gooch, Bt | Conservative | ||||
| 1852 by-election | Fitzroy Kelly | Conservative | ||||
| 1856 by-election | The Lord Henniker | Conservative | ||||
| 1866 by-election | Hon. John Henniker-Major | Conservative | Sir Edward Kerrison, Bt | Conservative | ||
| 1867 by-election | Frederick Snowdon Corrance | Conservative | ||||
| 1870 by-election | Viscount Mahon | Conservative | ||||
| 1874 | The Lord Rendlesham | Conservative | ||||
| 1876 by-election | Frederick Barne | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Eye, Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and Woodbridge | |||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 461–462. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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