West Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

West Sussex
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18321885
Number of members two
Replaced by Chichester
Created from Sussex

West Sussex (formally the Western division of Sussex) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Sussex, 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 under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832-1885: The Rapes of Arundel, Bramber and Chichester.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Lord John Lennox Whig The Earl of Surrey Whig
1841 The Earl of March Conservative Charles Wyndham Conservative
1847 Richard Prime Conservative
1854 by-election Henry Wyndham Conservative
1860 by-election Walter Barttelot Conservative
1869 by-election The Earl of March Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

References


  1. "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 & 3 William IV. Cap. LXIV. An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.". London: His Majesty's statute and law printers. 1832. pp. 300–383. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
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