Rye was a
parliamentary constituency centred on the town of
Rye in
East Sussex . It returned two
Members of Parliament to the Parliament of England before 1707, Parliament of Great Britain until 1801 and the
House of Commons of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the
Reform Act 1832 .
From the
1832 general election , Rye returned one
Member of Parliament until its abolition for the
1950 general election , when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn
Hastings constituency where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat.
The constituency was re-created for the
1955 general election , and abolished again for the
1983 general election .
Boundaries
1885–1918 : The Municipal Boroughs of Hastings and Rye, the Sessional Divisions of Battle, Burwash, Frant, Hastings, and Rye, the ancient town of Winchelsea, and the Liberty of the Sluice and Petit Iham.
1918–1950 : The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Urban District of Battle, the Rural Districts of Battle, Hastings, Rye, and Ticehurst, and in the Rural District of Hailsham the civil parishes of Heathfield, Herstmonceux, Hooe, Ninfield, Warbleton, and Wartling.
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1955–1983 : The Municipal Boroughs of Bexhill and Rye, the Rural District of Battle, and part of the Rural District of Hailsham.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1366–1640
MPs 1640–1832
MPs 1832–1950
MPs 1955–1983
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Bonham resigned, causing a by-election.
15 votes for De Lacy Evans were rejected but, after petition, he was declared elected on 17 May 1830 and Pusey's election was declared void.
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200 inhabitants voted for Evans and Smith, but these were rejected
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A riot broke out during the poll and it was then agreed that Pusey withdrew from the contest on the condition that De Lacy Evan's party would protect the peace of the town. Just three electors polled on the second day.
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Elections in the 1840s
Curteis' death caused a by-election.
Curteis' election was declared void on petition on 27 March 1848, due to insufficient notice being given of the election, causing a by-election.
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Elections in the 1850s
Mackinnon was unseated when his election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election.
[21] £220 was left behind a sofa cushion at the Red Lion to pay for a dinner.
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Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Inderwick
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Hutchinson
Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939–40 :
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
Notes
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" 'Rye', Feb 1974 - May 1983" . ElectionWeb Project . Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from
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LUNCEFORD, Simon (d.c.1390), of Rye, Suss. and New Romney, Kent. | History of Parliament Online
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^ Pusey was originally declared elected, but by an order of the House of Commons on 17 May 1830 his name was erased from the return and that of De Lacy Evans was substituted
^ Crosby, George (1843).
Crosby's Political Record of Parliamentary Elections in Great Britain and Ireland: With Select Biographical Notices and Speeches of Distinguished Statesmen . York: George Crosby. p. 116. Retrieved 7 July 2018 .
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"John Stewart" . Legacies of British Slave-ownership . University College London. Retrieved 21 May 2018 .
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"Sussex Advertiser" . 6 July 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via
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"Rye" . Shipping and Mercantile Gazette . 20 May 1853. p. 8. Retrieved 7 July 2018 – via
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"Rye" . Brighton Guardian . 19 July 1865. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via
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"Rye" . Brighton Gazette . 19 November 1868. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via
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"Albert Fytche" . Hastings and St Leonards Observer . 7 February 1874. p. 8. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via
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Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)