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West Sussex
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the main, south coast 'doubly' orange area.
Seats two Created from
Sussex Replaced by
Chichester
Horsham
Lewes
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.
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Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Wyndham resigned by accepting the office of
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds , causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Prime resigned by accepting the office of
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds , causing a by-election.
Gordon-Lennox was appointed
President of the Poor Law Board , requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Gordon-Lennox succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Richmond and causing a by-election.
Wyndham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Leconfield and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
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References
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"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 27 July 2017 .
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The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 75. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via
Google Books .
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Churton, Edward (1836).
The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer . pp. 112, 167. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via
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Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 472–473.
ISBN
978-1-349-02349-3 .