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| West Sussex | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1832–1885 | |
| 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.[1]
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Lord John Lennox | Whig[2][3] | The Earl of Surrey | Whig[2][3] | ||
| 1841 | The Earl of March | Conservative[2] | Charles Wyndham | Conservative[2] | ||
| 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 | |||||
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,365 | ||||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,408 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John Lennox | 1,291 | 35.8 | ||
| Whig | Henry Howard | 1,267 | 35.1 | ||
| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | 1,049 | 29.1 | ||
| Majority | 218 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,202 | 69.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,152 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Charles Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,618 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
| Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
Wyndham resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,488 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 3,257 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Prime resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,941 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Gordon-Lennox was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | |||
| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,853 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1860s
Gordon-Lennox succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Richmond and causing a by-election.