West Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

West Sussex

Former county constituency
for the House of Commons

Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the main, south coast 'doubly' orange area.

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

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

## Members of Parliament

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Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party

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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

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### Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: West Sussex[4][2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Whig | John Lennox | Unopposed
| Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed
Registered electors | 2,365  |
| Whig win (new seat)
| Whig win (new seat)
General election 1835: West Sussex[4][2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Whig | John Lennox | Unopposed
| Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed
Registered electors | 2,408  |
| Whig hold
| Whig hold
General election 1837: West Sussex[4][2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| 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

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General election 1841: West Sussex[4][2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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.

By-election, 2 February 1847: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1847: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed
| Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed
Registered electors | 3,488  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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.

By-election, 13 February 1854: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1857: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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.

By-election, 9 March 1859: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1859: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed
| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed
Registered electors | 2,853  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1860s

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Gordon-Lennox succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Richmond and causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 December 1860: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed
| Conservative hold
General election 1865: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed
| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed
Registered electors | 2,607  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold
General election 1868: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed
| Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed
Registered electors | 3,672  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

Wyndham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Leconfield and causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 April 1869: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed
Registered electors | 3,865  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

### Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: West Sussex[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed
| Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed
Registered electors | 3,886  |  |
| Conservative hold
| Conservative hold

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## References

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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 27 July 2017.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). 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.
3. ^ a b Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 112, 167. Retrieved 3 June 2019 - via Google Books.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q 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.

* 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. p. 472\. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

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