East Kent (UK Parliament constituency) (original) (raw)

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East Kent
Former county constituencyfor the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the blue land forming the south-east corner.
County Kent
1832–1885
Seats 2
Created from Kent
Replaced by FavershamAshfordIsle of ThanetSt Augustine's

East Kent (formally known as "Kent, Eastern") was a county constituency in Kent in South East England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

All three two-member constituencies in Kent were abolished in 1885: East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent. They were replaced by eight new single-member constituencies:

1832–1885: The Lathes of St. Augustine and Shepway (including the Liberty of Romney Marsh), and the Upper Division of the Lathe of Scray.[1]

Members of Parliament

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Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 John Pemberton Plumptre Whig[2][3] Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt Tory[2]
1834 Conservative[2]
1835 Conservative[4][2]
1845 by-election William Deedes Conservative
February 1852 by-election Sir Brook Bridges, Bt[n 1] Conservative
July 1852 Sir Edward Dering, Bt Peelite[5][6][7]
March 1857 Sir Brook Bridges, Bt Conservative
December 1857 by-election William Deedes Conservative
1863 by-election Sir Edward Dering, Bt Liberal
May 1868 by-election Edward Leigh Pemberton Conservative
November 1868 Hon. George Milles[n 2] Conservative
1875 by-election Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, Bt Conservative
1876 by-election William Deedes Conservative
1880 Aretas Akers-Douglas[n 3] Conservative
1885 constituency abolished

Notes

  1. ^ Later Baron FitzWalter
  2. ^ Later Earl Sondes
  3. ^ Later Viscount Chilston

Elections in the 1830s

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Elections in the 1840s

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Knatchbull was appointed Paymaster General, causing a by-election.

Knatchbull resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

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Plumptre resigned, causing a by-election.

Dering resigned due to ill health, causing a by-election.[12]

Elections in the 1860s

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Deedes' death caused a by-election.

Bridges was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord FitzWalter and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

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Milles succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Sondes.

Knatchbull resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

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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 Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-900178-13-2. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Election Doings in East Kent". Morning Chronicle. 29 December 1832. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15. Dod's Parliamentary Companion. p. 223. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Election Intelligence". The Atlas. 24 July 1852. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Fisher, David R. (2009). Fisher, D. R. (ed.). "DERING, Sir Edward Cholmeley, 8th bt. (1807–1896), of Surrenden Dering, nr. Ashford , Kent". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ^ "State of the Disturbed Districts". Newry Telegraph. 26 February 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 403–404. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  9. ^ "The Polling". South Eastern Gazette. 25 December 1832. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "East Kent". Coventry Standard. 10 April 1857. p. 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000683/18570410/038/0002. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser". 4 April 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 4 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 3 October 1857: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.
  13. ^ "Yesterday's Polling". London Evening Standard. 3 April 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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