East Sussex (formally the Eastern 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, when the existing Sussex constituency was divided into two. It consisted of the rapes of Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings, an area broadly similar to but not identical with the modern county of East Sussex. The "place of election", where nominations were taken and the result declared, was Lewes.
East Sussex was abolished for the 1885 general election, being divided between four new single-member county constituencies, Rye, Eastbourne, East Grinstead and Lewes. (Lewes and Rye also absorbed the voters from the abolished boroughs of the same names.)
Boundaries 1832–1885: The Rapes of Lewes, Hastings and Pevensey.
Members of Parliament Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 Hon. Charles Cavendish Whig Herbert Barrett Curteis Whig 1837 George Darby Conservative 1841 Augustus Fuller Conservative 1846 by-election Charles Frewen Conservative March 1857 by-election Viscount Pevensey Conservative April 1857 John George DodsonWhig1859 Liberal 1865 Lord Edward Cavendish Liberal 1868 George Gregory Conservative 1874 Montagu Scott Conservative1885 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Darby resigned after being appointed a Commissioner of Inclosures, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Frewen resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
References
F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)