East Staffordshire or Staffordshire East (formally the Eastern division of Staffordshire) was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
History
The constituency was first created by the Second Reform Act for the 1868 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
Boundaries 1868–1885: The Hundreds of Offlow (North) and Offlow (South) (excluding the Townships of Willenhall and Wednesfield), and the parish of Rushall.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1868 Michael Bass Liberal John Robinson McClean Liberal Party 1873 by-election Samuel Allsopp Conservative 1880 Henry Wiggin Liberal1885 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s McClean's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
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