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East Suffolk
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the easternmost 'doubly' blue land.
County	Suffolk
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Aldeburgh, Dunwich, Orford and Suffolk
Replaced by	Eye, Lowestoft and Woodbridge

East Suffolk was a county constituency in Suffolk, England. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by the bloc vote system of election.

History

The seat was created under the Reform Act 1832 as one of two divisions, together with the Western Division, of the Parliamentary County of Suffolk. This resulted in a more representative allocation, with a total of four MPs instead of two for the former entire county at large, which still allowed for double voting (or more) of those Forty Shilling Freeholders who also were householders or landlords of any particular boroughs within the county. This Act retained the four largest boroughs of the seven before 1832, with the three abolished boroughs of Aldeburgh, Dunwich and Orford being absorbed into the Eastern Division.

Further sweeping changes took place as a result of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 which saw the 2 two-member Suffolk divisions being replaced by five single-member constituencies. The Eastern Division was largely replaced by the Northern or Lowestoft Division, the North-Eastern or Eye Division and the South-Eastern or Woodbridge Division.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The part of the county of Suffolk not included in the West Suffolk constituency, i.e. the Hundreds of Blything, Bosmere and Claydon, Carlford, Colneis, Hoxne, Loes, Mutford and Lothingland, Plomesgate, Samford, Thredling, Wangford, and Wilford, and the Liberty of Ipswich.

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Vere's death caused a by-election.

Henniker-Major resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Northstead, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Thellusson's death caused a by-election.

Gooch's death caused a by-election.

Kelly was appointed Attorney-General for England and Wales, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Henniker-Major was elevated to a UK peerage, becoming Lord Hartismere, and Kelly resigned after being appointed Chief Justice of the Court of the Exchequer, causing a by-election for both seats.

Kerrison resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Henniker-Major succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Hartismere.

Stanhope was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Stanhope succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl Stanhope and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

References

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 23 May 2020.
2. ^ 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. 52. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via Google Books.
3. "Bury and Norwich Post". 19 December 1832. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 461–462. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
5. "The late East Suffolk Election". Framlingham Weekly News. 22 August 1874. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Election News". The Scotsman. 3 February 1876. p. 6. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 461–462. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

• Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk (historic)
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885