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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

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

Members of Parliament

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

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

Elections in the 1850s

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

Gordon-Lennox was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

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

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

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

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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 27 July 2017.
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. 75. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Google Books.
3. ^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 112, 167. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Google Books.
4. ^ 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) . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 472. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

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