East Kent (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Kent
County constituency
Created: 1832
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: two

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.

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[edit] History

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:

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1832 John Pemberton Plumptre Whig Sir Edward Knatchbull Conservative
1845 William Deedes (1796–1862) Conservative
February 1852 Sir Brook William Bridges [1] Conservative
July 1852 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering Whig
March 1857 Sir Brook William Bridges Conservative
December 1857 William Deedes (1796–1862) Conservative
1863 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering Liberal
May 1868 Edward Leigh Pemberton Conservative
November 1868 George Watson Milles [2] Conservative
1875 Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Conservative
1876 William Deedes (1834–1887) Conservative
1880 Aretas Akers-Douglas [3] Conservative

Notes

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

[edit] Election results

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[edit] References

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