South Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

South Essex
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Essex
1832–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by South East Essex
Romford
West Ham North
West Ham South
Walthamstow
Epping
Chelmsford
Created from Essex
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of: East Essex

South Essex (formally the Southern division of Essex) was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.

Areas covered

Hundred/Liberty 1832 1868 After 1885 (post-abolition)[1]
Becontree (West and East Ham etc) South Essex South Essex West Ham North and West Ham South
Becontree (Dagenham etc) Romford
Becontree (Walthamstow, Low Leyton and Woodford) Walthamstow
Chafford (Brentwood end) [2] Chelmsford (aka Mid Essex)
Chafford (Aveley, Grays and Thurrock end)[2] South East Essex
Barstable (Billericay and Shenfield etc) [2] Chelmsford (aka Mid Essex)
Barstable (Orsett, Tilbury and Canvey Island)[2] South East Essex
Rochford South East Essex
Liberty of Havering/Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower Romford
Dengie (Maldon (burgage of town excluded) to Burnham and Tillingham) East Essex South East Essex
Chelmsford West Essex Chelmsford (aka Mid Essex)
Harlow Epping
Ongar
Waltham (Nazeing to Chingford)

[3][4] The place for "holding of courts for election of members" from 1867 became Brentwood under the 1867 Act.[4]

History

The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832, with effect from the general election in December 1832, when the former Essex constituency was divided into Northern and Southern divisions.

Members of Parliament

Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1832 Robert Westley Hall-Dare Tory Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Bt Whig
1834 Conservative
1835 Thomas William Bramston Conservative
1836 by-election George Palmer Conservative
1847 Sir Edward Buxton, Bt Whig[5][6][7]
1852 Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, Bt Conservative
1857 Richard Wingfield-Baker Whig[8][9][10]
1859 John Perry-Watlington Conservative
1865 Henry Selwin-Ibbetson Conservative Lord Eustace Cecil Conservative
1868 Richard Wingfield-Baker Liberal Andrew Johnston Liberal
1874 Thomas Baring Conservative William Makins Conservative
1885 Constituency divided

Election results

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: South Essex[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas William Bramston 2,651 38.4
Conservative William Bowyer-Smijth 2,457 35.6
Whig Edward Buxton 1,803 26.1
Majority 654 9.5
Turnout 4,357 (est) 74.9 (est)
Registered electors 5,819
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Whig Swing
General Election 1857: South Essex[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas William Bramston 2,332 35.6 −2.8
Whig Richard Wingfield 2,119 32.3 +6.2
Conservative William Bowyer-Smijth 2,102 32.1 −3.5
Turnout 4,336 (est) 70.3 (est) −4.6
Registered electors 6,169
Majority 213 3.3 −6.2
Conservative hold Swing −3.0
Majority 17 0.3 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing +6.2
General Election 1859: South Essex[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas William Bramston 2,896 36.9 +1.3
Conservative John Perry-Watlington 2,704 34.5 +2.4
Liberal Richard Wingfield-Baker 2,245 28.6 −3.7
Majority 459 5.9 +2.6
Turnout 5,045 (est) 75.6 (est) +5.3
Registered electors 6,669
Conservative hold Swing +1.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.1

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: South Essex[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Henry Selwin 2,817 35.6 −1.3
Conservative Eustace Cecil 2,710 34.3 −0.2
Liberal Richard Wingfield-Baker 2,382 30.1 +1.5
Majority 328 4.1 −1.8
Turnout 5,146 (est) 70.1 (est) −5.5
Registered electors 7,338
Conservative hold Swing −1.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.5
General Election 1868: South Essex[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Wingfield-Baker Unopposed
Liberal Andrew Johnston Unopposed
Registered electors 7,127
Liberal gain from Conservative
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: South Essex[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Baring 3,646 28.9 N/A
Conservative William Makins 3,528 27.9 N/A
Liberal Richard Wingfield-Baker 2,735 21.6 N/A
Liberal Andrew Johnston 2,728 21.6 N/A
Majority 793 6.3 N/A
Turnout 6,319 (est) 72.5 (est) N/A
Registered electors 8,713
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: South Essex[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Thomas Baring 4,841 26.8 −2.1
Conservative William Makins 4,726 26.2 −1.7
Liberal Edward Buxton 4,324 24.0 +2.4
Liberal Leonard Lyell[12] 4,147 23.0 +1.4
Majority 402 2.2 −4.1
Turnout 9,019 (est) 75.5 (est) +3.0
Registered electors 11,950
Conservative hold Swing −2.3
Conservative hold Swing −1.6

References

  1. ↑ Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. https://archive.org/stream/publicgeneralac01walegoog#page/n155/mode/2up
  2. 1 2 3 4 'Map of Essex', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 1, North West (London, 1916), p. xxxvii. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/essex/vol1/xxxvii [accessed 18 August 2017].
  3. ↑ "The statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Anni 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 2017-07-27.
  4. 1 2 "Representation of the People Act 1867, Schedule D at scanned page 26 of 36 of the Act" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Essex (South)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Essex Standard". 13 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Barrell, Helen (2016). Poison Panic: Arsenic Deaths in 1840s Essex. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-47385-207-5. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "South Essex". The Ipswich Journal. 4 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "The Elections". Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser. 4 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Essex (South)". Coventry Standard. 3 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 3 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book)|format= requires |url= (help) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  12. ↑ "Representation of South Essex". Bury and Norwich Post. 27 January 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

Sources

  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  • Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 387. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
Preceded by
Essex		 UK Parliament constituency
1832–1885		 Succeeded by
South East Essex
UK Parliament constituency
1832–1885		 Succeeded by
Epping
UK Parliament constituency
1832–1885		 Succeeded by
West Ham North
UK Parliament constituency
1832–1885		 Succeeded by
West Ham South
UK Parliament constituency
1832–1885		 Succeeded by
Romford
UK Parliament constituency
1832–1885		 Succeeded by
Walthamstow
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