| 词条 | West Essex (UK Parliament constituency) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = West Essex |parliament = uk |map1 = |map2 = |map_entity = |map_year = |year = 1868 |abolished = 1885 |type = County |previous = North Essex South Essex |next = Saffron Walden Chelmsford Epping |region = England |county = Essex |elects_howmany = Two }} West Essex, formally known as the Western Division of Essex was a parliamentary constituency in the English county of Essex. From 1868 to 1885, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the bloc vote system of election. Creation, boundaries and abolitionIt was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election as one of three compass-point divisions of Essex, complementing the borough seats. The seat was created from parts of both South Essex and North Essex.[1][2] Under the Representation of the People Act 1867, the constituency covered the hundreds of Freshwell, Uttlesford, Clavering, Dunmow, Harlow, Waltham, Ongar, and Chelmsford. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the seat, West Essex, was abolished. Members of ParliamentThe constituency was represented throughout its existence by the same two MPs, both of whom were Conservatives.[3]
Election results{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1868: Essex Western[3]}}{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Henry Selwin-Ibbetson }}{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Eustace Cecil }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,479 }}{{Election box new seat win |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }}{{Election box new seat win |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1874: Essex Western[3]}}{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Henry Selwin-Ibbetson }}{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Eustace Cecil }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,889 }}{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }}{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) }}{{Election box end}} The only contested election in Western Essex was in 1880, when the former King's Lynn MP Sir Thomas Buxton failed to win a seat for the Liberal Party. {{Election box begin | title=General Election 1880: Essex Western[3]}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Henry Selwin-Ibbetson |votes = 2,664 |percentage = 39.0 |change = N/A }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Eustace Cecil |votes = 2,397 |percentage = 35.1 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Buxton |votes = 1,772 |percentage = 25.9 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 625 |percentage = 9.1 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 4,436 (est) |percentage = 77.4 |change = N/A }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,732 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = N/A }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = N/A }}{{Election box end}} References1. ^{{cite web|title=Boundary Commission Report 1868|url=http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Essex_1868|website=Vision of Britain|accessdate=10 February 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=Boundary Commission Report 1832|url=http://vision.port.ac.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1832_v4/Essex|website=Vision of Britain|accessdate=10 February 2018}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 |origyear=1977 |edition= 2nd |year=1989 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-26-4 |page=388}} Sources
| years = 1868 – 1885 }}{{s-aft| after = Saffron Walden }}{{s-aft| after = Chelmsford }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Essex West}} 3 : Parliamentary constituencies in Essex (historic)|United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1868|United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885 |
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