County East Sussex Number of members One Type of constituency Borough constituency Replaced by Mid Sussex, Wealden | Major settlements East Grinstead Number of members Two Major settlement East Grinstead | |
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East Grinstead was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. It first existed as a Parliamentary borough from 1307, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons elected by the bloc vote system. The borough was disfranchised under the Reform Act 1832, but the name was revived at the 1885 election when the Redistribution of Seats Act created a new single-member county division of the same name.
Contents
Upon its abolition for the 1983 election, its territory was divided between Mid Sussex and Wealden.
Boundaries
1885-1918: The Sessional Divisions of Cuckfield (except the civil parish of Crawley), East Grinstead, and Uckfield (except the civil parishes of East Heathley and Waldron).
1918-1950: The Urban Districts of Burgess Hill, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Hayward's Heath, and Uckfield, and the Rural Districts of Cuckfield, East Grinstead, and Uckfield.
1950-1955: The Urban Districts of Cuckfield and East Grinstead, the Rural District of Uckfield, in the Rural District of Cuckfield the civil parishes of Ardingly, Balcombe, Bolney, Cuckfield Rural, Horsted Keynes, Lindfield Rural, Slaugham, West Hoathly, and Worth, and in the Rural District of Battle the civil parishes of Burwash, Etchingham, and Ticehurst.
1955-1974: The Urban Districts of Cuckfield and East Grinstead, the Rural District of Uckfield, and in the Rural District of Cuckfield the civil parishes of Ardingly, Balcombe, Bolney, Cuckfield Rural, Horsted Keynes, Lindfield Rural, Slaugham, West Hoathly, and Worth.
1974-1983: The Urban District of East Grinstead, and the Rural District of Uckfield.
MPs 1660–1832
MPs 1885–1983
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;