East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)

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County Suffolk		Number of members 2
Created from Aldeburgh, Dunwich, Orford and Suffolk Replaced by Aldeburgh, Dunwich, Orford, Suffolk, Eye, Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Woodbridge

East Suffolk was a county constituency in Suffolk, England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

History

The constituency was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was replaced by five new single-member constituencies: Eye, Lowestoft, Stowmarket, Sudbury and Woodbridge.

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East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia

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