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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.
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Boundaries
Under the Representation of the People Act 1867, the constituency covered the hundreds of Freshwell, Uttlesford, Clavering, Dunmow, Harlow, Waltham, Ongar, and Chelmsford.
Members of Parliament
The constituency was represented throughout its existence by the same two MPs, both of whom were Conservatives.
Election results
At the 1868 general election and the 1874 general election, the two Conservative Party candidates were returned unopposed: Lord Eustace Cecil and Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson.
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.