Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
Sussex | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Sussex |
1290–1832 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | East Sussex and West Sussex |
Sussex was a
Under the Reform Act 1832 the constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, at the 1832 general election. The county was then represented by the East Sussex and West Sussex divisions.
Boundaries
The constituency comprised the whole historic county of Sussex.
Sussex contained nine
Members of Parliament
Two Members
1290–1660
1640–1832
Elections
The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the
The expense, to candidates, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual.
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See also
References
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
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- ^ Cavill. The English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485–1504.
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