West Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

West Sussex (formally the Western division of Sussex) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Sussex, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

West Sussex
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
Context of 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the main, south coast 'doubly' orange area.
1832–1885
Seats	two
Created from	Sussex
Replaced by	Chichester Horsham Lewes

It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Rapes of Arundel, Bramber and Chichester.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		Lord John Lennox	Whig[2][3]		The Earl of Surrey	Whig[2][3]
1841		The Earl of March	Conservative[2]		Charles Wyndham	Conservative[2]
1847					Richard Prime	Conservative
1854 by-election					Henry Wyndham	Conservative
1860 by-election		Walter Barttelot	Conservative
1869 by-election					The Earl of March	Conservative
1885	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: West Sussex^[4][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Lennox	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Howard	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,365
	Whig win (new seat)
	Whig win (new seat)

General election 1835: West Sussex^[4][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Lennox	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Howard	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,408
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1837: West Sussex^[4][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John Lennox	1,291	35.8
	Whig	Henry Howard	1,267	35.1
	Conservative	Henry Wyndham	1,049	29.1
Majority			218	6.0
Turnout			2,202	69.9
Registered electors			3,152
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: West Sussex^[4][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charles Wyndham	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,618
	Conservative gain from Whig
	Conservative gain from Whig

Wyndham resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 2 February 1847: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Prime	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
	Conservative	Richard Prime	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,488
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
	Conservative	Richard Prime	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,257
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Prime resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

By-election, 13 February 1854: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Wyndham	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Wyndham	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,941
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Gordon-Lennox was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 March 1859: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Wyndham	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,853
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

Gordon-Lennox succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Richmond and causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 December 1860: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Barttelot	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1865: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Barttelot	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Wyndham	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,607
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Barttelot	Unopposed
	Conservative	Henry Wyndham	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,672
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wyndham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Leconfield and causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 April 1869: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Barttelot	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,865
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: West Sussex^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Barttelot	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charles Gordon-Lennox	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,886
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold