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Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Sussex County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1290 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | two |
Sussex, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832.
The constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, in 1832. The county was then represented by the East Sussex and West Sussex divisions.
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Sussex was one of the historic counties of England. The constituency comprised the whole county. (Although Sussex contained nine boroughs - Arundel, Bramber, Chichester, East Grinstead, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, New Shoreham and Steyning - and four Cinque Ports - Hastings, Rye, Seaford and Winchelsea - each of which elected two MPs in their own right, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the boroughs or ports could confer a vote at the county election.)
| Member of Parliament | Born and Died | From |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Pelham | c 1623-1703 | 19 April 1660 |
| Sir Henry Goring | 1622-1702 | |
| John Ashburnham | c 1603-1671 | April 1661 |
| Sir William Morley | 1639-1701 | 19 December 1667 |
| John Lewknor | 1658-1707 | |
| Sir Nicholas Pelham | c1650-1739 | 21 August 1679 |
| Sir William Thomas | 1641-1706 | 3 March 1681 |
| Sir John Fagg | 1627-1701 | |
| Sir Henry Goring | 1622-1702 | 26 March 1685 |
| Sir Thomas Dyke | c 1650-1706 | |
| Sir John Pelham | c 1623-1703 | 17 January 1689 |
| Sir William Thomas | 1641-1706 | |
| Robert Orme | c 1669-1711 | 28 August 1698 |
| Henry Lumley | c 1658-1722 | 9 January 1701 |
| John Miller, 2nd Baronet | 1665-1721 | |
| Sir William Thomas | 1641-1706 | 11 December 1701 |
| Sir Henry Peachey | c 1671-1737 | |
| Thomas Pelham,1st Baron Pelham | c 1653-1712 | 23 July 1702 |
| Henry Lumley | c 1658-1722 | |
| John Morley Trevor | 1681-1719 | 24 May 1705 |
| Sir George Parker, 2nd Baronet | c 1673-1727 | |
| Sir Henry Peachey | c 1671-1737 | 20 May 1708 |
| Peter Gott | 1653-1712 | |
| Charles Eversfield | c 1682-1749 | 5 October 1710 |
| Sir George Parker, 2nd Baronet | c 1673-1727 | |
| Henry Campion | c 1680-1761 | 3 September 1713 |
| John Fuller | 1680-1745 | |
| James Butler | c 1680-1741 | |
| Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington | c 1674-1743 | |
| Henry Pelham | 1694-1754 | 5 April 1722 |
| James Butler | c 1680-1741 | 22 February 1728 |
| Charles Sackville | 1711-1769 | 14 January 1742 |
| John Butler | 1707-1766 | 6 July 1747 |
| Thomas Pelham | 1728-1805 | 2 May 1754 |
| Lord George Henry Lennox | 1737-1805 | 3 February 1767 |
| Richard Harcourt | c 1714-1777 | 9 December 1768 |
| Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson | 1727-1798 | 20 October 1774 |
| Thomas Pelham | 1756-1826 | 14 September 1780 |
| Charles Lennox | 1764-1819 | 25 June 1790 |
| John 'Mad Jack' Fuller | 1757-1834 | 16 July 1801 |
| Charles William Wyndham | 1760-1828 | 29 January 1807 |
| Sir Godfrey Webster, 5th Baronet | 1789-1836 | 14 October 1812 |
| Walter Burrell | 1777-1831 | |
| Edward Jeremiah Curteis | 1762-1835 | 13 March 1820 |
| Herbert Barrett Curteis | 1793-1847 | 11 August 1830 |
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 hustings, which took place in the county town of Chichester. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.
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.