| South Essex | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | County |
| Elects Howmany: | Two |
| Next: | South East Essex Romford West Ham North West Ham South Walthamstow Epping Chelmsford |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Essex |
South Essex (formally the Southern division of Essex) was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832, with effect from the general election in December 1832, when the former Essex constituency was divided into Northern and Southern divisions. From 1868, it was reduced in size when Essex was redivided into the Eastern, Southern and Western divisions. It was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 when the county was divided into eight single-member divisions.
See map on Vision of Britain website.[2]
See map on Vision of Britain website.[4]
| Hundred/Liberty | 1832 | 1868 | After 1885 (post-abolition)[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becontree (West Ham, Plaistow etc.) | South Essex | South Essex | West Ham North and West Ham South |
| Becontree (Barking, Dagenham, East Ham, Wanstead etc.) | Romford | ||
| Becontree (Walthamstow, Low Leyton and Woodford) | Walthamstow | ||
| Chafford (Brentwood end) | Chelmsford | ||
| Chafford (Aveley, Grays and Thurrock end) | South East Essex | ||
| Barstable (Billericay and Shenfield etc.) [6] | Chelmsford | ||
| Barstable (Orsett, Tilbury and Canvey Island) | South East Essex | ||
| Rochford | South East Essex | ||
| Liberty of Havering/Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower | Romford | ||
| Dengie (Maldon (burgage of town excluded) to Burnham and Tillingham) | East Essex | South East Essex | |
| Chelmsford | West Essex | Chelmsford | |
| Harlow | Epping | ||
| Ongar | |||
| Waltham (Nazeing to Chingford) |
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Robert Westley Hall-Dare | Tory[9] | Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Bt | Whig[10] | |||
| 1834 | Conservative | ||||||
| 1835 | Thomas William Bramston | Conservative | |||||
| 1836 by-election | George Palmer | Conservative | |||||
| 1847 | Sir Edward Buxton, Bt | Whig[11] [12] [13] | |||||
| 1852 | Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, Bt | Conservative | |||||
| 1857 | Richard Wingfield-Baker | Whig[14] [15] [16] | |||||
| 1859 | John Perry-Watlington | Conservative | |||||
| 1865 | Henry Selwin-Ibbetson | Conservative | Lord Eustace Cecil | Conservative | |||
| 1868 | Richard Wingfield-Baker | Liberal | Andrew Johnston | Liberal | |||
| 1874 | Thomas Charles Baring | Conservative | William Makins | Conservative | |||
| 1885 | Constituency divided | ||||||
Dare's death caused a by-election.