| East Kent | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | County |
| Region: | England |
| County: | Kent |
| Elects Howmany: | 2 |
East Kent (formally known as "Kent, Eastern") was a county constituency in Kent in South East England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
All three two-member constituencies in Kent were abolished in 1885: East Kent, Mid Kent and West Kent. They were replaced by eight new single-member constituencies:
1832–1885: The Lathes of St. Augustine and Shepway (including the Liberty of Romney Marsh), and the Upper Division of the Lathe of Scray.[1]
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | John Pemberton Plumptre | Whig[2] [3] | Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt | Tory | |||
| 1834 | Conservative | ||||||
| 1835 | Conservative[4] | ||||||
| 1845 by-election | William Deedes | Conservative | |||||
| February 1852 by-election | Sir Brook Bridges, Bt[5] | Conservative | |||||
| July 1852 | Sir Edward Dering, Bt | Peelite[6] [7] [8] | |||||
| March 1857 | Sir Brook Bridges, Bt | Conservative | |||||
| December 1857 by-election | William Deedes | Conservative | |||||
| 1863 by-election | Sir Edward Dering, Bt | Liberal | |||||
| May 1868 by-election | Edward Leigh Pemberton | Conservative | |||||
| November 1868 | Hon. George Milles[9] | Conservative | |||||
| 1875 by-election | Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, Bt | Conservative | |||||
| 1876 by-election | William Deedes | Conservative | |||||
| 1880 | Aretas Akers-Douglas[10] | Conservative | |||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | ||||||
Notes
Knatchbull was appointed Paymaster General, causing a by-election.
Knatchbull resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Plumptre resigned, causing a by-election.
Dering resigned due to ill health, causing a by-election.[11]
Deedes' death caused a by-election.
Bridges was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord FitzWalter and causing a by-election.
Milles succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Sondes.
Knatchbull resigned, causing a by-election.