| West Sussex | |
| Type: | County |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Elects Howmany: | two |
| Previous: | Sussex |
| Next: | Chichester Horsham Lewes |
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.
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.
1832–1885: The Rapes of Arundel, Bramber and Chichester.[1]
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Lord John Lennox | Whig[2] [3] | The Earl of Surrey | Whig | |||
| 1841 | The Earl of March | Conservative | Charles Wyndham | Conservative | |||
| 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 | ||||||
Wyndham resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Prime resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Gordon-Lennox was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
Gordon-Lennox succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Richmond and causing a by-election.
Wyndham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Leconfield and causing a by-election.