| East Worcestershire | |
| Type: | County |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Elects Howmany: | 1832–1885: two; 1885–1918: one |
| Next: | Kidderminster and Birmingham King's Norton |
East Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was created by the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), by the bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one MP for the 1885 general election, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.
1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Stourbridge, Dudley, Droitwich, Northfield, Blockley and Pershore, and the Borough of Evesham.[1]
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | William Congreve Russell | Whig[2] | Thomas Cookes | Whig | |||
| 1835 | Edward Holland | Whig[3] [4] | |||||
| 1837 | Sir Horace St Paul, Bt | Conservative | John Barneby | Conservative | |||
| 1841 | James Arthur Taylor | Conservative | |||||
| Jan. 1847 by-election | George Rushout-Bowles | Conservative | |||||
| Jul. 1847 | John Hodgetts-Foley | Whig[5] [6] [7] | |||||
| Feb. 1859 | Hon. Frederick Gough-Calthorpe | Whig[8] [9] [10] | |||||
| Apr. 1859 | Liberal | Liberal | |||||
| 1861 by-election | Harry Vernon | Liberal | |||||
| Jun. 1868 by-election | Hon. Charles Lyttelton | Liberal | |||||
| Nov 1868 | Richard Amphlett | Conservative | |||||
| 1874 | Henry Allsopp | Conservative | Thomas Eades Walker | Conservative | |||
| 1880 | William Henry Gladstone | Liberal | George Hastings | Liberal | |||
| 1885 | representation reduced to one member | ||||||
| Year | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Liberal | |||
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | |||
| 1892 | Liberal Unionist | |||
| 1912 | Unionist | |||
| 1914 | Leverton Harris | Unionist | ||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
Barneby's death caused a by-election.
Rushout succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Baron Northwick and causing a by-election.
Hodgetts-Foley's death caused a by-election.
Gough-Calthorpe succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Baron Calthorpe and causing a by-election.
Hastings was expelled from the House of Commons, causing a by-election.
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General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;