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.
History
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: Ashford Dartford Faversham Isle of Thanet Medway St Augustine's Sevenoaks Tunbridge
Boundaries 1832–1885: The Lathes of St. Augustine and Shepway (including the Liberty of Romney Marsh), and the Upper Division of the Lathe of Scray.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1832 John Pemberton Plumptre Whig Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bt Tory 1834 Conservative 1835 Conservative 1845 by-election William Deedes Conservative February 1852 by-election Sir Brook Bridges, BtLater Baron FitzWalterConservative July 1852 Sir Edward Dering, Bt Peelite 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 MillesLater Earl Sondes Conservative 1875 by-election Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, Bt Conservative 1876 by-election William Deedes Conservative 1880 Aretas Akers-DouglasLater Viscount Chilston Conservative 1885 constituency abolished
Notes
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
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.
Elections in the 1850s Plumptre resigned, causing a by-election.
Dering resigned due to ill health, causing a by-election."Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 3 October 1857: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 29 September 2013.
Elections in the 1860s Deedes' death caused a by-election.
Bridges was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord FitzWalter and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Milles succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Sondes.
Knatchbull resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
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