East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox UK constituency main East Staffordshire or Staffordshire East (formally the Eastern division of Staffordshire) was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
History
The constituency was first created by the Second Reform Act for the 1868 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
Boundaries
1868–1885: The Hundreds of Offlow (North) and Offlow (South) (excluding the Townships of Willenhall and Wednesfield), and the parish of Rushall.[1][2]
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Michael Bass | Liberal | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | John Robinson McClean | Liberal Party |
| 1873 by-election | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Samuel Allsopp | Conservative | |||
| 1880 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Henry Wiggin | Liberal | |||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
Election results
Elections in the 1860s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Michael Bass | Template:Replace | 36.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Robinson McClean | Template:Replace | 34.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Hartley[4] | 2,972 | 28.2 | ||
| Majority | 703 | 6.7 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 6,752 (est) | 69.9 (est) | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 9,658 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Elections in the 1870s
McClean's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Samuel Allsopp | Template:Replace | 57.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Jaffray[5] | 2,693 | 42.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 937 | 14.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 6,323 | 67.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 9,402 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno | Swing | +29.2 | |||
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Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Michael Bass | Template:Replace | 29.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Henry Wiggin | Template:Replace | 28.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Samuel Allsopp | 3,552 | 21.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Hardy | 3,306 | 20.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,065 | 6.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 8,142 (est) | 75.4 (est) | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 10,799 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno | Swing | N/A | |||
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References
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