East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency 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.

Boundaries

1832–1885: The Petty Sessional Divisions of Stourbridge, Dudley, Droitwich, Northfield, Blockley and Pershore, and the Borough of Evesham.^[1]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election	First member		First party	Second member		Second party
1832	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	William Congreve Russell	Whig^[2]	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Thomas Cookes	Whig^[2]
1835	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Edward Holland	Whig^[3]^[4]^[2]		Thomas Cookes	Whig^[2]
1837	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Sir Horace St Paul, Bt	Conservative^[2]	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	John Barneby	Conservative^[2]
1841	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	James Arthur Taylor	Conservative^[2]		John Barneby	Conservative^[2]
Jan. 1847 by-election	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	James Arthur Taylor	Conservative^[2]	George Rushout-Bowles	Conservative
Jul. 1847	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	John Hodgetts-Foley	Whig^[5]^[6]^[7]	George Rushout-Bowles	Conservative
Feb. 1859	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|		Whig^[5]^[6]^[7]	Hon. Frederick Gough-Calthorpe	Whig^[8]^[9]^[10]
Apr. 1859	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|		Liberal		rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Liberal
1861 by-election	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Harry Vernon	Liberal			Liberal
Jun. 1868 by-election	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Harry Vernon	Liberal	Hon. Charles Lyttelton	Liberal
Nov 1868	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Richard Amphlett	Conservative	Hon. Charles Lyttelton	Liberal
1874	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Henry Allsopp	Conservative	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Thomas Eades Walker	Conservative
1880	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	William Henry Gladstone	Liberal	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	George Hastings	Liberal
1885	representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1885	George Hastings	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1886	George Hastings	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1892	Austen Chamberlain	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1912	Austen Chamberlain	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	1914	Leverton Harris	Unionist
1918		constituency abolished

Elections

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1832: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Congreve Russell	Script error: No such module "string".	36.8
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Thomas Cookes	Script error: No such module "string".	35.9
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Pakington	Script error: No such module "string".	27.3
Turnout			4,348	84.2
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General election 1835: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Horace St Paul	2,145	32.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			47	0.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			5,164		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	−2.6
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General election 1837: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Edward Holland	2,175	23.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Hodgetts-Foley	2,168	22.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			427	4.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			353	3.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			4,771	79.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			5,995		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	+11.0
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+10.7

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]^[2]
Party		Votes	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors		6,367	Script error: No such module "String".
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Barneby's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 11 January 1847: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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General election 1847: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Votes	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors		6,269	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Votes	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors		6,515	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1857: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Votes	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors		6,065	Script error: No such module "String".
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Rushout succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Baron Northwick and causing a by-election.

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By-election, 24 February 1859: East Worcestershire^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baron Hampton	1,965	46.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			339	8.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			4,269	71.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			5,983		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1859: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Votes	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors		5,983	Script error: No such module "String".
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Elections in the 1860s

Hodgetts-Foley's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 20 December 1861: East Worcestershire^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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General election 1865: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Votes	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors		6,875	Script error: No such module "String".
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Gough-Calthorpe succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th Baron Calthorpe and causing a by-election.

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By-election, 1 June 1868: East Worcestershire^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Laslett	2,429	47.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			259	5.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			5,117	74.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			6,875		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1868: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Richard Martin	3,789	31.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			319	2.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			8,049 (est)	78.0 (est)	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			10,313		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	N/A
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	N/A

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Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Lyttelton	3,508	23.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Arthur Albright^[12]	2,831	18.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Laslett	55	0.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			651	4.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,487 (est)	67.8 (est)	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			11,039		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	+12.0
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+11.2

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Laslett withdrew from the race in order to contest Worcester.^[13]

Elections in the 1880s

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Hastings

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General election 1880: East Worcestershire (2 seats)^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Richard Temple	4,417	24.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Henry Allsopp	4,258	23.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			621	3.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			416	2.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			9,194 (est)	76.6 (est)	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			12,000		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	+3.5
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+6.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1885: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Albert Bosanquet	3,194	46.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			491	7.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			6,879	84.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			8,187		Script error: No such module "String".
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General election 1886: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Elections in the 1890s

Hastings was expelled from the House of Commons, causing a by-election.

File:Portrait of Austen Chamberlain.jpg

Chamberlain

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By-election, 30 Mar 1892: East Worcestershire^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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General election 1892: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[15]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Oscar Browning	2,517	33.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			2,594	34.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			7,628	77.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			9,827		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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General election 1895: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[15]
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[15]^[18]
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1902 East Worcestershire by-election^[14]^[15]
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Chamberlain

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General election 1906: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Morgan	5,763	36.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			4,366	27.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			15,892	84.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			18,769		Script error: No such module "String".
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1910s

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Young

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General election January 1910: East Worcestershire ^[19]
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	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Hilton Young	6,955	35.5	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			5,689	29.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			19,599	84.2	Script error: No such module "String".
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General election December 1910: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[19]
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1914 East Worcestershire 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;

Unionist: Leverton Harris
Liberal: Wilfrid Hill

References

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East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

MPs 1885–1918

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References

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East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

MPs 1885–1918

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References

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