South_Essex_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

South Essex
South Essex
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
County	Essex
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Essex
Replaced by	South East Essex; Romford; West Ham North; West Ham South; Walthamstow; Epping; Chelmsford
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:	East Essex, West Essex

South Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1885

South Essex (formally the Southern division of Essex) was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system.

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Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1832		Robert Westley Hall-Dare	Tory^[9]	Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Bt	Whig^[9]^[10]
1834			Conservative^[9]	Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Bt	Whig^[9]^[10]
1835			Conservative^[9]	Thomas William Bramston	Conservative^[9]
1836 by-election		George Palmer	Conservative^[9]
1847		Sir Edward Buxton, Bt	Whig^[11]^[12]^[13]
1852		Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, Bt	Conservative
1857		Richard Wingfield-Baker	Whig^[14]^[15]^[16]
1859		John Perry-Watlington	Conservative
1865		Henry Selwin-Ibbetson	Conservative	Lord Eustace Cecil	Conservative
1868		Richard Wingfield-Baker	Liberal	Andrew Johnston	Liberal
1874		Thomas Charles Baring	Conservative	William Makins	Conservative
1885	Constituency divided

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Robert Westley Hall-Dare	2,088	41.3
	Whig	Thomas Barrett-Lennard	1,538	30.4
	Whig	William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley	1,432	28.3
Turnout			3,592	80.0
Registered electors			4,488
Majority			550	10.9
	Tory win (new seat)
Majority			106	2.1
	Whig win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Westley Hall-Dare	2,212	41.4	+20.8
	Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	2,118	39.7	+19.1
	Whig	Champion Edward Branfill^[18]	1,010	18.9	−39.8
Majority			1,108	20.8	N/A
Turnout			3,151	67.7	−12.3
Registered electors			4,655
	Conservative hold		Swing	+20.4
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+19.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Palmer	2,103	57.9	−23.2
	Whig	Champion Edward Branfill^[18]	1,527	42.1	+23.2
Majority			576	15.8	−4.9
Turnout			3,630	68.7	+1.0
Registered electors			5,286
	Conservative hold		Swing	−23.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	2,511	39.7	±0.0
	Conservative	George Palmer	2,260	35.8	−5.6
	Whig	Champion Edward Branfill^[18]	1,550	24.5	+5.6
Majority			710	11.3	−9.5
Turnout			3,933	70.9	+3.2
Registered electors			5,547
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.2

South Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

South Essex
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Essex
1832–1885
Seats	Two
Created from	Essex
Replaced by	South East Essex Romford West Ham North West Ham South Walthamstow Epping Chelmsford
During its existence contributed to new seat(s) of:	East Essex, West Essex

Hundred/Liberty	1832	1868	After 1885 (post-abolition)^[5]
Becontree (West Ham, Plaistow etc.)	South Essex	South Essex	West Ham North and West Ham South
Becontree (Barking, Dagenham, East Ham, Wanstead etc.)			Romford
Becontree (Walthamstow, Low Leyton and Woodford)			Walthamstow
Chafford (Brentwood end) ^[6]			Chelmsford
Chafford (Aveley, Grays and Thurrock end)^[6]			South East Essex
Barstable (Billericay and Shenfield etc.) ^[6]			Chelmsford
Barstable (Orsett, Tilbury and Canvey Island)^[6]			South East Essex
Rochford			South East Essex
Liberty of Havering/Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower			Romford
Dengie (Maldon (burgage of town excluded) to Burnham and Tillingham)		East Essex	South East Essex
Chelmsford		West Essex	Chelmsford
Harlow			Epping
Ongar
Waltham (Nazeing to Chingford)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	2,310	45.1	+5.4
	Conservative	George Palmer	2,230	43.5	+7.7
	Whig	Rowland Gardner Alston^[19]	583	11.4	−13.1
Majority			1,647	32.1	+20.8
Turnout			c. 2,853	c. 50.7	c. −20.2
Registered electors			5,632
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	2,158	38.7	−6.4
	Whig	Edward Buxton	1,729	31.0	+19.6
	Conservative	William Bowyer-Smijth	1,694	30.4	−13.1
Turnout			2,791 (est)	52.4 (est)	+1.7
Registered electors			5,326
Majority			429	7.7	−24.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8.1
Majority			35	0.6	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	2,651	38.4	−0.3
	Conservative	William Bowyer-Smijth	2,457	35.6	+5.2
	Whig	Edward Buxton	1,803	26.1	−4.9
Majority			654	9.5	N/A
Turnout			4,357 (est)	74.9 (est)	+22.5
Registered electors			5,819
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	2,332	35.6	−2.8
	Whig	Richard Wingfield	2,119	32.3	+6.2
	Conservative	William Bowyer-Smijth	2,102	32.1	−3.5
Turnout			4,336 (est)	70.3 (est)	−4.6
Registered electors			6,169
Majority			213	3.3	−6.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.0
Majority			17	0.2	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas William Bramston	2,896	36.9	+1.3
	Conservative	John Perry-Watlington	2,704	34.5	+2.4
	Liberal	Richard Wingfield-Baker	2,245	28.6	−3.7
Majority			459	5.9	N/A
Turnout			5,045 (est)	75.6 (est)	+5.3
Registered electors			6,669
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Selwin	2,817	35.6	−1.3
	Conservative	Eustace Cecil	2,710	34.3	−0.2
	Liberal	Richard Wingfield-Baker	2,382	30.1	+1.5
Majority			328	4.2	−1.7
Turnout			5,146 (est)	70.1 (est)	−5.5
Registered electors			7,338
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Richard Wingfield-Baker	Unopposed
	Liberal	Andrew Johnston	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,127
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Charles Baring	3,646	28.9	*New*
	Conservative	William Makins	3,528	27.9	*New*
	Liberal	Richard Wingfield-Baker	2,735	21.6	N/A
	Liberal	Andrew Johnston	2,728	21.6	N/A
Majority			793	6.3	N/A
Turnout			6,319 (est)	72.5 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			8,713
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Charles Baring	4,841	26.8	−2.1
	Conservative	William Makins	4,726	26.2	−1.7
	Liberal	Edward Buxton	4,324	24.0	+2.4
	Liberal	Leonard Lyell^[20]	4,147	23.0	+1.4
Majority			402	2.2	−4.1
Turnout			9,019 (est)	75.5 (est)	+3.0
Registered electors			11,950
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.6

Preceded by Essex	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by South East Essex
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by Epping
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by West Ham North
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by West Ham South
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by Romford
	UK Parliament constituency 1832–1885	Succeeded by Walthamstow