East Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Worcestershire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Number of members	1832–1885: two; 1885–1918: one

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.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1832–1885

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1832		William Congreve Russell	Liberal		Thomas Cookes	Liberal
1835		Edward Holland	Liberal
1837		Sir Horace St Paul, Bt	Conservative		John Barneby	Conservative Party
1841		James Arthur Taylor	Conservative Party
Jan. 1847 by-election					George Rushout-Bowes	Conservative
Jul. 1847		John Hodgetts-Foley	Liberal
1859					Hon. Frederick Gough-Calthorpe	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

MPs 1885–1918

Election		Member	Party
	1885	George Hastings	Liberal
	1886		Liberal Unionist
	1892 by-election	Austen Chamberlain	Liberal Unionist
	1912		Conservative
	1914 by-election	Frederick Leverton Harris	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 484–485. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.