East Worcestershire

East Worcestershire
East Worcestershire
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seats	1832–1885: Two; 1885–1918: One
Replaced by	Kidderminster and Birmingham King's Norton

East Worcestershire was a county constituency in the county of Worcestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Seats1832–1885: Two
1885–1918: One

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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.

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Edward Holland	2,254	34.2	−2.6
	Whig	Thomas Cookes	2,192	33.3	−2.6
	Conservative	Horace St Paul	2,145	32.5	+5.2
Majority			47	0.7	−7.9
Turnout			c. 3,296	c. 63.8	c. −20.4
Registered electors			5,164
	Whig hold		Swing	−2.6
	Whig hold		Swing	−2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Horace St Paul	2,595	27.4	+11.2
	Conservative	John Barneby	2,528	26.7	+10.5
	Whig	Edward Holland	2,175	23.0	−11.2
	Whig	John Hodgetts-Foley	2,168	22.9	−10.4
Majority			427	4.5	N/A
Majority			353	3.7	N/A
Turnout			4,771	79.6	c. +15.8
Registered electors			5,995
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+11.0
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+10.7

Boundaries

East Worcestershire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1832–1918
Seats	1832–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Replaced by	Kidderminster and Birmingham King's Norton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Rushout	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Frederick Gough-Calthorpe	2,304	54.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baron Hampton	1,965	46.0	N/A
Majority			339	8.0	N/A
Turnout			4,269	71.4	N/A
Registered electors			5,983
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Hodgetts-Foley	Unopposed
	Liberal	Frederick Gough-Calthorpe	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,983
	Liberal hold
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Lyttelton	2,688	52.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	William Laslett	2,429	47.5	New
Majority			259	5.0	N/A
Turnout			5,117	74.4	N/A
Registered electors			6,875
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Amphlett	4,108	34.3	*N/A*
	Liberal	Charles Lyttelton	4,093	34.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Richard Martin	3,789	31.6	N/A
Majority			319	2.7	N/A
Turnout			8,049 (est)	78.0 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			10,313
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Allsopp	4,421	29.5	+12.3
	Conservative	Thomas Eades Walker	4,159	27.8	+10.6
	Liberal	Charles Lyttelton	3,508	23.4	−10.7
	Liberal	Arthur Albright^[12]	2,831	18.9	−12.7
	Conservative	William Laslett	55	0.4	N/A
Majority			651	4.4	N/A
Turnout			7,487 (est)	67.8 (est)	−10.2
Registered electors			11,039
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.2

General election 1885: East Worcestershire ^[14]^[15]^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Hastings	3,685	53.6	+0.8
	Conservative	Albert Bosanquet	3,194	46.4	−0.8
Majority			491	7.2	+4.9
Turnout			6,879	84.0	+7.4 (est)
Registered electors			8,187
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

General election January 1910: East Worcestershire ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Austen Chamberlain	12,644	64.5	+0.8
	Liberal	Hilton Young	6,955	35.5	−0.8
Majority			5,689	29.0	+1.6
Turnout			19,599	84.2	−0.5
	Liberal Unionist hold		Swing	+0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Henry Gladstone	4,879	26.5	+3.2
	Liberal	George Hastings	4,833	26.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Richard Temple	4,417	24.0	−3.8
	Conservative	Henry Allsopp	4,258	23.2	−6.3
Majority			621	3.3	N/A
Majority			416	2.3	N/A
Turnout			9,194 (est)	76.6 (est)	+8.8
Registered electors			12,000
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.5
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Austen Chamberlain	5,111	67.0	*N/A*
	Liberal	Oscar Browning	2,517	33.0	New
Majority			2,594	34.0	N/A
Turnout			7,628	77.6	N/A
Registered electors			9,827
	Liberal Unionist hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Austen Chamberlain	10,129	63.7	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Morgan	5,763	36.3	New
Majority			4,366	27.4	N/A
Turnout			15,892	84.7	N/A
Registered electors			18,769
	Liberal Unionist hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Leverton Harris	Unopposed
	Unionist hold