Constituency History
Essex was a constituency represented in the House of
Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1660 until 1832. It elected two MPs to
the House of Commons and was divided into two single member constituencies (Essex North and
Essex South) in the Great Reform Act of 1832. Area covered in the county of Essex at that time
included Barking, Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest which now fall outside
the Essex boundary.
South Essex (formally the Southern division of Essex) was a constituency represented in the
House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1885. It elected two MPs
to the House of Commons. At the time the constituency was entirely in the county of Essex. Part
of the area has since been transferred from Essex to Greater London.
Areas covered: Epping, Brentwood, Basildon, Thurrock, Southend, Waltham Forest, Redbridge,
Havering, Barking, Dagenham and Newham.
South East Essex (in its first incarnation formally the South Eastern division of Essex) was a
parliamentary constituency in Essex in the East of England. It returned one Member of
Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency
was created for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general
election. The constituency was re-established for the 1955 general election with boundary changes
which saw the creation of a new constituency called Billericay, which now covered the Basildon
District. The South East Essex constituency was finally abolished in 1983 with some areas forming
part of Castle Point.
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. Its roots can be
traced back to the early medieval period. In a series of developments, it came increasingly to
constrain the power of the monarch, and went on after the Act of Union 1707 to form the main
basis of the Parliament of Great Britain, and later the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 by the Acts of Union passed by both the
Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts created a new Kingdom of Great
Britain and dissolved both the English and Scottish parliaments, replacing them with a new
Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain based in the former home of the English
parliament. While Scots law and Scottish legislation remained separate, the legislation was now
dealt with by the new parliament.
The first United Kingdom general elections were held in 1802. The members of the 1801-1802
Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland,
before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Voting Rights
In 1918 Women over 30 were given the right to vote.
In 1928 the Representation of the People Act 1928 gave Universal suffrage
to the adult population over 21.
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