South East Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

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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, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1.1 MPs 1885-1950 1.2 MPs 1955-1983 2 References

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1885-1950

Year		Member	Party
1885		constituency created (South Essex divided)
	1885	William Thomas Makins
	1886	Sir Frederic Carne Rasch
	1900	Edward Tufnell
	1906	Rowland Edward Whitehead
	1910	John Hendley Morrison Kirkwood
	1912	Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness	Unionist
	1918	Frank Hilder	Coalition Conservative
	1923	Philip Christopher Hoffman	Labour
	1924	Herbert William Looker	Unionist
	1929	John Richard Anthony Oldfield	Labour
	1931	Henry Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes	Conservative
	1945	Raymond Jones Gunter	Labour
1950		constituency abolished

[edit] MPs 1955-1983

Year		Member	Party
1955		constituency re-established
	1955	Bernard Richard Braine	Conservative
1983		constituency abolished

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.