# West Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)

West Sussex (formally the Western division of Sussex) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Sussex, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election.

## Boundaries

1832–1885: The Rapes of Arundel, Bramber and Chichester.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | 1st Member | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
| 1832 | | Lord John Lennox | Whig | | The Earl of Surrey | Whig |
| 1841 | | The Earl of March | Conservative | | Charles Wyndham | Conservative |
| 1847 | | The Earl of March | Conservative | | Richard Prime | Conservative |
| 1854 by-election | | The Earl of March | Conservative | | Henry Wyndham | Conservative |
| 1860 by-election | | Walter Barttelot | Conservative | | Henry Wyndham | Conservative |
| 1869 by-election | | Walter Barttelot | Conservative | | The Earl of March | Conservative |
| 1885 | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished | constituency abolished |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | John Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,365 | |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |
| | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) | Whig win (new seat) |
General election 1835: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | John Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig | Henry Howard | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,408 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1837: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | John Lennox | 1,291 | 35.8 |
| | Whig | Henry Howard | 1,267 | 35.1 |
| | Conservative | Henry Wyndham | 1,049 | 29.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 218 | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,202 | 69.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,152 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Charles Wyndham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,618 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |
Wyndham resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
By-election, 2 February 1847: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1847: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,488 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Richard Prime | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,257 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Prime resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
By-election, 13 February 1854: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1857: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,941 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Gordon-Lennox was appointed President of the Poor Law Board, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 9 March 1859: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1859: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,853 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

Gordon-Lennox succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Richmond and causing a by-election.
By-election, 27 December 1860: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1865: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,607 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
General election 1868: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Henry Wyndham | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,672 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Wyndham succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Leconfield and causing a by-election.
By-election, 17 April 1869: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,865 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: West Sussex :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Walter Barttelot | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Conservative | Charles Gordon-Lennox | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,886 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |