East Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

For the local government district, see East Staffordshire.

East Staffordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Staffordshire
1868–1885
Number of members	Two
Created from	South Staffordshire

East Staffordshire or Staffordshire East (formally the Eastern division of Staffordshire) was a county constituency in the county of Staffordshire. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

History

The constituency was first created by the Second Reform Act for the 1868 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1868		Michael Arthur Bass	Liberal		John Robinson McClean	Liberal Party
1873 by-election					Samuel Charles Allsopp	Conservative
1880					Henry Samuel Wiggin	Liberal
1885	constituency abolished

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)