East Grinstead | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | East Sussex |
Major settlements | East Grinstead |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | East Sussex |
Replaced by | Mid Sussex and Wealden |
1307–1832 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
East Grinstead was a parliamentary constituency in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. It first existed as a Parliamentary borough from 1307, returning two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons elected by the bloc vote system. The borough was disfranchised under the Reform Act 1832, but the name was revived at the 1885 election when the Redistribution of Seats Act created a new single-member county division of the same name.
Upon its abolition for the 1983 election, its territory was divided between Mid Sussex and Wealden.