Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)

Hastings was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

in Sussex

Sussex

Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...

. It returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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until the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

, when its representation was reduced to one member.

It was abolished for the 1983 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1983

The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...

, when it was partially replaced by the new Hastings and Rye constituency.

Boundaries

As its name suggested, the main settlement in the constituency was the seaside resort of Hastings. From 1950 to 1955, it also took in the towns of Battle and Rye.

MPs 1366–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1386	John Clyvessend	Edward Martham
1388 (Feb)	John Clyvessend	Edward Martham
1388 (Sep)	Richard Bannok	John Scott
1390 (Jan)	John Clyvessend	Richard Wybard
1390 (Nov)
1391	John Clyvessend	Richard Bannok
1393	John Scott	John Sharp
1394
1395	Edward Martham	John Hokere
1397 (Jan)	John Clyvessend	John Hokere
1397 (Sep)
1399	Edward Martham	Henry Mordant
1401
1402	John Sharp	Robert Burgrove
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	Henry Mordant	John Bexle
1407	Robert Burgrove	Thomas Wybard
1410	Edward Martham	John Harry
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Henry Mordant	Richard Huntingdon
1414 (Apr)
1414 (Nov)	John Sharp	Thomas Julyan
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417	John Lyvett	Richard Huntingdon
1419	Simon Lymbergh	John Martham
1420	Simon Lymbergh	William Courthope
1421 (May)	John Parker	William Courthope
1421 (Dec)	Richard Huntingdon	William Courthope
1510	No names known
1512	Robert Hall	Henry Benever
1515	?
1523	Edmund Jacklin alias Bocher	Edmund Franke
1529	Richard Calveley	Thomas Shoyswell
by 1534	John Durrant	John Taylor
1536	?John Durrant	?John Taylor
1539	?
1542	John Franke	Richard Bishop
1545	?
1547	Sir William Stafford	John Isted
1553 (Mar)	John Isted	?
1553 (Oct)	Thomas Rhodes Thomas Rhodes Thomas Rhodes may refer to:* Thomas William Rhodes, New Zealand politician* Thomas L. Dusty Rhodes, American political editor* Tom Rhodes, American comedian...	John Peyton
1554 (Apr)	John Franke	John Isted
1554 (Nov)	Thomas Rhodes	John Peyton
1555	Thomas Rhodes	Roger Manwood Roger Manwood Sir Roger Manwood was an English jurist and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.-Career:Sir Roger was the son of Thomas Manwood of Sandwich in Kent. He trained as a barrister at the Inner Temple and attained the highest and most prestigious order of counsel, namely serjeant-at-law...
1558	Thomas Brett	Henry Tennant
1559	John Franke	James Hobson
1562/3	Sir William Damsell William Damsell Sir William Damsell , sometimes spelt Damosel, was Receiver-General of the Court of Wards and Liveries and a Member of Parliament....	Richard Lyffe
1571	Richard Lyffe	James Bryan
1572	Richard Lyffe	Thomas Lake
1584	Thomas Lake	Thomas Phillips
1586	Thomas Lake	Thomas Phillips
1588/9	Richard Lyffe	John Parker
1593	Richard Lyffe	Henry Apsley
1597	Richard Lyffe	Edmund Pelham
1601	Sir Thomas Shirley	Richard Lyffe
1604-1611	Sir Edward Hales Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....	Sir George Carew George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes , known as Sir George Carew between 1586 and 1605 and as The Lord Carew between 1605 and 1626, served under Queen Elizabeth I during the Tudor conquest of Ireland and was appointed President of Munster. -Early career:Carew was the son of Dr...
1614	Sir Edward Hales Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet Sir Edward Hales, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1648. He supported the Parliamentarian side in the English Civil War....	James Lasher
1621	Samuel Moore	James Lasher
1624	Nicholas Eversfield	Samuel Moor
1625	Nicholas Eversfield	Sackville Crowe
1626	?
1628	John Ashburnham John Ashburnham John Ashburnham was an English courtier, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1667. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War and was an attendant on the King....	Nicholas Eversfield

MPs 1640–1885

Election	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		Sir John Baker Sir John Baker, 2nd Baronet Sir John Baker, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....		Robert Reed
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...		John Ashburnham	Royalist	(Sir) Thomas Eversfield Thomas Eversfield Sir Thomas Eversfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1640 to 1644. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....	Royalist
February 1644	Ashburnham and Eversfield disabled from sitting - both seats vacant
1645		John Pelham Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England variously between 1644 and 1698.Pelham was the son of Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Wilbraham....		Roger Gratwick
December 1648	Pelham excluded in Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents... - seat vacant			Roger Gratwick
1653	Hastings was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector... and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.... and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons... Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Samuel Gott Samuel Gott Samuel Gott was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1645 and 1648 and between 1660 and 1661....		Nicholas Delves Nicholas Delves Nicholas Delves was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Delves was a merchant of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		Sir Denny Ashburnham Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet DL, JP was an English politician.-Background:He was the oldest son of Lawrence Ashburnham and his second wife Bridget Fleetwood, daughter of Sir George Fleetwood...		Nicholas Delves Nicholas Delves Nicholas Delves was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.Delves was a merchant of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors...
1661				Edmund Waller Edmund Waller Edmund Waller, FRS was an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1679.- Early life :...
1679		Sir Robert Parker Sir Robert Parker, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Parker, 1st Baronet of Ratton, Sussex was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1679 to 1685.He was made a baronet 22 May 1674.-References:...		John Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham was an English landowner and politician.Ashburnham was the son of William Ashburnham and the grandson of John Ashburnham. His mother was the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett. He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from...
1681				Thomas Mun Thomas Mun (MP) Thomas Mun was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1681 to 1685 and again from 1689 to 1690.-Life:...
1685		Sir Denny Ashburnham Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet DL, JP was an English politician.-Background:He was the oldest son of Lawrence Ashburnham and his second wife Bridget Fleetwood, daughter of Sir George Fleetwood...		John Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham was an English landowner and politician.Ashburnham was the son of William Ashburnham and the grandson of John Ashburnham. His mother was the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett. He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from...
Jan 1689		Thomas Mun Thomas Mun (MP) Thomas Mun was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1681 to 1685 and again from 1689 to 1690.-Life:...
Aug 1689				John Beaumont John Beaumont (MP) John Beaumont was an English soldier at the time of the Glorious Revolution and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1695....
1690		Peter Gott Peter Gott Peter Gott was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1690 to 1695 and again from 1698 to 1701.He died aged 56.-References:...
1695		John Pulteney John Pulteney John Pulteney was an English Member of Parliament.He was first elected for Hastings on 25 October 1695, and sat until the general election of 1710. He also served as a Commissioner of the Board of Customs....		Robert Austen
1698				Peter Gott Peter Gott Peter Gott was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1690 to 1695 and again from 1698 to 1701.He died aged 56.-References:...
1701				John Mounsher John Mounsher John Mounsher was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1701 to 1702.He died in 1702, aged 37.-References:...
1702				Hon. William Ashburnham William Ashburnham, 2nd Baron Ashburnham William Ashburnham, 2nd Baron Ashburnham was an English landowner and politician.Ashburnham was the eldest son of John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham, and Bridget, daughter of Walter Vaughan, of Porthammel House, Brecknockshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1702 to 1710, a...
Feb 1710				John Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham John Ashburnham, 1st Earl of Ashburnham was a British peer.-Career:Ashburnham was the second son of John Ashburnham, 1st Baron Ashburnham and his wife, Bridget, daughter of Walter Vaughan from Brecon, south Wales, who had inherited Pembrey...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
Oct 1710		Sir William Ashburnham Sir William Ashburnham, 2nd Baronet Sir William Ashburnham, 2nd Baronet was a British politician.He was the older son of Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet and Anne Watkins, daughter of Sir David Watkins. In 1697, he succeeded his father as baronet. Ashburnham was a Member of Parliament for Hastings in the Parliament of Great...		Sir Joseph Martin
1713		Archibald Hutcheson Archibald Hutcheson Archibald Hutcheson was a British Member of Parliament .He was the son of Archibald Hutcheson of Stracum or Stranocum, Co. Antrim. He trained as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1683. He was appointed Attorney-General of the Leeward Islands...		Sir Joseph Martin
1715				Henry Pelham Henry Pelham (of Stanmer) Henry Pelham was a British politician, the eldest son of Henry Pelham and his wife Frances Bine.Pelham was the first cousin of the Duke of Newcastle, who brought him into Parliament as Member for Hastings shortly after Henry reached his majority. Pelham was a reliable Government supporter,...
1722				Sir William Ashburnham Sir William Ashburnham, 2nd Baronet Sir William Ashburnham, 2nd Baronet was a British politician.He was the older son of Sir Denny Ashburnham, 1st Baronet and Anne Watkins, daughter of Sir David Watkins. In 1697, he succeeded his father as baronet. Ashburnham was a Member of Parliament for Hastings in the Parliament of Great...
1727		Thomas Townshend Thomas Townshend (MP) The Honourable Thomas Townshend was a long-standing British Member of Parliament.Townshend was the second son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, from his first marriage to the Hon. Elizabeth Pelham...
1728		Thomas Pelham
1741		James Pelham James Pelham James Pelham was a British politician. A second cousin of Henry Pelham and the Duke of Newcastle, he acted as Newcastle's political agent in Sussex for most of his political career....		Andrew Stone	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1761		Hon. James Brudenell James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan held several offices in the Parliament of Great Britain and in service to the King of Great Britain....		William Ashburnham Sir William Ashburnham, 5th Baronet Sir William Ashburnham, 5th Baronet was a British politician.Baptised at St Anne's Church, Soho on 29 March 1739, he was the eldest surviving son of Reverend Sir William Ashburnham, 4th Baronet and his wife Margaret Pelham, daughter of Thomas Pelham. Ashburnham was educated at Corpus Christi...
1768		Samuel Martin Samuel Martin (Secretary to the Treasury) Samuel Martin was a British politician and administrator.-Family:He was the son of Samuel Martin, the leading plantation owner on the West Indies island of Antigua, where he was born, and eldest half-brother of Sir Henry Martin, 1st Baronet , for many years naval commissioner at Portsmouth and...
1774		Viscount Palmerston Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston FRS was a British politician.-Life:He succeeded to the peerage in 1757, and was educated at Clare College, Cambridge from 1757 to 1759...		Charles Jenkinson Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool....
1780				John Ord
1784		John Dawes		John Stanley
1790		Sir Richard Pepper Arden Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley PC, KC was a British barrister and politician.He was born on 20 May 1744 in Bredbury, the son of John Arden , and Mary Pepper, and baptised on 20 June 1744 in Stockport. Educated at The Manchester Grammar School, he matriculated at Trinity College,...
1794		Robert Saunders Dundas Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville KT, PC, FRS was a British statesman, the son of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount. Dundas was the Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1794, Rye in 1796 and Midlothian in 1801. He was also Keeper of the Signet for Scotland from 1800...
1796		Sir James Sanderson Sir James Sanderson, 1st Baronet Sir James Sanderson, 1st Baronet was a banker, a Member of Parliament, an alderman and Lord Mayor of London. He also served as president of Bridewell Hospital , and was a member of William Wilberforce's Proclamation Society for the Discouragement of Vice.When he died his widow married William...		Nicholas Vansittart Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history.-Background and education:...
1798		William Sturges
1802		The Lord Glenbervie Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie PC, KC, FRS, FSA was a British lawyer, politician and diarist. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1793 and 1794.-Background, education and legal career:...		George William Gunning
1806		Sir John Nicholl John Nicholl Sir John Nicholl was a Welsh Member of Parliament and judge. As a judge he was noted 'for inflexible impartiality and great strength and soundness of judgement'.-Early history:...		Sir William Fowle Middleton
1807		George Canning George Canning George Canning PC, FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.-Early life: 1770–1793:...		Sir Abraham Hume
1812		James Dawkins		Sir Abraham Hume
1818				George Peter Holford
1820				William Henry John Scott
1826		Sir William Curtis, Bt.		Sir Charles Wetherell Charles Wetherell Sir Charles Wetherell , was an English lawyer, politician and judge.Wetherell was born in Oxford, the third son of Reverend Nathan Wetherell, of Durham, Master of the University College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford...
1826		Evelyn Denison		James Law Lushington
1827		Evelyn Denison		Joseph Planta Joseph Planta Sir Joseph Planta GCH was a British diplomat and politician of Swiss descent. He was the MP for Hastings, England.Joseph Planta was the son of another Joseph Planta , who moved from Switzerland to England and who became the Principal Librarian of the British Museum in London...
1830		Sir Henry Fane
1831		John Ashley Warre	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Frederick North Frederick North (MP) Frederick North DL, JP , was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:A member of the North family headed by the Earl of Guilford, Frederick North was the son of Francis Frederick North, great-grandson of the Hon. Roger North, younger son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1835		Howard Elphinstone Sir Howard Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet Sir Howard Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet was a British Whig politicianHe was elected as Member of Parliament for Hastings at the 1835 general election, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1832. He did not stand for re-election in Hastings at the 1837 general election, but stood instead in...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1837		Joseph Planta Joseph Planta Sir Joseph Planta GCH was a British diplomat and politician of Swiss descent. He was the MP for Hastings, England.Joseph Planta was the son of another Joseph Planta , who moved from Switzerland to England and who became the Principal Librarian of the British Museum in London...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	Robert Hollond Robert Hollond Robert Hollond was an English balloonist and politician. He funded and then took part in establishing a distance ballooning record with Thomas Monck Mason and Charles Green. He later served as a Whig politician representing the constituency of Hastings.-Biography:Hollond was born in 1808 to...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1844		Musgrave Brisco Musgrave Brisco Musgrave Brisco was a British Conservative Party politician.He was appointed High Sheriff of Sussex for 1843. He was then elected as a Member of Parliament for Hastings at a by-election in 1844, and held the seat until he resigned from Parliament through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1852				Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1854		Frederick North Frederick North (MP) Frederick North DL, JP , was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:A member of the North family headed by the Earl of Guilford, Frederick North was the son of Francis Frederick North, great-grandson of the Hon. Roger North, younger son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...	Patrick Francis Robertson
1859			Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Lord Harry Vane Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland Harry George Powlett, 4th Duke of Cleveland KG , born Harry George Vane and known as Lord Harry George Vane from 1827 to 1864, was an English Whig statesman. He was the third son of William Vane, 3rd Earl of Darlington, who would later be created Duke of Cleveland...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1864				Hon. George Waldegrave-Leslie George Waldegrave-Leslie Hon. George Waldgrave was British Liberal Party politician.The youngest son of the 8th Earl Waldegrave, he became a barrister and was MP for Hastings from 1864–68...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1865		Patrick Francis Robertson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1868		Thomas Brassey Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey GCB, JP, DL, TD , was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.-Background and education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Frederick North Frederick North (MP) Frederick North DL, JP , was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:A member of the North family headed by the Earl of Guilford, Frederick North was the son of Francis Frederick North, great-grandson of the Hon. Roger North, younger son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1869				Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth PC , known as Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth, Bt, between 1872 and 1902, was a British landowner and Liberal politician...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1880				Charles James Murray Charles James Murray Charles James Murray was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat. He was the son of Charles Augustus Murray, and was elected as a Member of Parliament for Hastings in 1880, a position he resigned in 1883. He was elected Member of Parliament for Coventry in 1895 until his defeat at...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1883				Henry Bret Ince Henry Bret Ince Henry Bret Ince QC was a British businessman, writer, and politician.Ince was the eldest son of Edward Bret Ince, publisher of the Law Journal. He was trained to the law, and became a barrister of the Inner Temple on 1 November 1852. In 1858, he published a legal commentary, "A systematic...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Redistribution of Seats Act Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across... : representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Thomas Brassey Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey GCB, JP, DL, TD , was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual.-Background and education:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*...	Wilson Noble Wilson Noble Wilson Noble was a Conservative Party politician in England who served from 1886 to 1895 as Member of Parliament for Hastings in East Sussex. He unsuccessfully contested the Hastings constituency at the 1885 general election, losing narrowly to the sitting Liberal MP Sir Thomas Brassey...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...	William Lucas-Shadwell William Lucas-Shadwell William Lucas-Shadwell was a Conservative Party politician in England.He unsuccessfully contested the Finsbury East constituency at the 1892 general election, but at the 1895 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for Hastings. He did not contest the 1900 general election.-...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Freeman Freeman-Thomas Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Harvey du Cros Harvey du Cros Harvey du Cros was a Conservative Party politician of England. He was the son of Edouard Pierre du Cros and Maria Molloy and was educated at The King's Hospital, Dublin....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1908 by-election Hastings by-election, 1908 The Hastings by-election of 1908 was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Hastings on 3 March 1908. The seat had become vacant following the resignation of the sitting Unionist MP, Harvey Du Cros, on grounds of ill health. The Conservatives quickly adopted his son Arthur Du Cros...	Sir Arthur du Cros Sir Arthur du Cros, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Philip du Cros, 1st Baronet du Cros was a British industrialist and politician.-Early life and business career:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...	Laurance Lyon Laurance Lyon Laurance Lyon was a British Conservative Party politicianHe was elected Member of Parliament for Hastings at the 1918 general election, but resigned his seat in the House of Commons on 13 April 1921.- External links :...	Coalition Conservative
	1921 by-election	Lord Eustace Percy Eustace Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle PC , styled Lord Eustace Percy between 1899 and 1953, was a British diplomat, Conservative politician and public servant...	Coalition Conservative
	1937 by-election	Maurice Hely-Hutchinson	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1945 United Kingdom general election, 1945 The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...	Sir Neill Cooper-Key Neill Cooper-Key Sir Edmund McNeill Cooper-Key was a British Conservative politician. He was Member of Parliament for Hastings from 1945 until his retirement in 1970.- External links :...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1970 United Kingdom general election, 1970 The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...	Kenneth Warren	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...		constituency abolished: see Hastings and Rye

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