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Mid Surrey Former County constituency for the House of Commons County Surrey 1868–1885 Number of members Two Replaced by Chertsey, Epsom, Guildford, Kingston, Reigate and Wimbledon Created from East Surrey and West Surrey Mid Surrey was a county constituency in Surrey, England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
History
The constituency was created under the Second Reform Act for the 1868 general election, and abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was replaced by five new single-member constituencies: Chertsey, Epsom, Guildford, Kingston, Reigate and Wimbledon.
Members of Parliament
Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party 1868 Sir Henry Peek Conservative William Brodrick Conservative 1870 by-election Richard Baggallay Conservative 1875 by-election Sir James John Trevor Lawrence, Bt. Conservative 1884 by-election Sir John Whittaker Ellis, Bt. Conservative 1885 constituency abolished: see Chertsey, Epsom, Guildford, Kingston, Reigate and Wimbledon References
Categories:- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1868
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- Politics of Lambeth
- Politics of Surrey
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs
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