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Eastbourne Constituency
Eastbourne is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. It was created as one of nine in Sussex in Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, 1885, since when it has reduced in geographic size reflecting the growth of its main settlement, Eastbourne. The seat was re-won in 2019 by Caroline Ansell, a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative who ousted Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat Stephen Lloyd; she earlier did so in 2015. Since the seat's creation it has been won by candidates from either of these two political parties (and their early forebears, the Liberal Party and the Unionist Party). The seat has had four by-elections, lastly in 1990. For 94 years of the 20th Century, the seat was represented by Conservative Party (UK), Conservative MPs. The seat in the 1930s saw three unopposed candidates: in 1932, March 1935 and 1935 United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Sussex
East Sussex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England on the English Channel coast. It is bordered by Kent to the north and east, West Sussex to the west, and Surrey to the north-west. The largest settlement in East Sussex is the city of Brighton and Hove. History East Sussex is part of the historic county of Sussex, which has its roots in the ancient kingdom of the South Saxons, who established themselves there in the 5th century AD, after the departure of the Romans. Archaeological remains are plentiful, especially in the upland areas. The area's position on the coast has also meant that there were many invaders, including the Romans and later the Normans. Earlier industries have included fishing, iron-making, and the wool trade, all of which have declined, or been lost completely. Governance Sussex was historically sub-divided into six rapes. From the 12th century the three eastern rapes together and the three western rapes together had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Field (MP)
Admiral Edward Field (December 1828 – 26 March 1912) was a Royal Navy officer and English Conservative politician. Field was born at Chesham, Buckinghamshire and joined the Royal Navy, becoming a lieutenant on 20 December 1851. From 1 January 1857 he was a lieutenant on gunneryship HMS ''Excellent'' at Portsmouth. He was promoted to Commander on 16 June 1859. On 31 January 1863 he became Commander in HMS ''Trincomalee'', Royal Naval reserve training ship at Sunderland on 23 July 1866 he commander a cruiser under commissioning at Portsmouth, and on 10 August 1866 became Commander in HMS ''Helicon'' of the Channel squadron. He retired from the navy as a captain and in 1881 was living at The Grove, Alverstoke, Hampshire with his wife Mary Ann. He was a JP. At the 1885 general election Field was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne. He was by this time a Rear Admiral and spoke on naval matters in parliament. He held his seat until he stood down at the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Eastbourne By-election
The 1932 Eastbourne by-election was a by-election held on 28 April 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex. The by-election was caused by the death of the town's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Edward Marjoribanks, who had held the seat since the 1929 general election. The Conservative candidate, John Slater, was returned unopposed. References * * See also * List of United Kingdom by-elections * Eastbourne constituency * 1925 Eastbourne by-election The 1925 Eastbourne by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne, Sussex on 17 June 1925. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation on 25 May of the town's Unionist Party M ... * 1935 Eastbourne by-election * 1990 Eastbourne by-election {{By-elections to the 36th UK Parliament By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in East Sussex constituencies 1932 elections in the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative Politician)
Edward Marjoribanks (14 February 1900 – 2 April 1932) was a barrister and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Marjoribanks was educated at Eton and Oxford, subsequently being called to the bar. At the 1929 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne in East Sussex, and held the seat at the 1931 general election. He died in office on 2 April 1932, committing suicide by shooting himself in the chest while in the billiard room of his stepfather, Lord Hailsham's house in Sussex. He had been jilted for a second time.Cullen, Pamela V., ''A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams'', London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, Marjoribanks had just completed the first volume of a planned three-volume account of the trials of Sir Edward Carson; his last chapter being the George Archer-Shee case. The work was finished by another author. At the resulting 1932 Eastbourne by-election, the Conservative candidate John Slater wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 United Kingdom General Election The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 30 May 1929 and resulted in a hung parliament. It stands as the fourth of six instances under the secret ballot, and the first of three under universal suffrage, in which a party has lost on the popular vote but won the highest number (known as "a plurality") of seats versus all other parties (the others are 1874, January 1910, December 1910, 1951 and February 1974). In 1929, Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party won the most seats in the House of Commons for the first time. The Liberal Party led again by former Prime Minister David Lloyd George regained some ground lost in the 1924 general election and held the balance of power. Parliament was dissolved on 10 May. The election was often referred to as the "Flapper Election", because it was the first in which women aged 21–29 had the right to vote (owing to the Representation of the People Act 1928). (Women over 30 had been able to vote since the 1918 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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