West Essex (UK Parliament constituency)

West Essex
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Essex
1868–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Saffron Walden and Chelmsford
Created from	North Essex

West Essex, formally known as the Western Division of Essex was a parliamentary constituency in the English county of Essex. From 1868 to 1885, it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, using the bloc vote system of election.

It was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election as one of three compass-point divisions of Essex, complementing the borough seats; the South seat remained largely untouched and the North Essex seat which was abolished was chiefly divided into East and West.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1867, the constituency covered the hundreds of Freshwell, Uttlesford, Clavering, Dunmow, Harlow, Waltham, Ongar, and Chelmsford. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 the seat, West Essex, was abolished.

The constituency was represented throughout its existence by the same two MPs, both of whom were Conservatives.

At the 1868 general election and the 1874 general election, the two Conservative Party candidates were returned unopposed: Lord Eustace Cecil and Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson.

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