East Cheshire was a parliamentary constituency which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Elections were held using the bloc vote system.
Under the Reform Act 1867,[1] the Parliamentary County of Cheshire was divided into three 2-member constituencies.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885,[3] the three 2-member seats were abolished and re-divided into eight single-member constituencies: Altrincham, Crewe, Eddisbury, Hyde, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Northwich and Wirral.
[4][5] Egerton's death caused a by-election.