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.
East Essex was created by the Reform Act 1867 for the 1868 general election as one of three two-member divisions of Essex (East, South and West), replacing the two divisions which had been created by the Reform Act 1832 (Northern and Southern).
The place for "holding of courts for election of members" from 1867 became Braintree under the 1867 Act.
[1] The boundaries were defined as: See map on Vision of Britain website.
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