Rye (UK Parliament constituency)

From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye itself was transferred to the redrawn Hastings constituency.

1885–1918: The Municipal Boroughs of Hastings and Rye, the Sessional Divisions of Battle, Burwash, Frant, Hastings, and Rye, the ancient town of Winchelsea, and the Liberty of the Sluice and Petit Iham.

[19] Mackinnon was unseated when his election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating, causing a by-election.

[21] £220 was left behind a sofa cushion at the Red Lion to pay for a dinner.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;