List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
This is a list of former parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition. It includes UK parliamentary constituencies that have been abolished, including those that were later recreated, but does not include constituencies that were merely renamed.
The date of creation of a constituency, in some cases, goes back to English and Welsh seats in the Parliament of England and the Scottish constituencies in the Parliament of Great Britain.
In some cases, constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons first received a summons to send representatives to Parliament at a date considerably earlier than the date after which they consistently received a summons. These cases are indicated in a note.
No account is taken, in this article, of the temporary redistribution of constituencies used for the First and Second Protectorate Parliaments in the 1650s. See First Protectorate Parliament for a list of those constituencies.
Constituencies abolished in 2024
- Aberavon
- Aberconwy
- Angus
- Arfon
- Argyll and Bute
- Banff and Buchan
- Barnsley Central
- Barnsley East
- Batley and Spen
- Beckenham
- Belfast South
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Bethnal Green and Bow
- Birmingham Hall Green
- Birmingham Hodge Hill
- Blackley and Broughton
- Blackpool North and Cleveleys
- Blaenau Gwent
- Blaydon
- Blyth Valley
- Bolton South East
- Bosworth
- Brecon and Radnorshire
- Brent Central
- Brent North
- Bridgwater and West Somerset
- Brigg and Goole
- Brighton Kemptown
- Bristol West
- Broadland
- Bromley and Chislehurst
- Buckingham
- Burton
- Bury St Edmunds
- Camberwell and Peckham
- Cardiff Central
- Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
- Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
- Ceredigion
- Charnwood
- City of Chester
- Cleethorpes
- Clwyd South
- Clwyd West
- Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
- Copeland
- Corby
- Coventry North East
- Croydon Central
- Croydon North
- Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
- Cynon Valley
- Delyn
- Denton and Reddish
- Devizes
- Dewsbury
- Don Valley
- Dover
- Dudley North
- Dudley South
- Dundee East
- Dundee West
- Dunfermline and West Fife
- East Devon
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
- East Lothian
- East Yorkshire
- Eddisbury
- Edinburgh East
- Edmonton
- Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Elmet and Rothwell
- Eltham
- Enfield Southgate
- Fareham
- Garston and Halewood
- Gateshead
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow North West
- Glenrothes
- Gordon
- Grantham and Stamford
- Great Grimsby
- Halesowen and Rowley Regis
- Haltemprice and Howden
- Halton
- Hammersmith
- Hampstead and Kilburn
- Harborough
- Hemsworth
- Henley
- Heywood and Middleton
- Hitchin and Harpenden
- Hornsey and Wood Green
- Hove
- Inverclyde
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
- Isle of Wight
- Islwyn
- Jarrow
- Keighley
- Kensington
- Kingston upon Hull North
- Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
- Kingswood
- Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
- Lanark and Hamilton East
- Lancaster and Fleetwood
- Leeds Central
- Leeds West
- Leigh
- Lewisham Deptford
- Lewisham West and Penge
- Linlithgow and East Falkirk
- Ludlow
- Luton South
- Maidstone and The Weald
- Manchester Gorton
- Meon Valley
- Meriden
- Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
- Mid Worcestershire
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes South
- Mole Valley
- Monmouth
- Montgomeryshire
- Moray
- Morley and Outwood
- Motherwell and Wishaw
- Neath
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central
- Newcastle upon Tyne East
- Newport West
- Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
- North East Bedfordshire
- North East Somerset
- North Swindon
- North Thanet
- North Tyneside
- North Warwickshire
- North West Durham
- North Wiltshire
- Nottingham North
- Ochil and South Perthshire
- Ogmore
- Oldham West and Royton
- Pendle
- Penrith and The Border
- Perth and North Perthshire
- Preseli Pembrokeshire
- Pudsey
- Reading East
- Reading West
- Rhondda
- Richmond (Yorks)
- Rochford and Southend East
- Ross, Skye and Lochaber
- Rutherglen and Hamilton West
- Rutland and Melton
- Saffron Walden
- Salford and Eccles
- Sedgefield
- Selby and Ainsty
- Sherwood
- Shrewsbury and Atcham
- Solihull
- Somerton and Frome
- South East Cambridgeshire
- South Staffordshire
- South Swindon
- South Thanet
- South West Bedfordshire
- South West Surrey
- Southend West
- Stirling
- Stockton South
- Stone
- Streatham
- Swansea East
- Taunton Deane
- The Cotswolds
- Tiverton and Honiton
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Torridge and West Devon
- Totnes
- Vale of Clwyd
- Vauxhall
- Wakefield
- Walsall North
- Walsall South
- Wansbeck
- Wantage
- Warley
- Washington and Sunderland West
- Waveney
- Wealden
- Weaver Vale
- Wellingborough
- Wells
- Wentworth and Dearne
- West Bromwich East
- West Bromwich West
- West Ham
- Westminster North
- Wirral South
- Wolverhampton South West
- Workington
- Worsley and Eccles
- Wyre and Preston North
Constituencies abolished in 2010
Created | Notes | |
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Barnsley West and Penistone | 1983 | |
Barnsley East and Mexborough | 1997 | |
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | 1997 | |
Blackpool North and Fleetwood | 1997 | |
Bradford North | 1918 | |
Brent East | 1974 | |
Brent South | 1974 | |
Eccles | 1885 | |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 1997 | |
Kensington and Chelsea | 1997 | |
Knowsley North and Sefton East | 1997 | |
Lancaster and Wyre | 1997 | |
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | 1983 | |
Normanton | 1885 | |
Poplar and Canning Town | 1997 | |
Rugby and Kenilworth | 1983 | |
Sheffield Hillsborough | 1918 | |
Tyne Bridge | 1983 | |
Vale of York | 1997 |
Constituencies abolished in 2005
The Scottish UK Parliamentary constituencies were reorganised following the creation of the Scottish Parliament, in order to remove the traditional over-representation put in place to compensate for the lack of national representation.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdeen Central | 1997 | |
Ayr | 1950 | |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 1983 | Divided between Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock and Central Ayrshire |
Coatbridge and Chryston | 1997 | |
Clydebank and Milngavie | 1983 | |
Clydesdale | 1983 | |
Cunninghame North | 1983 | |
Cunninghame South | 1983 | |
Dumbarton | 1983 | Divided between Dunbartonshire West and Argyll and Bute |
Dumfriesshire | 1708 | |
Dunfermline East | 1983 | |
Dunfermline West | 1983 | |
Eastwood | 1983 | |
Edinburgh Central | 1885 | |
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 1997 | |
Edinburgh Pentlands | 1950 | |
Falkirk East | 1983 | |
Falkirk West | 1983 | |
Fife Central | 1974 | |
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 1983 | |
Glasgow Anniesland | 1997 | |
Glasgow Baillieston | 1997 | |
Glasgow Cathcart | 1918 | |
Glasgow Govan | 1885 | |
Glasgow Kelvin | 1997 | |
Glasgow Maryhill | 1918 | |
Glasgow Pollok | 1918 | |
Glasgow Rutherglen | 1918 | Rutherglen 1918 to 1983 Glasgow Rutherglen 1983 to 2005 |
Glasgow Shettleston | 1918 | |
Glasgow Springburn | 1918 | |
Greenock and Inverclyde | 1997 | |
Hamilton North and Bellshill | 1997 | |
Hamilton South | 1997 | |
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 1983 | |
Kirkcaldy | 1832 | |
Linlithgow | 1708 | Linlithgowshire 1708 to 1945 West Lothian 1945 to 1983 Linlithgow 1983 to 2005 |
Paisley North | 1983 | |
Paisley South | 1983 | |
Perth | 1997 | |
Renfrewshire West (1997 to 2005) | 1997 | Second creation. First abolished in 1983 |
Ross, Skye and Inverness West | 1997 | |
Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 1983 |
Constituencies abolished in 1997
The Boundary Commissions' Fourth Periodical Review was completed in 1995. It recommended various changes, although most of the abolitions resulting from these took place in Scotland.
Created | Notes | |
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East Angus | 1983 | Northern half merged with Tayside North and coastal half renamed Angus |
Boothferry | 1983 | Southern section merged with Glanford and Scunthorpe to create Brigg and Goole, middle section merged with southern half of Beverley to create Haltemprice and Howden, northern section merged with northern Bridlington to create East Yorkshire |
Bow and Poplar | 1983 | |
Bridlington | 1950 | Majority incorporated into new Beverley and Holderness seat. |
Caithness and Sutherland | 1918 | Merged with part of Ross, Cromarty and Skye to form Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Carmarthen | 1542 | |
Chelmsford | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Chelsea | 1868 | |
Chertsey and Walton | 1974 | |
Cirencester and Tewkesbury | 1918 | Divided into Tewkesbury and Cotswold |
Clackmannan | 1983 | Merged with southern parts of Perth and Kinross to form Ochil |
Clwyd North West | 1983 | |
Colchester North | 1983 | Split into Essex North and Colchester |
Colchester South and Maldon | 1983 | Rural parts merged with half of Chelmsford to create Maldon and Chelmsford East, remainder becoming part of Colchester |
Coventry South East | 1974 | |
Coventry South West | 1974 | |
Croydon North East | 1955 | |
Croydon North West | 1955 | |
Dudley East | 1974 | |
Dudley West | 1974 | |
East Berkshire | 1983 | |
East Lindsey | 1983 | |
Fulham (1955 to 1997) | 1955 | Second creation. First abolished in 1918 |
Glasgow Garscadden | 1974 | Replaced by Glasgow Anniesland |
Glasgow Central | 1885 | Recreated 2005 |
Glasgow Hillhead | 1918 | Replaced by Glasgow Kelvin |
Glasgow Provan | 1955 | |
Gloucestershire West | 1950 | Second creation. First abolished 1885 Replaced by Forest of Dean |
Hamilton | 1918 | Most of constituency became Hamilton South, remainder merged with Motherwell South to become Hamilton North and Bellshill |
Hendon North | 1945 | |
Hendon South | 1945 | |
Holland with Boston | 1918 | Replaced by Boston and Skegness and South Holland and The Deepings |
Kincardine and Deeside | 1983 | Replaced by West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
Langbaurgh | 1983 | Succeeded by Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland |
Littleborough and Saddleworth | 1983 | |
Liverpool Broadgreen | 1983 | |
Liverpool Mossley Hill | 1983 | |
Mid Staffordshire | 1983 | |
Monklands East | 1983 | |
Monklands West | 1983 | |
Motherwell North | 1983 | |
Motherwell South | 1983 | Most of constituency became part of Hamilton North and Bellshill |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East | 1918 | Revived in 2010 |
New Forest | 1885 | New Forest and Christchurch from 1918 until 1950. Replaced by New Forest East and New Forest West. |
Newham North East | 1974 | All of the constituency became part of East Ham |
Newham North West | 1974 | All of the constituency became part of West Ham |
Newham South | 1974 | Bulk of constituency split between East Ham and West Ham with a small part going into Poplar and Canning Town |
Norwood | 1885 | |
North Bedfordshire | 1983 | |
North Hertfordshire | 1983 | |
North West Surrey | 1974 | Succeeded by Surrey Heath |
Plymouth Drake (1974 to 1997) | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1918 to 1950 |
Ravensbourne | 1974 | |
Richmond and Barnes | 1983 | Enlarged and renamed Richmond Park |
Ross, Cromarty and Skye | 1983 | Replaced by Ross, Skye and Inverness West |
Salford East | 1950 | Enlarged and renamed Salford |
South East Staffordshire | 1983 | Effectively renamed Tamworth |
Southend East | 1950 | Became Rochford and Southend East |
South Hams | 1983 | |
South West Cambridgeshire | 1983 | |
South West Clwyd | 1983 | |
South Worcestershire | 1950 | |
Swindon | 1918 | Split to form Swindon North and Swindon South |
Wallsend | 1918 | Lost its eponymous town with most of the remainder becoming North Tyneside |
Wanstead and Woodford | 1964 | |
Warley East | 1974 | Merged with half of Warley West to become Warley |
Warley West | 1974 | Split between Warley and Halesowen and Rowley Regis |
West Hertfordshire | 1983 | succeeded by Hemel Hempstead |
Westminster North | 1983 | Recreated at the 2010 general election |
Worthing | 1945 |
Constituencies abolished in 1992
Due to the rapid expansion, the town of Milton Keynes, the Boundary Commission for England exceptionally recommended in 1990, between reviews, that it should be divided between two new constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Milton Keynes | 1983 | Split between Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes |
Constituencies abolished in 1983
The Boundary Commissions' Third Periodical Review was completed in 1983, fourteen years after the previous review. It proposed wider changes than the two earlier reviews and abolished a large number of constituencies, although many constituencies were simply renamed to conform to local government districts created in 1974.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdare | 1918 | |
Aberdeenshire East | 1950 | |
Aberdeenshire West | 1950 | Replaced by Kincardine and Deeside |
Abertillery | 1918 | |
Accrington | 1885 | |
North Angus and Mearns | 1950 | |
South Angus | 1950 | |
Argyll | 1708 | Argyllshire 1708 to 1950 Argyll 1950 to 1983 |
Armagh | 1922 | Split between Newry and Armagh and Upper Bann |
Central Ayrshire | 1950 | Became Cunninghame South but recreated in 2005 |
South Ayrshire | 1868 | Renamed Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
Banffshire | 1708 | Merged into Moray and Banff and Buchan |
Barkston Ash | 1885 | |
Barnsley | 1885 | Split into Barnsley Central, Barnsley East and Barnsley West and Penistone |
Barry | 1950 | Most of the constituency became Vale of Glamorgan |
Batley and Morley | 1918 | |
Battersea North | 1918 | Merged (minus some of Battersea South, which went into Tooting) to form Battersea |
Battersea South | 1918 | |
Bebington and Ellesmere Port | 1974 | |
Bedford | 1295 | |
Bedwellty | 1918 | |
Beeston | 1974 | Replaced by Broxtowe |
Belper | 1918 | |
Bermondsey | 1885 | |
Berwick and East Lothian | 1950 | |
Birmingham Stechford | 1950 | |
Bodmin | 1295 | Became North Cornwall |
Bolton East | 1950 | |
Bothwell | 1918 | |
Brigg and Scunthorpe | 1974 | |
Brighouse and Spenborough | 1950 | |
Bristol North East | 1950 | |
Bristol South East | 1950 | |
Bromsgrove and Redditch | 1974 | |
Bury and Radcliffe | 1950 | |
Bute and North Ayrshire | 1918 | Split between Argyll and Bute and Cunninghame North |
Cambridgeshire | 1918 | First creation 1290-1885 |
Cardiff North West | 1974 | |
Cardiff South East | 1950 | |
Carlton | 1950 | |
Chester-le-Street | 1885 | |
Christchurch and Lymington | 1974 | |
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | 1885 | |
Cleveland and Whitby | 1974 | |
Clitheroe | 1559 | |
Coatbridge and Airdrie | 1950 | |
Colchester | 1295 | |
Consett | 1918 | |
Dunbartonshire Central | 1974 | |
Darwen | 1885 | |
Dearne Valley | 1950 | |
Denbigh | 1542 | |
Doncaster | 1885 | |
Dorking | 1950 | Succeeded by Mole Valley |
Dover and Deal | 1974 | |
Dunfermline | 1918 | |
East Dunbartonshire | 1950 | Revived in 2005 |
East Grinstead | 1885 | Second creation. First abolished in 1832 |
East Hertfordshire | 1955 | |
Ebbw Vale | 1918 | |
Edinburgh North | 1918 | |
Essex South East | 1955 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1945 Replaced by Castle Point |
Eton and Slough | 1945 | |
Eye | 1571 | Replaced by Central Suffolk |
Farnham | 1918 | Succeeded by Surrey South West |
Farnworth | 1885 | |
Fife East | 1885 | |
Flintshire East | 1950 | |
Flintshire West | 1950 | |
Fylde North | 1950 | |
Fylde South | 1950 | |
Gateshead West | 1950 | |
Glasgow Craigton | 1955 | |
Glasgow Kelvingrove | 1918 | |
Glasgow Queen's Park | 1974 | |
Gloucestershire South | 1950 | |
Goole | 1950 | |
Gravesend | 1868 | |
Hackney Central | 1885 | Abolished 1950-1955 |
Haltemprice | 1950 | |
Hammersmith North | 1918 | Replaced by Hammersmith |
Hampstead | 1885 | |
Handsworth | 1885 | |
Harrow Central | 1950 | |
Hemel Hempstead | 1918 | Renamed West Hertfordshire Revived 1997 |
Hitchin | 1885 | |
Holborn and St Pancras South | 1950 | |
Horncastle | 1885 | |
Hornsey | 1885 | Western part went to Finchley in 1918. |
Horsham and Crawley | 1974 | Split into Horsham and Crawley |
Howden | 1955 | |
Huddersfield East | 1950 | |
Huddersfield West | 1950 | |
Huntingdonshire | 1918 | First creation 1290-1885 |
Huyton | 1950 | |
Ilkeston | 1885 | |
Ince | 1885 | |
Isle of Ely | 1918 | Succeeded by North East Cambridgeshire |
Islington Central | 1974 | |
Kidderminster | 1832 | Succeeded by Wyre Forest |
Kilmarnock | 1918 | Merged into Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
Kingston upon Hull Central | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1955 |
Kinross and Western | 1918 | |
Knutsford | 1885 | |
Lambeth Central | 1974 | |
Lanark | 1918 | Second creation. First creation 1708 to 1832 |
Leeds South | 1885 | |
Leeds South East | 1918 | |
Leek | 1885 | Succeeded by Staffordshire Moorlands |
Lichfield and Tamworth | 1950 | |
Liverpool Edge Hill | 1918 | |
Liverpool Kirkdale | 1885 | |
Liverpool Scotland Exchange | 1974 | |
Liverpool Toxteth | 1950 | |
Liverpool Wavertree | 1918 | Revived in 1997 |
Louth (Lincolnshire) | 1885 | |
Lowestoft | 1885 | |
Luton East | 1974 | |
Luton West | 1974 | |
Maldon | 1332 | Recreated in 2010 |
Manchester Ardwick | 1918 | |
Manchester Moss Side | 1918 | |
Manchester Openshaw | 1955 | |
Melton | 1885 | |
Middleton and Prestwich | 1918 | |
Mid Oxfordshire | 1974 | |
Moray and Nairn | 1918 | Split into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber. |
Morpeth | 1553 | |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 1974 | Split into Motherwell North and Motherwell South. Revived in 1997. |
Nantwich | 1955 | |
Nelson and Colne | 1918 | |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne West | 1918 | |
Newport (Monmouthshire) | 1918 | Split into Newport East and Newport West. |
Newton (Lancashire) | 1885 | Second creation. First abolished in 1832 |
North Lanarkshire | 1918 | Second creation. First creation 1868 to 1885 |
North Somerset | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918, recreated in 2010 |
Northwich | 1885 | |
Nottingham West | 1885 | |
Oldham East | 1950 | |
Ormskirk | 1885 | |
Oswestry | 1885 | |
Oxford | 1295 | Split into Oxford West and Abingdon and Oxford East. |
Paddington | 1974 | |
Paisley | 1832 | Split into Paisley North and Paisley South. |
Penistone | 1918 | |
Petersfield | 1547 | First represented 1307 |
Pontypool | 1918 | |
Preston North | 1950 | |
Preston South | 1950 | |
Reading North | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1950 to 1955 |
Reading South | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1950 to 1955 |
Renfrewshire East | 1885 | Revived 2005 |
Ripon | 1530 | First represented 1295 |
Rochester and Chatham | 1950 | |
Rugby | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Runcorn | 1950 | |
Ross and Cromarty | 1832 | |
Rye | 1955 | Second creation. First abolished in 1950 |
St Helens | 1885 | Split into St Helens North and St Helens South |
St Marylebone | 1918 | |
St Pancras North | 1885 | |
Salford West | 1885 | |
Sheffield Park | 1918 | Replaced by Sheffield Central |
Shrewsbury | 1290 | |
Sidcup | 1974 | |
South Bedfordshire | 1950 | |
South East Derbyshire | 1950 | |
South Hertfordshire | 1974 | |
South West Staffordshire | 1974 | |
Sowerby | 1885 | |
Stepney and Poplar | 1974 | |
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth | 1974 | |
Stockport North | 1950 | Merged to form Stockport |
Stockport South | 1950 | Merged to form Stockport (UK Parliament constituency) |
Stockton | 1950 | |
Sudbury and Woodbridge | 1950 | |
Thanet East | 1974 | |
Thanet West | 1974 | |
Thirsk and Malton | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Thornaby | 1974 | |
Totnes | 1885 | Second creation. First abolished 1868 Revived again in 1997 |
Warrington | 1832 | Split into Warrington North and Warrington South |
West Devon | 1974 | |
West Dunbartonshire | 1950 | Replaced by Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency), recreated 2005 |
Westhoughton | 1885 | |
West Lothian | 1945 | Split into Livingston and Linlithgow |
West Stirlingshire | 1945 | |
Whitehaven | 1832 | Replaced by Copeland |
Widnes | 1885 | Replaced by Halton |
Wirral | 1885 | Split into Wirral South and Wirral West |
Wood Green | 1918 | |
Woolwich East | 1918 | Reunited to form Woolwich |
Woolwich West | 1918 |
Constituencies abolished in 1974
The Boundary Commissions' Second Periodical Review was completed in 1969, but not implemented until the February 1974 election. Many of the constituencies it abolished were in inner city areas, which were losing population.
Created | Notes | |
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Arundel and Shoreham | 1950 | Split into Arundel and Shoreham |
Barons Court | 1955 | Divided between Fulham and Hammersmith North |
Bexley | 1945 | |
Billericay | 1950 | Revived 1983–2010 |
Bilston | 1918 | |
Birmingham All Saints | 1955 | |
Birmingham Aston | 1918 | |
Bradford East | 1885 | Revived 2010 |
Brierley Hill | 1950 | |
Bristol Central | 1918 | |
Brixton | 1885 | |
Bromley | 1918 | |
Chigwell | 1955 | |
Clapham | 1885 | |
Coventry East | 1945 | |
Coventry North | 1950 | |
Coventry South | 1950 | Revived 1997 |
Croydon South | 1955 | largely renamed Croydon Central, new Croydon South created further south |
Dudley | 1832 | Split into Dudley East and Dudley West. |
Ealing South | 1950 | |
East Ham North | 1918 | |
East Ham South | 1918 | |
Enfield East | 1950 | |
Enfield West | 1950 | |
Epping | 1885 | |
Fife West | 1885 | |
Glasgow Bridgeton | 1885 | |
Glasgow Gorbals | 1918 | |
Glasgow Woodside | 1950 | |
Heston and Isleworth | 1945 | |
Islington East | 1885 | |
Islington Southwest | 1950 | |
Kensington North | 1885 | |
Kensington South | 1885 | |
King's Lynn | 1298 | |
Kingston upon Hull North | 1950 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull North. Revived 1983 |
Leicester North East | 1950 | Reformed as Leicester East, Leicester South and Leicester West |
Leicester North West | 1950 | |
Leicester South East | 1950 | |
Leicester South West | 1950 | |
Lewisham North | 1950 | |
Lewisham South | 1950 | |
Luton | 1885 | Split into Luton East and Luton West |
Manchester Cheetham | 1950 | |
Manchester Exchange | 1918 | |
Merton and Morden | 1950 | |
Middlesbrough East | 1918 | |
Middlesbrough West | 1918 | |
Norfolk Central | 1950 | |
Northampton | 1295 | Split into Northampton North and Northampton South |
Nottingham Central | 1918 | |
Nottingham South | 1885 | Revived 1983 |
Paddington North | 1885 | Merged into Paddington |
Paddington South | 1885 | |
Poplar | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
Portsmouth Langstone | 1950 | |
Portsmouth West | 1950 | |
Reading | 1955 | First creation 1295-1950 |
Rhondda East | 1918 | |
Rhondda West | 1918 | |
Rowley Regis and Tipton | 1950 | |
Sedgefield | 1918 | Revived 1983 |
Smethwick | 1918 | |
South Buckinghamshire | 1950 | |
South Northamptonshire | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1832 to 1918 |
Southwark | 1950 | First creation 1295-1885 |
Tavistock | 1330 | First represented 1295 |
Torquay | 1885 | |
Torrington | 1950 | |
Walthamstow East | 1918 | Merged into Walthamstow |
Walthamstow West | 1918 | |
Wandsworth Central | 1918 | |
Wednesbury | 1868 | |
Wembley North | 1945 | |
Wembley South | 1945 | |
West Bromwich | 1885 | Split into West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West. |
West Ham North | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
West Ham South | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
Willesden East | 1918 | |
Willesden West | 1918 |
Constituencies abolished in 1955
The Boundary Commissions completed their First Periodical Reviews in 1954, as required by the 1944 act. These reviews controversially recommended further abolitions and creations, including the abolition of some constituencies created only in 1950.
Created | Notes | |
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Beverley | 1950 | First creation 1563–1870; Third creation 1983-97 |
Birmingham Erdington | 1918 | Revived 1974 |
Blackburn East | 1950 | Reunited as Blackburn |
Blackburn West | 1950 | |
Bradford Central | 1885 | |
Broxtowe | 1918 | Revived 1983 |
Croydon East | 1950 | |
Croydon North | 1918 | |
Croydon West | 1950 | |
Droylsden | 1950 | |
Fulham East | 1918 | Divided between Fulham and Barons Court |
Fulham West | 1918 | |
King's Norton | 1918 | |
Glasgow Camlachie | 1885 | |
Glasgow Tradeston | 1885 | |
Hackney South | 1885 | |
Hammersmith South | 1918 | |
Kingston upon Hull Central | 1885 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull Central. Revived 1974-1983 |
Leeds Central | 1885 | Revived 1983 |
Leeds North | 1885 | |
Manchester Clayton | 1918 | |
Midlothian and Peebles | 1950 | |
Nottingham East (1950 to 1955) | 1885 | Revived 1974 |
Nottingham North West | 1950 | |
Reading North (1950 to 1955) | 1950 | Revived 1974 to 1983 |
Reading South (1950 to 1955) | 1950 | Revived 1974 to 1983 |
Sheffield Neepsend | 1950 | |
Walsall | 1832 | Split into Walsall North and Walsall South |
Constituencies abolished in 1950
The Boundary Commissions completed their Initial Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in 1947. This recommended a number of changes in order that the populations of constituencies ordinarily varied no more than 25% from an electoral quota.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdeen and Kincardine East | 1918 | |
Aberdeen and Kincardine Central | 1918 | |
Antrim | 1922 | Second creation. First creation 1801 to 1885 Split into Antrim North and Antrim South |
Ayr District of Burghs | 1708 | Components, as defined 1918, merged into Ayr, Bute and North Ayrshire and Central Ayrshire |
Balham and Tooting | 1918 | |
Barnard Castle | 1885 | Divided between Bishop Auckland and Durham North West |
Barnstaple | 1295 | |
Bermondsey West | 1918 | |
Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire | 1918 | Renamed Berwickshire and East Lothian 1950-74 and Berwick and East Lothian 1974-83 |
Bethnal Green North East | 1885 | |
Bethnal Green South West | 1885 | |
Bewdley | 1605 | |
Birkenhead East | 1918 | |
Birkenhead West | 1918 | |
Birmingham Acock's Green | 1945 | |
Birmingham Deritend | 1918 | |
Birmingham Duddeston | 1918 | |
Birmingham West | 1885 | |
Blackburn | 1832 | Second creation from 1955 |
Bolton | 1832 | |
Bournemouth | 1918 | |
Bow and Bromley | 1885 | |
Brighton | 1832 | |
Bristol East | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Bristol North | 1885 | |
Bucklow | 1945 | |
Buckrose | 1885 | Divided between Bridlington and Beverley |
Burslem | 1918 | |
Bury | 1832 | Replaced by Bury and Radcliffe. |
Caernarvonshire | 1918 | First creation 1542-1885 |
Camberwell North | 1885 | |
Camberwell North West | 1918 | |
Cambridge University | 1604 | |
Cardiff Central | 1918 | Second creation from 1983 |
Cardiff East | 1918 | |
Cardiff South | 1918 | |
Clay Cross | 1918 | |
Combined English Universities | 1918 | |
Combined Scottish Universities | 1918 | |
Coventry West | 1945 | |
Croydon South | 1918 | Second creation from 1955 |
Daventry | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Derby | 1295 | |
Down | 1922 | Second creation. First creation from 1801 to 1885 Split into Down North and Down South |
Dumbarton Burghs | 1918 | Split between Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West. |
Dunbartonshire | 1708 | Split between Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West |
Dundee | 1832 | Split into Dundee East and Dundee West. |
Ealing East | 1945 | |
Ealing West | 1945 | |
East Dorset | 1885 | |
East Toxteth | 1885 | |
Eddisbury | 1885 | Second creation 1983 |
Elland | 1885 | A large part went to the new Brighouse and Spenborough constituency |
Enfield | 1885 | Split into Enfield East and Enfield West. |
Essex South East | 1885 | Revived 1955-1983 |
Evesham | 1604 | First represented 1295. |
Fermanagh and Tyrone | 1922 | Divided between Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Mid Ulster |
Flintshire | 1542 | Split into Flintshire East and Flintshire West |
Forest of Dean | 1885 | Second creation 1997 |
Forfarshire | 1708 | Divided between South Angus and Angus North and Mearns (both abolished 1983) |
Frome | 1832 | |
Fylde | 1918 | Divided between Fylde North, Fylde South, Preston North, Preston South and Clitheroe A new Fylde was created in 1983 |
Gateshead | 1832 | Split into Gateshead East and Gateshead West |
Glasgow Partick | 1918 | |
Glasgow St Rollox | 1885 | |
Hackney Central | 1885 | Second creation 1955-83 |
Hackney North | 1885 | |
Hanley | 1885 | |
Holderness | 1885 | |
Howdenshire | 1885 | |
Huddersfield | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
Islington South | 1885 | |
Islington West | 1885 | |
Kennington | 1885 | |
Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West | 1918 | |
Kingston upon Hull North West | 1918 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull North West |
Kingston upon Hull South West | 1918 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull South West |
Kingswinford | 1885 | |
Lambeth North | 1885 | |
Leicester East | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Leicester South | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Leicester West | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Lewisham East | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Leyton East | 1918 | |
Leyton West | 1918 | |
Limehouse | 1885 | |
Liverpool Everton | 1885 | |
Liverpool Fairfield | 1918 | |
Liverpool West Toxteth | 1885 | |
Llandaff and Barry | 1918 | |
London City (of) | 1298 | Merged into Cities of London and Westminster |
London University | 1868 | |
Lonsdale | 1918 | Divided between Morecambe and Lonsdale and Lancaster |
Manchester Hulme | 1918 | |
Manchester Platting | 1918 | |
Manchester Rusholme | 1918 | |
Montrose District of Burghs | 1832 | Divided between Angus South and North Angus and Mearns |
Mile End | 1885 | |
Norfolk East | 1885 | First creation 1832-68 |
North Cumberland | 1918 | Merged into Penrith and the Border |
Norwich | 1298 | Split into Norwich North and Norwich South |
Oldham | 1832 | Split into Oldham East and Oldham West |
Oxford University | 1604 | |
Penrith and Cockermouth | 1918 | Divided between Penrith and the Border and Workington |
Penryn and Falmouth | 1832 | Renamed (Penryn from 1547) |
Plaistow | 1918 | |
Plymouth Drake | 1918 | Divided between Plymouth Devonport and Plymouth Sutton. Second creation 1974–97. |
Poplar South | 1918 | |
Portsmouth Central | 1918 | |
Portsmouth North (1918 to 1950) | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Preston | 1529 | First represented 1295. Split into Preston North and Preston South. Reunited 1983 |
Queen's University Belfast | 1918 | |
Reading | 1295 | Split into Reading North and Reading South. Reunited 1955-74 |
Rotherhithe | 1885 | |
Rothwell | 1918 | |
Royton | 1918 | |
Rye | 1366 | Second creation 1955-83 |
St Pancras South East | 1918 | |
St Pancras South West | 1918 | |
Salford North | 1885 | |
Salford South | 1885 | |
Seaham | 1918 | |
Sheffield Central | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Sheffield Ecclesall | 1885 | |
Silvertown | 1918 | |
South Derbyshire | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
Southend | 1918 | Split into Southend West and Southend East. |
Southampton | 1295 | |
South Molton | 1885 | |
Southwark Central | 1918 | |
Southwark North | 1918 | |
Southwark South East | 1918 | |
Spennymoor | 1918 | |
Spen Valley | 1885 | |
Stockport | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
Stoke | 1918 | |
Stourbridge | 1918 | Second creation in 1997 |
Sunderland | 1832 | |
Thornbury | 1885 | Merged into Stroud and Thornbury |
Tottenham North | 1918 | |
Tottenham South | 1918 | |
University of Wales | 1918 | |
Upton | 1918 | |
Wansbeck | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Waterloo | 1918 | |
Wentworth | 1918 | Second creation from 1983 |
Westminster Abbey | 1918 | Merged into Cities of London and Westminster |
Westminster, St George's | 1918 | Merged into Cities of London and Westminster |
Whitechapel and St George's | 1918 | |
Wolverhampton East | 1885 | |
Wolverhampton West | 1885 |
Constituencies abolished in 1945
The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 established four Boundary Commissions. Their first task was to review the largest constituencies in the country and recommend division as appropriate. Many of these constituencies were in the population growth areas around London.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Blackpool | 1885 | Split into Blackpool North and Blackpool South |
Coventry | 1470 | First represented 1298; Split into Coventry East and |
Ealing | 1885 | Split into Ealing East and Ealing West |
Harrow | 1885 | Split into Harrow East and Harrow West |
Hendon | 1918 | Split into Hendon North and Hendon South. Reunited 1997 |
Ilford | 1918 | Split into Ilford North and Ilford South |
Tamworth | 1563 | Revived 1997; Merged into Lichfield and Tamworth |
Constituencies abolished in 1922
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 provided for a reduced representation from the whole of Ireland. As a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and subsequent legislation, Southern Ireland became the Irish Free State and ceased to have representation in the House of Commons and only the reorganisation of constituencies in Northern Ireland took effect.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Antrim East | 1885 | Merged to form Antrim |
Antrim Mid | 1885 | |
Antrim North | 1885 | |
Antrim South | 1885 | |
Armagh Mid | 1885 | Merged to form Armagh |
Armagh North | 1885 | |
Armagh South | 1885 | |
Belfast Cromac | 1918 | Redistributed between: Belfast North Belfast East Belfast South and Belfast West |
Belfast Duncairn | 1918 | |
Belfast Falls | 1918 | |
Belfast Ormeau | 1918 | |
Belfast Pottinger | 1918 | |
Belfast St Anne's | 1918 | |
Belfast Shankill | 1918 | |
Belfast Victoria | 1918 | |
Belfast Woodvale | 1918 | |
Cavan East | 1885 | Left Union |
Cavan West | 1885 | Left Union |
Clare East | 1885 | Left Union |
Clare West | 1885 | Left Union |
Connemara | 1885 | Left Union |
Cork City | 1801 | Left Union |
County Carlow | 1801 | Left Union |
County Cork East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork Mid | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork North East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork South East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork West | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin North | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Galway East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Galway North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Galway South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Kilkenny North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Kilkenny South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Limerick East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Limerick West | 1885 | Left Union |
County Londonderry North | 1885 | Merged with Londonderry City to form Londondery |
County Londonderry South | 1885 | |
County Sligo North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Sligo South | 1885 | left Union |
County Waterford | 1918 | Second creation - previously 1801–85. Left Union |
County Wexford North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Wexford South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Louth | 1918 | Left Union |
Donegal East | 1885 | Left Union |
Donegal North | 1885 | Left Union |
Donegal South | 1885 | Left Union |
Donegal West | 1885 | Left Union |
Down East | 1885 | Merged to form Down |
Down Mid | 1918 | Merged to form Down. |
Down North | 1885 | Merged to form Down |
Down South | 1885 | |
Down West | 1885 | |
Dublin Clontarf | 1918 | Left Union |
Dublin College Green | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin Harbour | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin St James's | 1918 | Left Union |
Dublin St Michan's | 1918 | Left Union |
Dublin St Patrick's | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin St Stephen's Green | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin University | 1801 | Left Union |
Fermanagh North | 1885 | Merged with Tyrone North-East, Tyrone North-West and Tyrone South to form Fermanagh and Tyrone |
Fermanagh South | 1885 | |
Kerry East | 1885 | Left Union |
Kerry North | 1885 | Left Union |
Kerry South | 1885 | Left Union |
Kerry West | 1885 | Left Union |
Kildare North | 1885 | Left Union |
Kildare South | 1885 | Left Union |
King's County | 1918 | Second creation - previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Leitrim | 1918 | Second creation - previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Limerick City | 1801 | Left Union |
Londonderry City | 1801 | Merged with County Londonderry North and County Londonderry South to form Londondery |
Longford | 1918 | Second creation - previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Mayo East | 1885 | Left Union |
Mayo North | 1885 | Left Union |
Mayo South | 1885 | Left Union |
Mayo West | 1885 | Left Union |
Meath North | 1885 | Left Union |
Meath South | 1885 | Left Union |
Monaghan North | 1885 | Left Union |
Monaghan South | 1885 | Left Union |
National University of Ireland | 1918 | Left Union |
Pembroke (Co Dublin) | 1918 | Left Union |
Queen's County | 1918 | Second creation - previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Rathmines | 1918 | Left Union |
Roscommon North | 1885 | Left Union |
Roscommon South | 1885 | Left Union |
Tipperary East | 1885 | Left Union |
Tipperary Mid | 1885 | Left Union |
Tipperary South | 1885 | Left Union |
Tyrone North-East | 1918 | Merged with Fermanagh North and Fermanagh South to form Fermanagh and Tyrone |
Tyrone North-West | 1918 | |
Tyrone South | 1885 | |
Waterford City | 1801 | Left Union |
Westmeath | 1918 | Second creation - previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Wicklow East | 1885 | Left Union |
Wicklow West | 1885 | Left Union |
Constituencies abolished in 1918
The Representation of the People Act 1918, in addition to finally enfranchising women, provided for a redistribution of seats with the aim of equalising electorates, particularly where these had changed significantly since 1885. Many smaller seats were abolished while some larger ones were divided.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Aberdeenshire Eastern | 1868 | Divided between Aberdeen and Kincardine East and Aberdeen and Kincardine Central (both abolished 1950) |
Aberdeenshire Western | 1868 | Divided between Aberdeen and Kincardine Central, Aberdeen and Kincardine East and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West (all abolished 1950) |
Andover | 1586 | First represented in 1295 |
Appleby | 1295 | Merged into Westmorland |
Arfon | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Ashburton | 1885 | Second creation. Previously 1640–1868. |
Aston Manor | 1885 | |
Ayrshire North | 1868 | Divided between Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock |
Battersea | 1885 | Divided between Battersea North and Battersea South A new Battersea was created 1983 |
Belfast East | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Belfast North | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Belfast South | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Belfast West | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Bermondsey | 1885 | Split into Rotherhithe and Bermondsey West Later reunited. |
Biggleswade | 1885 | |
Birkenhead | 1861 | Split into Birkenhead East and Birkenhead West Reunited 1950 |
Birmingham Bordesley | 1885 | |
Birmingham Central | 1885 | |
Birmingham East | 1885 | |
Birmingham Moseley | 1885 | |
Birmingham North | 1885 | |
Birmingham South | 1885 | |
Birr | 1885 | Merged to form King's County |
Blackfriars and Hutchesontown | 1885 | |
Boston | 1547 | |
Bradford West | 1885 | Revived 1955 |
Buteshire | 1708 | Merged into Bute and Northern Ayrshire |
Caithness | 1708 | Merged with Sutherland and parts of Wick District of Burghs to form Caithness and Sutherland (abolished 1997) |
Cardiff | 1542 | Split into Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South |
Chesterton | 1885 | |
Christchurch | 1571 | |
Clackmannan and Kinross | 1832 | Divided between Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, Kinross and West Perthshire and Perth |
Cockermouth | 1640 | First represented 1295. Divided between Workington and Penrith and Cockermouth |
County Louth North | 1885 | |
County Louth South | 1885 | |
County Waterford East | 1885 | |
County Waterford West | 1885 | |
Cricklade | 1295 | |
Croydon | 1885 | Split into Croydon North and Croydon South |
Droitwich | 1554 | First represented 1295 |
Dumfries District of Burghs | 1708 | Components merged into Dumfriesshire and Galloway |
East Carmarthenshire | 1885 | |
East Denbighshire | 1885 | |
East Glamorganshire | 1885 | |
East Northamptonshire | 1885 | |
East Somerset | 1832 | |
East Worcestershire | 1832 | |
Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities | 1868 | |
Egremont | 1885 | Merged into Whitehaven |
Eifion | 1885 | |
Elgin Burghs | 1708 | |
Elginshire and Nairnshire | 1832 | |
Erith and Crayford | 1955 | |
Eskdale | 1885 | Divided between North Cumberland and Workington |
Falkirk District of Burghs | 1708 | Divided between Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs, Hamilton, Lanark and Linlithgowshire |
Finsbury Central | 1885 | |
Finsbury East | 1885 | |
Flint | 1542 | |
Fulham (1885 to 1918) | 1885 | Divided into Fulham East and Fulham West (both abolished 1955) A new Fulham was created in 1955 |
Galway Borough | 1801 | |
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities | 1868 | |
Glasgow College | 1885 | |
Haddingtonshire | 1708 | |
Haggerston | 1885 | |
Hallamshire | 1885 | |
Hammersmith | 1885 | Second creation 1983-97 |
Hawick | 1868 | |
Holmfirth | 1885 | |
Hoxton | 1885 | |
Huntingdon | 1295 | |
Hyde | 1885 | Merged with Stalybridge to form Stalybridge and Hyde |
Inverness-shire | 1708 | |
Kendal | 1832 | Merged into Westmorland |
Kilkenny City | 1801 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | 1832 | Components merged into Dumbarton District of Burghs, Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire East, Renfrewshire West and Rutherglen |
Kincardineshire | 1708 | Merged into Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (abolished 1950) |
Kingston upon Hull West | 1885 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull West. Second creation 1955–97. |
Kirkcudbright | 1708 | |
Launceston | 1295 | |
Leeds East | 1885 | Second creation from 1955. |
Leicester | 1295 | |
Leith District of Burghs | 1832 | Divided into Edinburgh Leith and Edinburgh East |
Leix | 1885 | Merged to form Queen's County |
Lewisham | 1885 | |
Liverpool Abercromby | 1885 | |
Longford North | 1885 | |
Longford South | 1885 | |
Manchester East | 1885 | |
Manchester North | 1885 | |
Manchester North East | 1885 | |
Manchester North West | 1885 | |
Manchester South | 1885 | |
Manchester South West | 1885 | |
Marlborough | 1295 | Per the constituency article, abolished 1885 |
Marylebone East | 1885 | |
Marylebone West | 1885 | |
Medway | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 1832 | Second creation 1950-83 |
Mid County Durham | 1885 | |
Middlesbrough | 1868 | Second creation from 1974 |
Midlothian (1708 to 1918) | 1708 | Known also as Edinburghshire A new Midlothian was created in 1955 |
Mid Derbyshire | 1885 | |
Mid Glamorganshire | 1885 | |
Mid Lanarkshire | 1885 | |
Mid Norfolk | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Mid Northamptonshire | 1885 | |
Monmouthshire North | 1885 | |
Monmouthshire South | 1885 | |
Monmouthshire West | 1885 | |
Montgomery | 1542 | |
Morley | 1885 | |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1295 | |
Newington West | 1885 | |
Newmarket | 1885 | |
Newport (Shropshire) | 1885 | |
Newry | 1801 | |
North East Lanarkshire | 1885 | |
North Leitrim | 1885 | |
North Lonsdale | 1885 | Divided between Lonsdale and Westmorland |
North Northamptonshire | 1832 | |
North Somerset | 1885 | |
North West Durham | 1885 | A new North West Durham was created in 1950 |
North West Lanarkshire | 1885 | |
North Westmeath | 1885 | |
North West Norfolk | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
North West Staffordshire | 1885 | |
North Worcestershire | 1885 | |
Osgoldcross | 1885 | |
Ossory | 1885 | Merged to form Queen's County |
Partick | 1885 | Largely replaced by Glasgow Partick |
Pembroke and Haverfordwest | 1885 | |
Perthshire East | 1885 | Merged into Perth (renamed Perth and East Perthshire 1950) |
Perthshire West | 1885 | Divided between Perth and Kinross and Western Perthshire |
Plymouth | 1442 | First represented 1298. Split into Drake and Sutton |
Poplar | 1885 | Second creation 1950-74 |
Portsmouth | 1295 | |
Prestwich | 1885 | |
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth | 1885 | |
Radnorshire | 1542 | |
Ramsey | 1885 | |
Rhondda | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
Rochester | 1295 | |
Ross (Herefordshire) | 1885 | |
St Andrews | 1832 | |
St Augustine's | 1885 | |
St Austell | 1885 | |
St George's (Tower Hamlets) | 1885 | |
St Pancras East | 1885 | |
St Pancras South | 1885 | |
St Pancras West | 1885 | |
Sleaford | 1885 | |
South East County Durham | 1885 | |
South Glamorganshire | 1885 | |
South Lanarkshire | 1868 | |
South Leitrim | 1885 | |
South Northamptonshire | 1832 | Second creation 1950-74 |
South Somerset | 1885 | |
Southwark West | 1885 | |
South Westmeath | 1885 | |
Stalybridge | 1868 | Merged with Hyde to form Stalybridge and Hyde |
Stamford | 1467 | First represented 1295 |
Stepney | 1885 | Second creation 1950-74 |
Stirlingshire | 1708 | Divided between Stirlingshire West and Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire |
Stoke-upon-Trent | 1832 | |
Stowmarket | 1885 | |
Strand | 1885 | Merged into Westminster Abbey |
Stratford-on-Avon | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
Sutherland | 1708 | Merged with Caithness and parts of Wick District of Burghs to form Caithness and Sutherland (abolished 1997) |
Swansea District | 1885 | |
Swansea Town | 1885 | |
Tewkesbury | 1610 | |
Tottenham | 1885 | Second creation from 1950 |
Truro | 1295 | Second creation 1950-97 |
Tullamore | 1885 | Merged to form King's County |
Tyneside | 1885 | |
Tyrone East | 1885 | |
Tyrone Mid | 1885 | |
Tyrone North | 1885 | |
Walthamstow | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
Walworth | 1885 | |
Wandsworth | 1885 | Divided into Putney, Wandsworth Central, Balham and Tooting and Streatham |
Wellington (Shropshire) | 1885 | |
Wellington (Somerset) | 1885 | |
West Carmarthenshire | 1885 | |
West Denbighshire | 1885 | |
West Ham North | 1885 | Second creation 1950-74 |
West Ham South | 1885 | Second creation 1950-74 |
Westminster | 1545 | Merged into Westminster Abbey |
West Staffordshire | 1868 | |
Whitby | 1832 | |
Wick District of Burghs | 1708 | Known also as Northern Burghs Components merged into Caithness and Sutherland, Orkney and Shetland and Ross and Cromarty |
Wigtownshire | 1708 | |
Wilton | 1295 | |
Wisbech | 1885 | |
Wokingham | 1885 | Second creation from 1950 |
Wolverhampton South | 1885 | |
Woodstock | 1571 | First represented as New Woodstock 1302 |
Woolwich | 1885 | Second creation 1983–97, |
Constituencies abolished in 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 disenfranchised boroughs with populations of less than 15,000, while several large towns and counties were subdivided into single member constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Aberdeen | 1832 | Split into Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South |
Antrim | 1801 | Split into East Antrim, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim. Second creation 1922–50. |
City of Armagh | 1801 | Merged into County Armagh |
County Armagh | 1801 | Split into Mid Armagh, North Armagh and South Armagh. Second creation 1922–83. |
Athlone | 1801 | Merged into Westmeath |
Bandon | 1801 | Merged into County Cork |
Beaumaris | 1553 | Merged into Anglesey |
Bedfordshire | 1290 | Split into Biggleswade and Luton |
Belfast | 1801 | Split into Belfast East, Belfast North, Belfast South and Belfast West |
Berkshire | 1290 | Split into Abingdon, Newbury, Windsor and Wokingham |
Birmingham | 1832 | Split into Birmingham Bordesley, Birmingham Central, Birmingham East, Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham North, Birmingham South and Birmingham West |
Bradford (Yorkshire) | 1832 | Split into Bradford Central, Bradford East and Bradford West |
Brecon | 1542 | Merged into Breconshire |
Bridgnorth | 1295 | |
Bridport | 1295 | |
Bristol | 1295 | Split into Bristol East, Bristol North, Bristol South and Bristol West |
Buckinghamshire | 1290 | Split into Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe |
Caernarvonshire | 1542 | Split into Arfon and Eifion. Second creation 1918–50. |
Calne | 1295 | |
Cambridgeshire | 1290 | Split into Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech. Second creation 1918–83. |
Cardigan | 1542 | Merged into Cardiganshire. Second creation 1974-83 |
Carlow | 1885 | Merged into County Carlow |
Carmarthenshire | 1542 | Split into Carmarthenshire East and Carmarthenshire West |
Carrickfergus | 1801 | |
County Cavan | 1801 | Split into East Cavan and West Cavan |
East Cheshire | 1868 | |
Mid Cheshire | 1868 | |
West Cheshire | 1868 | |
Clare | 1801 | Split into East Clare and West Clare |
Clonmel | 1801 | |
Coleraine | 1801 | |
County Cork | 1801 | |
East Cornwall | 1832 | |
West Cornwall | 1832 | |
East Cumberland | 1832 | |
West Cumberland | 1832 | |
Denbighshire | 1542 | |
East Derbyshire | 1868 | |
North Derbyshire | 1832 | |
East Devon | 1868 | Second creation from 1997 |
North Devon | 1832 | Second creation from 1950 |
South Devon | 1832 | |
Donegal | 1801 | |
Dorchester | 1295 | |
Dorset | 1290 | |
Down | 1801 | Second creation 1922–50. |
Downpatrick | 1801 | |
Drogheda | 1801 | |
City of Dublin | 1801 | |
County Dublin | 1801 | |
Dundalk | 1801 | |
Dungannon | 1801 | |
Dungarvan | 1801 | |
North Durham | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Durham | 1832 | |
East Retford | 1571 | First creation 1316-by 1327 |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 1832 | |
Edinburgh | 1708 | Split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West |
Ennis | 1801 | |
Enniskillen | 1801 | |
East Essex | 1868 | |
South Essex | 1832 | |
West Essex | 1868 | |
Fermanagh | 1801 | |
Fife | 1708 | Split into East Fife and West Fife |
Finsbury | 1832 | Second creation 1918-50 |
County Galway | 1801 | |
Glamorganshire | 1542 | |
Glasgow | 1832 | Divided into Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown, Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Camlachie, Glasgow College, Glasgow Central, Glasgow St Rollox and Glasgow Tradeston |
East Gloucestershire | 1832 | |
West Gloucestershire | 1832 | Second creation 1950-97 |
Great Marlow | 1625 | First creation 1301-by 1307 |
Hackney | 1868 | |
Haddington | 1708 | |
North Hampshire | 1832 | |
South Hampshire | 1832 | |
Haverfordwest | 1545 | Merged into Pembroke and Haverfordwest |
Helston | 1298 | |
Herefordshire | 1290 | |
Hertfordshire | 1290 | |
Huntingdonshire | 1290 | Second creation 1918-83 |
East Kent | 1832 | |
Mid Kent | 1868 | Second creation 1983-97 |
West Kent | 1832 | |
Kerry | 1801 | |
Kildare | 1801 | |
County Kilkenny | 1801 | |
King's County | 1801 | Second creation 1918-22 |
Kingston upon Hull | 1334 | First creation 1305-by 1327 |
Kinsale | 1801 | |
Knaresborough | 1553 | |
Lambeth | 1832 | |
North Lanarkshire | 1868 | Split into Lanarkshire North-East, Lanarkshire North-West, Lanarkshire Mid, Govan and Partick. Second creation 1918–83. |
North Lancashire | 1832 | |
North East Lancashire | 1868 | |
South East Lancashire | 1868 | |
South West Lancashire | 1868 | |
Leeds | 1832 | |
North Leicestershire | 1832 | |
South Leicestershire | 1832 | |
Leitrim | 1801 | Second creation 1918-22 |
Limerick (County) | 1801 | |
Mid Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
North Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
South Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
Lisburn | 1801 | |
Liskeard | 1295 | |
Liverpool | 1545 | First creation 1295-by 1442 |
Londonderry (County) | 1801 | Second creation 1922-83 |
Longford | 1801 | Second creation 1918-22 |
Louth (County) | 1801 | Second creation 1918-22 |
Lymington | 1584 | |
Mallow | 1801 | |
Malmesbury | 1295 | |
Malton | 1641 | First creation 1295 |
Manchester | 1832 | |
Marlborough | 1295 | |
Marylebone | 1832 | |
Mayo | 1801 | |
Meath | 1801 | |
Middlesex | 1290 | Split into Tottenham, Hornsey, Harrow, Uxbridge, Brentford and Ealing. |
Midhurst | 1311 | |
Monaghan | 1801 | |
Monmouthshire | 1542 | Split into East Monmouthshire, North Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire. |
Much Wenlock | 1472 | |
Newport (Isle of Wight) | 1584 | Merged into Isle of Wight |
New Ross | 1801 | |
New Shoreham | 1295 | (for the 1974-1997 constituency, see Shoreham) |
West Norfolk | 1832 | |
Northallerton | 1641 | First creation 1298 |
North Riding of Yorkshire | 1832 | Split into Richmond, Cleveland, Whitby, and Thirsk and Malton |
North Northumberland | 1832 | |
South Northumberland | 1832 | |
Nottingham | 1295 | Split into 3 divisions |
North Nottinghamshire | 1832 | |
South Nottinghamshire | 1832 | |
Oxfordshire | 1290 | |
Pembroke (Pembrokeshire) | 1542 | Merged into Pembroke and Haverfordwest. Second creation 1974–83. |
Perthshire | 1708 | |
Poole | 1453 | First creation 1362-by 1377 |
Portarlington | 1801 | |
Queen's County | 1801 | Second creation 1918-22 |
Radnor | 1542 | Also known as New Radnor. Merged into Radnorshire. |
Renfrewshire | 1708 | Split into 2 divisions |
Roscommon | 1801 | Split into 2 divisions |
Salford | 1832 | Second creation from 1997 |
Sandwich | 1366 | |
Shaftesbury | 1295 | |
Sheffield | 1832 | |
North Shropshire | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Shropshire | 1832 | |
County Sligo | 1801 | |
Mid Somerset | 1868 | |
West Somerset | 1832 | |
Southwark | 1295 | Second creation 1983-97 |
East Staffordshire | 1868 | |
North Staffordshire | 1832 | |
East Suffolk | 1832 | |
West Suffolk | 1832 | Second creation from 1997 |
East Surrey | 1832 | Second creation from 1918 |
Mid Surrey | 1868 | |
West Surrey | 1832 | |
East Sussex | 1832 | |
West Sussex | 1832 | |
Swansea | 1832 | |
Thirsk | 1547 | First creation 1295 |
Tipperary | 1801 | |
Tower Hamlets | 1832 | |
Tralee | 1801 | |
Tynemouth and North Shields | 1832 | |
Tyrone | 1801 | |
Wallingford | 1295 | |
Wareham | 1302 | |
Warwick | 1295 | |
North Warwickshire | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Warwickshire | 1832 | |
County Waterford | 1801 | Second creation 1918-22 |
Westmeath | 1801 | Second creation 1918-22 |
Westmorland | 1290 | Split into Appleby and Kendal. Second creation 1918–83. |
West Riding of Yorkshire East | 1865 | |
West Riding of Yorkshire North | 1865 | |
West Riding of Yorkshire South | 1865 | |
Borough of Wexford | 1801 | Merged into County Wexford |
County Wexford | 1801 | Split into North Wexford and South Wexford |
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | 1572 | |
Wicklow | 1801 | |
Wigtown | 1708 | |
North Wiltshire | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Wiltshire | 1832 | |
Wolverhampton | 1832 | Split into 3 divisions |
Worcestershire West | 1832 | Second creation from 1997 as West Worcestershire |
Youghal | 1801 |
Constituencies abolished in 1870
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Beverley | 1563 | Disenfranchised for corruption. First creation 1295-by 1307. Third creation 1950–55. Fourth creation 1983–97. |
Bridgwater | 1295 | Disenfranchised for corruption. Second creation from 1885. |
Cashel | 1801 | Disenfranchised for corruption |
Sligo (Borough) | 1801 | Disenfranchised for corruption |
Constituencies abolished in 1868
The Reform Act 1867 disenfranchised the remaining boroughs with populations under 10,000 and subdivided some county constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Aberdeenshire | 1708 | Divided into East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire |
Arundel | 1295 | Second creation 1974-97 |
Ashburton | 1640 | First creation 1298. Third creation 1885–1918. |
Ayrshire | 1708 | Divided into North Ayrshire (abolished 1918) and South Ayrshire (abolished 1983) |
North Cheshire | 1832 | With South Cheshire, redistributed to form East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire |
South Cheshire | 1832 | With North Cheshire, redistributed to form East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire |
Dartmouth | 1351 | First creation 1298 |
North Essex | 1832 | Split into East Essex and West Essex. Second creation from 1997. |
Great Yarmouth | 1298 | Also known as Yarmouth (Norfolk). Second creation from 1885. |
Honiton | 1640 | First creation 1301-by 1307. Third creation from 1885. |
South Lancashire | 1832 | |
Lancaster | 1523 | First creation 1295-by 1376. Third creation 1885–1997. |
Lanarkshire | 1708 | Divided into North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire |
Lyme Regis | 1295 | |
East Norfolk | 1832 | |
Peeblesshire | 1708 | United with Selkirkshire to form Peebles and Selkirk |
Reigate | 1295 | Second creation from 1885. |
Selkirkshire | 1708 | United with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk |
South Staffordshire | 1832 | Split into East Staffordshire and West Staffordshire. Reestablished 1983 |
Thetford | 1529 | |
Totnes | 1295 | Second creation 1885–1983. Third creation from 1997. |
Wells | 1295 | Second creation from 1885. |
Constituencies abolished between 1832 and 1867
St Albans and Sudbury were both disenfranchised for corruption. After some delay, their seats were redistributed by a special act of Parliament.[which?] Two were given to create new parliamentary boroughs, while the other two were given to the West Riding of Yorkshire, which was thereafter divided into two constituencies.
Year | Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
1865 | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1832 | two divisions |
1852 | St Albans | 1553 | Disenfranchised for corruption. First created 1311-by 1326. Third creation from 1885. |
1844 | Sudbury | 1559 | Disenfranchised for corruption. Second creation 1885–1950. |
Constituencies abolished by the Reform Act 1832
The Reform Act 1832 saw the abolition of a wide range of rotten boroughs in England. There were also a few changes to Scottish constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Aberdeen Burghs | 1708 | Components split into Aberdeen and part of Montrose Burghs |
Aldborough | 1558 | |
Aldeburgh | 1571 | |
Amersham | 1625 | First creation 1300-by 1307 |
Anstruther Easter Burghs | 1708 | Components became part of St Andrews Burghs |
Appleby | 1295 | |
Bere Alston | 1584 | |
Bishop's Castle | 1584 | |
Bletchingley | 1295 | |
Boroughbridge | 1553 | |
Bossiney | 1547 | |
Brackley | 1547 | |
Bramber | 1467 | First creation 1295-by 1441 |
Callington | 1584 | |
Camelford | 1547 | |
Castle Rising | 1558 | |
Cheshire | 1545 | two divisions |
Clackmannanshire | 1708 | Merged with Kinross-shire to form Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (abolished 1918) |
Corfe Castle | 1572 | |
Cornwall | 1290 | two divisions |
Cromartyshire | 1708 | Merged with Ross-shire to form Ross and Cromarty (abolished 1983) |
Cumberland | 1290 | two divisions |
Derbyshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Devon | 1290 | two divisions |
Downton | 1467 | First creation 1295-by 1441 |
Dunwich | 1298 | |
County Durham | 1675 | two divisions |
Dysart Burghs | 1708 | Components became part of Kirkcaldy Burghs |
East Grinstead | 1307 | |
East Looe | 1571 | |
Elginshire | 1708 | Merged with Nairnshire to form Elginshire and Nairnshire (abolished 1918) |
Essex | 1290 | two divisions |
Fowey | 1571 | |
Gatton | 1450 | |
Glasgow Burghs | 1708 | Also known as Clyde Burghs. Components split into Glasgow and part of Kilmarnock Burghs |
Gloucestershire | 1290 | two divisions |
Great Bedwyn | 1295 | |
Hampshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Haslemere | 1584 | |
Hedon | 1547 | First creation 1295 |
Heytesbury | 1449 | |
Higham Ferrers | 1558 | |
Hindon | 1449 | |
Ilchester | 1621 | First creation 1298 |
Kent | 1290 | two divisions |
Kinross-shire | 1708 | Merged with Clackmannanshire to form Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (abolished 1918) |
Lanark Burghs | 1708 | Strictly Linlithgow Burghs |
Lancashire | 1290 | two divisions |
Leicestershire | 1290 | two divisions |
Lincolnshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Lostwithiel | 1305 | |
Ludgershall | 1295 | |
Milborne Port | 1628 | First creation 1298-by 1307 |
Minehead | 1563 | |
Mitchell | 1547 | Also known as St Michael's |
Nairnshire | 1708 | Merged with Elginshire to form Elginshire and Nairnshire (abolished 1918) |
New Romney | 1371 | |
Newport (Cornwall) | 1529 | |
Newton (Lancashire) | 1559 | |
Newtown (Isle of Wight) | 1584 | |
Norfolk | 1290 | two divisions |
Northamptonshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Northumberland | 1290 | two divisions |
Nottinghamshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Okehampton | 1640 | First creation 1301-by 1307 |
Old Sarum | 1360 | First creation 1295 |
Orford | 1512 | First creation 1298-by 1307 |
Plympton Erle | 1295 | |
Queenborough | 1571 | |
Ross-shire | 1708 | Merged with Cromartyshire to form Ross and Cromarty (abolished 1983) |
St Germans | 1563 | |
St Mawes | 1563 | |
Saltash | 1547 | |
Seaford | 1641 | First creation 1298-by 1307 |
Shropshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Somerset | 1290 | two divisions |
Staffordshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Steyning | 1467 | First creation 1298-by 1307. Second creation by 1327–1442. |
Stockbridge | 1563 | |
Suffolk | 1290 | two divisions |
Surrey | 1290 | two divisions |
Sussex | 1290 | two divisions |
Tain Burghs | 1708 | Enlarged and renamed Wick Burghs, also known as Northern Burghs (abolished 1918) |
Tregony | 1559 | First creation 1295 |
Warwickshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Wendover | 1625 | First creation 1301-by 1307 |
Weobley | 1628 | First creation 1295 |
West Looe | 1547 | |
Whitchurch | 1584 | |
Wiltshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Winchelsea | 1366 | |
Wootton Bassett | 1447 | |
Worcestershire | 1290 | two divisions |
Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) | 1584 | |
Yorkshire | 1290 | three divisions |
Constituencies abolished 1529-1821
The disenfranchisement of boroughs was almost unknown in the unreformed House of Commons. Apart from a few special cases in the 16th century and the temporary redistribution of constituencies for the First and Second Protectorate Parliaments in the 1650s, no borough was disenfranchised until Grampound. The Cornish borough was abolished in 1821 in an effort to avoid the more sweeping reforms that later came with the Reform Act 1832.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Grampound | 1547 | Disenfranchised for corruption 1821. Its two seats were transferred and added to Yorkshire from 1826. |
Melcombe Regis | 1319 | Merged with Weymouth to form Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1572 |
Weymouth | 1348 | Merged with Melcombe Regis to form Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1572 |
Calais | 1536 | Borough in France, re-conquered by the French in 1558 |
Newborough | 1542 | Borough constituency in Anglesey, altered to Beaumaris from 1553 |
Tournai | 1513 | Borough in France (now Belgium), returned to French rule in 1519 |
Constituency abolished 1472
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1467, but were not enfranchised in that year.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Grantham | 1467 | Second creation 1484-1997 |
Constituencies abolished 1467
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1467 but were not enfranchised in that year.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Derby | 1295 | Second creation 1472-1950 |
Great Grimsby | 1295 | Sometimes known as Grimsby. Second creation from 1472. |
Southampton | 1295 | Second creation 1472-1950 |
Winchester | 1295 | Second creation from 1472 |
Constituencies abolished between 1378 and 1441
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1378, but were not enfranchised by 1442. They were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Bramber | 1295 | Second creation 1467-1832 |
Downton | 1295 | Second creation 1467-1832 |
Liverpool | 1295 | Second creation 1545-1885 |
Steyning | By 1327 | First creation 1298-by 1307. Third creation 1467–1832. |
Constituencies abolished between 1328 and 1376
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1328 but were not enfranchised by 1377. They were seldom, if at allm represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Hertford | By 1327 | First creation 1298-by 1307. Third creation 1624–1974. |
Lancaster | 1295 | Second creation 1523–1868. Third creation 1885–1997. |
New Windsor | 1302 | Also known as Windsor. Second creation 1447–1974. Third creation from 1997. |
Poole | 1362 | Second creation 1453–1885. Third creation from 1950. |
Preston | 1295 | Second creation 1529–1950. Third creation from 1983. |
Ravensrodd | 1295 | Represented intermittently until 1337. |
St Albans | 1311 | Second creation 1553–1852. Third creation from 1885. |
Constituencies abolished between 1308 and 1327
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1308 but were not enfranchised by 1327. They were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Droitwich | 1295 | Second creation 1554-1918 |
Kingston upon Hull | 1305 | Second creation 1334-1885 |
Petersfield | 1307 | Second creation 1547-1983 |
Wigan | 1295 | Second creation from 1545 |
Constituencies abolished between 1302 and 1307
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1302 but were not enfranchised by 1307. They were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Amersham | 1300 | Second creation 1625-1832 |
Beverley | 1295 | Second creation 1563–1870. Third creation 1950–55. Fourth creation 1983–97. |
Evesham | 1295 | Second creation 1604–1950.. |
Great Marlow | 1301 | Second creation 1625-1885 |
Hertford | 1298 | Second creation by 1327-by 1377. Third creation 1624–1974. |
Honiton | 1301 | Second creation 1640–1868. Third creation from 1885. |
Milborne Port | 1298 | Second creation 1628-1832 |
Okehampton | 1301 | Second creation 1640-1832 |
Orford | 1298 | Second creation 1512-1832 |
Seaford | 1298 | Second creation 1641-1832 |
Stamford | 1295 | Second creation 1467-1918 |
Steyning | 1298 | Second creation by 1327–1442. Third creation 1467–1832. |
Torrington | 1295 | Second creation 1950-74 |
Wendover | 1301 | Second creation 1625-1832 |
Constituencies abolished 1298
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments of 1298, but seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later centuries.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Ashburton | 1298 | Second creation 1640–1868. Third creation 1885–1818. |
Coventry | 1298 | Second creation 1470-1945 |
Dartmouth | 1298 | Second creation 1351-1868 |
Ilchester | 1298 | Second creation 1621-1832 |
Northallerton | 1298 | Second creation 1641-1885 |
Plymouth | 1298 | Second creation 1442-1918 |
Pontefract | 1298 | First creation 1295. Third creation 1621–1918. Fourth creation 1950–74. |
Constituencies abolished 1295
A number of boroughs were represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, but were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards. Some boroughs originally included in the 1295 parliament were restored to the list of those always summoned in later centuries or the same name was used for a constituency after 1832.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Alresford | 1295 | |
Alton | 1295 | |
Andover | 1295 | Second creation 1586–1918 |
Axbridge | 1295 | |
Bamborough | 1295 | |
Basingstoke | 1295 | Second creation from 1885 |
Bradford (Wiltshire) | 1295 | |
Bromsgrove | 1295 | Second creation 1950–1974. Third creation from 1983. |
Cockermouth | 1295 | Second creation 1640–1918 |
Corbridge | 1295 | |
Dudley | 1295 | Second creation 1832–1974 |
Egremont | 1295 | Second creation 1885–1918 |
Ely | 1295 | Part of Isle of Ely 1918–1983. |
Hedon | 1295 | Second creation 1547–1832 |
Kidderminster | 1295 | Second creation 1832–1983 |
Ledbury | 1295 | |
Malton | 1295 | Second creation 1641–1885 |
Old Sarum | 1295 | Second creation 1360–1832 |
Overton | 1295 | |
Pershore | 1295 | |
Pickering | 1295 | |
Pontefract | 1295 | Second creation 1298. Third creation 1621–1918. Fourth creation 1950–74. |
Ripon | 1295 | Second creation 1553–1983 |
Tavistock | 1295 | Second creation 1330–1974 |
Thirsk | 1295 | Second creation 1547–1885 |
Tickhill | 1295 | |
Tregony | 1295 | Second creation 1559–1832 |
Tunbridge | 1295 | Second creation 1885–1918 |
Weobley | 1295 | Second creation 1628-1832 |
Yarmouth and Newport (Isle of Wight) | 1295 | Split into Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1584–1832 & Newport (Isle of Wight) 1584–1885. |
Yarum | 1295 |
See also
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Irish House of Commons
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituencies
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituency names
References
- The House of Commons 1509-1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987
- F. W. S. Craig, Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), Political Reference Publications, Chichester, Sussex, 1972
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England (London: Royal Historical Society - Volume I 1979, Volume II 1991).
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page - constituencies and their MPs since 1660[usurped]
- Administration and Cost of Elections Project - The United Kingdom Redistribution Process