These constituencies were defined by the Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the Reform Act 1832), and with the exception of the changes listed below they remained in effect until the next round of revisions in 1867 and 1868, when three pieces of legislation restructured the constituencies:
There were three types of constituency, each with different arrangements for the franchise:
Counties, which covered the whole of a county. In some cases they were divided into two or more divisions
University constituencies, which had no geographical basis. Their electorate comprised the graduates of the university
Parliamentary boroughs, known in Scotland as burghs, which comprised a town and in some cases some areas outside the town boundaries.
Districts of burghs (in Scotland) and districts of boroughs (in Wales) were a type of borough constituency in which several boroughs jointly elected one Member of Parliament. The areas were not geographically contiguous, and in some cases the boroughs were in different counties
Numbers by typeedit
This table lists the number of each type of constituency in use in 1832, in the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom:
Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN0-900178-26-4.
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Constituencies in 1801 1832 1832 MPs 1835 MPs 1837 MPs 1841 MPs 1847 MPs 1852 MPs 1857 MPs 1859 MPs 1865 MPs Constituencies in 1865 1868This is a list of parliamentary constituencies which were used for elections to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1865 These constituencies were defined by the Representation of the People Act 1832 commonly known as the Reform Act 1832 and with the exception of the changes listed below they remained in effect until the next round of revisions in 1867 and 1868 when three pieces of legislation restructured the constituencies Representation of the People Act 1867 known as the Reform Act 1867 which redistributed seats in England and Wales Representation of the People Scotland Act 1868 created seven additional Scottish seats to replace seven disenfranchised English boroughs Representation of the People Ireland Act 1868 which did not create or abolish any constituencies but changed some boundariesContents 1 Types of constituency 2 Numbers by type 3 Changes 4 List of constituencies 5 See also 6 References 7 SourcesTypes of constituency editThere were three types of constituency each with different arrangements for the franchise Counties which covered the whole of a county In some cases they were divided into two or more divisions University constituencies which had no geographical basis Their electorate comprised the graduates of the university Parliamentary boroughs known in Scotland as burghs which comprised a town and in some cases some areas outside the town boundaries Districts of burghs in Scotland and districts of boroughs in Wales were a type of borough constituency in which several boroughs jointly elected one Member of Parliament The areas were not geographically contiguous and in some cases the boroughs were in different countiesNumbers by type editThis table lists the number of each type of constituency in use in 1832 in the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom Country Boroughconstituencies Countyconstituencies Universityconstituencies Totalconstituencies BoroughMPs CountyMPs UniversityMP TotalMPsEngland 186 68 2 256 322 142 4 468Wales 15 13 0 28 15 17 0 32Scotland 21 30 0 51 23 30 0 53Ireland 33 32 1 66 39 64 2 105Total 255 143 3 401 399 253 6 658Changes editYear Change Newtotal constituencies Newtotal MPs1844 Sudbury 2 seats disenfranchised for corruption 400 6561852 St Albans 2 seats disenfranchised for corruption 399 6541861 Birkenhead 1 seats enfranchised 400 656South Lancashire 2 seats awarded 1 extra seat for a total of 31865 West Riding of Yorkshire 2 seats divided into Northern West Riding of Yorkshire 2 seats Southern West Riding of Yorkshire 2 seats 400 658List of constituencies editConstituency Members Type Country County NotesAberdeen 1 Borough Scotland AberdeenshireAberdeenshire 1 County Scotland AberdeenshireAbingdon 1 Borough England BerkshireAndover 2 Borough England HampshireAnglesey 1 County Wales AngleseyAntrim 2 County Ireland AntrimArgyllshire 1 County Scotland ArgyllshireArmagh 1 Borough Ireland ArmaghCounty Armagh 2 County Ireland ArmaghArundel 1 Borough England SussexAshburton 1 Borough England DevonAshton under Lyne 1 Borough England LancashireAthlone 1 Borough Ireland Westmeath amp RoscommonAylesbury 2 Borough England BuckinghamshireAyr Burghs 1 District Scotland AyrshireAyrshire 1 County Scotland AyrshireBanbury 1 Borough England OxfordshireBandon 1 Borough Ireland CorkBanffshire 1 County Scotland BanffshireBarnstaple 2 Borough England DevonBath 2 Borough England SomersetBeaumaris Boroughs 1 District Wales AngleseyBedford 2 Borough England BedfordshireBedfordshire 2 County England BedfordshireBelfast 2 Borough Ireland AntrimBerkshire 3 County England BerkshireBerwickshire 1 County Scotland BerwickshireBerwick upon Tweed 2 Borough England NorthumberlandBeverley 2 Borough England East Riding of YorkshireBewdley 1 Borough England WorcestershireBirmingham 2 Borough England WarwickshireBlackburn 2 Borough England LancashireBodmin 2 Borough England CornwallBolton 2 Borough England LancashireBoston 2 Borough England LincolnshireBradford 2 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireBrecon 1 Borough Wales BreconshireBreconshire 1 County Wales BreconshireBridgnorth 2 Borough England ShropshireBridgwater 2 Borough England SomersetBridport 2 Borough England DorsetBrighton 2 Borough England SussexBristol 2 Borough England Gloucestershire SomersetBuckingham 2 Borough England BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire 3 County England BuckinghamshireBury 1 Borough England LancashireBury St Edmunds 2 Borough England SuffolkButeshire 1 County Scotland ButeshireCaernarvon Boroughs 1 District Wales CaernarvonshireCaernarvonshire 1 County Wales CaernarvonshireCaithness 1 County Scotland CaithnessCalne 1 Borough England WiltshireCambridge 2 Borough England CambridgeshireCambridge University 2 University England CambridgeshireCambridgeshire 3 County England CambridgeshireCanterbury 2 Borough England KentCardiff District 1 District Wales GlamorganshireCardigan District 1 District Wales CardiganshireCardiganshire 1 County Wales CardiganshireCarlisle 2 Borough England CumberlandCarlow 1 Borough Ireland CarlowCounty Carlow 2 County Ireland CarlowCarmarthen 1 District Wales CarmarthenshireCarmarthenshire 2 County Wales CarmarthenshireCarrickfergus 1 Borough Ireland AntrimCashel 1 Borough Ireland TipperaryCavan 2 County Ireland CavanChatham 1 Borough England KentCheltenham 1 Borough England GloucestershireCheshire Northern 2 County England CheshireCheshire Southern 2 County England CheshireChester 2 Borough England CheshireChichester 2 Borough England SussexChippenham 2 Borough England WiltshireChristchurch 1 Borough England HampshireCirencester 2 Borough England GloucestershireClackmannanshire and Kinross shire 1 County Scotland ClackmannanshireClare 2 County Ireland ClareClitheroe 1 Borough England LancashireClonmel 1 Borough Ireland TipperaryCockermouth 2 Borough England CumberlandColchester 2 Borough England EssexColeraine 1 Borough Ireland LondonderryCork City 2 Borough Ireland CorkCounty Cork 2 County Ireland CorkCornwall Eastern 2 County England CornwallCornwall Western 2 County England CornwallCoventry 2 Borough England WarwickshireCricklade 2 Borough England WiltshireCumberland Eastern 2 County England CumberlandCumberland Western 2 County England CumberlandDartmouth 1 Borough England DevonDenbigh Boroughs 1 District Wales DenbighshireDenbighshire 2 County Wales DenbighshireDerby 2 Borough England DerbyshireDerbyshire Northern 2 County England DerbyshireDerbyshire Southern 2 County England DerbyshireDevizes 2 Borough England WiltshireDevonport 2 Borough England DevonDevon Northern 2 County England DevonDevon Southern 2 County England DevonDonegal 2 County Ireland DonegalDorchester 2 Borough England DorsetDorset 3 County England DorsetDover 2 Borough England KentDown 2 County Ireland DownDownpatrick 1 Borough Ireland DownDrogheda 1 Borough Ireland LouthDroitwich 1 Borough England WorcestershireDublin 2 Borough Ireland DublinCounty Dublin 2 County Ireland DublinDublin University 2 University Ireland DublinDudley 1 Borough England WorcestershireDumfries Burghs 1 District Scotland DumfriesshireDumfriesshire 1 County Scotland DumfriesshireDunbartonshire 1 County Scotland DunbartonshireDundalk 1 Borough Ireland LouthDundee 1 Borough Scotland ForfarshireDungannon 1 Borough Ireland TyroneDungarvan 1 Borough Ireland WaterfordDurham City 2 Borough England DurhamDurham Northern 2 County England DurhamDurham Southern 2 County England DurhamEast Retford 2 Borough England NottinghamshireEdinburgh 2 Borough Scotland MidlothianElgin 1 District Scotland ElginshireElginshire and Nairnshire 1 County Scotland Elginshire NairnshireEnnis 1 Borough Ireland ClareEnniskillen 1 Borough Ireland FermanaghEssex Northern 2 County England EssexEssex Southern 2 County England EssexEvesham 2 Borough England WorcestershireExeter 2 Borough England DevonEye 1 Borough England SuffolkFalkirk Burghs 1 District Scotland StirlingshireFermanagh 2 County Ireland FermanaghFife 1 County Scotland FifeFinsbury 2 Borough England MiddlesexFlint Boroughs 1 District Wales FlintshireFlintshire 1 County Wales FlintshireForfarshire 1 County Scotland ForfarshireFrome 1 Borough England SomersetGalway Borough 2 Borough Ireland GalwayCounty Galway 2 County Ireland GalwayGateshead 1 Borough England DurhamGlamorganshire 2 County Wales GlamorganshireGlasgow 2 Borough Scotland LanarkshireGloucester 2 Borough England GloucestershireGloucestershire Eastern 2 County England GloucestershireGloucestershire Western 2 County England GloucestershireGrantham 2 Borough England LincolnshireGreat Yarmouth 2 Borough England NorfolkGreat Marlow 2 Borough England BuckinghamshireGreenock 1 Borough Scotland RenfrewshireGreenwich 2 Borough England KentGreat Grimsby 1 Borough England LincolnshireGuildford 2 Borough England SurreyHaddington Burghs 1 District Scotland HaddingtonshireHaddingtonshire 1 County Scotland HaddingtonshireHalifax 2 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireHampshire Northern 2 County England HampshireHampshire Southern 2 County England HampshireHarwich 2 Borough England EssexHastings 2 Borough England SussexHaverfordwest Boroughs 1 District Wales PembrokeshireHelston 1 Borough England CornwallHereford 2 Borough England HerefordshireHerefordshire 3 County England HerefordshireHertford 2 Borough England HertfordshireHertfordshire 3 County England HertfordshireHoniton 2 Borough England DevonHorsham 1 Borough England SussexHuddersfield 1 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireHuntingdon 2 Borough England HuntingdonshireHuntingdonshire 2 County England HuntingdonshireHythe 1 Borough England KentInverness Burghs 1 District Scotland Inverness shireInverness shire 1 County Scotland Inverness shireIpswich 2 Borough England SuffolkIsle of Wight 1 County England HampshireKendal 1 Borough England WestmorlandKent Eastern 2 County England KentKent Western 2 County England KentKerry 2 County Ireland KerryKidderminster 1 Borough England WorcestershireKildare 2 County Ireland KildareKilkenny City 1 Borough Ireland KilkennyCounty Kilkenny 2 County Ireland KilkennyKilmarnock Burghs 1 District Scotland AyrshireKincardineshire 1 County Scotland KincardineshireKing s County 2 County Ireland King s CountyKing s Lynn 2 Borough England NorfolkKingston upon Hull 2 Borough England East Riding of YorkshireKinsale 1 Borough Ireland CorkKirkcaldy District of Burghs 1 Burghs Scotland FifeKirkcudbright Stewartry 1 County Scotland Kirkcudbright StewartryKnaresborough 2 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireLambeth 2 Borough England SurreyLanarkshire 1 County Scotland LanarkshireLancashire Northern 2 County England LancashireLancashire Southern 2 County England LancashireLancaster 2 Borough England LancashireLaunceston 1 Borough England CornwallLeeds 2 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireLeicester 2 Borough England LeicestershireLeicestershire Northern 2 County England LeicestershireLeicestershire Southern 2 County England LeicestershireLeith Burghs 1 District Scotland MidlothianLeitrim 2 County Ireland LeitrimLeominster 2 Borough England HerefordshireLewes 2 Borough England SussexLichfield 2 Borough England StaffordshireLimerick City 2 Borough Ireland LimerickCounty Limerick 2 County Ireland LimerickLincoln 2 Borough England LincolnshireLincolnshire Northern 2 County England LincolnshireLincolnshire Southern 2 County England LincolnshireLinlithgowshire 1 County Scotland LinlithgowshireLisburn 1 Borough Ireland AntrimLiskeard 1 Borough England CornwallLiverpool 2 Borough England LancashireThe City of London 4 Borough England MiddlesexLondonderry 1 Borough Ireland LondonderryCounty Londonderry 2 County Ireland LondonderryCounty Longford 2 County Ireland LongfordCounty Louth 2 County Ireland LouthLudlow 2 Borough England ShropshireLyme Regis 1 Borough England DorsetLymington 2 Borough England HampshireMacclesfield 2 Borough England CheshireMaidstone 2 Borough England KentMaldon 2 Borough England EssexMallow 1 Borough Ireland CorkMalmesbury 1 Borough England WiltshireMalton 2 Borough England North Riding of Yorkshire East Riding of YorkshireManchester 2 Borough England LancashireMarlborough 2 Borough England WiltshireMarylebone 2 Borough England MiddlesexMayo 2 County Ireland MayoMeath 2 County Ireland MeathMerionethshire 1 County Wales MerionethshireMerthyr Tydvil 1 Borough Wales GlamorganshireMiddlesex 2 County England MiddlesexMidhurst 1 Borough England SussexMidlothian 1 County Scotland MidlothianMonaghan 2 County Ireland MonaghanMonmouth Boroughs 1 District Wales MonmouthshireMonmouthshire 2 County Wales MonmouthshireMontgomery Boroughs 1 District Wales MontgomeryshireMontgomeryshire 1 County Wales MontgomeryshireMontrose Burghs 1 District Scotland ForfarshireMorpeth 1 Borough England NorthumberlandNewark on Trent 2 Borough England NottinghamshireNewcastle under Lyme 2 Borough England StaffordshireNewcastle upon Tyne 2 Borough England NorthumberlandNewport 2 Borough England HampshireNew Ross 1 Borough Ireland WexfordNewry 1 Borough Ireland Armagh DownNew Shoreham 2 Borough England SussexNorfolk Eastern 2 County England NorfolkNorfolk Western 2 County England NorfolkNorthallerton 1 Borough England North Riding of YorkshireNorthampton 2 Borough England NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Northern 2 County England NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Southern 2 County England NorthamptonshireNorthumberland Northern 2 County England NorthumberlandNorthumberland Southern 2 County England NorthumberlandNorwich 2 Borough England NorfolkNottingham 2 Borough England NottinghamshireNottinghamshire Northern 2 County England NottinghamshireNottinghamshire Southern 2 County England NottinghamshireOldham 2 Borough England LancashireOrkney and Shetland 1 County Scotland Orkney amp ShetlandOxford 2 Borough England OxfordshireOxfordshire 3 County England OxfordshireOxford University 2 University England OxfordshirePaisley 1 Borough Scotland RenfrewshirePeeblesshire 1 County Scotland PeeblesshirePembroke Boroughs 1 District Wales PembrokeshirePembrokeshire 1 County Wales PembrokeshirePenryn and Falmouth 2 Borough England CornwallPerth 1 Borough Scotland PerthshirePerthshire 1 County Scotland PerthshirePeterborough 2 Borough England NorthamptonshirePetersfield 1 Borough England HampshirePlymouth 2 Borough England DevonPontefract 2 Borough England West Riding of YorkshirePoole 2 Borough England DorsetPortarlington 1 Borough Ireland Queen s County King s CountyPortsmouth 2 Borough England HampshirePreston 2 Borough England LancashireQueen s County 2 County Ireland Queen s CountyRadnor Boroughs 1 District Wales RadnorshireRadnorshire 1 County Wales RadnorshireReading 2 Borough England BerkshireReigate 1 Borough England SurreyRenfrewshire 1 County Scotland RenfrewshireRichmond 2 Borough England North Riding of YorkshireRipon 2 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireRochdale 1 Borough England LancashireRochester 2 Borough England KentRoscommon 2 County Ireland RoscommonRoss and Cromarty 1 County Scotland Ross shire CromartyshireRoxburghshire 1 County Scotland RoxburghshireRutland 2 County England RutlandRye 1 Borough England SussexSt Albans 2 Borough England Hertfordshire Disenfranchised for corruption in 1852St Andrews Burghs 1 District Scotland FifeSt Ives 1 Borough England CornwallSalford 1 Borough England LancashireSalisbury 2 Borough England Wiltshire also known as New SarumSandwich 2 Borough England KentScarborough 2 Borough England North Riding of YorkshireSelkirkshire 1 County Scotland SelkirkshireShaftesbury 1 Borough England DorsetSheffield 2 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireShrewsbury 2 Borough England ShropshireShropshire Northern 2 County England ShropshireShropshire Southern 2 County England ShropshireSligo 1 Borough Ireland SligoCounty Sligo 2 County Ireland SligoSomerset Eastern 2 County England SomersetSomerset Western 2 County England SomersetSouthampton 2 Borough England HampshireSouth Shields 1 Borough England DurhamSouthwark 2 Borough England SurreyStafford 2 Borough England StaffordshireStaffordshire Northern 2 County England StaffordshireStaffordshire Southern 2 County England StaffordshireStamford 2 Borough England LincolnshireStirling Burghs 1 District Scotland StirlingshireStirlingshire 1 County Scotland StirlingshireStockport 2 Borough England CheshireStoke upon Trent 2 Borough England StaffordshireStroud 2 Borough England GloucestershireSudbury 2 Borough England Suffolk Disenfranchised for corruption in 1844Suffolk Eastern 2 County England SuffolkSuffolk Western 2 County England SuffolkSunderland 2 Borough England DurhamSurrey Eastern 2 County England SurreySurrey Western 2 County England SurreySussex Eastern 2 County England SussexSussex Western 2 County England SussexSutherland 1 County Scotland SutherlandSwansea District 1 District Wales GlamorganshireTamworth 2 Borough England Staffordshire WarwickshireTaunton 2 Borough England SomersetTavistock 2 Borough England DevonTewkesbury 2 Borough England GloucestershireThetford 2 Borough England NorfolkThirsk 1 Borough England North Riding of YorkshireTipperary 2 County Ireland TipperaryTiverton 2 Borough England DevonTotnes 2 Borough England DevonTower Hamlets 2 Borough England MiddlesexTralee 1 Borough Ireland KerryTruro 2 Borough England CornwallTynemouth and North Shields 1 Borough England NorthumberlandTyrone 2 County Ireland TyroneWakefield 1 Borough England West Riding of YorkshireWallingford 1 Borough England BerkshireWalsall 1 Borough England StaffordshireWareham 1 Borough England DorsetWarrington 1 Borough England LancashireWarwick 2 Borough England WarwickshireWarwickshire Northern 2 County England WarwickshireWarwickshire Southern 2 County England WarwickshireWaterford City 2 Borough Ireland WaterfordCounty Waterford 2 County Ireland WaterfordWells 2 Borough England SomersetWenlock 2 Borough England ShropshireWestbury 1 Borough England WiltshireWestmeath 2 County Ireland WestmeathWestminster 2 Borough England MiddlesexWestmorland 2 County England WestmorlandWexford 1 Borough Ireland WexfordCounty Wexford 2 County Ireland WexfordWeymouth and Melcombe Regis 2 Borough England DorsetWhitby 1 Borough England North Riding of YorkshireWhitehaven 1 Borough England CumberlandWick Burghs 1 District Scotland CaithnessWicklow 2 County Ireland WicklowWigan 2 Borough England LancashireWigtown Burghs 1 District Scotland WigtownshireWigtownshire 1 County Scotland WigtownshireWilton 1 Borough England WiltshireWiltshire Northern 2 County England WiltshireWiltshire Southern 2 County England WiltshireWinchester 2 Borough England HampshireWindsor 2 Borough England BerkshireWolverhampton 2 Borough England StaffordshireWoodstock 1 Borough England OxfordshireWorcester 2 Borough England WorcestershireWorcestershire Eastern 2 County England WorcestershireWorcestershire Western 2 County England WorcestershireWycombe 2 Borough England BuckinghamshireYork 2 Borough England YorkshireEast Riding of Yorkshire 2 County England East Riding of YorkshireNorth Riding of Yorkshire 2 County England North Riding of YorkshireWest Riding of Yorkshire 2 County England West Riding of Yorkshire divided in 1865 see Northern West Riding of Yorkshire 2 seats and Southern West Riding of Yorkshire 2 seats Youghal 1 Borough Ireland CorkSee also editList of constituencies enfranchised and disfranchised by the Reform Act 1832References editSources editCraig F W S 1989 1977 British parliamentary election results 1832 1885 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services ISBN 0 900178 26 4 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies 1832 1868 amp oldid 1184443976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
