Bridgnorth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bridgnorth was a parliamentary borough in Shropshire which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until its abolition in 1885.
It was represented by two burgesses until 1868, when it was reduced to one Member of Parliament (MP).
At the launch of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies launched in 2011 by the Boundary Commission for England, the name "Bridgnorth" is set to return in a proposed new "Bridgnorth and Telford South" constituency.
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