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 1832 Reform Act.
| 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 | 1372 | 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 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Former United Kingdom Parliament Constituencies
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