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. 2nd creation 1922-50. |
| City of Armagh | 1801 | Merged into County Armagh |
| County Armagh | 1801 | Split into Mid Armagh, North Armagh and South Armagh. 2nd 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. 2nd creation 1918-50. |
| Calne | 1295 | |
| Cambridgeshire | 1290 | Split into Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech. 2nd creation 1918-83. |
| Cardigan | 1542 | Merged into Cardiganshire. 2nd creation 1974-83 |
| Borough of Carlow | 1801 | Merged into County Carlow |
| Carmarthenshire | 1542 | Split into Carmarthenshire East and Carmarthenshire West |
| Carrickfergus | 1801 | |
| 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 | 2nd creation from 1997 |
| North Devon | 1832 | 2nd creation from 1950 |
| South Devon | 1832 | |
| Donegal | 1801 | |
| Dorchester | 1295 | |
| Dorset | 1290 | |
| Down | 1801 | 2nd creation 1922-50. |
| Downpatrick | 1801 | |
| Drogheda | 1801 | |
| City of Dublin | 1801 | |
| County Dublin | 1801 | |
| Dundalk | 1801 | |
| Dungannon | 1801 | |
| Dungarvan | 1801 | |
| North Durham | 1832 | 2nd creation from 1983 |
| South Durham | 1832 | |
| East Retford | 1571 | 1st 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 | 2nd 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 | 2nd creation 1950-97 |
| Great Marlow | 1625 | 1st 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 | 2nd creation 1918-83 |
| East Kent | 1832 | |
| Mid Kent | 1868 | 2nd creation 1983-97 |
| West Kent | 1832 | |
| Kerry | 1801 | |
| Kildare | 1801 | |
| County Kilkenny | 1801 | |
| King's County | 1801 | 2nd creation 1918-22 |
| Kingston-upon-Hull | 1334 | 1st 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. 2nd 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 | 2nd creation 1918-22 |
| Limerick (County) | 1801 | |
| Mid Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
| North Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
| South Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
| Lisburn | 1801 | |
| Liskeard | 1295 | |
| Liverpool | 1545 | 1st creation 1295-by 1442 |
| Londonderry (County) | 1801 | 2nd creation 1922-83 |
| Longford | 1801 | 2nd creation 1918-22 |
| Louth (County) | 1801 | 2nd creation 1918-22 |
| Lymington | 1584 | |
| Mallow | 1801 | |
| Malmesbury | 1295 | |
| Malton | 1641 | 1st 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 | 1st 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. 2nd creation 1974-83. |
| Perthshire | 1708 | |
| Poole | 1453 | 1st creation 1362-by 1377 |
| Portarlington | 1801 | |
| Queen's County | 1801 | 2nd 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 | 2nd creation from 1997 |
| Sandwich | 1366 | |
| Shaftesbury | 1295 | |
| Sheffield | 1832 | |
| North Shropshire | 1832 | 2nd creation from 1983 |
| South Shropshire | 1832 | |
| County Sligo | 1801 | |
| Mid Somerset | 1868 | |
| West Somerset | 1832 | |
| Southwark | 1295 | 2nd creation 1983-97 |
| East Staffordshire | 1868 | |
| North Staffordshire | 1832 | |
| East Suffolk | 1832 | |
| West Suffolk | 1832 | 2nd creation from 1997 |
| East Surrey | 1832 | 2nd creation from 1918 |
| Mid Surrey | 1868 | |
| West Surrey | 1832 | |
| East Sussex | 1832 | |
| West Sussex | 1832 | |
| Swansea | 1832 | |
| Thirsk | 1547 | 1st 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 | 2nd creation from 1983 |
| South Warwickshire | 1832 | |
| County Waterford | 1801 | 2nd creation 1918-22 |
| Westmeath | 1801 | 2nd creation 1918-22 |
| Westmorland | 1290 | Split into Appleby and Kendal. 2nd 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 | 2nd creation from 1983 |
| South Wiltshire | 1832 | |
| Wolverhampton | 1832 | Split into 3 divisions |
| Worcestershire West | 1832 | 2nd creation from 1997 as West Worcestershire |
| Youghal | 1801 |
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