Constituencies Abolished By The 1832 Reform Act
The 1832 Reform Act saw the abolition of a wide range of rotten boroughs in England. There were also a few changes to Scottish constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdeen Burghs | 1708 | Components split into Aberdeen and part of Montrose Burghs |
Aldborough | 1558 | |
Aldeburgh | 1571 | |
Amersham | 1625 | 1st 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 | 1st creation 1295-by 1441 |
Buteshire or Caithness | 1708 | Were paired as alternating constituencies until 1832 Then became separate constituencies (both abolished 1918) |
Callington | 1584 | |
Camelford | 1547 | |
Castle Rising | 1558 | |
Cheshire | 1545 | two divisions |
Corfe Castle | 1572 | |
Cornwall | 1290 | two divisions |
Cromartyshire or Nairnshire | 1708 | Were paired as alternating constituencies until 1832 Then Cromartyshire merged with Ross-shire to form Ross and Cromarty (abolished 1983) and Nairnshire merged with Elginshire to form Elginshire and Nairnshire (abolished 1918) |
Cumberland | 1290 | two divisions |
Derbyshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Devon | 1290 | two divisions |
Downton | 1467 | 1st 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 | 1st creation 1295 |
Heytesbury | 1449 | |
Higham Ferrers | 1558 | |
Hindon | 1449 | |
Ilchester | 1621 | 1st creation 1298 |
Kent | 1290 | two divisions |
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 | 1st creation 1298-by 1307 |
Minehead | 1563 | |
Mitchell | 1547 | Also known as St Michael's |
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 | 1st creation 1301-by 1307 |
Old Sarum | 1360 | 1st creation 1295 |
Orford | 1512 | 1st 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 | 1st creation 1298-by 1307 |
Shropshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Somerset | 1290 | two divisions |
Staffordshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Steyning | 1467 | 1st creation 1298-by 1307. 2nd 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 | 1st creation 1295 |
Warwickshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Wendover | 1625 | 1st creation 1301-by 1307 |
Weobley | 1628 | 1st 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 |
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