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 | |
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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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