List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (1832–1868) explained

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This is a list of parliamentary constituencies which were used for elections to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1865.

These constituencies were defined by the Representation of the People Act 1832 (commonly known as the Reform Act 1832), and with the exception of the changes listed below they remained in effect until the next round of revisions in 1867 and 1868, when three pieces of legislation restructured the constituencies:

Representation of the People Act 1867, known as the Reform Act 1867, which redistributed seats in England and Wales
Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868, created seven additional Scottish seats to replace seven disenfranchised English boroughs
Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, which did not create or abolish any constituencies, but changed some boundaries

Types of constituency

There were three types of constituency, each with different arrangements for the franchise:

Counties, which covered the whole of a county. In some cases they were divided into two or more divisions
University constituencies, which had no geographical basis. Their electorate comprised the graduates of the university
Parliamentary boroughs, known in Scotland as burghs, which comprised a town and in some cases some areas outside the town boundaries.
- Districts of burghs (in Scotland) and districts of boroughs (in Wales) were a type of borough constituency in which several boroughs jointly elected one Member of Parliament. The areas were not geographically contiguous, and in some cases the boroughs were in different counties

Numbers by type

This table lists the number of each type of constituency in use in 1832, in the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom:

Country	Borough constituencies	County constituencies	University constituencies	Total constituencies	Borough MPs	County MPs	University MP	Total MPs
England	186	68	2	256	322	142	4	468
Wales	15	13	0	28	15	17	0	32
Scotland	21	30	0	51	23	30	0	53
Ireland	33	32	1	66	39	64	2	105
Total	255	143	3	401	399	253	6	658

Changes

Year	Change	New total constituencies	New total MPs
1844	Sudbury (2 seats) disenfranchised for corruption	400	656
1852	St Albans (2 seats) disenfranchised for corruption	399	654
1861	Birkenhead (1 seats) enfranchised	400	656
1861	South Lancashire (2 seats) awarded 1 extra seat for a total of 3	400	656
1865	West Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats) divided into: Northern West Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats) Southern West Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)	400	658

List of constituencies

Members	Type	Country	County	Notes
1	Borough	Scotland	Aberdeenshire
1	County	Scotland	Aberdeenshire
1	Borough	England	Berkshire
2	Borough	England	Hampshire
1	County	Wales	Anglesey
2	County	Ireland	Antrim
1	County	Scotland	Argyllshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Armagh
2	County	Ireland	Armagh
1	Borough	England	Sussex
1	Borough	England	Devon
1	Borough	England	Lancashire
1	Borough	Ireland	Westmeath & Roscommon
2	Borough	England	Buckinghamshire
1	District	Scotland	Ayrshire
1	County	Scotland	Ayrshire
1	Borough	England	Oxfordshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Cork
1	County	Scotland	Banffshire
2	Borough	England	Devon
2	Borough	England	Somerset
1	District	Wales	Anglesey
2	Borough	England	Bedfordshire
2	County	England	Bedfordshire
2	Borough	Ireland	Antrim
3	County	England	Berkshire
1	County	Scotland	Berwickshire
2	Borough	England	Northumberland
2	Borough	England	East Riding of Yorkshire
1	Borough	England	Worcestershire
2	Borough	England	Warwickshire
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England	Cornwall
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England	Lincolnshire
2	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
1	Borough	Wales	Breconshire
1	County	Wales	Breconshire
2	Borough	England	Shropshire
2	Borough	England	Somerset
2	Borough	England	Dorset
2	Borough	England	Sussex
2	Borough	England	Gloucestershire/Somerset
2	Borough	England	Buckinghamshire
3	County	England	Buckinghamshire
1	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England	Suffolk
1	County	Scotland	Buteshire
1	District	Wales	Caernarvonshire
1	County	Wales	Caernarvonshire
1	County	Scotland	Caithness
1	Borough	England	Wiltshire
2	Borough	England	Cambridgeshire
2	University	England	Cambridgeshire
3	County	England	Cambridgeshire
2	Borough	England	Kent
1	District	Wales	Glamorganshire
1	District	Wales	Cardiganshire
1	County	Wales	Cardiganshire
2	Borough	England	Cumberland
1	Borough	Ireland	Carlow
2	County	Ireland	Carlow
1	District	Wales	Carmarthenshire
2	County	Wales	Carmarthenshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Antrim
1	Borough	Ireland	Tipperary
2	County	Ireland	Cavan
1	Borough	England	Kent
1	Borough	England	Gloucestershire
2	County	England	Cheshire
2	County	England	Cheshire
2	Borough	England	Cheshire
2	Borough	England	Sussex
2	Borough	England	Wiltshire
1	Borough	England	Hampshire
2	Borough	England	Gloucestershire
1	County	Scotland	Clackmannanshire
2	County	Ireland	Clare
1	Borough	England	Lancashire
1	Borough	Ireland	Tipperary
2	Borough	England	Cumberland
2	Borough	England	Essex
1	Borough	Ireland	Londonderry
2	Borough	Ireland	Cork
2	County	Ireland	Cork
2	County	England	Cornwall
2	County	England	Cornwall
2	Borough	England	Warwickshire
2	Borough	England	Wiltshire
2	County	England	Cumberland
2	County	England	Cumberland
1	Borough	England	Devon
1	District	Wales	Denbighshire
2	County	Wales	Denbighshire
2	Borough	England	Derbyshire
2	County	England	Derbyshire
2	County	England	Derbyshire
2	Borough	England	Wiltshire
2	Borough	England	Devon
2	County	England	Devon
2	County	England	Devon
2	County	Ireland	Donegal
2	Borough	England	Dorset
3	County	England	Dorset
2	Borough	England	Kent
2	County	Ireland	Down
1	Borough	Ireland	Down
1	Borough	Ireland	Louth
1	Borough	England	Worcestershire
2	Borough	Ireland	Dublin
2	County	Ireland	Dublin
2	University	Ireland	Dublin
1	Borough	England	Worcestershire
1	District	Scotland	Dumfriesshire
1	County	Scotland	Dumfriesshire
1	County	Scotland	Dunbartonshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Louth
1	Borough	Scotland	Forfarshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Tyrone
1	Borough	Ireland	Waterford
2	Borough	England	Durham
2	County	England	Durham
2	County	England	Durham
2	Borough	England	Nottinghamshire
2	Borough	Scotland	Midlothian
1	District	Scotland	Elginshire
1	County	Scotland	Elginshire/Nairnshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Clare
1	Borough	Ireland	Fermanagh
2	County	England	Essex
2	County	England	Essex
2	Borough	England	Worcestershire
2	Borough	England	Devon
1	Borough	England	Suffolk
1	District	Scotland	Stirlingshire
2	County	Ireland	Fermanagh
1	County	Scotland	Fife
2	Borough	England	Middlesex
1	District	Wales	Flintshire
1	County	Wales	Flintshire
1	County	Scotland	Forfarshire
1	Borough	England	Somerset
2	Borough	Ireland	Galway
2	County	Ireland	Galway
1	Borough	England	Durham
2	County	Wales	Glamorganshire
2	Borough	Scotland	Lanarkshire
2	Borough	England	Gloucestershire
2	County	England	Gloucestershire
2	County	England	Gloucestershire
2	Borough	England	Lincolnshire
2	Borough	England	Norfolk
2	Borough	England	Buckinghamshire
1	Borough	Scotland	Renfrewshire
2	Borough	England	Kent
1	Borough	England	Lincolnshire
2	Borough	England	Surrey
1	District	Scotland	Haddingtonshire
1	County	Scotland	Haddingtonshire
2	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
2	County	England	Hampshire
2	County	England	Hampshire
2	Borough	England	Essex
2	Borough	England	Sussex
1	District	Wales	Pembrokeshire
1	Borough	England	Cornwall
2	Borough	England	Herefordshire
3	County	England	Herefordshire
2	Borough	England	Hertfordshire
3	County	England	Hertfordshire
2	Borough	England	Devon
1	Borough	England	Sussex
1	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	Huntingdonshire
2	County	England	Huntingdonshire
1	Borough	England	Kent
1	District	Scotland	Inverness-shire
1	County	Scotland	Inverness-shire
2	Borough	England	Suffolk
1	County	England	Hampshire
1	Borough	England	Westmorland
2	County	England	Kent
2	County	England	Kent
2	County	Ireland	Kerry
1	Borough	England	Worcestershire
2	County	Ireland	Kildare
1	Borough	Ireland	Kilkenny
2	County	Ireland	Kilkenny
1	District	Scotland	Ayrshire
1	County	Scotland	Kincardineshire
2	County	Ireland	King's County
2	Borough	England	Norfolk
2	Borough	England	East Riding of Yorkshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Cork
1	Burghs	Scotland	Fife
1	County	Scotland	Kirkcudbright Stewartry
2	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	Surrey
1	County	Scotland	Lanarkshire
2	County	England	Lancashire
2	County	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
1	Borough	England	Cornwall
2	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	Leicestershire
2	County	England	Leicestershire
2	County	England	Leicestershire
1	District	Scotland	Midlothian
2	County	Ireland	Leitrim
2	Borough	England	Herefordshire
2	Borough	England	Sussex
2	Borough	England	Staffordshire
2	Borough	Ireland	Limerick
2	County	Ireland	Limerick
2	Borough	England	Lincolnshire
2	County	England	Lincolnshire
2	County	England	Lincolnshire
1	County	Scotland	Linlithgowshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Antrim
1	Borough	England	Cornwall
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
4	Borough	England	Middlesex
1	Borough	Ireland	Londonderry
2	County	Ireland	Londonderry
2	County	Ireland	Longford
2	County	Ireland	Louth
2	Borough	England	Shropshire
1	Borough	England	Dorset
2	Borough	England	Hampshire
2	Borough	England	Cheshire
2	Borough	England	Kent
2	Borough	England	Essex
1	Borough	Ireland	Cork
1	Borough	England	Wiltshire
2	Borough	England	North Riding of Yorkshire/East Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England	Wiltshire
2	Borough	England	Middlesex
2	County	Ireland	Mayo
2	County	Ireland	Meath
1	County	Wales	Merionethshire
1	Borough	Wales	Glamorganshire
2	County	England	Middlesex
1	Borough	England	Sussex
1	County	Scotland	Midlothian
2	County	Ireland	Monaghan
1	District???	Wales	Monmouthshire
2	County	Wales	Monmouthshire
1	District	Wales	Montgomeryshire
1	County	Wales	Montgomeryshire
1	District	Scotland	Forfarshire
1	Borough	England	Northumberland
2	Borough	England	Nottinghamshire
2	Borough	England	Staffordshire
2	Borough	England	Northumberland
2	Borough	England	Hampshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Wexford
1	Borough	Ireland	Armagh/Down
2	Borough	England	Sussex
2	County	England	Norfolk
2	County	England	Norfolk
1	Borough	England	North Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	Northamptonshire
2	County	England	Northamptonshire
2	County	England	Northamptonshire
2	County	England	Northumberland
2	County	England	Northumberland
2	Borough	England	Norfolk
2	Borough	England	Nottinghamshire
2	County	England	Nottinghamshire
2	County	England	Nottinghamshire
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
1	County	Scotland	Orkney & Shetland
2	Borough	England	Oxfordshire
3	County	England	Oxfordshire
2	University	England	Oxfordshire
1	Borough	Scotland	Renfrewshire
1	County	Scotland	Peeblesshire
1	District	Wales	Pembrokeshire
1	County	Wales	Pembrokeshire
2	Borough	England	Cornwall
1	Borough	Scotland	Perthshire
1	County	Scotland	Perthshire
2	Borough	England	Northamptonshire
1	Borough	England	Hampshire
2	Borough	England	Devon
2	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	Dorset
1	Borough	Ireland	Queen's County/King's County
2	Borough	England	Hampshire
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	County	Ireland	Queen's County
1	District	Wales	Radnorshire
1	County	Wales	Radnorshire
2	Borough	England	Berkshire
1	Borough	England	Surrey
1	County	Scotland	Renfrewshire
2	Borough	England	North Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
1	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England	Kent
2	County	Ireland	Roscommon
1	County	Scotland	Ross-shire/Cromartyshire
1	County	Scotland	Roxburghshire
2	County	England	Rutland
1	Borough	England	Sussex
2	Borough	England		Disenfranchised for corruption in 1852
1	District	Scotland	Fife
1	Borough	England	Cornwall
1	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England		also known as New Sarum
2	Borough	England	Kent
2	Borough	England	North Riding of Yorkshire
1	County	Scotland	Selkirkshire
1	Borough	England	Dorset
2	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
2	Borough	England	Shropshire
2	County	England	Shropshire
2	County	England	Shropshire
1	Borough	Ireland	Sligo
2	County	Ireland	Sligo
2	County	England	Somerset
2	County	England	Somerset
2	Borough	England	Hampshire
1	Borough	England	Durham
2	Borough	England	Surrey
2	Borough	England	Staffordshire
2	County	England	Staffordshire
2	County	England	Staffordshire
2	Borough	England	Lincolnshire
1	District	Scotland	Stirlingshire
1	County	Scotland	Stirlingshire
2	Borough	England	Cheshire
2	Borough	England	Staffordshire
2	Borough	England	Gloucestershire
2	Borough	England		Disenfranchised for corruption in 1844
2	County	England	Suffolk
2	County	England	Suffolk
2	Borough	England	Durham
2	County	England	Surrey
2	County	England	Surrey
2	County	England	Sussex
2	County	England	Sussex
1	County	Scotland	Sutherland
1	District	Wales	Glamorganshire
2	Borough	England	Staffordshire/Warwickshire
2	Borough	England	Somerset
2	Borough	England	Devon
2	Borough	England	Gloucestershire
2	Borough	England	Norfolk
1	Borough	England	North Riding of Yorkshire
2	County	Ireland	Tipperary
2	Borough	England	Devon
2	Borough	England	Devon
2	Borough	England	Middlesex
1	Borough	Ireland	Kerry
2	Borough	England	Cornwall
1	Borough	England	Northumberland
2	County	Ireland	Tyrone
1	Borough	England	West Riding of Yorkshire
1	Borough	England	Berkshire
1	Borough	England	Staffordshire
1	Borough	England	Dorset
1	Borough	England	Lancashire
2	Borough	England	Warwickshire
2	County	England	Warwickshire
2	County	England	Warwickshire
2	Borough	Ireland	Waterford
2	County	Ireland	Waterford
2	Borough	England	Somerset
2	Borough	England	Shropshire
1	Borough	England	Wiltshire
2	County	Ireland	Westmeath
2	Borough	England	Middlesex
2	County	England	Westmorland
1	Borough	Ireland	Wexford
2	County	Ireland	Wexford
2	Borough	England	Dorset
1	Borough	England	North Riding of Yorkshire
1	Borough	England	Cumberland
1	District	Scotland	Caithness
2	County	Ireland	Wicklow
2	Borough	England	Lancashire
1	District	Scotland	Wigtownshire
1	County	Scotland	Wigtownshire
1	Borough	England	Wiltshire
2	County	England	Wiltshire
2	County	England	Wiltshire
2	Borough	England	Hampshire
2	Borough	England	Berkshire
2	Borough	England	Staffordshire
1	Borough	England	Oxfordshire
2	Borough	England	Worcestershire
2	County	England	Worcestershire
2	County	England	Worcestershire
2	Borough	England	Buckinghamshire
2	Borough	England	Yorkshire
2	County	England	East Riding of Yorkshire
2	County	England	North Riding of Yorkshire
2	County	England		divided in 1865: see Northern West Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats) and Southern West Riding of Yorkshire (2 seats)
1	Borough	Ireland	Cork

Sources

Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

. F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 . 1977 . 2nd . 1989 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-26-4 .