This is a list of former parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition. It includes UK parliamentary constituencies that have been abolished, including those that were later recreated, but does not include constituencies that were merely renamed.
The date of creation of a constituency, in some cases, goes back to English and Welsh seats in the Parliament of England and the Scottish constituencies in the Parliament of Great Britain.
In some cases, constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons first received a summons to send representatives to Parliament at a date considerably earlier than the date after which they consistently received a summons. These cases are indicated in a note.
No account is taken, in this article, of the temporary redistribution of constituencies used for the First and Second Protectorate Parliaments in the 1650s. See First Protectorate Parliament for a list of those constituencies.
Constituencies abolished in 2024
- Aberavon
- Aberconwy
- Angus
- Arfon
- Argyll and Bute
- Banff and Buchan
- Barnsley Central
- Barnsley East
- Batley and Spen
- Beckenham
- Belfast South
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Bethnal Green and Bow
- Birmingham Hall Green
- Birmingham Hodge Hill
- Blackley and Broughton
- Blackpool North and Cleveleys
- Blaenau Gwent
- Blaydon
- Blyth Valley
- Bolton South East
- Bosworth
- Brecon and Radnorshire
- Brent Central
- Brent North
- Bridgwater and West Somerset
- Brigg and Goole
- Brighton Kemptown
- Bristol West
- Broadland
- Bromley and Chislehurst
- Buckingham
- Burton
- Bury St Edmunds
- Camberwell and Peckham
- Cardiff Central
- Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
- Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
- Ceredigion
- Charnwood
- City of Chester
- Cleethorpes
- Clwyd South
- Clwyd West
- Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
- Copeland
- Corby
- Coventry North East
- Croydon Central
- Croydon North
- Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
- Cynon Valley
- Delyn
- Denton and Reddish
- Devizes
- Dewsbury
- Don Valley
- Dover
- Dudley North
- Dudley South
- Dundee East
- Dundee West
- Dunfermline and West Fife
- East Devon
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
- East Lothian
- East Yorkshire
- Eddisbury
- Edinburgh East
- Edmonton
- Ellesmere Port and Neston
- Elmet and Rothwell
- Eltham
- Enfield Southgate
- Fareham
- Garston and Halewood
- Gateshead
- Glasgow Central
- Glasgow North West
- Glenrothes
- Gordon
- Grantham and Stamford
- Great Grimsby
- Halesowen and Rowley Regis
- Haltemprice and Howden
- Halton
- Hammersmith
- Hampstead and Kilburn
- Harborough
- Hemsworth
- Henley
- Heywood and Middleton
- Hitchin and Harpenden
- Hornsey and Wood Green
- Hove
- Inverclyde
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
- Isle of Wight
- Islwyn
- Jarrow
- Keighley
- Kensington
- Kingston upon Hull North
- Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
- Kingswood
- Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
- Lanark and Hamilton East
- Lancaster and Fleetwood
- Leeds Central
- Leeds West
- Leigh
- Lewisham Deptford
- Lewisham West and Penge
- Linlithgow and East Falkirk
- Ludlow
- Luton South
- Maidstone and The Weald
- Manchester Gorton
- Meon Valley
- Meriden
- Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
- Mid Worcestershire
- Middlesbrough
- Milton Keynes South
- Mole Valley
- Monmouth
- Montgomeryshire
- Moray
- Morley and Outwood
- Motherwell and Wishaw
- Neath
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central
- Newcastle upon Tyne East
- Newport West
- Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
- North East Bedfordshire
- North East Somerset
- North Swindon
- North Thanet
- North Tyneside
- North Warwickshire
- North West Durham
- North Wiltshire
- Nottingham North
- Ochil and South Perthshire
- Ogmore
- Oldham West and Royton
- Pendle
- Penrith and The Border
- Perth and North Perthshire
- Preseli Pembrokeshire
- Pudsey
- Reading East
- Reading West
- Rhondda
- Richmond (Yorks)
- Rochford and Southend East
- Ross, Skye and Lochaber
- Rutherglen and Hamilton West
- Rutland and Melton
- Saffron Walden
- Salford and Eccles
- Sedgefield
- Selby and Ainsty
- Sherwood
- Shrewsbury and Atcham
- Solihull
- Somerton and Frome
- South East Cambridgeshire
- South Staffordshire
- South Swindon
- South Thanet
- South West Bedfordshire
- South West Surrey
- Southend West
- Stirling
- Stockton South
- Stone
- Streatham
- Swansea East
- Taunton Deane
- The Cotswolds
- Tiverton and Honiton
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Torridge and West Devon
- Totnes
- Vale of Clwyd
- Vauxhall
- Wakefield
- Walsall North
- Walsall South
- Wansbeck
- Wantage
- Warley
- Washington and Sunderland West
- Waveney
- Wealden
- Weaver Vale
- Wellingborough
- Wells
- Wentworth and Dearne
- West Bromwich East
- West Bromwich West
- West Ham
- Westminster North
- Wirral South
- Wolverhampton South West
- Workington
- Worsley and Eccles
- Wyre and Preston North
Constituencies abolished in 2010
Created | Notes | |
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Barnsley West and Penistone | 1983 | |
Barnsley East and Mexborough | 1997 | |
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath | 1997 | |
Blackpool North and Fleetwood | 1997 | |
Bradford North | 1918 | |
Brent East | 1974 | |
Brent South | 1974 | |
Eccles | 1885 | |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 1997 | |
Kensington and Chelsea | 1997 | |
Knowsley North and Sefton East | 1997 | |
Lancaster and Wyre | 1997 | |
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | 1983 | |
Normanton | 1885 | |
Poplar and Canning Town | 1997 | |
Rugby and Kenilworth | 1983 | |
Sheffield Hillsborough | 1918 | |
Tyne Bridge | 1983 | |
Vale of York | 1997 |
Constituencies abolished in 2005
The Scottish UK Parliamentary constituencies were reorganised following the creation of the Scottish Parliament, in order to remove the traditional over-representation put in place to compensate for the lack of national representation.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdeen Central | 1997 | |
Ayr | 1950 | |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | 1983 | Divided between Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock and Central Ayrshire |
Coatbridge and Chryston | 1997 | |
Clydebank and Milngavie | 1983 | |
Clydesdale | 1983 | |
Cunninghame North | 1983 | |
Cunninghame South | 1983 | |
Dumbarton | 1983 | Divided between Dunbartonshire West and Argyll and Bute |
Dumfriesshire | 1708 | |
Dunfermline East | 1983 | |
Dunfermline West | 1983 | |
Eastwood | 1983 | |
Edinburgh Central | 1885 | |
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | 1997 | |
Edinburgh Pentlands | 1950 | |
Falkirk East | 1983 | |
Falkirk West | 1983 | |
Fife Central | 1974 | |
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale | 1983 | |
Glasgow Anniesland | 1997 | |
Glasgow Baillieston | 1997 | |
Glasgow Cathcart | 1918 | |
Glasgow Govan | 1885 | |
Glasgow Kelvin | 1997 | |
Glasgow Maryhill | 1918 | |
Glasgow Pollok | 1918 | |
Glasgow Rutherglen | 1918 | Rutherglen 1918 to 1983 Glasgow Rutherglen 1983 to 2005 |
Glasgow Shettleston | 1918 | |
Glasgow Springburn | 1918 | |
Greenock and Inverclyde | 1997 | |
Hamilton North and Bellshill | 1997 | |
Hamilton South | 1997 | |
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | 1983 | |
Kirkcaldy | 1832 | |
Linlithgow | 1708 | Linlithgowshire 1708 to 1945 West Lothian 1945 to 1983 Linlithgow 1983 to 2005 |
Paisley North | 1983 | |
Paisley South | 1983 | |
Perth | 1997 | |
Renfrewshire West (1997 to 2005) | 1997 | Second creation. First abolished in 1983 |
Ross, Skye and Inverness West | 1997 | |
Roxburgh and Berwickshire | 1983 |
Constituencies abolished in 1997
The Boundary Commissions' Fourth Periodical Review was completed in 1995. It recommended various changes, although most of the abolitions resulting from these took place in Scotland.
Created | Notes | |
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East Angus | 1983 | Northern half merged with Tayside North and coastal half renamed Angus |
Boothferry | 1983 | Southern section merged with Glanford and Scunthorpe to create Brigg and Goole, middle section merged with southern half of Beverley to create Haltemprice and Howden, northern section merged with northern Bridlington to create East Yorkshire |
Bow and Poplar | 1983 | |
Bridlington | 1950 | Majority incorporated into new Beverley and Holderness seat. |
Caithness and Sutherland | 1918 | Merged with part of Ross, Cromarty and Skye to form Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Carmarthen | 1542 | |
Chelmsford | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Chelsea | 1868 | |
Chertsey and Walton | 1974 | |
Cirencester and Tewkesbury | 1918 | Divided into Tewkesbury and Cotswold |
Clackmannan | 1983 | Merged with southern parts of Perth and Kinross to form Ochil |
Clwyd North West | 1983 | |
Colchester North | 1983 | Split into Essex North and Colchester |
Colchester South and Maldon | 1983 | Rural parts merged with half of Chelmsford to create Maldon and Chelmsford East, remainder becoming part of Colchester |
Coventry South East | 1974 | |
Coventry South West | 1974 | |
Croydon North East | 1955 | |
Croydon North West | 1955 | |
Dudley East | 1974 | |
Dudley West | 1974 | |
East Berkshire | 1983 | |
East Lindsey | 1983 | |
Fulham (1955 to 1997) | 1955 | Second creation. First abolished in 1918 |
Glasgow Garscadden | 1974 | Replaced by Glasgow Anniesland |
Glasgow Central | 1885 | Recreated 2005 |
Glasgow Hillhead | 1918 | Replaced by Glasgow Kelvin |
Glasgow Provan | 1955 | |
Gloucestershire West | 1950 | Second creation. First abolished 1885 Replaced by Forest of Dean |
Hamilton | 1918 | Most of constituency became Hamilton South, remainder merged with Motherwell South to become Hamilton North and Bellshill |
Hendon North | 1945 | |
Hendon South | 1945 | |
Holland with Boston | 1918 | Replaced by Boston and Skegness and South Holland and The Deepings |
Kincardine and Deeside | 1983 | Replaced by West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
Langbaurgh | 1983 | Succeeded by Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland |
Littleborough and Saddleworth | 1983 | |
Liverpool Broadgreen | 1983 | |
Liverpool Mossley Hill | 1983 | |
Mid Staffordshire | 1983 | |
Monklands East | 1983 | |
Monklands West | 1983 | |
Motherwell North | 1983 | |
Motherwell South | 1983 | Most of constituency became part of Hamilton North and Bellshill |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne East | 1918 | Revived in 2010 |
New Forest | 1885 | New Forest and Christchurch from 1918 until 1950. Replaced by New Forest East and New Forest West. |
Newham North East | 1974 | All of the constituency became part of East Ham |
Newham North West | 1974 | All of the constituency became part of West Ham |
Newham South | 1974 | Bulk of constituency split between East Ham and West Ham with a small part going into Poplar and Canning Town |
Norwood | 1885 | |
North Bedfordshire | 1983 | |
North Hertfordshire | 1983 | |
North West Surrey | 1974 | Succeeded by Surrey Heath |
Plymouth Drake (1974 to 1997) | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1918 to 1950 |
Ravensbourne | 1974 | |
Richmond and Barnes | 1983 | Enlarged and renamed Richmond Park |
Ross, Cromarty and Skye | 1983 | Replaced by Ross, Skye and Inverness West |
Salford East | 1950 | Enlarged and renamed Salford |
South East Staffordshire | 1983 | Effectively renamed Tamworth |
Southend East | 1950 | Became Rochford and Southend East |
South Hams | 1983 | |
South West Cambridgeshire | 1983 | |
South West Clwyd | 1983 | |
South Worcestershire | 1950 | |
Swindon | 1918 | Split to form Swindon North and Swindon South |
Wallsend | 1918 | Lost its eponymous town with most of the remainder becoming North Tyneside |
Wanstead and Woodford | 1964 | |
Warley East | 1974 | Merged with half of Warley West to become Warley |
Warley West | 1974 | Split between Warley and Halesowen and Rowley Regis |
West Hertfordshire | 1983 | succeeded by Hemel Hempstead |
Westminster North | 1983 | Recreated at the 2010 general election |
Worthing | 1945 |
Constituencies abolished in 1992
Due to the rapid expansion, the town of Milton Keynes, the Boundary Commission for England exceptionally recommended in 1990, between reviews, that it should be divided between two new constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Milton Keynes | 1983 | Split between Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes |
Constituencies abolished in 1983
The Boundary Commissions' Third Periodical Review was completed in 1983, fourteen years after the previous review. It proposed wider changes than the two earlier reviews and abolished a large number of constituencies, although many constituencies were simply renamed to conform to local government districts created in 1974.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdare | 1918 | |
Aberdeenshire East | 1950 | |
Aberdeenshire West | 1950 | Replaced by Kincardine and Deeside |
Abertillery | 1918 | |
Accrington | 1885 | |
North Angus and Mearns | 1950 | |
South Angus | 1950 | |
Argyll | 1708 | Argyllshire 1708 to 1950 Argyll 1950 to 1983 |
Armagh | 1922 | Split between Newry and Armagh and Upper Bann |
Central Ayrshire | 1950 | Became Cunninghame South but recreated in 2005 |
South Ayrshire | 1868 | Renamed Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley |
Banffshire | 1708 | Merged into Moray and Banff and Buchan |
Barkston Ash | 1885 | |
Barnsley | 1885 | Split into Barnsley Central, Barnsley East and Barnsley West and Penistone |
Barry | 1950 | Most of the constituency became Vale of Glamorgan |
Batley and Morley | 1918 | |
Battersea North | 1918 | Merged (minus some of Battersea South, which went into Tooting) to form Battersea |
Battersea South | 1918 | |
Bebington and Ellesmere Port | 1974 | |
Bedford | 1295 | |
Bedwellty | 1918 | |
Beeston | 1974 | Replaced by Broxtowe |
Belper | 1918 | |
Bermondsey | 1885 | |
Berwick and East Lothian | 1950 | |
Birmingham Stechford | 1950 | |
Bodmin | 1295 | Became North Cornwall |
Bolton East | 1950 | |
Bothwell | 1918 | |
Brigg and Scunthorpe | 1974 | |
Brighouse and Spenborough | 1950 | |
Bristol North East | 1950 | |
Bristol South East | 1950 | |
Bromsgrove and Redditch | 1974 | |
Bury and Radcliffe | 1950 | |
Bute and North Ayrshire | 1918 | Split between Argyll and Bute and Cunninghame North |
Cambridgeshire | 1918 | First creation 1290–1885 |
Cardiff North West | 1974 | |
Cardiff South East | 1950 | |
Carlton | 1950 | |
Chester-le-Street | 1885 | |
Christchurch and Lymington | 1974 | |
Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire | 1885 | |
Cleveland and Whitby | 1974 | |
Clitheroe | 1559 | |
Coatbridge and Airdrie | 1950 | |
Colchester | 1295 | |
Consett | 1918 | |
Dunbartonshire Central | 1974 | |
Darwen | 1885 | |
Dearne Valley | 1950 | |
Denbigh | 1542 | |
Doncaster | 1885 | |
Dorking | 1950 | Succeeded by Mole Valley |
Dover and Deal | 1974 | |
Dunfermline | 1918 | |
East Dunbartonshire | 1950 | Revived in 2005 |
East Grinstead | 1885 | Second creation. First abolished in 1832 |
East Hertfordshire | 1955 | |
Ebbw Vale | 1918 | |
Edinburgh North | 1918 | |
Essex South East | 1955 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1945 Replaced by Castle Point |
Eton and Slough | 1945 | |
Eye | 1571 | Replaced by Central Suffolk |
Farnham | 1918 | Succeeded by Surrey South West |
Farnworth | 1885 | |
Fife East | 1885 | |
Flintshire East | 1950 | |
Flintshire West | 1950 | |
Fylde North | 1950 | |
Fylde South | 1950 | |
Gateshead West | 1950 | |
Glasgow Craigton | 1955 | |
Glasgow Kelvingrove | 1918 | |
Glasgow Queen's Park | 1974 | |
Gloucestershire South | 1950 | |
Goole | 1950 | |
Gravesend | 1868 | |
Hackney Central | 1885 | Abolished 1950–1955 |
Haltemprice | 1950 | |
Hammersmith North | 1918 | Replaced by Hammersmith |
Hampstead | 1885 | |
Handsworth | 1885 | |
Harrow Central | 1950 | |
Hemel Hempstead | 1918 | Renamed West Hertfordshire Revived 1997 |
Hitchin | 1885 | |
Holborn and St Pancras South | 1950 | |
Horncastle | 1885 | |
Hornsey | 1885 | Western part went to Finchley in 1918. |
Horsham and Crawley | 1974 | Split into Horsham and Crawley |
Howden | 1955 | |
Huddersfield East | 1950 | |
Huddersfield West | 1950 | |
Huntingdonshire | 1918 | First creation 1290–1885 |
Huyton | 1950 | |
Ilkeston | 1885 | |
Ince | 1885 | |
Isle of Ely | 1918 | Succeeded by North East Cambridgeshire |
Islington Central | 1974 | |
Kidderminster | 1832 | Succeeded by Wyre Forest |
Kilmarnock | 1918 | Merged into Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
Kingston upon Hull Central | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1955 |
Kinross and Western | 1918 | |
Knutsford | 1885 | |
Lambeth Central | 1974 | |
Lanark | 1918 | Second creation. First creation 1708 to 1832 |
Leeds South | 1885 | |
Leeds South East | 1918 | |
Leek | 1885 | Succeeded by Staffordshire Moorlands |
Lichfield and Tamworth | 1950 | |
Liverpool Edge Hill | 1918 | |
Liverpool Kirkdale | 1885 | |
Liverpool Scotland Exchange | 1974 | |
Liverpool Toxteth | 1950 | |
Liverpool Wavertree | 1918 | Revived in 1997 |
Louth (Lincolnshire) | 1885 | |
Lowestoft | 1885 | |
Luton East | 1974 | |
Luton West | 1974 | |
Maldon | 1332 | Recreated in 2010 |
Manchester Ardwick | 1918 | |
Manchester Moss Side | 1918 | |
Manchester Openshaw | 1955 | |
Melton | 1885 | |
Middleton and Prestwich | 1918 | |
Mid Oxfordshire | 1974 | |
Moray and Nairn | 1918 | Split into Moray and Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber. |
Morpeth | 1553 | |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 1974 | Split into Motherwell North and Motherwell South. Revived in 1997. |
Nantwich | 1955 | |
Nelson and Colne | 1918 | |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne West | 1918 | |
Newport (Monmouthshire) | 1918 | Split into Newport East and Newport West. |
Newton (Lancashire) | 1885 | Second creation. First abolished in 1832 |
North Lanarkshire | 1918 | Second creation. First creation 1868 to 1885 |
North Somerset | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918, recreated in 2010 |
Northwich | 1885 | |
Nottingham West | 1885 | |
Oldham East | 1950 | |
Ormskirk | 1885 | |
Oswestry | 1885 | |
Oxford | 1295 | Split into Oxford West and Abingdon and Oxford East. |
Paddington | 1974 | |
Paisley | 1832 | Split into Paisley North and Paisley South. |
Penistone | 1918 | |
Petersfield | 1547 | First represented 1307 |
Pontypool | 1918 | |
Preston North | 1950 | |
Preston South | 1950 | |
Reading North | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1950 to 1955 |
Reading South | 1974 | Second creation. First creation 1950 to 1955 |
Renfrewshire East | 1885 | Revived 2005 |
Ripon | 1530 | First represented 1295 |
Rochester and Chatham | 1950 | |
Rugby | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Runcorn | 1950 | |
Ross and Cromarty | 1832 | |
Rye | 1955 | Second creation. First abolished in 1950 |
St Helens | 1885 | Split into St Helens North and St Helens South |
St Marylebone | 1918 | |
St Pancras North | 1885 | |
Salford West | 1885 | |
Sheffield Park | 1918 | Replaced by Sheffield Central |
Shrewsbury | 1290 | |
Sidcup | 1974 | |
South Bedfordshire | 1950 | |
South East Derbyshire | 1950 | |
South Hertfordshire | 1974 | |
South West Staffordshire | 1974 | |
Sowerby | 1885 | |
Stepney and Poplar | 1974 | |
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth | 1974 | |
Stockport North | 1950 | Merged to form Stockport |
Stockport South | 1950 | Merged to form Stockport (UK Parliament constituency) |
Stockton | 1950 | |
Sudbury and Woodbridge | 1950 | |
Thanet East | 1974 | |
Thanet West | 1974 | |
Thirsk and Malton | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Thornaby | 1974 | |
Totnes | 1885 | Second creation. First abolished 1868 Revived again in 1997 |
Warrington | 1832 | Split into Warrington North and Warrington South |
West Devon | 1974 | |
West Dunbartonshire | 1950 | Replaced by Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency), recreated 2005 |
Westhoughton | 1885 | |
West Lothian | 1945 | Split into Livingston and Linlithgow |
West Stirlingshire | 1945 | |
Whitehaven | 1832 | Replaced by Copeland |
Widnes | 1885 | Replaced by Halton |
Wirral | 1885 | Split into Wirral South and Wirral West |
Wood Green | 1918 | |
Woolwich East | 1918 | Reunited to form Woolwich |
Woolwich West | 1918 |
Constituencies abolished in 1974
The Boundary Commissions' Second Periodical Review was completed in 1969, but not implemented until the February 1974 election. Many of the constituencies it abolished were in inner city areas, which were losing population.
Created | Notes | |
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Arundel and Shoreham | 1950 | Split into Arundel and Shoreham |
Barons Court | 1955 | Divided between Fulham and Hammersmith North |
Bexley | 1945 | |
Billericay | 1950 | Revived 1983–2010 |
Bilston | 1918 | |
Birmingham All Saints | 1955 | |
Birmingham Aston | 1918 | |
Bradford East | 1885 | Revived 2010 |
Brierley Hill | 1950 | |
Bristol Central | 1918 | |
Brixton | 1885 | |
Bromley | 1918 | |
Chigwell | 1955 | |
Clapham | 1885 | |
Coventry East | 1945 | |
Coventry North | 1950 | |
Coventry South | 1950 | Revived 1997 |
Croydon South | 1955 | largely renamed Croydon Central, new Croydon South created further south |
Dudley | 1832 | Split into Dudley East and Dudley West. |
Ealing South | 1950 | |
East Ham North | 1918 | |
East Ham South | 1918 | |
Enfield East | 1950 | |
Enfield West | 1950 | |
Epping | 1885 | |
Fife West | 1885 | |
Glasgow Bridgeton | 1885 | |
Glasgow Gorbals | 1918 | |
Glasgow Woodside | 1950 | |
Heston and Isleworth | 1945 | |
Islington East | 1885 | |
Islington Southwest | 1950 | |
Kensington North | 1885 | |
Kensington South | 1885 | |
King's Lynn | 1298 | |
Kingston upon Hull North | 1950 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull North. Revived 1983 |
Leicester North East | 1950 | Reformed as Leicester East, Leicester South and Leicester West |
Leicester North West | 1950 | |
Leicester South East | 1950 | |
Leicester South West | 1950 | |
Lewisham North | 1950 | |
Lewisham South | 1950 | |
Luton | 1885 | Split into Luton East and Luton West |
Manchester Cheetham | 1950 | |
Manchester Exchange | 1918 | |
Merton and Morden | 1950 | |
Middlesbrough East | 1918 | |
Middlesbrough West | 1918 | |
Norfolk Central | 1950 | |
Northampton | 1295 | Split into Northampton North and Northampton South |
Nottingham Central | 1918 | |
Nottingham South | 1885 | Revived 1983 |
Paddington North | 1885 | Merged into Paddington |
Paddington South | 1885 | |
Poplar | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
Portsmouth Langstone | 1950 | |
Portsmouth West | 1950 | |
Reading | 1955 | First creation 1295–1950 |
Rhondda East | 1918 | |
Rhondda West | 1918 | |
Rowley Regis and Tipton | 1950 | |
Sedgefield | 1918 | Revived 1983 |
Smethwick | 1918 | |
South Buckinghamshire | 1950 | |
South Northamptonshire | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1832 to 1918 |
Southwark | 1950 | First creation 1295–1885 |
Tavistock | 1330 | First represented 1295 |
Torquay | 1885 | |
Torrington | 1950 | |
Walthamstow East | 1918 | Merged into Walthamstow |
Walthamstow West | 1918 | |
Wandsworth Central | 1918 | |
Wednesbury | 1868 | |
Wembley North | 1945 | |
Wembley South | 1945 | |
West Bromwich | 1885 | Split into West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West. |
West Ham North | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
West Ham South | 1950 | Second creation. First creation 1885 to 1918 |
Willesden East | 1918 | |
Willesden West | 1918 |
Constituencies abolished in 1955
The Boundary Commissions completed their First Periodical Reviews in 1954, as required by the 1944 act. These reviews controversially recommended further abolitions and creations, including the abolition of some constituencies created only in 1950.
Created | Notes | |
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Beverley | 1950 | First creation 1563–1870; Third creation 1983–97 |
Birmingham Erdington | 1918 | Revived 1974 |
Blackburn East | 1950 | Reunited as Blackburn |
Blackburn West | 1950 | |
Bradford Central | 1885 | |
Broxtowe | 1918 | Revived 1983 |
Croydon East | 1950 | |
Croydon North | 1918 | |
Croydon West | 1950 | |
Droylsden | 1950 | |
Fulham East | 1918 | Divided between Fulham and Barons Court |
Fulham West | 1918 | |
King's Norton | 1918 | |
Glasgow Camlachie | 1885 | |
Glasgow Tradeston | 1885 | |
Hackney South | 1885 | |
Hammersmith South | 1918 | |
Kingston upon Hull Central | 1885 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull Central. Revived 1974–1983 |
Leeds Central | 1885 | Revived 1983 |
Leeds North | 1885 | |
Manchester Clayton | 1918 | |
Midlothian and Peebles | 1950 | |
Nottingham East (1950 to 1955) | 1885 | Revived 1974 |
Nottingham North West | 1950 | |
Reading North (1950 to 1955) | 1950 | Revived 1974 to 1983 |
Reading South (1950 to 1955) | 1950 | Revived 1974 to 1983 |
Sheffield Neepsend | 1950 | |
Walsall | 1832 | Split into Walsall North and Walsall South |
Constituencies abolished in 1950
The Boundary Commissions completed their Initial Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in 1947. This recommended a number of changes in order that the populations of constituencies ordinarily varied no more than 25% from an electoral quota.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdeen and Kincardine East | 1918 | |
Aberdeen and Kincardine Central | 1918 | |
Antrim | 1922 | Second creation. First creation 1801 to 1885 Split into Antrim North and Antrim South |
Ayr District of Burghs | 1708 | Components, as defined 1918, merged into Ayr, Bute and North Ayrshire and Central Ayrshire |
Balham and Tooting | 1918 | |
Barnard Castle | 1885 | Divided between Bishop Auckland and Durham North West |
Barnstaple | 1295 | |
Bermondsey West | 1918 | |
Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire | 1918 | Renamed Berwickshire and East Lothian 1950–74 and Berwick and East Lothian 1974–83 |
Bethnal Green North East | 1885 | |
Bethnal Green South West | 1885 | |
Bewdley | 1605 | |
Birkenhead East | 1918 | |
Birkenhead West | 1918 | |
Birmingham Acock's Green | 1945 | |
Birmingham Deritend | 1918 | |
Birmingham Duddeston | 1918 | |
Birmingham West | 1885 | |
Blackburn | 1832 | Second creation from 1955 |
Bolton | 1832 | |
Bournemouth | 1918 | |
Bow and Bromley | 1885 | |
Brighton | 1832 | |
Bristol East | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Bristol North | 1885 | |
Bucklow | 1945 | |
Buckrose | 1885 | Divided between Bridlington and Beverley |
Burslem | 1918 | |
Bury | 1832 | Replaced by Bury and Radcliffe. |
Caernarvonshire | 1918 | First creation 1542–1885 |
Camberwell North | 1885 | |
Camberwell North West | 1918 | |
Cambridge University | 1604 | |
Cardiff Central | 1918 | Second creation from 1983 |
Cardiff East | 1918 | |
Cardiff South | 1918 | |
Clay Cross | 1918 | |
Combined English Universities | 1918 | |
Combined Scottish Universities | 1918 | |
Coventry West | 1945 | |
Croydon South | 1918 | Second creation from 1955 |
Daventry | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Derby | 1295 | |
Down | 1922 | Second creation. First creation from 1801 to 1885 Split into Down North and Down South |
Dumbarton Burghs | 1918 | Split between Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West. |
Dunbartonshire | 1708 | Split between Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West |
Dundee | 1832 | Split into Dundee East and Dundee West. |
Ealing East | 1945 | |
Ealing West | 1945 | |
East Dorset | 1885 | |
East Toxteth | 1885 | |
Eddisbury | 1885 | Second creation 1983 |
Elland | 1885 | A large part went to the new Brighouse and Spenborough constituency |
Enfield | 1885 | Split into Enfield East and Enfield West. |
Essex South East | 1885 | Revived 1955–1983 |
Evesham | 1604 | First represented 1295. |
Fermanagh and Tyrone | 1922 | Divided between Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Mid Ulster |
Flintshire | 1542 | Split into Flintshire East and Flintshire West |
Forest of Dean | 1885 | Second creation 1997 |
Forfarshire | 1708 | Divided between South Angus and Angus North and Mearns (both abolished 1983) |
Frome | 1832 | |
Fylde | 1918 | Divided between Fylde North, Fylde South, Preston North, Preston South and Clitheroe A new Fylde was created in 1983 |
Gateshead | 1832 | Split into Gateshead East and Gateshead West |
Glasgow Partick | 1918 | |
Glasgow St Rollox | 1885 | |
Hackney Central | 1885 | Second creation 1955–83 |
Hackney North | 1885 | |
Hanley | 1885 | |
Holderness | 1885 | |
Howdenshire | 1885 | |
Huddersfield | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
Islington South | 1885 | |
Islington West | 1885 | |
Kennington | 1885 | |
Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West | 1918 | |
Kingston upon Hull North West | 1918 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull North West |
Kingston upon Hull South West | 1918 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull South West |
Kingswinford | 1885 | |
Lambeth North | 1885 | |
Leicester East | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Leicester South | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Leicester West | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Lewisham East | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Leyton East | 1918 | |
Leyton West | 1918 | |
Limehouse | 1885 | |
Liverpool Everton | 1885 | |
Liverpool Fairfield | 1918 | |
Liverpool West Toxteth | 1885 | |
Llandaff and Barry | 1918 | |
London City (of) | 1298 | Merged into Cities of London and Westminster |
London University | 1868 | |
Lonsdale | 1918 | Divided between Morecambe and Lonsdale and Lancaster |
Manchester Hulme | 1918 | |
Manchester Platting | 1918 | |
Manchester Rusholme | 1918 | |
Montrose District of Burghs | 1832 | Divided between Angus South and North Angus and Mearns |
Mile End | 1885 | |
Norfolk East | 1885 | First creation 1832–68 |
North Cumberland | 1918 | Merged into Penrith and the Border |
Norwich | 1298 | Split into Norwich North and Norwich South |
Oldham | 1832 | Split into Oldham East and Oldham West |
Oxford University | 1604 | |
Penrith and Cockermouth | 1918 | Divided between Penrith and the Border and Workington |
Penryn and Falmouth | 1832 | Renamed (Penryn from 1547) |
Plaistow | 1918 | |
Plymouth Drake | 1918 | Divided between Plymouth Devonport and Plymouth Sutton. Second creation 1974–97. |
Poplar South | 1918 | |
Portsmouth Central | 1918 | |
Portsmouth North (1918 to 1950) | 1918 | Second creation from 1974 |
Preston | 1529 | First represented 1295. Split into Preston North and Preston South. Reunited 1983 |
Queen's University Belfast | 1918 | |
Reading | 1295 | Split into Reading North and Reading South. Reunited 1955–74 |
Rotherhithe | 1885 | |
Rothwell | 1918 | |
Royton | 1918 | |
Rye | 1366 | Second creation 1955–83 |
St Pancras South East | 1918 | |
St Pancras South West | 1918 | |
Salford North | 1885 | |
Salford South | 1885 | |
Seaham | 1918 | |
Sheffield Central | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Sheffield Ecclesall | 1885 | |
Silvertown | 1918 | |
South Derbyshire | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
Southend | 1918 | Split into Southend West and Southend East. |
Southampton | 1295 | |
South Molton | 1885 | |
Southwark Central | 1918 | |
Southwark North | 1918 | |
Southwark South East | 1918 | |
Spennymoor | 1918 | |
Spen Valley | 1885 | |
Stockport | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
Stoke | 1918 | |
Stourbridge | 1918 | Second creation in 1997 |
Sunderland | 1832 | |
Thornbury | 1885 | Merged into Stroud and Thornbury |
Tottenham North | 1918 | |
Tottenham South | 1918 | |
University of Wales | 1918 | |
Upton | 1918 | |
Wansbeck | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Waterloo | 1918 | |
Wentworth | 1918 | Second creation from 1983 |
Westminster Abbey | 1918 | Merged into Cities of London and Westminster |
Westminster, St George's | 1918 | Merged into Cities of London and Westminster |
Whitechapel and St George's | 1918 | |
Wolverhampton East | 1885 | |
Wolverhampton West | 1885 |
Constituencies abolished in 1945
The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 established four Boundary Commissions. Their first task was to review the largest constituencies in the country and recommend division as appropriate. Many of these constituencies were in the population growth areas around London.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Blackpool | 1885 | Split into Blackpool North and Blackpool South |
Coventry | 1470 | First represented 1298; Split into Coventry East and Coventry West |
Ealing | 1885 | Split into Ealing East and Ealing West |
Harrow | 1885 | Split into Harrow East and Harrow West |
Hendon | 1918 | Split into Hendon North and Hendon South. Reunited 1997 |
Ilford | 1918 | Split into Ilford North and Ilford South |
Tamworth | 1563 | Revived 1997; Merged into Lichfield and Tamworth |
Constituencies abolished in 1922
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 provided for a reduced representation from the whole of Ireland. As a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty and subsequent legislation, Southern Ireland became the Irish Free State and ceased to have representation in the House of Commons and only the reorganisation of constituencies in Northern Ireland took effect.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Antrim East | 1885 | Merged to form Antrim |
Antrim Mid | 1885 | |
Antrim North | 1885 | |
Antrim South | 1885 | |
Armagh Mid | 1885 | Merged to form Armagh |
Armagh North | 1885 | |
Armagh South | 1885 | |
Belfast Cromac | 1918 | Redistributed between: Belfast North Belfast East Belfast South and Belfast West |
Belfast Duncairn | 1918 | |
Belfast Falls | 1918 | |
Belfast Ormeau | 1918 | |
Belfast Pottinger | 1918 | |
Belfast St Anne's | 1918 | |
Belfast Shankill | 1918 | |
Belfast Victoria | 1918 | |
Belfast Woodvale | 1918 | |
Cavan East | 1885 | Left Union |
Cavan West | 1885 | Left Union |
Clare East | 1885 | Left Union |
Clare West | 1885 | Left Union |
Connemara | 1885 | Left Union |
Cork City | 1801 | Left Union |
County Carlow | 1801 | Left Union |
County Cork East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork Mid | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork North East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork South East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Cork West | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin North | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Galway East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Galway North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Galway South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Kilkenny North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Kilkenny South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Limerick East | 1885 | Left Union |
County Limerick West | 1885 | Left Union |
County Londonderry North | 1885 | Merged with Londonderry City to form Londondery |
County Londonderry South | 1885 | |
County Sligo North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Sligo South | 1885 | left Union |
County Waterford | 1918 | Second creation – previously 1801–85. Left Union |
County Wexford North | 1885 | Left Union |
County Wexford South | 1885 | Left Union |
County Louth | 1918 | Left Union |
Donegal East | 1885 | Left Union |
Donegal North | 1885 | Left Union |
Donegal South | 1885 | Left Union |
Donegal West | 1885 | Left Union |
Down East | 1885 | Merged to form Down |
Down Mid | 1918 | Merged to form Down. |
Down North | 1885 | Merged to form Down |
Down South | 1885 | |
Down West | 1885 | |
Dublin Clontarf | 1918 | Left Union |
Dublin College Green | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin Harbour | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin St James's | 1918 | Left Union |
Dublin St Michan's | 1918 | Left Union |
Dublin St Patrick's | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin St Stephen's Green | 1885 | Left Union |
Dublin University | 1801 | Left Union |
Fermanagh North | 1885 | Merged with Tyrone North-East, Tyrone North-West and Tyrone South to form Fermanagh and Tyrone |
Fermanagh South | 1885 | |
Kerry East | 1885 | Left Union |
Kerry North | 1885 | Left Union |
Kerry South | 1885 | Left Union |
Kerry West | 1885 | Left Union |
Kildare North | 1885 | Left Union |
Kildare South | 1885 | Left Union |
King's County | 1918 | Second creation – previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Leitrim | 1918 | Second creation – previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Limerick City | 1801 | Left Union |
Londonderry City | 1801 | Merged with County Londonderry North and County Londonderry South to form Londondery |
Longford | 1918 | Second creation – previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Mayo East | 1885 | Left Union |
Mayo North | 1885 | Left Union |
Mayo South | 1885 | Left Union |
Mayo West | 1885 | Left Union |
Meath North | 1885 | Left Union |
Meath South | 1885 | Left Union |
Monaghan North | 1885 | Left Union |
Monaghan South | 1885 | Left Union |
National University of Ireland | 1918 | Left Union |
Pembroke (Co Dublin) | 1918 | Left Union |
Queen's County | 1918 | Second creation – previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Rathmines | 1918 | Left Union |
Roscommon North | 1885 | Left Union |
Roscommon South | 1885 | Left Union |
Tipperary East | 1885 | Left Union |
Tipperary Mid | 1885 | Left Union |
Tipperary South | 1885 | Left Union |
Tyrone North-East | 1918 | Merged with Fermanagh North and Fermanagh South to form Fermanagh and Tyrone |
Tyrone North-West | 1918 | |
Tyrone South | 1885 | |
Waterford City | 1801 | Left Union |
Westmeath | 1918 | Second creation – previously 1801–85. Left Union |
Wicklow East | 1885 | Left Union |
Wicklow West | 1885 | Left Union |
Constituencies abolished in 1918
The Representation of the People Act 1918, in addition to finally enfranchising women, provided for a redistribution of seats with the aim of equalising electorates, particularly where these had changed significantly since 1885. Many smaller seats were abolished while some larger ones were divided.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Aberdeenshire Eastern | 1868 | Divided between Aberdeen and Kincardine East and Aberdeen and Kincardine Central (both abolished 1950) |
Aberdeenshire Western | 1868 | Divided between Aberdeen and Kincardine Central, Aberdeen and Kincardine East and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West (all abolished 1950) |
Andover | 1586 | First represented in 1295 |
Appleby | 1295 | Merged into Westmorland |
Arfon | 1885 | Revived in 2010 |
Ashburton | 1885 | Second creation. Previously 1640–1868. |
Aston Manor | 1885 | |
Ayrshire North | 1868 | Divided between Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock |
Battersea | 1885 | Divided between Battersea North and Battersea South A new Battersea was created 1983 |
Belfast East | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Belfast North | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Belfast South | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Belfast West | 1885 | Reestablished 1922 |
Bermondsey | 1885 | Split into Rotherhithe and Bermondsey West Later reunited. |
Biggleswade | 1885 | |
Birkenhead | 1861 | Split into Birkenhead East and Birkenhead West Reunited 1950 |
Birmingham Bordesley | 1885 | |
Birmingham Central | 1885 | |
Birmingham East | 1885 | |
Birmingham Moseley | 1885 | |
Birmingham North | 1885 | |
Birmingham South | 1885 | |
Birr | 1885 | Merged to form King's County |
Blackfriars and Hutchesontown | 1885 | |
Boston | 1547 | |
Bradford West | 1885 | Revived 1955 |
Buteshire | 1708 | Merged into Bute and Northern Ayrshire |
Caithness | 1708 | Merged with Sutherland and parts of Wick District of Burghs to form Caithness and Sutherland (abolished 1997) |
Cardiff | 1542 | Split into Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South |
Chesterton | 1885 | |
Christchurch | 1571 | |
Clackmannan and Kinross | 1832 | Divided between Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, Kinross and West Perthshire and Perth |
Cockermouth | 1640 | First represented 1295. Divided between Workington and Penrith and Cockermouth |
County Louth North | 1885 | |
County Louth South | 1885 | |
County Waterford East | 1885 | |
County Waterford West | 1885 | |
Cricklade | 1295 | |
Croydon | 1885 | Split into Croydon North and Croydon South |
Droitwich | 1554 | First represented 1295 |
Dumfries District of Burghs | 1708 | Components merged into Dumfriesshire and Galloway |
East Carmarthenshire | 1885 | |
East Denbighshire | 1885 | |
East Glamorganshire | 1885 | |
East Northamptonshire | 1885 | |
East Somerset | 1832 | |
East Worcestershire | 1832 | |
Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities | 1868 | |
Egremont | 1885 | Merged into Whitehaven |
Eifion | 1885 | |
Elgin Burghs | 1708 | |
Elginshire and Nairnshire | 1832 | |
Erith and Crayford | 1955 | |
Eskdale | 1885 | Divided between North Cumberland and Workington |
Falkirk District of Burghs | 1708 | Divided between Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs, Hamilton, Lanark and Linlithgowshire |
Finsbury Central | 1885 | |
Finsbury East | 1885 | |
Flint | 1542 | |
Fulham (1885 to 1918) | 1885 | Divided into Fulham East and Fulham West (both abolished 1955) A new Fulham was created in 1955 |
Galway Borough | 1801 | |
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities | 1868 | |
Glasgow College | 1885 | |
Haddingtonshire | 1708 | |
Haggerston | 1885 | |
Hallamshire | 1885 | |
Hammersmith | 1885 | Second creation 1983–97 |
Hawick | 1868 | |
Holmfirth | 1885 | |
Hoxton | 1885 | |
Huntingdon | 1295 | |
Hyde | 1885 | Merged with Stalybridge to form Stalybridge and Hyde |
Inverness-shire | 1708 | |
Kendal | 1832 | Merged into Westmorland |
Kilkenny City | 1801 | |
Kilmarnock District of Burghs | 1832 | Components merged into Dumbarton District of Burghs, Kilmarnock, Renfrewshire East, Renfrewshire West and Rutherglen |
Kincardineshire | 1708 | Merged into Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire (abolished 1950) |
Kingston upon Hull West | 1885 | Strictly Kingston upon Hull West. Second creation 1955–97. |
Kirkcudbright | 1708 | |
Launceston | 1295 | |
Leeds East | 1885 | Second creation from 1955. |
Leicester | 1295 | |
Leith District of Burghs | 1832 | Divided into Edinburgh Leith and Edinburgh East |
Leix | 1885 | Merged to form Queen's County |
Lewisham | 1885 | |
Liverpool Abercromby | 1885 | |
Longford North | 1885 | |
Longford South | 1885 | |
Manchester East | 1885 | |
Manchester North | 1885 | |
Manchester North East | 1885 | |
Manchester North West | 1885 | |
Manchester South | 1885 | |
Manchester South West | 1885 | |
Marlborough | 1295 | Per the constituency article, abolished 1885 |
Marylebone East | 1885 | |
Marylebone West | 1885 | |
Medway | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Merthyr Tydfil | 1832 | Second creation 1950–83 |
Mid County Durham | 1885 | |
Middlesbrough | 1868 | Second creation from 1974 |
Midlothian (1708 to 1918) | 1708 | Known also as Edinburghshire A new Midlothian was created in 1955 |
Mid Derbyshire | 1885 | |
Mid Glamorganshire | 1885 | |
Mid Lanarkshire | 1885 | |
Mid Norfolk | 1885 | Second creation from 1983 |
Mid Northamptonshire | 1885 | |
Monmouthshire North | 1885 | |
Monmouthshire South | 1885 | |
Monmouthshire West | 1885 | |
Montgomery | 1542 | |
Morley | 1885 | |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne | 1295 | |
Newington West | 1885 | |
Newmarket | 1885 | |
Newport (Shropshire) | 1885 | |
Newry | 1801 | |
North East Lanarkshire | 1885 | |
North Leitrim | 1885 | |
North Lonsdale | 1885 | Divided between Lonsdale and Westmorland |
North Northamptonshire | 1832 | |
North Somerset | 1885 | |
North West Durham | 1885 | A new North West Durham was created in 1950 |
North West Lanarkshire | 1885 | |
North Westmeath | 1885 | |
North West Norfolk | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
North West Staffordshire | 1885 | |
North Worcestershire | 1885 | |
Osgoldcross | 1885 | |
Ossory | 1885 | Merged to form Queen's County |
Partick | 1885 | Largely replaced by Glasgow Partick |
Pembroke and Haverfordwest | 1885 | |
Perthshire East | 1885 | Merged into Perth (renamed Perth and East Perthshire 1950) |
Perthshire West | 1885 | Divided between Perth and Kinross and Western Perthshire |
Plymouth | 1442 | First represented 1298. Split into Drake and Sutton |
Poplar | 1885 | Second creation 1950–74 |
Portsmouth | 1295 | |
Prestwich | 1885 | |
Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth | 1885 | |
Radnorshire | 1542 | |
Ramsey | 1885 | |
Rhondda | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
Rochester | 1295 | |
Ross (Herefordshire) | 1885 | |
St Andrews | 1832 | |
St Augustine's | 1885 | |
St Austell | 1885 | |
St George's (Tower Hamlets) | 1885 | |
St Pancras East | 1885 | |
St Pancras South | 1885 | |
St Pancras West | 1885 | |
Sleaford | 1885 | |
South East County Durham | 1885 | |
South Glamorganshire | 1885 | |
South Lanarkshire | 1868 | |
South Leitrim | 1885 | |
South Northamptonshire | 1832 | Second creation 1950–74 |
South Somerset | 1885 | |
Southwark West | 1885 | |
South Westmeath | 1885 | |
Stalybridge | 1868 | Merged with Hyde to form Stalybridge and Hyde |
Stamford | 1467 | First represented 1295 |
Stepney | 1885 | Second creation 1950–74 |
Stirlingshire | 1708 | Divided between Stirlingshire West and Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire |
Stoke-upon-Trent | 1832 | |
Stowmarket | 1885 | |
Strand | 1885 | Merged into Westminster Abbey |
Stratford-on-Avon | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
Sutherland | 1708 | Merged with Caithness and parts of Wick District of Burghs to form Caithness and Sutherland (abolished 1997) |
Swansea District | 1885 | |
Swansea Town | 1885 | |
Tewkesbury | 1610 | |
Tottenham | 1885 | Second creation from 1950 |
Truro | 1295 | Second creation 1950–97 |
Tullamore | 1885 | Merged to form King's County |
Tyneside | 1885 | |
Tyrone East | 1885 | |
Tyrone Mid | 1885 | |
Tyrone North | 1885 | |
Walthamstow | 1885 | Second creation from 1974 |
Walworth | 1885 | |
Wandsworth | 1885 | Divided into Putney, Wandsworth Central, Balham and Tooting and Streatham |
Wellington (Shropshire) | 1885 | |
Wellington (Somerset) | 1885 | |
West Carmarthenshire | 1885 | |
West Denbighshire | 1885 | |
West Ham North | 1885 | Second creation 1950–74 |
West Ham South | 1885 | Second creation 1950–74 |
Westminster | 1545 | Merged into Westminster Abbey |
West Staffordshire | 1868 | |
Whitby | 1832 | |
Wick District of Burghs | 1708 | Known also as Northern Burghs Components merged into Caithness and Sutherland, Orkney and Shetland and Ross and Cromarty |
Wigtownshire | 1708 | |
Wilton | 1295 | |
Wisbech | 1885 | |
Wokingham | 1885 | Second creation from 1950 |
Wolverhampton South | 1885 | |
Woodstock | 1571 | First represented as New Woodstock 1302 |
Woolwich | 1885 | Second creation 1983–97, |
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. Second creation 1922–50. |
City of Armagh | 1801 | Merged into County Armagh |
County Armagh | 1801 | Split into Mid Armagh, North Armagh and South Armagh. Second 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. Second creation 1918–50. |
Calne | 1295 | |
Cambridgeshire | 1290 | Split into Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech. Second creation 1918–83. |
Cardigan | 1542 | Merged into Cardiganshire. Second creation 1974–83 |
Carlow | 1885 | Merged into County Carlow |
Carmarthenshire | 1542 | Split into Carmarthenshire East and Carmarthenshire West |
Carrickfergus | 1801 | |
County 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 | Second creation from 1997 |
North Devon | 1832 | Second creation from 1950 |
South Devon | 1832 | |
Donegal | 1801 | |
Dorchester | 1295 | |
Dorset | 1290 | |
Down | 1801 | Second creation 1922–50. |
Downpatrick | 1801 | |
Drogheda | 1801 | |
City of Dublin | 1801 | |
County Dublin | 1801 | |
Dundalk | 1801 | |
Dungannon | 1801 | |
Dungarvan | 1801 | |
North Durham | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Durham | 1832 | |
East Retford | 1571 | First 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 | Second 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 | Second creation 1950–97 |
Great Marlow | 1625 | First 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 | Second creation 1918–83 |
East Kent | 1832 | |
Mid Kent | 1868 | Second creation 1983–97 |
West Kent | 1832 | |
Kerry | 1801 | |
Kildare | 1801 | |
County Kilkenny | 1801 | |
King's County | 1801 | Second creation 1918–22 |
Kingston upon Hull | 1334 | First 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. Second 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 | Second creation 1918–22 |
Limerick (County) | 1801 | |
Mid Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
North Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
South Lincolnshire | 1868 | |
Lisburn | 1801 | |
Liskeard | 1295 | |
Liverpool | 1545 | First creation 1295-by 1442 |
Londonderry (County) | 1801 | Second creation 1922–83 |
Longford | 1801 | Second creation 1918–22 |
Louth (County) | 1801 | Second creation 1918–22 |
Lymington | 1584 | |
Mallow | 1801 | |
Malmesbury | 1295 | |
Malton | 1641 | First 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 , 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 | First 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. Second creation 1974–83. |
Perthshire | 1708 | |
Poole | 1453 | First creation 1362-by 1377 |
Portarlington | 1801 | |
Queen's County | 1801 | Second 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 | Second creation from 1997 |
Sandwich | 1366 | |
Shaftesbury | 1295 | |
Sheffield | 1832 | |
North Shropshire | 1832 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Shropshire | 1832 | |
County Sligo | 1801 | |
Mid Somerset | 1868 | |
West Somerset | 1832 | |
Southwark | 1295 | Second creation 1983–97 |
East Staffordshire | 1868 | |
North Staffordshire | 1832 | |
East Suffolk | 1832 | |
West Suffolk | 1832 | Second creation from 1997 |
East Surrey | 1832 | Second creation from 1918 |
Mid Surrey | 1868 | |
West Surrey | 1832 | |
East Sussex | 1832 | |
West Sussex | 1832 | |
Swansea | 1832 | |
Thirsk | 1547 | First 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 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Warwickshire | 1832 | |
County Waterford | 1801 | Second creation 1918–22 |
Westmeath | 1801 | Second creation 1918–22 |
Westmorland | 1290 | Split into Appleby and Kendal. Second 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 | Second creation from 1983 |
South Wiltshire | 1832 | |
Wolverhampton | 1832 | Split into 3 divisions |
Worcestershire West | 1832 | Second creation from 1997 as West Worcestershire |
Youghal | 1801 |
Constituencies abolished in 1870
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Beverley | 1563 | Disenfranchised for corruption. First creation 1295-by 1307. Third creation 1950–55. Fourth creation 1983–97. |
Bridgwater | 1295 | Disenfranchised for corruption. Second creation from 1885. |
Cashel | 1801 | Disenfranchised for corruption |
Sligo (Borough) | 1801 | Disenfranchised for corruption |
Constituencies abolished in 1868
The Reform Act 1867 disenfranchised the remaining boroughs with populations under 10,000 and subdivided some county constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
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Aberdeenshire | 1708 | Divided into East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire |
Arundel | 1295 | Second creation 1974–97 |
Ashburton | 1640 | First creation 1298. Third creation 1885–1918. |
Ayrshire | 1708 | Divided into North Ayrshire (abolished 1918) and South Ayrshire (abolished 1983) |
North Cheshire | 1832 | With South Cheshire, redistributed to form East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire |
South Cheshire | 1832 | With North Cheshire, redistributed to form East Cheshire, Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire |
Dartmouth | 1351 | First creation 1298 |
North Essex | 1832 | Split into East Essex and West Essex. Second creation from 1997. |
Great Yarmouth | 1298 | Also known as Yarmouth (Norfolk). Second creation from 1885. |
Honiton | 1640 | First creation 1301-by 1307. Third creation from 1885. |
South Lancashire | 1832 | |
Lancaster | 1523 | First creation 1295-by 1376. Third creation 1885–1997. |
Lanarkshire | 1708 | Divided into North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire |
Lyme Regis | 1295 | |
East Norfolk | 1832 | |
Peeblesshire | 1708 | United with Selkirkshire to form Peebles and Selkirk |
Reigate | 1295 | Second creation from 1885. |
Selkirkshire | 1708 | United with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk |
South Staffordshire | 1832 | Split into East Staffordshire and West Staffordshire. Reestablished 1983 |
Thetford | 1529 | |
Totnes | 1295 | Second creation 1885–1983. Third creation from 1997. |
Wells | 1295 | Second creation from 1885. |
Constituencies abolished between 1832 and 1867
St Albans and Sudbury were both disenfranchised for corruption. After some delay, their seats were redistributed by a special act of Parliament.[which?] Two were given to create new parliamentary boroughs, while the other two were given to the West Riding of Yorkshire, which was thereafter divided into two constituencies.
Year | Created | Notes | |
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1865 | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1832 | two divisions |
1852 | St Albans | 1553 | Disenfranchised for corruption. First created 1311-by 1326. Third creation from 1885. |
1844 | Sudbury | 1559 | Disenfranchised for corruption. Second creation 1885–1950. |
Constituencies abolished by the Reform Act 1832
The Reform Act 1832 saw the abolition of a wide range of rotten boroughs in England. There were also a few changes to Scottish constituencies.
Created | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Aberdeen Burghs | 1708 | Components split into Aberdeen and part of Montrose Burghs |
Aldborough | 1558 | |
Aldeburgh | 1571 | |
Amersham | 1625 | First 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 | First creation 1295-by 1441 |
Callington | 1584 | |
Camelford | 1547 | |
Castle Rising | 1558 | |
Cheshire | 1545 | two divisions |
Clackmannanshire | 1708 | Merged with Kinross-shire to form Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (abolished 1918) |
Corfe Castle | 1572 | |
Cornwall | 1290 | two divisions |
Cromartyshire | 1708 | Merged with Ross-shire to form Ross and Cromarty (abolished 1983) |
Cumberland | 1290 | two divisions |
Derbyshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Devon | 1290 | two divisions |
Downton | 1467 | First 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 | First creation 1295 |
Heytesbury | 1449 | |
Higham Ferrers | 1558 | |
Hindon | 1449 | |
Ilchester | 1621 | First creation 1298 |
Kent | 1290 | two divisions |
Kinross-shire | 1708 | Merged with Clackmannanshire to form Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (abolished 1918) |
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 | First creation 1298-by 1307 |
Minehead | 1563 | |
Mitchell | 1547 | Also known as St Michael's |
Nairnshire | 1708 | Merged with Elginshire to form Elginshire and Nairnshire (abolished 1918) |
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 | First creation 1301-by 1307 |
Old Sarum | 1360 | First creation 1295 |
Orford | 1512 | First 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 | First creation 1298-by 1307 |
Shropshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Somerset | 1290 | two divisions |
Staffordshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Steyning | 1467 | First creation 1298-by 1307. Second 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 | First creation 1295 |
Warwickshire | 1290 | two divisions |
Wendover | 1625 | First creation 1301-by 1307 |
Weobley | 1628 | First 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 |
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 Reform Act 1832.
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 | 1536 | Borough in France, re-conquered by the French in 1558 |
1542 | Borough constituency in Anglesey, altered to Beaumaris from 1553 | |
Tournai | 1513 | Borough in France (now Belgium), returned to French rule in 1519 |
Constituency abolished 1472
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1467, but were not enfranchised in that year.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Grantham | 1467 | Second creation 1484–1997 |
Constituencies abolished 1467
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1467 but were not enfranchised in that year.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Derby | 1295 | Second creation 1472–1950 |
Great Grimsby | 1295 | Sometimes known as Grimsby. Second creation from 1472. |
Southampton | 1295 | Second creation 1472–1950 |
Winchester | 1295 | Second creation from 1472 |
Constituencies abolished between 1378 and 1441
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1378, but were not enfranchised by 1442. They were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Bramber | 1295 | Second creation 1467–1832 |
Downton | 1295 | Second creation 1467–1832 |
Liverpool | 1295 | Second creation 1545–1885 |
Steyning | By 1327 | First creation 1298-by 1307. Third creation 1467–1832. |
Constituencies abolished between 1328 and 1376
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1328 but were not enfranchised by 1377. They were seldom, if at allm represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Hertford | By 1327 | First creation 1298-by 1307. Third creation 1624–1974. |
Lancaster | 1295 | Second creation 1523–1868. Third creation 1885–1997. |
New Windsor | 1302 | Also known as Windsor. Second creation 1447–1974. Third creation from 1997. |
Poole | 1362 | Second creation 1453–1885. Third creation from 1950. |
Preston | 1295 | Second creation 1529–1950. Third creation from 1983. |
Ravensrodd | 1295 | Represented intermittently until 1337. |
St Albans | 1311 | Second creation 1553–1852. Third creation from 1885. |
Constituencies abolished between 1308 and 1327
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1308 but were not enfranchised by 1327. They were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Droitwich | 1295 | Second creation 1554–1918 |
Kingston upon Hull | 1305 | Second creation 1334–1885 |
Petersfield | 1307 | Second creation 1547–1983 |
Wigan | 1295 | Second creation from 1545 |
Constituencies abolished between 1302 and 1307
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1302 but were not enfranchised by 1307. They were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Amersham | 1300 | Second creation 1625–1832 |
Beverley | 1295 | Second creation 1563–1870. Third creation 1950–55. Fourth creation 1983–97. |
Evesham | 1295 | Second creation 1604–1950.. |
Great Marlow | 1301 | Second creation 1625–1885 |
Hertford | 1298 | Second creation by 1327-by 1377. Third creation 1624–1974. |
Honiton | 1301 | Second creation 1640–1868. Third creation from 1885. |
Milborne Port | 1298 | Second creation 1628–1832 |
Okehampton | 1301 | Second creation 1640–1832 |
Orford | 1298 | Second creation 1512–1832 |
Seaford | 1298 | Second creation 1641–1832 |
Stamford | 1295 | Second creation 1467–1918 |
Steyning | 1298 | Second creation by 1327–1442. Third creation 1467–1832. |
Torrington | 1295 | Second creation 1950–74 |
Wendover | 1301 | Second creation 1625–1832 |
Constituencies abolished 1298
A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments of 1298, but seldom, if at all, represented afterwards, until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later centuries.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Ashburton | 1298 | Second creation 1640–1868. Third creation 1885–1818. |
Coventry | 1298 | Second creation 1470–1945 |
Dartmouth | 1298 | Second creation 1351–1868 |
Ilchester | 1298 | Second creation 1621–1832 |
Northallerton | 1298 | Second creation 1641–1885 |
Plymouth | 1298 | Second creation 1442–1918 |
Pontefract | 1298 | First creation 1295. Third creation 1621–1918. Fourth creation 1950–74. |
Constituencies abolished 1295
A number of boroughs were represented in the Model Parliament of 1295, but were seldom, if at all, represented afterwards. Some boroughs originally included in the 1295 parliament were restored to the list of those always summoned in later centuries or the same name was used for a constituency after 1832.
Constituency | Created | Notes |
---|---|---|
Alresford | 1295 | |
Alton | 1295 | |
Andover | 1295 | Second creation 1586–1918 |
Axbridge | 1295 | |
Bamborough | 1295 | |
Basingstoke | 1295 | Second creation from 1885 |
Bradford (Wiltshire) | 1295 | |
Bromsgrove | 1295 | Second creation 1950–1974. Third creation from 1983. |
Cockermouth | 1295 | Second creation 1640–1918 |
Corbridge | 1295 | |
Dudley | 1295 | Second creation 1832–1974 |
Egremont | 1295 | Second creation 1885–1918 |
Ely | 1295 | Part of Isle of Ely 1918–1983. |
Hedon | 1295 | Second creation 1547–1832 |
Kidderminster | 1295 | Second creation 1832–1983 |
1295 | ||
Malton | 1295 | Second creation 1641–1885 |
Old Sarum | 1295 | Second creation 1360–1832 |
1295 | ||
1295 | ||
1295 | ||
Pontefract | 1295 | Second creation 1298. Third creation 1621–1918. Fourth creation 1950–74. |
Ripon | 1295 | Second creation 1553–1983 |
Tavistock | 1295 | Second creation 1330–1974 |
Thirsk | 1295 | Second creation 1547–1885 |
1295 | ||
Tregony | 1295 | Second creation 1559–1832 |
Tunbridge | 1295 | Second creation 1885–1918 |
Weobley | 1295 | Second creation 1628–1832 |
1295 | Split into Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1584–1832 & Newport (Isle of Wight) 1584–1885. | |
1295 |
See also
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Irish House of Commons
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituencies
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituency names
References
- The House of Commons 1509–1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
- F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832–1987
- F. W. S. Craig, Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), Political Reference Publications, Chichester, Sussex, 1972
- Frederic A Youngs, jr, Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England (London: Royal Historical Society – Volume I 1979, Volume II 1991).
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page – constituencies and their MPs since 1660[usurped]
- Administration and Cost of Elections Project – The United Kingdom Redistribution Process
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This is a list of former parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom organised by date of abolition It includes UK parliamentary constituencies that have been abolished including those that were later recreated but does not include constituencies that were merely renamed The date of creation of a constituency in some cases goes back to English and Welsh seats in the Parliament of England and the Scottish constituencies in the Parliament of Great Britain In some cases constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons first received a summons to send representatives to Parliament at a date considerably earlier than the date after which they consistently received a summons These cases are indicated in a note No account is taken in this article of the temporary redistribution of constituencies used for the First and Second Protectorate Parliaments in the 1650s See First Protectorate Parliament for a list of those constituencies Constituencies abolished in 2024Aberavon Aberconwy Angus Arfon Argyll and Bute Banff and Buchan Barnsley Central Barnsley East Batley and Spen Beckenham Belfast South Berwick upon Tweed Bethnal Green and Bow Birmingham Hall Green Birmingham Hodge Hill Blackley and Broughton Blackpool North and Cleveleys Blaenau Gwent Blaydon Blyth Valley Bolton South East Bosworth Brecon and Radnorshire Brent Central Brent North Bridgwater and West Somerset Brigg and Goole Brighton Kemptown Bristol West Broadland Bromley and Chislehurst Buckingham Burton Bury St Edmunds Camberwell and Peckham Cardiff Central Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Ceredigion Charnwood City of Chester Cleethorpes Clwyd South Clwyd West Coatbridge Chryston and Bellshill Copeland Corby Coventry North East Croydon Central Croydon North Cumbernauld Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Cynon Valley Delyn Denton and Reddish Devizes Dewsbury Don Valley Dover Dudley North Dudley South Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline and West Fife East Devon East Dunbartonshire East Kilbride Strathaven and Lesmahagow East Lothian East Yorkshire Eddisbury Edinburgh East Edmonton Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmet and Rothwell Eltham Enfield Southgate Fareham Garston and Halewood Gateshead Glasgow Central Glasgow North West Glenrothes Gordon Grantham and Stamford Great Grimsby Halesowen and Rowley Regis Haltemprice and Howden Halton Hammersmith Hampstead and Kilburn Harborough Hemsworth Henley Heywood and Middleton Hitchin and Harpenden Hornsey and Wood Green Hove Inverclyde Inverness Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey Isle of Wight Islwyn Jarrow Keighley Kensington Kingston upon Hull North Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Kingswood Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Lanark and Hamilton East Lancaster and Fleetwood Leeds Central Leeds West Leigh Lewisham Deptford Lewisham West and Penge Linlithgow and East Falkirk Ludlow Luton South Maidstone and The Weald Manchester Gorton Meon Valley Meriden Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Mid Worcestershire Middlesbrough Milton Keynes South Mole Valley Monmouth Montgomeryshire Moray Morley and Outwood Motherwell and Wishaw Neath Newcastle upon Tyne Central Newcastle upon Tyne East Newport West Normanton Pontefract and Castleford North East Bedfordshire North East Somerset North Swindon North Thanet North Tyneside North Warwickshire North West Durham North Wiltshire Nottingham North Ochil and South Perthshire Ogmore Oldham West and Royton Pendle Penrith and The Border Perth and North Perthshire Preseli Pembrokeshire Pudsey Reading East Reading West Rhondda Richmond Yorks Rochford and Southend East Ross Skye and Lochaber Rutherglen and Hamilton West Rutland and Melton Saffron Walden Salford and Eccles Sedgefield Selby and Ainsty Sherwood Shrewsbury and Atcham Solihull Somerton and Frome South East Cambridgeshire South Staffordshire South Swindon South Thanet South West Bedfordshire South West Surrey Southend West Stirling Stockton South Stone Streatham Swansea East Taunton Deane The Cotswolds Tiverton and Honiton Tonbridge and Malling Torridge and West Devon Totnes Vale of Clwyd Vauxhall Wakefield Walsall North Walsall South Wansbeck Wantage Warley Washington and Sunderland West Waveney Wealden Weaver Vale Wellingborough Wells Wentworth and Dearne West Bromwich East West Bromwich West West Ham Westminster North Wirral South Wolverhampton South West Workington Worsley and Eccles Wyre and Preston NorthConstituencies abolished in 2010Created Notes Barnsley West and Penistone 1983 Barnsley East and Mexborough 1997 Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath 1997 Blackpool North and Fleetwood 1997 Bradford North 1918 Brent East 1974 Brent South 1974 Eccles 1885 Hammersmith and Fulham 1997 Kensington and Chelsea 1997 Knowsley North and Sefton East 1997 Lancaster and Wyre 1997 Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 1983 Normanton 1885 Poplar and Canning Town 1997 Rugby and Kenilworth 1983 Sheffield Hillsborough 1918 Tyne Bridge 1983 Vale of York 1997Constituencies abolished in 2005The Scottish UK Parliamentary constituencies were reorganised following the creation of the Scottish Parliament in order to remove the traditional over representation put in place to compensate for the lack of national representation Created Notes Aberdeen Central 1997 Ayr 1950 Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley 1983 Divided between Ayr Carrick and Cumnock and Central Ayrshire Coatbridge and Chryston 1997 Clydebank and Milngavie 1983 Clydesdale 1983 Cunninghame North 1983 Cunninghame South 1983 Dumbarton 1983 Divided between Dunbartonshire West and Argyll and Bute Dumfriesshire 1708 Dunfermline East 1983 Dunfermline West 1983 Eastwood 1983 Edinburgh Central 1885 Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 1997 Edinburgh Pentlands 1950 Falkirk East 1983 Falkirk West 1983 Fife Central 1974 Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 1983 Glasgow Anniesland 1997 Glasgow Baillieston 1997 Glasgow Cathcart 1918 Glasgow Govan 1885 Glasgow Kelvin 1997 Glasgow Maryhill 1918 Glasgow Pollok 1918 Glasgow Rutherglen 1918 Rutherglen 1918 to 1983 Glasgow Rutherglen 1983 to 2005 Glasgow Shettleston 1918 Glasgow Springburn 1918 Greenock and Inverclyde 1997 Hamilton North and Bellshill 1997 Hamilton South 1997 Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber 1983 Kirkcaldy 1832 Linlithgow 1708 Linlithgowshire 1708 to 1945 West Lothian 1945 to 1983 Linlithgow 1983 to 2005 Paisley North 1983 Paisley South 1983 Perth 1997 Renfrewshire West 1997 to 2005 1997 Second creation First abolished in 1983 Ross Skye and Inverness West 1997 Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1983Constituencies abolished in 1997The Boundary Commissions Fourth Periodical Review was completed in 1995 It recommended various changes although most of the abolitions resulting from these took place in Scotland Created Notes East Angus 1983 Northern half merged with Tayside North and coastal half renamed Angus Boothferry 1983 Southern section merged with Glanford and Scunthorpe to create Brigg and Goole middle section merged with southern half of Beverley to create Haltemprice and Howden northern section merged with northern Bridlington to create East Yorkshire Bow and Poplar 1983 Bridlington 1950 Majority incorporated into new Beverley and Holderness seat Caithness and Sutherland 1918 Merged with part of Ross Cromarty and Skye to form Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross Carmarthen 1542 Chelmsford 1885 Revived in 2010 Chelsea 1868 Chertsey and Walton 1974 Cirencester and Tewkesbury 1918 Divided into Tewkesbury and Cotswold Clackmannan 1983 Merged with southern parts of Perth and Kinross to form Ochil Clwyd North West 1983 Colchester North 1983 Split into Essex North and Colchester Colchester South and Maldon 1983 Rural parts merged with half of Chelmsford to create Maldon and Chelmsford East remainder becoming part of Colchester Coventry South East 1974 Coventry South West 1974 Croydon North East 1955 Croydon North West 1955 Dudley East 1974 Dudley West 1974 East Berkshire 1983 East Lindsey 1983 Fulham 1955 to 1997 1955 Second creation First abolished in 1918 Glasgow Garscadden 1974 Replaced by Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Central 1885 Recreated 2005 Glasgow Hillhead 1918 Replaced by Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Provan 1955 Gloucestershire West 1950 Second creation First abolished 1885 Replaced by Forest of Dean Hamilton 1918 Most of constituency became Hamilton South remainder merged with Motherwell South to become Hamilton North and Bellshill Hendon North 1945 Hendon South 1945 Holland with Boston 1918 Replaced by Boston and Skegness and South Holland and The Deepings Kincardine and Deeside 1983 Replaced by West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Langbaurgh 1983 Succeeded by Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Littleborough and Saddleworth 1983 Liverpool Broadgreen 1983 Liverpool Mossley Hill 1983 Mid Staffordshire 1983 Monklands East 1983 Monklands West 1983 Motherwell North 1983 Motherwell South 1983 Most of constituency became part of Hamilton North and Bellshill Newcastle upon Tyne East 1918 Revived in 2010 New Forest 1885 New Forest and Christchurch from 1918 until 1950 Replaced by New Forest East and New Forest West Newham North East 1974 All of the constituency became part of East Ham Newham North West 1974 All of the constituency became part of West Ham Newham South 1974 Bulk of constituency split between East Ham and West Ham with a small part going into Poplar and Canning Town Norwood 1885 North Bedfordshire 1983 North Hertfordshire 1983 North West Surrey 1974 Succeeded by Surrey Heath Plymouth Drake 1974 to 1997 1974 Second creation First creation 1918 to 1950 Ravensbourne 1974 Richmond and Barnes 1983 Enlarged and renamed Richmond Park Ross Cromarty and Skye 1983 Replaced by Ross Skye and Inverness West Salford East 1950 Enlarged and renamed Salford South East Staffordshire 1983 Effectively renamed Tamworth Southend East 1950 Became Rochford and Southend East South Hams 1983 South West Cambridgeshire 1983 South West Clwyd 1983 South Worcestershire 1950 Swindon 1918 Split to form Swindon North and Swindon South Wallsend 1918 Lost its eponymous town with most of the remainder becoming North Tyneside Wanstead and Woodford 1964 Warley East 1974 Merged with half of Warley West to become Warley Warley West 1974 Split between Warley and Halesowen and Rowley Regis West Hertfordshire 1983 succeeded by Hemel Hempstead Westminster North 1983 Recreated at the 2010 general election Worthing 1945Constituencies abolished in 1992Due to the rapid expansion the town of Milton Keynes the Boundary Commission for England exceptionally recommended in 1990 between reviews that it should be divided between two new constituencies Created Notes Milton Keynes 1983 Split between Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton KeynesConstituencies abolished in 1983The Boundary Commissions Third Periodical Review was completed in 1983 fourteen years after the previous review It proposed wider changes than the two earlier reviews and abolished a large number of constituencies although many constituencies were simply renamed to conform to local government districts created in 1974 Created Notes Aberdare 1918 Aberdeenshire East 1950 Aberdeenshire West 1950 Replaced by Kincardine and Deeside Abertillery 1918 Accrington 1885 North Angus and Mearns 1950 South Angus 1950 Argyll 1708 Argyllshire 1708 to 1950 Argyll 1950 to 1983 Armagh 1922 Split between Newry and Armagh and Upper Bann Central Ayrshire 1950 Became Cunninghame South but recreated in 2005 South Ayrshire 1868 Renamed Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley Banffshire 1708 Merged into Moray and Banff and Buchan Barkston Ash 1885 Barnsley 1885 Split into Barnsley Central Barnsley East and Barnsley West and Penistone Barry 1950 Most of the constituency became Vale of Glamorgan Batley and Morley 1918 Battersea North 1918 Merged minus some of Battersea South which went into Tooting to form Battersea Battersea South 1918 Bebington and Ellesmere Port 1974 Bedford 1295 Bedwellty 1918 Beeston 1974 Replaced by Broxtowe Belper 1918 Bermondsey 1885 Berwick and East Lothian 1950 Birmingham Stechford 1950 Bodmin 1295 Became North Cornwall Bolton East 1950 Bothwell 1918 Brigg and Scunthorpe 1974 Brighouse and Spenborough 1950 Bristol North East 1950 Bristol South East 1950 Bromsgrove and Redditch 1974 Bury and Radcliffe 1950 Bute and North Ayrshire 1918 Split between Argyll and Bute and Cunninghame North Cambridgeshire 1918 First creation 1290 1885 Cardiff North West 1974 Cardiff South East 1950 Carlton 1950 Chester le Street 1885 Christchurch and Lymington 1974 Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire 1885 Cleveland and Whitby 1974 Clitheroe 1559 Coatbridge and Airdrie 1950 Colchester 1295 Consett 1918 Dunbartonshire Central 1974 Darwen 1885 Dearne Valley 1950 Denbigh 1542 Doncaster 1885 Dorking 1950 Succeeded by Mole Valley Dover and Deal 1974 Dunfermline 1918 East Dunbartonshire 1950 Revived in 2005 East Grinstead 1885 Second creation First abolished in 1832 East Hertfordshire 1955 Ebbw Vale 1918 Edinburgh North 1918 Essex South East 1955 Second creation First creation 1885 to 1945 Replaced by Castle Point Eton and Slough 1945 Eye 1571 Replaced by Central Suffolk Farnham 1918 Succeeded by Surrey South West Farnworth 1885 Fife East 1885 Flintshire East 1950 Flintshire West 1950 Fylde North 1950 Fylde South 1950 Gateshead West 1950 Glasgow Craigton 1955 Glasgow Kelvingrove 1918 Glasgow Queen s Park 1974 Gloucestershire South 1950 Goole 1950 Gravesend 1868 Hackney Central 1885 Abolished 1950 1955 Haltemprice 1950 Hammersmith North 1918 Replaced by Hammersmith Hampstead 1885 Handsworth 1885 Harrow Central 1950 Hemel Hempstead 1918 Renamed West Hertfordshire Revived 1997 Hitchin 1885 Holborn and St Pancras South 1950 Horncastle 1885 Hornsey 1885 Western part went to Finchley in 1918 Horsham and Crawley 1974 Split into Horsham and Crawley Howden 1955 Huddersfield East 1950 Huddersfield West 1950 Huntingdonshire 1918 First creation 1290 1885 Huyton 1950 Ilkeston 1885 Ince 1885 Isle of Ely 1918 Succeeded by North East Cambridgeshire Islington Central 1974 Kidderminster 1832 Succeeded by Wyre Forest Kilmarnock 1918 Merged into Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kingston upon Hull Central 1974 Second creation First creation 1885 to 1955 Kinross and Western 1918 Knutsford 1885 Lambeth Central 1974 Lanark 1918 Second creation First creation 1708 to 1832 Leeds South 1885 Leeds South East 1918 Leek 1885 Succeeded by Staffordshire Moorlands Lichfield and Tamworth 1950 Liverpool Edge Hill 1918 Liverpool Kirkdale 1885 Liverpool Scotland Exchange 1974 Liverpool Toxteth 1950 Liverpool Wavertree 1918 Revived in 1997 Louth Lincolnshire 1885 Lowestoft 1885 Luton East 1974 Luton West 1974 Maldon 1332 Recreated in 2010 Manchester Ardwick 1918 Manchester Moss Side 1918 Manchester Openshaw 1955 Melton 1885 Middleton and Prestwich 1918 Mid Oxfordshire 1974 Moray and Nairn 1918 Split into Moray and Inverness Nairn and Lochaber Morpeth 1553 Motherwell and Wishaw 1974 Split into Motherwell North and Motherwell South Revived in 1997 Nantwich 1955 Nelson and Colne 1918 Newcastle upon Tyne West 1918 Newport Monmouthshire 1918 Split into Newport East and Newport West Newton Lancashire 1885 Second creation First abolished in 1832 North Lanarkshire 1918 Second creation First creation 1868 to 1885 North Somerset 1950 Second creation First creation 1885 to 1918 recreated in 2010 Northwich 1885 Nottingham West 1885 Oldham East 1950 Ormskirk 1885 Oswestry 1885 Oxford 1295 Split into Oxford West and Abingdon and Oxford East Paddington 1974 Paisley 1832 Split into Paisley North and Paisley South Penistone 1918 Petersfield 1547 First represented 1307 Pontypool 1918 Preston North 1950 Preston South 1950 Reading North 1974 Second creation First creation 1950 to 1955 Reading South 1974 Second creation First creation 1950 to 1955 Renfrewshire East 1885 Revived 2005 Ripon 1530 First represented 1295 Rochester and Chatham 1950 Rugby 1885 Revived in 2010 Runcorn 1950 Ross and Cromarty 1832 Rye 1955 Second creation First abolished in 1950 St Helens 1885 Split into St Helens North and St Helens South St Marylebone 1918 St Pancras North 1885 Salford West 1885 Sheffield Park 1918 Replaced by Sheffield Central Shrewsbury 1290 Sidcup 1974 South Bedfordshire 1950 South East Derbyshire 1950 South Hertfordshire 1974 South West Staffordshire 1974 Sowerby 1885 Stepney and Poplar 1974 Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth 1974 Stockport North 1950 Merged to form Stockport Stockport South 1950 Merged to form Stockport UK Parliament constituency Stockton 1950 Sudbury and Woodbridge 1950 Thanet East 1974 Thanet West 1974 Thirsk and Malton 1885 Revived in 2010 Thornaby 1974 Totnes 1885 Second creation First abolished 1868 Revived again in 1997 Warrington 1832 Split into Warrington North and Warrington South West Devon 1974 West Dunbartonshire 1950 Replaced by Dumbarton UK Parliament constituency recreated 2005 Westhoughton 1885 West Lothian 1945 Split into Livingston and Linlithgow West Stirlingshire 1945 Whitehaven 1832 Replaced by Copeland Widnes 1885 Replaced by Halton Wirral 1885 Split into Wirral South and Wirral West Wood Green 1918 Woolwich East 1918 Reunited to form Woolwich Woolwich West 1918Constituencies abolished in 1974The Boundary Commissions Second Periodical Review was completed in 1969 but not implemented until the February 1974 election Many of the constituencies it abolished were in inner city areas which were losing population Created Notes Arundel and Shoreham 1950 Split into Arundel and Shoreham Barons Court 1955 Divided between Fulham and Hammersmith North Bexley 1945 Billericay 1950 Revived 1983 2010 Bilston 1918 Birmingham All Saints 1955 Birmingham Aston 1918 Bradford East 1885 Revived 2010 Brierley Hill 1950 Bristol Central 1918 Brixton 1885 Bromley 1918 Chigwell 1955 Clapham 1885 Coventry East 1945 Coventry North 1950 Coventry South 1950 Revived 1997 Croydon South 1955 largely renamed Croydon Central new Croydon South created further south Dudley 1832 Split into Dudley East and Dudley West Ealing South 1950 East Ham North 1918 East Ham South 1918 Enfield East 1950 Enfield West 1950 Epping 1885 Fife West 1885 Glasgow Bridgeton 1885 Glasgow Gorbals 1918 Glasgow Woodside 1950 Heston and Isleworth 1945 Islington East 1885 Islington Southwest 1950 Kensington North 1885 Kensington South 1885 King s Lynn 1298 Kingston upon Hull North 1950 Strictly Kingston upon Hull North Revived 1983 Leicester North East 1950 Reformed as Leicester East Leicester South and Leicester West Leicester North West 1950 Leicester South East 1950 Leicester South West 1950 Lewisham North 1950 Lewisham South 1950 Luton 1885 Split into Luton East and Luton West Manchester Cheetham 1950 Manchester Exchange 1918 Merton and Morden 1950 Middlesbrough East 1918 Middlesbrough West 1918 Norfolk Central 1950 Northampton 1295 Split into Northampton North and Northampton South Nottingham Central 1918 Nottingham South 1885 Revived 1983 Paddington North 1885 Merged into Paddington Paddington South 1885 Poplar 1950 Second creation First creation 1885 to 1918 Portsmouth Langstone 1950 Portsmouth West 1950 Reading 1955 First creation 1295 1950 Rhondda East 1918 Rhondda West 1918 Rowley Regis and Tipton 1950 Sedgefield 1918 Revived 1983 Smethwick 1918 South Buckinghamshire 1950 South Northamptonshire 1950 Second creation First creation 1832 to 1918 Southwark 1950 First creation 1295 1885 Tavistock 1330 First represented 1295 Torquay 1885 Torrington 1950 Walthamstow East 1918 Merged into Walthamstow Walthamstow West 1918 Wandsworth Central 1918 Wednesbury 1868 Wembley North 1945 Wembley South 1945 West Bromwich 1885 Split into West Bromwich East and West Bromwich West West Ham North 1950 Second creation First creation 1885 to 1918 West Ham South 1950 Second creation First creation 1885 to 1918 Willesden East 1918 Willesden West 1918Constituencies abolished in 1955The Boundary Commissions completed their First Periodical Reviews in 1954 as required by the 1944 act These reviews controversially recommended further abolitions and creations including the abolition of some constituencies created only in 1950 Created Notes Beverley 1950 First creation 1563 1870 Third creation 1983 97 Birmingham Erdington 1918 Revived 1974 Blackburn East 1950 Reunited as Blackburn Blackburn West 1950 Bradford Central 1885 Broxtowe 1918 Revived 1983 Croydon East 1950 Croydon North 1918 Croydon West 1950 Droylsden 1950 Fulham East 1918 Divided between Fulham and Barons Court Fulham West 1918 King s Norton 1918 Glasgow Camlachie 1885 Glasgow Tradeston 1885 Hackney South 1885 Hammersmith South 1918 Kingston upon Hull Central 1885 Strictly Kingston upon Hull Central Revived 1974 1983 Leeds Central 1885 Revived 1983 Leeds North 1885 Manchester Clayton 1918 Midlothian and Peebles 1950 Nottingham East 1950 to 1955 1885 Revived 1974 Nottingham North West 1950 Reading North 1950 to 1955 1950 Revived 1974 to 1983 Reading South 1950 to 1955 1950 Revived 1974 to 1983 Sheffield Neepsend 1950 Walsall 1832 Split into Walsall North and Walsall SouthConstituencies abolished in 1950The Boundary Commissions completed their Initial Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in 1947 This recommended a number of changes in order that the populations of constituencies ordinarily varied no more than 25 from an electoral quota Created Notes Aberdeen and Kincardine East 1918 Aberdeen and Kincardine Central 1918 Antrim 1922 Second creation First creation 1801 to 1885 Split into Antrim North and Antrim South Ayr District of Burghs 1708 Components as defined 1918 merged into Ayr Bute and North Ayrshire and Central Ayrshire Balham and Tooting 1918 Barnard Castle 1885 Divided between Bishop Auckland and Durham North West Barnstaple 1295 Bermondsey West 1918 Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire 1918 Renamed Berwickshire and East Lothian 1950 74 and Berwick and East Lothian 1974 83 Bethnal Green North East 1885 Bethnal Green South West 1885 Bewdley 1605 Birkenhead East 1918 Birkenhead West 1918 Birmingham Acock s Green 1945 Birmingham Deritend 1918 Birmingham Duddeston 1918 Birmingham West 1885 Blackburn 1832 Second creation from 1955 Bolton 1832 Bournemouth 1918 Bow and Bromley 1885 Brighton 1832 Bristol East 1885 Second creation from 1983 Bristol North 1885 Bucklow 1945 Buckrose 1885 Divided between Bridlington and Beverley Burslem 1918 Bury 1832 Replaced by Bury and Radcliffe Caernarvonshire 1918 First creation 1542 1885 Camberwell North 1885 Camberwell North West 1918 Cambridge University 1604 Cardiff Central 1918 Second creation from 1983 Cardiff East 1918 Cardiff South 1918 Clay Cross 1918 Combined English Universities 1918 Combined Scottish Universities 1918 Coventry West 1945 Croydon South 1918 Second creation from 1955 Daventry 1918 Second creation from 1974 Derby 1295 Down 1922 Second creation First creation from 1801 to 1885 Split into Down North and Down South Dumbarton Burghs 1918 Split between Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire 1708 Split between Dunbartonshire East and Dunbartonshire West Dundee 1832 Split into Dundee East and Dundee West Ealing East 1945 Ealing West 1945 East Dorset 1885 East Toxteth 1885 Eddisbury 1885 Second creation 1983 Elland 1885 A large part went to the new Brighouse and Spenborough constituency Enfield 1885 Split into Enfield East and Enfield West Essex South East 1885 Revived 1955 1983 Evesham 1604 First represented 1295 Fermanagh and Tyrone 1922 Divided between Fermanagh and South Tyrone and Mid Ulster Flintshire 1542 Split into Flintshire East and Flintshire West Forest of Dean 1885 Second creation 1997 Forfarshire 1708 Divided between South Angus and Angus North and Mearns both abolished 1983 Frome 1832 Fylde 1918 Divided between Fylde North Fylde South Preston North Preston South and Clitheroe A new Fylde was created in 1983 Gateshead 1832 Split into Gateshead East and Gateshead West Glasgow Partick 1918 Glasgow St Rollox 1885 Hackney Central 1885 Second creation 1955 83 Hackney North 1885 Hanley 1885 Holderness 1885 Howdenshire 1885 Huddersfield 1832 Second creation from 1983 Islington South 1885 Islington West 1885 Kennington 1885 Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West 1918 Kingston upon Hull North West 1918 Strictly Kingston upon Hull North West Kingston upon Hull South West 1918 Strictly Kingston upon Hull South West Kingswinford 1885 Lambeth North 1885 Leicester East 1918 Second creation from 1974 Leicester South 1918 Second creation from 1974 Leicester West 1918 Second creation from 1974 Lewisham East 1918 Second creation from 1974 Leyton East 1918 Leyton West 1918 Limehouse 1885 Liverpool Everton 1885 Liverpool Fairfield 1918 Liverpool West Toxteth 1885 Llandaff and Barry 1918 London City of 1298 Merged into Cities of London and Westminster London University 1868 Lonsdale 1918 Divided between Morecambe and Lonsdale and Lancaster Manchester Hulme 1918 Manchester Platting 1918 Manchester Rusholme 1918 Montrose District of Burghs 1832 Divided between Angus South and North Angus and Mearns Mile End 1885 Norfolk East 1885 First creation 1832 68 North Cumberland 1918 Merged into Penrith and the Border Norwich 1298 Split into Norwich North and Norwich South Oldham 1832 Split into Oldham East and Oldham West Oxford University 1604 Penrith and Cockermouth 1918 Divided between Penrith and the Border and Workington Penryn and Falmouth 1832 Renamed Penryn from 1547 Plaistow 1918 Plymouth Drake 1918 Divided between Plymouth Devonport and Plymouth Sutton Second creation 1974 97 Poplar South 1918 Portsmouth Central 1918 Portsmouth North 1918 to 1950 1918 Second creation from 1974 Preston 1529 First represented 1295 Split into Preston North and Preston South Reunited 1983 Queen s University Belfast 1918 Reading 1295 Split into Reading North and Reading South Reunited 1955 74 Rotherhithe 1885 Rothwell 1918 Royton 1918 Rye 1366 Second creation 1955 83 St Pancras South East 1918 St Pancras South West 1918 Salford North 1885 Salford South 1885 Seaham 1918 Sheffield Central 1885 Second creation from 1983 Sheffield Ecclesall 1885 Silvertown 1918 South Derbyshire 1832 Second creation from 1983 Southend 1918 Split into Southend West and Southend East Southampton 1295 South Molton 1885 Southwark Central 1918 Southwark North 1918 Southwark South East 1918 Spennymoor 1918 Spen Valley 1885 Stockport 1832 Second creation from 1983 Stoke 1918 Stourbridge 1918 Second creation in 1997 Sunderland 1832 Thornbury 1885 Merged into Stroud and Thornbury Tottenham North 1918 Tottenham South 1918 University of Wales 1918 Upton 1918 Wansbeck 1885 Second creation from 1983 Waterloo 1918 Wentworth 1918 Second creation from 1983 Westminster Abbey 1918 Merged into Cities of London and Westminster Westminster St George s 1918 Merged into Cities of London and Westminster Whitechapel and St George s 1918 Wolverhampton East 1885 Wolverhampton West 1885Constituencies abolished in 1945The House of Commons Redistribution of Seats Act 1944 established four Boundary Commissions Their first task was to review the largest constituencies in the country and recommend division as appropriate Many of these constituencies were in the population growth areas around London Created Notes Blackpool 1885 Split into Blackpool North and Blackpool South Coventry 1470 First represented 1298 Split into Coventry East and Coventry West Ealing 1885 Split into Ealing East and Ealing West Harrow 1885 Split into Harrow East and Harrow West Hendon 1918 Split into Hendon North and Hendon South Reunited 1997 Ilford 1918 Split into Ilford North and Ilford South Tamworth 1563 Revived 1997 Merged into Lichfield and TamworthConstituencies abolished in 1922The Government of Ireland Act 1920 provided for a reduced representation from the whole of Ireland As a result of the Anglo Irish Treaty and subsequent legislation Southern Ireland became the Irish Free State and ceased to have representation in the House of Commons and only the reorganisation of constituencies in Northern Ireland took effect Created Notes Antrim East 1885 Merged to form Antrim Antrim Mid 1885 Antrim North 1885 Antrim South 1885 Armagh Mid 1885 Merged to form Armagh Armagh North 1885 Armagh South 1885 Belfast Cromac 1918 Redistributed between Belfast North Belfast East Belfast South and Belfast West Belfast Duncairn 1918 Belfast Falls 1918 Belfast Ormeau 1918 Belfast Pottinger 1918 Belfast St Anne s 1918 Belfast Shankill 1918 Belfast Victoria 1918 Belfast Woodvale 1918 Cavan East 1885 Left Union Cavan West 1885 Left Union Clare East 1885 Left Union Clare West 1885 Left Union Connemara 1885 Left Union Cork City 1801 Left Union County Carlow 1801 Left Union County Cork East 1885 Left Union County Cork Mid 1885 Left Union County Cork North 1885 Left Union County Cork North East 1885 Left Union County Cork South 1885 Left Union County Cork South East 1885 Left Union County Cork West 1885 Left Union Dublin North 1885 Left Union Dublin South 1885 Left Union County Galway East 1885 Left Union County Galway North 1885 Left Union County Galway South 1885 Left Union County Kilkenny North 1885 Left Union County Kilkenny South 1885 Left Union County Limerick East 1885 Left Union County Limerick West 1885 Left Union County Londonderry North 1885 Merged with Londonderry City to form Londondery County Londonderry South 1885 County Sligo North 1885 Left Union County Sligo South 1885 left Union County Waterford 1918 Second creation previously 1801 85 Left Union County Wexford North 1885 Left Union County Wexford South 1885 Left Union County Louth 1918 Left Union Donegal East 1885 Left Union Donegal North 1885 Left Union Donegal South 1885 Left Union Donegal West 1885 Left Union Down East 1885 Merged to form Down Down Mid 1918 Merged to form Down Down North 1885 Merged to form Down Down South 1885 Down West 1885 Dublin Clontarf 1918 Left Union Dublin College Green 1885 Left Union Dublin Harbour 1885 Left Union Dublin St James s 1918 Left Union Dublin St Michan s 1918 Left Union Dublin St Patrick s 1885 Left Union Dublin St Stephen s Green 1885 Left Union Dublin University 1801 Left Union Fermanagh North 1885 Merged with Tyrone North East Tyrone North West and Tyrone South to form Fermanagh and Tyrone Fermanagh South 1885 Kerry East 1885 Left Union Kerry North 1885 Left Union Kerry South 1885 Left Union Kerry West 1885 Left Union Kildare North 1885 Left Union Kildare South 1885 Left Union King s County 1918 Second creation previously 1801 85 Left Union Leitrim 1918 Second creation previously 1801 85 Left Union Limerick City 1801 Left Union Londonderry City 1801 Merged with County Londonderry North and County Londonderry South to form Londondery Longford 1918 Second creation previously 1801 85 Left Union Mayo East 1885 Left Union Mayo North 1885 Left Union Mayo South 1885 Left Union Mayo West 1885 Left Union Meath North 1885 Left Union Meath South 1885 Left Union Monaghan North 1885 Left Union Monaghan South 1885 Left Union National University of Ireland 1918 Left Union Pembroke Co Dublin 1918 Left Union Queen s County 1918 Second creation previously 1801 85 Left Union Rathmines 1918 Left Union Roscommon North 1885 Left Union Roscommon South 1885 Left Union Tipperary East 1885 Left Union Tipperary Mid 1885 Left Union Tipperary South 1885 Left Union Tyrone North East 1918 Merged with Fermanagh North and Fermanagh South to form Fermanagh and Tyrone Tyrone North West 1918 Tyrone South 1885 Waterford City 1801 Left Union Westmeath 1918 Second creation previously 1801 85 Left Union Wicklow East 1885 Left Union Wicklow West 1885 Left UnionConstituencies abolished in 1918The Representation of the People Act 1918 in addition to finally enfranchising women provided for a redistribution of seats with the aim of equalising electorates particularly where these had changed significantly since 1885 Many smaller seats were abolished while some larger ones were divided Created Notes Aberdeenshire Eastern 1868 Divided between Aberdeen and Kincardine East and Aberdeen and Kincardine Central both abolished 1950 Aberdeenshire Western 1868 Divided between Aberdeen and Kincardine Central Aberdeen and Kincardine East and Kincardine and Aberdeenshire West all abolished 1950 Andover 1586 First represented in 1295 Appleby 1295 Merged into Westmorland Arfon 1885 Revived in 2010 Ashburton 1885 Second creation Previously 1640 1868 Aston Manor 1885 Ayrshire North 1868 Divided between Bute and Northern Ayrshire and Kilmarnock Battersea 1885 Divided between Battersea North and Battersea South A new Battersea was created 1983 Belfast East 1885 Reestablished 1922 Belfast North 1885 Reestablished 1922 Belfast South 1885 Reestablished 1922 Belfast West 1885 Reestablished 1922 Bermondsey 1885 Split into Rotherhithe and Bermondsey West Later reunited Biggleswade 1885 Birkenhead 1861 Split into Birkenhead East and Birkenhead West Reunited 1950 Birmingham Bordesley 1885 Birmingham Central 1885 Birmingham East 1885 Birmingham Moseley 1885 Birmingham North 1885 Birmingham South 1885 Birr 1885 Merged to form King s County Blackfriars and Hutchesontown 1885 Boston 1547 Bradford West 1885 Revived 1955 Buteshire 1708 Merged into Bute and Northern Ayrshire Caithness 1708 Merged with Sutherland and parts of Wick District of Burghs to form Caithness and Sutherland abolished 1997 Cardiff 1542 Split into Cardiff Central Cardiff East and Cardiff South Chesterton 1885 Christchurch 1571 Clackmannan and Kinross 1832 Divided between Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Kinross and West Perthshire and Perth Cockermouth 1640 First represented 1295 Divided between Workington and Penrith and Cockermouth County Louth North 1885 County Louth South 1885 County Waterford East 1885 County Waterford West 1885 Cricklade 1295 Croydon 1885 Split into Croydon North and Croydon South Droitwich 1554 First represented 1295 Dumfries District of Burghs 1708 Components merged into Dumfriesshire and Galloway East Carmarthenshire 1885 East Denbighshire 1885 East Glamorganshire 1885 East Northamptonshire 1885 East Somerset 1832 East Worcestershire 1832 Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities 1868 Egremont 1885 Merged into Whitehaven Eifion 1885 Elgin Burghs 1708 Elginshire and Nairnshire 1832 Erith and Crayford 1955 Eskdale 1885 Divided between North Cumberland and Workington Falkirk District of Burghs 1708 Divided between Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs Hamilton Lanark and Linlithgowshire Finsbury Central 1885 Finsbury East 1885 Flint 1542 Fulham 1885 to 1918 1885 Divided into Fulham East and Fulham West both abolished 1955 A new Fulham was created in 1955 Galway Borough 1801 Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities 1868 Glasgow College 1885 Haddingtonshire 1708 Haggerston 1885 Hallamshire 1885 Hammersmith 1885 Second creation 1983 97 Hawick 1868 Holmfirth 1885 Hoxton 1885 Huntingdon 1295 Hyde 1885 Merged with Stalybridge to form Stalybridge and Hyde Inverness shire 1708 Kendal 1832 Merged into Westmorland Kilkenny City 1801 Kilmarnock District of Burghs 1832 Components merged into Dumbarton District of Burghs Kilmarnock Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire West and Rutherglen Kincardineshire 1708 Merged into Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire abolished 1950 Kingston upon Hull West 1885 Strictly Kingston upon Hull West Second creation 1955 97 Kirkcudbright 1708 Launceston 1295 Leeds East 1885 Second creation from 1955 Leicester 1295 Leith District of Burghs 1832 Divided into Edinburgh Leith and Edinburgh East Leix 1885 Merged to form Queen s County Lewisham 1885 Liverpool Abercromby 1885 Longford North 1885 Longford South 1885 Manchester East 1885 Manchester North 1885 Manchester North East 1885 Manchester North West 1885 Manchester South 1885 Manchester South West 1885 Marlborough 1295 Per the constituency article abolished 1885 Marylebone East 1885 Marylebone West 1885 Medway 1885 Second creation from 1983 Merthyr Tydfil 1832 Second creation 1950 83 Mid County Durham 1885 Middlesbrough 1868 Second creation from 1974 Midlothian 1708 to 1918 1708 Known also as Edinburghshire A new Midlothian was created in 1955 Mid Derbyshire 1885 Mid Glamorganshire 1885 Mid Lanarkshire 1885 Mid Norfolk 1885 Second creation from 1983 Mid Northamptonshire 1885 Monmouthshire North 1885 Monmouthshire South 1885 Monmouthshire West 1885 Montgomery 1542 Morley 1885 Newcastle upon Tyne 1295 Newington West 1885 Newmarket 1885 Newport Shropshire 1885 Newry 1801 North East Lanarkshire 1885 North Leitrim 1885 North Lonsdale 1885 Divided between Lonsdale and Westmorland North Northamptonshire 1832 North Somerset 1885 North West Durham 1885 A new North West Durham was created in 1950 North West Lanarkshire 1885 North Westmeath 1885 North West Norfolk 1885 Second creation from 1974 North West Staffordshire 1885 North Worcestershire 1885 Osgoldcross 1885 Ossory 1885 Merged to form Queen s County Partick 1885 Largely replaced by Glasgow Partick Pembroke and Haverfordwest 1885 Perthshire East 1885 Merged into Perth renamed Perth and East Perthshire 1950 Perthshire West 1885 Divided between Perth and Kinross and Western Perthshire Plymouth 1442 First represented 1298 Split into Drake and Sutton Poplar 1885 Second creation 1950 74 Portsmouth 1295 Prestwich 1885 Radcliffe cum Farnworth 1885 Radnorshire 1542 Ramsey 1885 Rhondda 1885 Second creation from 1974 Rochester 1295 Ross Herefordshire 1885 St Andrews 1832 St Augustine s 1885 St Austell 1885 St George s Tower Hamlets 1885 St Pancras East 1885 St Pancras South 1885 St Pancras West 1885 Sleaford 1885 South East County Durham 1885 South Glamorganshire 1885 South Lanarkshire 1868 South Leitrim 1885 South Northamptonshire 1832 Second creation 1950 74 South Somerset 1885 Southwark West 1885 South Westmeath 1885 Stalybridge 1868 Merged with Hyde to form Stalybridge and Hyde Stamford 1467 First represented 1295 Stepney 1885 Second creation 1950 74 Stirlingshire 1708 Divided between Stirlingshire West and Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Stoke upon Trent 1832 Stowmarket 1885 Strand 1885 Merged into Westminster Abbey Stratford on Avon 1885 Second creation from 1974 Sutherland 1708 Merged with Caithness and parts of Wick District of Burghs to form Caithness and Sutherland abolished 1997 Swansea District 1885 Swansea Town 1885 Tewkesbury 1610 Tottenham 1885 Second creation from 1950 Truro 1295 Second creation 1950 97 Tullamore 1885 Merged to form King s County Tyneside 1885 Tyrone East 1885 Tyrone Mid 1885 Tyrone North 1885 Walthamstow 1885 Second creation from 1974 Walworth 1885 Wandsworth 1885 Divided into Putney Wandsworth Central Balham and Tooting and Streatham Wellington Shropshire 1885 Wellington Somerset 1885 West Carmarthenshire 1885 West Denbighshire 1885 West Ham North 1885 Second creation 1950 74 West Ham South 1885 Second creation 1950 74 Westminster 1545 Merged into Westminster Abbey West Staffordshire 1868 Whitby 1832 Wick District of Burghs 1708 Known also as Northern Burghs Components merged into Caithness and Sutherland Orkney and Shetland and Ross and Cromarty Wigtownshire 1708 Wilton 1295 Wisbech 1885 Wokingham 1885 Second creation from 1950 Wolverhampton South 1885 Woodstock 1571 First represented as New Woodstock 1302 Woolwich 1885 Second creation 1983 97 Constituencies abolished in 1885The 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 Second creation 1922 50 City of Armagh 1801 Merged into County Armagh County Armagh 1801 Split into Mid Armagh North Armagh and South Armagh Second 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 Second creation 1918 50 Calne 1295 Cambridgeshire 1290 Split into Chesterton Newmarket and Wisbech Second creation 1918 83 Cardigan 1542 Merged into Cardiganshire Second creation 1974 83 Carlow 1885 Merged into County Carlow Carmarthenshire 1542 Split into Carmarthenshire East and Carmarthenshire West Carrickfergus 1801 County 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 Second creation from 1997 North Devon 1832 Second creation from 1950 South Devon 1832 Donegal 1801 Dorchester 1295 Dorset 1290 Down 1801 Second creation 1922 50 Downpatrick 1801 Drogheda 1801 City of Dublin 1801 County Dublin 1801 Dundalk 1801 Dungannon 1801 Dungarvan 1801 North Durham 1832 Second creation from 1983 South Durham 1832 East Retford 1571 First 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 Second 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 Second creation 1950 97 Great Marlow 1625 First 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 Second creation 1918 83 East Kent 1832 Mid Kent 1868 Second creation 1983 97 West Kent 1832 Kerry 1801 Kildare 1801 County Kilkenny 1801 King s County 1801 Second creation 1918 22 Kingston upon Hull 1334 First 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 Second 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 Second creation 1918 22 Limerick County 1801 Mid Lincolnshire 1868 North Lincolnshire 1868 South Lincolnshire 1868 Lisburn 1801 Liskeard 1295 Liverpool 1545 First creation 1295 by 1442 Londonderry County 1801 Second creation 1922 83 Longford 1801 Second creation 1918 22 Louth County 1801 Second creation 1918 22 Lymington 1584 Mallow 1801 Malmesbury 1295 Malton 1641 First 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 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 First 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 Second creation 1974 83 Perthshire 1708 Poole 1453 First creation 1362 by 1377 Portarlington 1801 Queen s County 1801 Second 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 Second creation from 1997 Sandwich 1366 Shaftesbury 1295 Sheffield 1832 North Shropshire 1832 Second creation from 1983 South Shropshire 1832 County Sligo 1801 Mid Somerset 1868 West Somerset 1832 Southwark 1295 Second creation 1983 97 East Staffordshire 1868 North Staffordshire 1832 East Suffolk 1832 West Suffolk 1832 Second creation from 1997 East Surrey 1832 Second creation from 1918 Mid Surrey 1868 West Surrey 1832 East Sussex 1832 West Sussex 1832 Swansea 1832 Thirsk 1547 First 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 Second creation from 1983 South Warwickshire 1832 County Waterford 1801 Second creation 1918 22 Westmeath 1801 Second creation 1918 22 Westmorland 1290 Split into Appleby and Kendal Second 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 Second creation from 1983 South Wiltshire 1832 Wolverhampton 1832 Split into 3 divisions Worcestershire West 1832 Second creation from 1997 as West Worcestershire Youghal 1801Constituencies abolished in 1870Constituency Created Notes Beverley 1563 Disenfranchised for corruption First creation 1295 by 1307 Third creation 1950 55 Fourth creation 1983 97 Bridgwater 1295 Disenfranchised for corruption Second creation from 1885 Cashel 1801 Disenfranchised for corruption Sligo Borough 1801 Disenfranchised for corruptionConstituencies abolished in 1868The Reform Act 1867 disenfranchised the remaining boroughs with populations under 10 000 and subdivided some county constituencies Created Notes Aberdeenshire 1708 Divided into East Aberdeenshire and West Aberdeenshire Arundel 1295 Second creation 1974 97 Ashburton 1640 First creation 1298 Third creation 1885 1918 Ayrshire 1708 Divided into North Ayrshire abolished 1918 and South Ayrshire abolished 1983 North Cheshire 1832 With South Cheshire redistributed to form East Cheshire Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire South Cheshire 1832 With North Cheshire redistributed to form East Cheshire Mid Cheshire and West Cheshire Dartmouth 1351 First creation 1298 North Essex 1832 Split into East Essex and West Essex Second creation from 1997 Great Yarmouth 1298 Also known as Yarmouth Norfolk Second creation from 1885 Honiton 1640 First creation 1301 by 1307 Third creation from 1885 South Lancashire 1832 Lancaster 1523 First creation 1295 by 1376 Third creation 1885 1997 Lanarkshire 1708 Divided into North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire Lyme Regis 1295 East Norfolk 1832 Peeblesshire 1708 United with Selkirkshire to form Peebles and Selkirk Reigate 1295 Second creation from 1885 Selkirkshire 1708 United with Peeblesshire to form Peebles and Selkirk South Staffordshire 1832 Split into East Staffordshire and West Staffordshire Reestablished 1983 Thetford 1529 Totnes 1295 Second creation 1885 1983 Third creation from 1997 Wells 1295 Second creation from 1885 Constituencies abolished between 1832 and 1867St Albans and Sudbury were both disenfranchised for corruption After some delay their seats were redistributed by a special act of Parliament which Two were given to create new parliamentary boroughs while the other two were given to the West Riding of Yorkshire which was thereafter divided into two constituencies Year Created Notes 1865 West Riding of Yorkshire 1832 two divisions 1852 St Albans 1553 Disenfranchised for corruption First created 1311 by 1326 Third creation from 1885 1844 Sudbury 1559 Disenfranchised for corruption Second creation 1885 1950 Constituencies abolished by the Reform Act 1832The Reform Act 1832 saw the abolition of a wide range of rotten boroughs in England There were also a few changes to Scottish constituencies Created Notes Aberdeen Burghs 1708 Components split into Aberdeen and part of Montrose Burghs Aldborough 1558 Aldeburgh 1571 Amersham 1625 First 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 First creation 1295 by 1441 Callington 1584 Camelford 1547 Castle Rising 1558 Cheshire 1545 two divisions Clackmannanshire 1708 Merged with Kinross shire to form Clackmannanshire and Kinross shire abolished 1918 Corfe Castle 1572 Cornwall 1290 two divisions Cromartyshire 1708 Merged with Ross shire to form Ross and Cromarty abolished 1983 Cumberland 1290 two divisions Derbyshire 1290 two divisions Devon 1290 two divisions Downton 1467 First 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 First creation 1295 Heytesbury 1449 Higham Ferrers 1558 Hindon 1449 Ilchester 1621 First creation 1298 Kent 1290 two divisions Kinross shire 1708 Merged with Clackmannanshire to form Clackmannanshire and Kinross shire abolished 1918 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 First creation 1298 by 1307 Minehead 1563 Mitchell 1547 Also known as St Michael s Nairnshire 1708 Merged with Elginshire to form Elginshire and Nairnshire abolished 1918 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 First creation 1301 by 1307 Old Sarum 1360 First creation 1295 Orford 1512 First 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 First creation 1298 by 1307 Shropshire 1290 two divisions Somerset 1290 two divisions Staffordshire 1290 two divisions Steyning 1467 First creation 1298 by 1307 Second 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 First creation 1295 Warwickshire 1290 two divisions Wendover 1625 First creation 1301 by 1307 Weobley 1628 First 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 divisionsConstituencies abolished 1529 1821The 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 Reform Act 1832 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 1536 Borough in France re conquered by the French in 1558 1542 Borough constituency in Anglesey altered to Beaumaris from 1553 Tournai 1513 Borough in France now Belgium returned to French rule in 1519Constituency abolished 1472A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1467 but were not enfranchised in that year Constituency Created Notes Grantham 1467 Second creation 1484 1997Constituencies abolished 1467A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1467 but were not enfranchised in that year Constituency Created Notes Derby 1295 Second creation 1472 1950 Great Grimsby 1295 Sometimes known as Grimsby Second creation from 1472 Southampton 1295 Second creation 1472 1950 Winchester 1295 Second creation from 1472Constituencies abolished between 1378 and 1441A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1378 but were not enfranchised by 1442 They were seldom if at all represented afterwards until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years Constituency Created Notes Bramber 1295 Second creation 1467 1832 Downton 1295 Second creation 1467 1832 Liverpool 1295 Second creation 1545 1885 Steyning By 1327 First creation 1298 by 1307 Third creation 1467 1832 Constituencies abolished between 1328 and 1376A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1328 but were not enfranchised by 1377 They were seldom if at allm represented afterwards until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years Constituency Created Notes Hertford By 1327 First creation 1298 by 1307 Third creation 1624 1974 Lancaster 1295 Second creation 1523 1868 Third creation 1885 1997 New Windsor 1302 Also known as Windsor Second creation 1447 1974 Third creation from 1997 Poole 1362 Second creation 1453 1885 Third creation from 1950 Preston 1295 Second creation 1529 1950 Third creation from 1983 Ravensrodd 1295 Represented intermittently until 1337 St Albans 1311 Second creation 1553 1852 Third creation from 1885 Constituencies abolished between 1308 and 1327A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1308 but were not enfranchised by 1327 They were seldom if at all represented afterwards until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years Constituency Created Notes Droitwich 1295 Second creation 1554 1918 Kingston upon Hull 1305 Second creation 1334 1885 Petersfield 1307 Second creation 1547 1983 Wigan 1295 Second creation from 1545Constituencies abolished between 1302 and 1307A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments before 1302 but were not enfranchised by 1307 They were seldom if at all represented afterwards until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later years Constituency Created Notes Amersham 1300 Second creation 1625 1832 Beverley 1295 Second creation 1563 1870 Third creation 1950 55 Fourth creation 1983 97 Evesham 1295 Second creation 1604 1950 Great Marlow 1301 Second creation 1625 1885 Hertford 1298 Second creation by 1327 by 1377 Third creation 1624 1974 Honiton 1301 Second creation 1640 1868 Third creation from 1885 Milborne Port 1298 Second creation 1628 1832 Okehampton 1301 Second creation 1640 1832 Orford 1298 Second creation 1512 1832 Seaford 1298 Second creation 1641 1832 Stamford 1295 Second creation 1467 1918 Steyning 1298 Second creation by 1327 1442 Third creation 1467 1832 Torrington 1295 Second creation 1950 74 Wendover 1301 Second creation 1625 1832Constituencies abolished 1298A number of boroughs were represented in the parliaments of 1298 but seldom if at all represented afterwards until restored to the list of those regularly in receipt of writs of summons in later centuries Constituency Created Notes Ashburton 1298 Second creation 1640 1868 Third creation 1885 1818 Coventry 1298 Second creation 1470 1945 Dartmouth 1298 Second creation 1351 1868 Ilchester 1298 Second creation 1621 1832 Northallerton 1298 Second creation 1641 1885 Plymouth 1298 Second creation 1442 1918 Pontefract 1298 First creation 1295 Third creation 1621 1918 Fourth creation 1950 74 Constituencies abolished 1295A number of boroughs were represented in the Model Parliament of 1295 but were seldom if at all represented afterwards Some boroughs originally included in the 1295 parliament were restored to the list of those always summoned in later centuries or the same name was used for a constituency after 1832 Constituency Created Notes Alresford 1295 Alton 1295 Andover 1295 Second creation 1586 1918 Axbridge 1295 Bamborough 1295 Basingstoke 1295 Second creation from 1885 Bradford Wiltshire 1295 Bromsgrove 1295 Second creation 1950 1974 Third creation from 1983 Cockermouth 1295 Second creation 1640 1918 Corbridge 1295 Dudley 1295 Second creation 1832 1974 Egremont 1295 Second creation 1885 1918 Ely 1295 Part of Isle of Ely 1918 1983 Hedon 1295 Second creation 1547 1832 Kidderminster 1295 Second creation 1832 1983 1295 Malton 1295 Second creation 1641 1885 Old Sarum 1295 Second creation 1360 1832 1295 1295 1295 Pontefract 1295 Second creation 1298 Third creation 1621 1918 Fourth creation 1950 74 Ripon 1295 Second creation 1553 1983 Tavistock 1295 Second creation 1330 1974 Thirsk 1295 Second creation 1547 1885 1295 Tregony 1295 Second creation 1559 1832 Tunbridge 1295 Second creation 1885 1918 Weobley 1295 Second creation 1628 1832 1295 Split into Yarmouth Isle of Wight 1584 1832 amp Newport Isle of Wight 1584 1885 1295See alsoConstituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Irish House of Commons List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland Wikipedia WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies Historic constituencies Wikipedia WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies Historic constituency namesReferencesThe House of Commons 1509 1558 by S T Bindoff Secker amp Warburg 1982 F W S Craig British Electoral Facts 1832 1987 F W S Craig Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885 1972 ISBN 0 900178 09 4 Political Reference Publications Chichester Sussex 1972 Frederic A Youngs jr Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England London Royal Historical Society Volume I 1979 Volume II 1991 Leigh Rayment s Peerage Page constituencies and their MPs since 1660 usurped Administration and Cost of Elections Project The United Kingdom Redistribution Process