List of Parliamentary Boroughs and associated County Constituencies 1832–1918

This article lists Parliamentary Boroughs and associated County Constituencies 1832-1918. The significance of this list is that during this period non-resident 40 shilling freeholders of (usually) land located in a borough, qualified for a parliamentary vote in the county.

Franchise provisions

Amongst the qualifications for a county vote in United Kingdom parliamentary elections, which applied from 1832 until 1918, was the possession of a freehold estate of the annual value of 40 shillings. Residence on the property was not required from freeholders. A freehold situate in a Parliamentary borough qualified the owner for the county vote, unless it was in his own occupation.

List of Associated constituencies

The list includes all county constituencies 18321885, even if there are no associated boroughs. From 1885 the county constituency is only listed if it is known to have been associated with a borough.

The place of election was where the hustings were held; at which candidates were nominated, polling took place (before the introduction of multiple polling places in county constituencies) and where the result was announced.

England

Some boroughs were a city or town which was a county of itself, in which the non-resident freeholders were ancient right voters in the borough. This applied to Bristol, Exeter, Norwich, and Nottingham. Those boroughs are not included in the list below.

PeriodCounty constituencyPlace of electionParliamentary borough
Bedfordshire
18321885 Bedfordshire Bedford Bedford
18851918 Biggleswade N/A Bedford
Berkshire
18321885 Berkshire Abingdon Abingdon
Reading
Wallingford
Windsor
18851918 Newbury N/A Reading
18851918 Wokingham N/A Windsor
Buckinghamshire
18321885 Buckinghamshire Aylesbury Aylesbury
Buckingham
Great Marlow
Wycombe
Cambridgeshire
18321885 Cambridgeshire Cambridge Cambridge
18851918 Chesterton N/A Cambridge
Cheshire a
18321868 North Cheshire Knutsford Macclesfield
Stockport
18321868 South Cheshire Chester Chester
18681885 East Cheshire Macclesfield
18681885 Mid Cheshire Knutsford
18681885 West Cheshire Chester
18851918 Altrincham N/A Stockport
18851918 Eddisbury N/A Chester
18851918 Hyde N/A Stalybridge
18851918 Wirral N/A Birkenhead b
Cornwall
18321885 East Cornwall Bodmin Bodmin
Launceston
Liskeard
18321885 West Cornwall Truro Helston
Penryn and Falmouth
St Ives
Truro
18851918 Truro N/A Penryn and Falmouth
Cumberland
18321885 East Cumberland Carlisle Carlisle
18321885 West Cumberland Cockermouth Cockermouth
Whitehaven
18851918 Egremont N/A Whitehaven
18851918 Eskdale N/A Carlisle
Derbyshire a
18321868 North Derbyshire Bakewell N/A
18321868 South Derbyshire Derby Derby
18681885 East Derbyshire Chesterfield N/A
18681885 North Derbyshire Bakewell N/A
18681885 South Derbyshire Derby Derby
18851918 South Derbyshire N/A Derby
Devon a
18321868 North Devon South Molton Barnstaple
Tiverton
18321868 South Devon Exeter Ashburton
Dartmouth
Devonport
Honiton
Plymouth
Tavistock
Totnes
18681885 East Devon
18681885 North Devon
18681885 South Devon
18851918 Tavistock N/A Devonport
Plymouth
Dorset
18321885 Dorset Dorchester Bridport
Dorchester
Lyme Regis
Poole
Shaftesbury
Wareham
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
County Durham
18321885 North Durham City of Durham City of Durham
Gateshead
South Shields
Sunderland
18321885 South Durham Darlington N/A
18851918 Chester-le-Street N/A Gateshead
18851918 Houghton-le-Spring N/A Sunderland
18851918 Jarrow N/A South Shields
18851918 Mid Durham N/A City of Durham
18851918 South East Durham N/A Darlington
The Hartlepools
Stockton-on-Tees
Essex a
18321868 North Essex Braintree Colchester
Harwich
18321868 South Essex Chelmsford Maldon
18851918 Harwich N/A Colchester
18851918 Romford N/A West Ham North
West Ham South
Gloucestershire
18321885 East Gloucestershire Gloucester Cheltenham
Cirencester
Gloucester
Stroud
Tewkesbury
18321885 West Gloucestershire Dursley N/A
18851918 Tewkesbury N/A Cheltenham
Gloucester
Hampshire
18321885 North Hampshire Winchester
18321885 South Hampshire Southampton
Herefordshire
18321885 Herefordshire Hereford
Hertfordshire
18321885 Hertfordshire Hertford
Huntingdonshire
18321885 Huntingdonshire Huntingdon
Isle of Wight
18321885 Isle of Wight Newport
Kent a
18321868 East Kent Canterbury
18321868 West Kent Maidstone
Lancashire a
18321868 North Lancashire Lamcaster
18321868 South Lancashire Newton
Leicestershire
18321885 North Leicestershire Loughborough
18321885 South Leicestershire Leicester
Lincolnshire a
18321868 Parts of Kesteven and Holland Sleaford
18321868 Parts of Lindsey Lincoln
Middlesex
18321885 Middlesex Brentford
Norfolk a
18321868 East Norfolk Norwich
18321868 West Norfolk Swaffham
Northamptonshire
18321885 North Northamptonshire Kettering
18321885 South Northamptonshire Northampton
Northumberland
18321885 North Northumberland Alnwick
18321885 South Northumberland Hexham
Nottinghamshire
18321885 North Nottinghamshire Mansfield
18321885 South Nottinghamshire Newark-on-Trent
Oxfordshire
18321885 Oxfordshire Oxford
Rutland
18321918 Rutland Oakham N/A
Shropshire
18321885 North Shropshire Shrewsbury
18321885 South Shropshire Church Stretton
Somerset a
18321868 East Somerset Wells
18321868 West Somerset Taunton
Staffordshire a
18321868 North Staffordshire Stafford
18321868 South Staffordshire Lichfield
Suffolk
18321885 East Suffolk Ipswich
18321885 West Suffolk Bury St. Edmunds
Surrey a
18321868 East Surrey Croydon
18321868 West Surrey Guildford
Sussex
18321885 East Sussex Lewes
18321885 West Sussex Chichester
Warwickshire
18321885 North Warwickshire Coleshill
18321885 South Warwickshire Warwick
Westmorland
18321885 Westmorland Appleby
Wiltshire
18321885 North Wiltshire Devizes
18321885 South Wiltshire Salisbury
Worcestershire
18321885 East Worcestershire Droitwich
18321885 West Worcestershire Worcester
Yorkshire a
18321868 East Riding of Yorkshire Beverley
18321868 North Riding of Yorkshire York
18321865 West Riding of Yorkshire c Wakefield

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