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 1832–1885, 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.

Period	County constituency	Place of election	Parliamentary borough
	Bedfordshire
1832–1885	Bedfordshire	Bedford	Bedford
1885–1918	Biggleswade	N/A	Bedford
	Berkshire
1832–1885	Berkshire	Abingdon	Abingdon
			Reading
			Wallingford
			Windsor
1885–1918	Newbury	N/A	Reading
1885–1918	Wokingham	N/A	Windsor
	Buckinghamshire
1832–1885	Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury	Aylesbury
			Buckingham
			Great Marlow
			Wycombe
	Cambridgeshire
1832–1885	Cambridgeshire	Cambridge	Cambridge
1885–1918	Chesterton	N/A	Cambridge
	Cheshire ^a
1832–1868	North Cheshire	Knutsford	Macclesfield
			Stockport
1832–1868	South Cheshire	Chester	Chester
1868–1885	East Cheshire	Macclesfield
1868–1885	Mid Cheshire	Knutsford
1868–1885	West Cheshire	Chester
1885–1918	Altrincham	N/A	Stockport
1885–1918	Eddisbury	N/A	Chester
1885–1918	Hyde	N/A	Stalybridge
1885–1918	Wirral	N/A	Birkenhead ^b
	Cornwall
1832–1885	East Cornwall	Bodmin	Bodmin
			Launceston
			Liskeard
1832–1885	West Cornwall	Truro	Helston
			Penryn and Falmouth
			St Ives
			Truro
1885–1918	Truro	N/A	Penryn and Falmouth
	Cumberland
1832–1885	East Cumberland	Carlisle	Carlisle
1832–1885	West Cumberland	Cockermouth	Cockermouth
			Whitehaven
1885–1918	Egremont	N/A	Whitehaven
1885–1918	Eskdale	N/A	Carlisle
	Derbyshire ^a
1832–1868	North Derbyshire	Bakewell	N/A
1832–1868	South Derbyshire	Derby	Derby
1868–1885	East Derbyshire	Chesterfield	N/A
1868–1885	North Derbyshire	Bakewell	N/A
1868–1885	South Derbyshire	Derby	Derby
1885–1918	South Derbyshire	N/A	Derby
	Devon ^a
1832–1868	North Devon	South Molton	Barnstaple
			Tiverton
1832–1868	South Devon	Exeter	Ashburton
			Dartmouth
			Devonport
			Honiton
			Plymouth
			Tavistock
			Totnes
1868–1885	East Devon
1868–1885	North Devon
1868–1885	South Devon
1885–1918	Tavistock	N/A	Devonport
			Plymouth
	Dorset
1832–1885	Dorset	Dorchester	Bridport
			Dorchester
			Lyme Regis
			Poole
			Shaftesbury
			Wareham
			Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
	County Durham
1832–1885	North Durham	City of Durham	City of Durham
			Gateshead
			South Shields
			Sunderland
1832–1885	South Durham	Darlington	N/A
1885–1918	Chester-le-Street	N/A	Gateshead
1885–1918	Houghton-le-Spring	N/A	Sunderland
1885–1918	Jarrow	N/A	South Shields
1885–1918	Mid Durham	N/A	City of Durham
1885–1918	South East Durham	N/A	Darlington
			The Hartlepools
			Stockton-on-Tees
	Essex ^a
1832–1868	North Essex	Braintree	Colchester
			Harwich
1832–1868	South Essex	Chelmsford	Maldon
1885–1918	Harwich	N/A	Colchester
1885–1918	Romford	N/A	West Ham North
			West Ham South
	Gloucestershire
1832–1885	East Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Cheltenham
			Cirencester
			Gloucester
			Stroud
			Tewkesbury
1832–1885	West Gloucestershire	Dursley	N/A
1885–1918	Tewkesbury	N/A	Cheltenham
			Gloucester
	Hampshire
1832–1885	North Hampshire	Winchester
1832–1885	South Hampshire	Southampton
	Herefordshire
1832–1885	Herefordshire	Hereford
	Hertfordshire
1832–1885	Hertfordshire	Hertford
	Huntingdonshire
1832–1885	Huntingdonshire	Huntingdon
	Isle of Wight
1832–1885	Isle of Wight	Newport
	Kent ^a
1832–1868	East Kent	Canterbury
1832–1868	West Kent	Maidstone
	Lancashire ^a
1832–1868	North Lancashire	Lamcaster
1832–1868	South Lancashire	Newton
	Leicestershire
1832–1885	North Leicestershire	Loughborough
1832–1885	South Leicestershire	Leicester
	Lincolnshire ^a
1832–1868	Parts of Kesteven and Holland	Sleaford
1832–1868	Parts of Lindsey	Lincoln
	Middlesex
1832–1885	Middlesex	Brentford
	Norfolk ^a
1832–1868	East Norfolk	Norwich
1832–1868	West Norfolk	Swaffham
	Northamptonshire
1832–1885	North Northamptonshire	Kettering
1832–1885	South Northamptonshire	Northampton
	Northumberland
1832–1885	North Northumberland	Alnwick
1832–1885	South Northumberland	Hexham
	Nottinghamshire
1832–1885	North Nottinghamshire	Mansfield
1832–1885	South Nottinghamshire	Newark-on-Trent
	Oxfordshire
1832–1885	Oxfordshire	Oxford
	Rutland
1832–1918	Rutland	Oakham	N/A
	Shropshire
1832–1885	North Shropshire	Shrewsbury
1832–1885	South Shropshire	Church Stretton
	Somerset ^a
1832–1868	East Somerset	Wells
1832–1868	West Somerset	Taunton
	Staffordshire ^a
1832–1868	North Staffordshire	Stafford
1832–1868	South Staffordshire	Lichfield
	Suffolk
1832–1885	East Suffolk	Ipswich
1832–1885	West Suffolk	Bury St. Edmunds
	Surrey ^a
1832–1868	East Surrey	Croydon
1832–1868	West Surrey	Guildford
	Sussex
1832–1885	East Sussex	Lewes
1832–1885	West Sussex	Chichester
	Warwickshire
1832–1885	North Warwickshire	Coleshill
1832–1885	South Warwickshire	Warwick
	Westmorland
1832–1885	Westmorland	Appleby
	Wiltshire
1832–1885	North Wiltshire	Devizes
1832–1885	South Wiltshire	Salisbury
	Worcestershire
1832–1885	East Worcestershire	Droitwich
1832–1885	West Worcestershire	Worcester
	Yorkshire ^a
1832–1868	East Riding of Yorkshire	Beverley
1832–1868	North Riding of Yorkshire	York
1832–1865	West Riding of Yorkshire ^c	Wakefield

Notes:-

• ^a County divisions redistributed in 1868. No information currently available about the association of divisions with Parliamentary boroughs 1868–1885.
• ^b Birkenhead was enfranchised in 1861 and its association with a county division is unavailable until the 1885 redistribution.
• ^c West Riding of Yorkshire divided in two in 1865 and three in 1868.

See also

• Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918
• Forty Shilling Freeholders

References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• The Constitutional Year Book 1900 (William Blackstone & Sons 1900) out of copyright
• Electoral Reform in England and Wales, by Charles Seymour (David & Charles Reprints 1970)
• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Social Geography of British Elections 1885-1910. by Henry Pelling (Macmillan 1967)