The following constituencies were enfranchised or restored in the reigns of—

HENRY VIII.

EDWARD VI.

MARY.

ELIZABETH.

JAMES I.

The twelve Welsh counties, and the boroughs of Beaumaris, Brecon, Carnarvon, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Denbigh, Flint, Cardiff, Montgomery, Pembroke, Haverford West, Radnor, and Monmouth, returning one member each. Monmouthshire, Cheshire, Chester, Buckingham, Lancaster, Preston, Orford, Newport in Cornwall, Thetford, Berwick, Calais, returning two members each.

Saltash, Camelford, West Looe, Penryn, Grampound, Bossiney, St. Michael, Maidstone, Boston, Westminster, Peterborough, Brackley, St. Albans, Liverpool, Wigan, Petersfield, Lichfield, Thirsk, Hedon, Ripon-two members each.

Abingdon, Higham Ferrers, Banbury-one member each.

Aylesbury, St. Ives, Castle Rising, Morpeth, Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Aldborough (in Yorkshire), Woodstock, Droitwich-two members each. In this reign Calais ceases to return members.

East Looe, Fowey, St. Germans, St. Mawes, Callington, Tregony, Beeralston,
Corfe Castle, Cirencester, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight), Newport (Isle of Wight),
Andover, East Retford, Bishop's Castle, Minehead, Stockbridge, Lymington,
Christchurch, Whitchurch, Tainworth, Sudbury, Eye, Aldeburgh, Haslemere,
Richmond, Beverley-two members each.

Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Amersham, Marlow, Hertford, Wendover,
Tiverton, Harwich, Tewkesbury, Ilchester, Bury St. Edmunds, Evesham, and
Pontefract--two members each.
Bewdley-one member.

Cockermouth, Ashburton, Honiton, Okehampton, Weobley, Milborne Port, Seaford, Malton, Northallerton-two members each.

CHARLES I.

CHARLES II.

Durham, county and city, Newark-two members each.

CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF SEATS BY THE REFORM ACTS OF 1832.

ENGLAND.
Disfranchisement.

55 boroughs returning 2 members each, Higham totally disfranchised

Ferrers returning 1 member

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis to return 2 members conjointly instead of 4 30 boroughs returning 2 members each deprived of one member

Enfranchisement.

Seats.

113

30

143

26 counties divided, each division to return 2 members each

Yorkshire, instead of 4 members, to have three divisions, each returning 2 members

Isle of Wight made a county in itself, and to return 1 member

7 counties to return 3 each instead of 2

Leaving a net loss of 18 seats to England, which were assigned thus--
Wales.-3 counties, each an additional member

2 new boroughs, 1 member each .

Scotland.-Additional members to Edinburgh and Glasgow

Perth, Aberdeen, and Dundee (previously grouped with other burghs)
to return a member each

Paisley, the Leith burghs, and Greenock, to return 1 each

Ireland.-Additional members to Dublin University, Belfast, Limerick, Gal

way, and Waterford

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London University to return 1 member
Salford to return 2 members instead of 1

Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, 3 members instead of 2
Chelsea and Hackney to return 2 each

9 other new boroughs to return 1 each

Yorkshire (West Riding) to be divided into three divisions instead of two, each returning 2 members

Lancashire to be divided into four divisions, each returning 2 members (instead of North 2 and South 3)

10 counties to be divided into three instead of two divisions, each returning 2

These 8 seats were apportioned thus:-
An additional member to Merthyr Tydvil

2 new Scotch University constituencies, each 1 member
Additional members to Glasgow and Dundee

each

3 counties (Aberdeen, Ayr, Lanark) divided into two divisions, returning i Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire to return 1 member conjointly, instead of 1 each A member for the "Border Burghs"

CHANGES BY REFORM ACT OF 1885.

ENGLAND AND WALES.
Disfranchisement.

13 boroughs returning 2 members merged in counties

66

36

1 member

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2 members, deprived of I'member Macclesfield and Sandwich each returning 2 members, disfranchised

New Seats.

This, with six new seats allotted to England and Wales, gave 138 seats to be disposed of

Enfranchisement.

London, including Croydon, to return 62 members instead of 22

Additional members given to provincial boroughs

New provincial boroughs created

Additional members allotted to counties

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Manchester

Sheffield and Leeds

Bristol

Bradford, Hull, Nottingham, Salford, and Wolverhampton,

Bath, Blackburn, Bolton, Brighton, Davenport, Derby, Halifax,
Ipswich, Leicester, Newcastle, Northampton, Norwich, Oldham,
Plymouth, Preston, Southampton, Stockport, Sunderland, and
York

IRELAND-Dublin and Belfast

Cork

SCOTLAND-Glasgow

Edinburgh

Dundee

WALES-Merthyr Tydvil,

The rest return one member each.