List of parliamentary boroughs and associated county constituencies 1832–1918


This article lists parliamentary boroughs and associated county constituencies 1832–1918. During this period, non-resident 40-shilling freeholders of 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 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
1832–1885BedfordshireBedfordBedford
1885–1918BiggleswadeN/ABedford
Berkshire
1832–1885BerkshireAbingdonAbingdon
1832–1885BerkshireAbingdonReading
1832–1885BerkshireAbingdonWallingford
1832–1885BerkshireAbingdonWindsor
1885–1918NewburyN/AReading
1885–1918WokinghamN/AWindsor
Buckinghamshire
1832–1885BuckinghamshireAylesburyAylesbury
1832–1885BuckinghamshireAylesburyBuckingham
1832–1885BuckinghamshireAylesburyGreat Marlow
1832–1885BuckinghamshireAylesburyWycombe
Cambridgeshire
1832–1885CambridgeshireCambridgeCambridge
1885–1918ChestertonN/ACambridge
Cheshire a
1832–1868North CheshireKnutsfordMacclesfield
1832–1868North CheshireKnutsfordStockport
1832–1868South CheshireChesterChester
1868–1885East CheshireMacclesfield
1868–1885Mid CheshireKnutsford
1868–1885West CheshireChester
1885–1918AltrinchamN/AStockport
1885–1918EddisburyN/AChester
1885–1918HydeN/AStalybridge
1885–1918WirralN/ABirkenhead b
Cornwall
1832–1885East CornwallBodminBodmin
1832–1885East CornwallBodminLaunceston
1832–1885East CornwallBodminLiskeard
1832–1885West CornwallTruroHelston
1832–1885West CornwallTruroPenryn and Falmouth
1832–1885West CornwallTruroSt Ives
1832–1885West CornwallTruroTruro
1885–1918TruroN/APenryn and Falmouth
Cumberland
1832–1885East CumberlandCarlisleCarlisle
1832–1885West CumberlandCockermouthCockermouth
1832–1885West CumberlandCockermouthWhitehaven
1885–1918EgremontN/AWhitehaven
1885–1918EskdaleN/ACarlisle
Derbyshire a
1832–1868North DerbyshireBakewellN/A
1832–1868South DerbyshireDerbyDerby
1868–1885East DerbyshireChesterfieldN/A
1868–1885North DerbyshireBakewellN/A
1868–1885South DerbyshireDerbyDerby
1885–1918South DerbyshireN/ADerby
Devon a
1832–1868North DevonSouth MoltonBarnstaple
1832–1868North DevonSouth MoltonTiverton
1832–1868South DevonExeterAshburton
1832–1868South DevonExeterDartmouth
1832–1868South DevonExeterDevonport
1832–1868South DevonExeterHoniton
1832–1868South DevonExeterPlymouth
1832–1868South DevonExeterTavistock
1832–1868South DevonExeterTotnes
1868–1885East Devon
1868–1885North Devon
1868–1885South Devon
1885–1918TavistockN/ADevonport
1885–1918TavistockN/APlymouth
Dorset
1832–1885DorsetDorchesterBridport
1832–1885DorsetDorchesterDorchester
1832–1885DorsetDorchesterLyme Regis
1832–1885DorsetDorchesterPoole
1832–1885DorsetDorchesterShaftesbury
1832–1885DorsetDorchesterWareham
1832–1885DorsetDorchesterWeymouth and Melcombe Regis
County Durham
1832–1885North DurhamCity of DurhamCity of Durham
1832–1885North DurhamCity of DurhamGateshead
1832–1885North DurhamCity of DurhamSouth Shields
1832–1885North DurhamCity of DurhamSunderland
1832–1885South DurhamDarlingtonN/A
1885–1918Chester-le-StreetN/AGateshead
1885–1918Houghton-le-SpringN/ASunderland
1885–1918JarrowN/ASouth Shields
1885–1918Mid DurhamN/ACity of Durham
1885–1918South East DurhamN/ADarlington
1885–1918South East DurhamN/AThe Hartlepools
1885–1918South East DurhamN/AStockton-on-Tees
Essex a
1832–1868North EssexBraintreeColchester
1832–1868North EssexBraintreeHarwich
1832–1868South EssexChelmsfordMaldon
1885–1918HarwichN/AColchester
1885–1918RomfordN/AWest Ham North
1885–1918RomfordN/AWest Ham South
Gloucestershire
1832–1885East GloucestershireGloucesterCheltenham
1832–1885East GloucestershireGloucesterCirencester
1832–1885East GloucestershireGloucesterGloucester
1832–1885East GloucestershireGloucesterStroud
1832–1885East GloucestershireGloucesterTewkesbury
1832–1885West GloucestershireDursleyN/A
1885–1918TewkesburyN/ACheltenham
1885–1918TewkesburyN/AGloucester
Hampshire
1832–1885North HampshireWinchester
1832–1885South HampshireSouthampton
Herefordshire
1832–1885HerefordshireHereford
Hertfordshire
1832–1885HertfordshireHertford
Huntingdonshire
1832–1885HuntingdonshireHuntingdon
Isle of Wight
1832–1885Isle of WightNewport
Kent a
1832–1868East KentCanterbury
1832–1868West KentMaidstone
Lancashire a
1832–1868North LancashireLamcaster
1832–1868South LancashireNewton
Leicestershire
1832–1885North LeicestershireLoughborough
1832–1885South LeicestershireLeicester
Lincolnshire a
1832–1868Parts of Kesteven and HollandSleaford
1832–1868Parts of LindseyLincoln
Middlesex
1832–1885MiddlesexBrentford
Norfolk a
1832–1868East NorfolkNorwich
1832–1868West NorfolkSwaffham
Northamptonshire
1832–1885North NorthamptonshireKettering
1832–1885South NorthamptonshireNorthampton
Northumberland
1832–1885North NorthumberlandAlnwick
1832–1885South NorthumberlandHexham
Nottinghamshire
1832–1885North NottinghamshireMansfield
1832–1885South NottinghamshireNewark-on-Trent
Oxfordshire
1832–1885OxfordshireOxford
Rutland
1832–1918RutlandOakhamN/A
Shropshire
1832–1885North ShropshireShrewsbury
1832–1885South ShropshireChurch Stretton
Somerset a
1832–1868East SomersetWells
1832–1868West SomersetTaunton
Staffordshire a
1832–1868North StaffordshireStafford
1832–1868South StaffordshireLichfield
Suffolk
1832–1885East SuffolkIpswich
1832–1885West SuffolkBury St. Edmunds
Surrey a
1832–1868East SurreyCroydon
1832–1868West SurreyGuildford
Sussex
1832–1885East SussexLewes
1832–1885West SussexChichester
Warwickshire
1832–1885North WarwickshireColeshill
1832–1885South WarwickshireWarwick
Westmorland
1832–1885WestmorlandAppleby
Wiltshire
1832–1885North WiltshireDevizes
1832–1885South WiltshireSalisbury
Worcestershire
1832–1885East WorcestershireDroitwich
1832–1885West WorcestershireWorcester
Yorkshire a
1832–1868East Riding of YorkshireBeverley
1832–1868North Riding of YorkshireYork
1832–1865West Riding of Yorkshire cWakefield

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.