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 (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.

PeriodCounty constituencyPlace of electionParliamentary boroughBedfordshire1832–1885BedfordshireBedfordBedford1885–1918BiggleswadeN/ABedfordBerkshire 1832–1885 Berkshire AbingdonAbingdonReadingWallingfordWindsor1885–1918NewburyN/AReading1885–1918WokinghamN/AWindsorBuckinghamshire 1832–1885 Buckinghamshire AylesburyAylesburyBuckinghamGreat MarlowWycombeCambridgeshire1832–1885CambridgeshireCambridgeCambridge1885–1918ChestertonN/ACambridgeCheshire a 1832–1868 North Cheshire KnutsfordMacclesfieldStockport1832–1868South CheshireChesterChester1868–1885East CheshireMacclesfield1868–1885Mid CheshireKnutsford1868–1885West CheshireChester1885–1918AltrinchamN/AStockport1885–1918EddisburyN/AChester1885–1918HydeN/AStalybridge1885–1918WirralN/ABirkenhead bCornwall 1832–1885 East Cornwall BodminBodminLauncestonLiskeard 1832–1885 West Cornwall TruroHelstonPenryn and FalmouthSt IvesTruro1885–1918TruroN/APenryn and FalmouthCumberland1832–1885East CumberlandCarlisleCarlisle 1832–1885 West Cumberland CockermouthCockermouthWhitehaven1885–1918EgremontN/AWhitehaven1885–1918EskdaleN/ACarlisleDerbyshire a1832–1868North DerbyshireBakewellN/A1832–1868South DerbyshireDerbyDerby1868–1885East DerbyshireChesterfieldN/A1868–1885North DerbyshireBakewellN/A1868–1885South DerbyshireDerbyDerby1885–1918South DerbyshireN/ADerbyDevon a 1832–1868 North Devon South MoltonBarnstapleTiverton 1832–1868 South Devon ExeterAshburtonDartmouthDevonportHonitonPlymouthTavistockTotnes1868–1885East Devon1868–1885North Devon1868–1885South Devon 1885–1918 Tavistock N/ADevonportPlymouthDorset 1832–1885 Dorset DorchesterBridportDorchesterLyme RegisPooleShaftesburyWarehamWeymouth and Melcombe RegisCounty Durham 1832–1885 North Durham City of DurhamCity of DurhamGatesheadSouth ShieldsSunderland1832–1885South DurhamDarlingtonN/A1885–1918Chester-le-StreetN/AGateshead1885–1918Houghton-le-SpringN/ASunderland1885–1918JarrowN/ASouth Shields1885–1918Mid DurhamN/ACity of Durham 1885–1918 South East Durham N/ADarlingtonThe HartlepoolsStockton-on-TeesEssex a 1832–1868 North Essex BraintreeColchesterHarwich1832–1868South EssexChelmsfordMaldon1885–1918HarwichN/AColchester 1885–1918 Romford N/AWest Ham NorthWest Ham SouthGloucestershire 1832–1885 East Gloucestershire GloucesterCheltenhamCirencesterGloucesterStroudTewkesbury1832–1885West GloucestershireDursleyN/A 1885–1918 Tewkesbury N/ACheltenhamGloucesterHampshire1832–1885North HampshireWinchester1832–1885South HampshireSouthamptonHerefordshire1832–1885HerefordshireHerefordHertfordshire1832–1885HertfordshireHertfordHuntingdonshire1832–1885HuntingdonshireHuntingdonIsle of Wight1832–1885Isle of WightNewportKent a1832–1868East KentCanterbury1832–1868West KentMaidstoneLancashire a1832–1868North LancashireLamcaster1832–1868South LancashireNewtonLeicestershire1832–1885North LeicestershireLoughborough1832–1885South LeicestershireLeicesterLincolnshire a1832–1868Parts of Kesteven and HollandSleaford1832–1868Parts of LindseyLincolnMiddlesex1832–1885MiddlesexBrentfordNorfolk a1832–1868East NorfolkNorwich1832–1868West NorfolkSwaffhamNorthamptonshire1832–1885North NorthamptonshireKettering1832–1885South NorthamptonshireNorthamptonNorthumberland1832–1885North NorthumberlandAlnwick1832–1885South NorthumberlandHexhamNottinghamshire1832–1885North NottinghamshireMansfield1832–1885South NottinghamshireNewark-on-TrentOxfordshire1832–1885OxfordshireOxfordRutland1832–1918RutlandOakhamN/AShropshire1832–1885North ShropshireShrewsbury1832–1885South ShropshireChurch StrettonSomerset a1832–1868East SomersetWells1832–1868West SomersetTauntonStaffordshire a1832–1868North StaffordshireStafford1832–1868South StaffordshireLichfieldSuffolk1832–1885East SuffolkIpswich1832–1885West SuffolkBury St. EdmundsSurrey a1832–1868East SurreyCroydon1832–1868West SurreyGuildfordSussex1832–1885East SussexLewes1832–1885West SussexChichesterWarwickshire1832–1885North WarwickshireColeshill1832–1885South WarwickshireWarwickWestmorland1832–1885WestmorlandApplebyWiltshire1832–1885North WiltshireDevizes1832–1885South WiltshireSalisburyWorcestershire1832–1885East WorcestershireDroitwich1832–1885West WorcestershireWorcesterYorkshire a1832–1868East Riding of YorkshireBeverley1832–1868North Riding of YorkshireYork1832–1865West 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.

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)