Parliamentary borough
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Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. The term came into use in the 19th century in the United Kingdom, when certain boroughs were disenfranchised, becoming merely municipal boroughs. The two sets of boroughs were detached further by being allowed to have different boundaries. Originally many parliamentary boroughs were multi-member constituencies, but the Reform Acts eventually divided them all into single-member divisions. Divisions of parliamentary boroughs eventually became known as borough constituencies.
[edit] Two seat boroughs
The last few seats to be represented by 2 members in the 1945-50 parliament were
- Blackburn
- Bolton
- Brighton
- City of London
- Derby
- Dundee
- Norwich
- Oldham
- Preston
- Southampton
- Stockport
- Sunderland
Three Northern Ireland county constituencies also had two seats at that time:
All these seats were split for the 1950 general election.
Some university constituencies had multiple seats until their abolition in 1950:
