- Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a
Parliament . The term came into use in the 19th century in theUnited Kingdom , when certain boroughs were disenfranchised, becoming merelymunicipal borough s. The two sets of boroughs were detached further by being allowed to have different boundaries. Originally many parliamentary boroughs were multi-member constituencies, but theReform Act s eventually divided them all into single-member divisions. Divisions of parliamentary boroughs eventually became known as borough constituencies. Parliamentary boroughs did not holdborough status in the United Kingdom .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
*SunderlandThree Northern Ireland county constituencies also had two seats at that time:
*County Antrim
*Down
*Fermanagh and TyroneAll these seats were split for the 1950 general election.
Some
university constituencies had multiple seats until their abolition in 1950:
*Cambridge University
*Combined English Universities
*Oxford Universityee also
*
United Kingdom constituencies
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.