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Constituency	Electorate	Majority	Member of Parliament		Nearest opposition		Electoral wards	Map
Chester North and Neston CC	70,215	11,870		Samantha Dixon‡		Simon Eardley†	Cheshire West and Chester Council: Blacon, Chester City and the Garden Quarter, Great Boughton, Little Neston, Neston, Newton and Hoole, Parkgate, Saughall and Mollington, Upton, Willaston and Thornton.
Chester South and Eddisbury CC	74,284	3,057		Aphra Brandreth†		Angeliki Stogia‡	Cheshire East Council: Audlem, Bunbury, Wrenbury, Wybunbury. Cheshire West and Chester Council: Christleton and Huntington, Farndon, Handbridge Park, Lache, Malpas, Tarporley, Tarvin and Kelsall, Tattenhall, Weaver and Cuddington.
Congleton CC	74,243	3,387		Sarah Russell‡		Fiona Bruce†	Cheshire East Council: Alsager, Brereton Rural, Congleton East, Congleton West, Dane Valley, Odd Rode, Sandbach Elworth, Sandbach Ettiley Heath and Wheelock, Sandbach Heath and East, Sandbach Town.
Crewe and Nantwich CC	78,423	9,727		Connor Naismith‡		Ben Fletcher†	Cheshire East Council: Crewe Central, Crewe East, Crewe North, Crewe South, Crewe St. Barnabas, Crewe West, Haslington, Leighton, Nantwich North and West, Nantwich South and Stapeley, Shavington, Willaston and Rope, Wistaston.
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough BC	70,799	16,908		Justin Madders‡		Michael Aldred¤	Cheshire West and Chester Council: Central and Grange, Ledsham and Manor, Netherpool, Strawberry, Sutton Villages, Westminster, Whitby Groves, Whitby Park, Wolverham. Wirral Council: Bromborough, Eastham.
Macclesfield CC	76,416	9,120		Tim Roca‡		David Rutley†	Cheshire East Council: Bollington, Broken Cross and Upton, Disley, Gawsworth, Macclesfield Central, Macclesfield East, Macclesfield Hurdsfield, Macclesfield South, Macclesfield Tytherington, Macclesfield West and Ivy, Poynton East and Pott Shrigley, Poynton West and Adlington, Prestbury, Sutton.
Mid Cheshire CC	70,384	8,927		Andrew Cooper‡		Charles Fifield†	Cheshire East Council: Middlewich. Cheshire West and Chester Council: Davenham, Moulton and Kingsmead, Hartford and Greenback, Northwich Leftwich, Northwich Winnington and Castle, Northwich Witton, Rudheath, Winsford Dene, Winsford Gravel, Winsford Over and Verdin, Winsford Swanlow, Winsford Wharton
Runcorn and Helsby CC	71,955	14,696		Mike Amesbury‡		Jason Moorcroft¤	Cheshire West and Chester Council: Frodsham, Gowy Rural, Helsby, Sandstone. Halton Borough Council: Beechwood and Heath, Bridgewater, Daresbury, Moore and Sandymoor, Grange, Halton Castle, Halton Lea, Mersey and Weston, Norton North, Norton South and Preston Brook.
Tatton CC	75,978	1,136		Esther McVey†		Ryan Jude‡	Cheshire East Council: Alderley Edge, Chelford, Handforth, High Legh, Knutsford, Mobberley, Wilmslow Dean Row, Wilmslow East, Wilmslow Lacey Green, Wilmslow West and Chorley. Cheshire West and Chester Council: Marbury, Shakerley. Warrington Borough Council: Lymm North and Thelwall (polling districts SNA, SNB, SPA, SPB and SPC), Lymm South.
Warrington North CC	70,601	9,190		Charlotte Nichols‡		Trevor Nicholls¤	Warrington Borough Council: Birchwood, Burtonwood and Winwick, Culcheth, Glazebury and Croft, Fairfield & Howley, Orford, Poplars and Hulme, Poulton North, Poulton South, Rixton and Woolston, Westbrook.
Warrington South CC	78,399	11,340		Sarah Hall‡		Andy Carter†	Warrington Borough Council: Appleton, Bewsey and Whitecross, Chapelford and Old Hall, Grappenhall, Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall, Great Sankey South, Latchford East, Latchford West, Lymm North and Thelwall (polling districts SNC, SND, SNE and SNF), Penketh and Cuerdley, Stockton Heath.
Widnes and Halewood CC	70,161	16,425		Derek Twigg‡		Jake Fraser¤	Halton Borough Council: Appleton, Bankfield, Birchfield, Central and West Bank, Ditton, Hale Village and Halebank, Farnworth, Halton View, Highfield, Hough Green. Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council: Halewood North, Halewood South, Whiston and Cronton (polling districts WC1, WC1A, WC2, WC3 and WC4).

1545–1865	1832–1868	1868–1885	1885–1918	1918–1945	1945–1950	1950–1955	1955–1974	1974–1983	County from April 1974
Chester (2 MPs)			(1 MP)	City of Chester					Cheshire
Cheshire (2 MPs)	South Cheshire (2 MPs)	Birkenhead (from 1865)		Birkenhead East		Birkenhead			Merseyside
				Birkenhead West
		West Cheshire (2 MPs)	Wirral	Wallasey
				Wirral		Bebington		Bebington and Ellesmere Port	Merseyside/ Cheshire
						Wirral
								Wirral
			Eddisbury				Nantwich		Cheshire
			Crewe
		Mid Cheshire (2 MPs)	Northwich
						Runcorn
	North Cheshire (2 MPs)		Knutsford			Knutsford			Cheshire/ Greater Manchester
						Cheadle		Hazel Grove	Greater Manchester
			Altrincham		Bucklow			Cheadle	Greater Manchester/ Cheshire
						Manchester Wythenshawe (part)			Greater Manchester
					Altrincham and Sale
		Stalybridge		Stalybridge and Hyde
		East Cheshire (2 MPs)	Hyde
			Macclesfield						Cheshire
	Macclesfield (2 MPs)
	Stockport (2 MPs)					Stockport North			Greater Manchester
						Stockport South
1545–1832	1832–1868	1868–1885	1885–1918	1918–1945	1945–1950	1950–1955	1955–1974	1974–1983	County from April 1974

	1974–1983	1983–1997	1997–2024	2024–present
	City of Chester			Chester North and Neston
	Wirral (part)	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	Bebington and Ellesmere Port (part)			Ellesmere Port and Bromborough (part)
	Widnes (part)	Halton	Halton	Widnes and Halewood (part)
	Runcorn			Runcorn and Helsby
			Weaver Vale
		Warrington South
	Newton (part)		Warrington South	Warrington South
		Warrington North		Warrington North
	Warrington
	Cheadle (part)	Tatton	Tatton
	Knutsford (part)
	Northwich		(Weaver Vale)	Mid Cheshire
		Eddisbury
	Nantwich
				Chester South and Eddisbury
		Crewe and Nantwich
	Crewe
		Congleton
	Macclesfield
		Macclesfield

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England

Bedfordshire Representation remained at 3 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Bedford	Bedford	The new Bedford county division comprised the abolished borough and northern parts of the abolished Biggleswade division.
Northern or Biggleswade	Mid Bedfordshire	The new Mid division included the majority of Biggleswade and parts transferred from Luton.
Southern or Luton	Luton
Berkshire Representation decreased from 5 to 4 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Northern or Abingdon	Abingdon
Southern or Newbury	Newbury	The town of Wokingham added from the abolished Wokingham division.
Reading	Reading	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough. Now included Caversham, previously part of the Henley Division of Oxfordshire.
Eastern or Wokingham	Windsor	The new Windsor county division comprised the abolished borough and the majority of the abolished Wokingham division (excluding the town of Wokingham).
New Windsor
Buckinghamshire Representation remained at 3 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945
Northern or Buckingham	Buckingham
Mid or Aylesbury	Aylesbury
Southern or Wycombe	Wycombe
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Representation decreased from 4 to 3 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Northern or Wisbech	Isle of Ely (undivided)	Under the Local Government Act 1888, the historic county of Cambridgeshire had been split into the administrative counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely. The three divisions of the historic county were abolished and replaced by 2 undivided parliamentary counties with boundaries coterminous with those of the administrative counties.
Eastern or Newmarket	Cambridgeshire (undivided)
Western or Chesterton
Cambridge	Cambridge	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the Municipal Borough which now included Chesterton.
Cheshire Representation increased from 13 to 14 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
Birkenhead	Birkenhead East	Split into two divisions.
	Birkenhead West
Wirral	Wallasey	New borough of Wallasey carved out of the Wirral county division.
	Wirral
Chester	City of Chester	The new City of Chester division comprised the abolished borough of Chester and surrounding rural areas.
Eddisbury	Eddisbury
Crewe	Crewe
Northwich	Northwich
Knutsford	Knutsford
Altrincham	Altrincham
Macclesfield	Macclesfield	Parts of the abolished Hyde division added.
Stockport (two MPs)	Stockport (two MPs)	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough. Now included Reddish and Heaton Norris, previously part of the Stretford Division of Lancashire.
Hyde	Stalybridge and Hyde	The new Stalybridge and Hyde county division comprised the abolished borough of Stalybridge and the majority of the abolished Hyde division.
Stalybridge
Cornwall Representation decreased from 7 to 5 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
Western or St Ives	St Ives
North-Western or Camborne	Camborne
Truro		The abolished Truro division was divided between Camborne, Penryn and Falmouth, and St Ives.
Penryn and Falmouth	Penryn and Falmouth	The new county division of Penryn and Falmouth comprised the abolished borough and the majority of the abolished St Austell division.
Mid or St Austell
North-Eastern or Launceston	North Cornwall	The majority of the abolished Launceton division formed the basis of the new Northern division of the county.
South-Eastern or Bodmin	Bodmin
Cumberland Representation decreased from 6 to 5 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Carlisle	Carlisle	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough.
Northern or Eskdale	North Cumberland
Mid or Penrith	Penrith and Cockermouth	The town of Cockermouth was added to the Penrith division to form Penrith and Cockermouth.
Cockermouth	Workington	The majority of the abolished Cockermouth division (excluding the town of Cockermouth) formed the basis of the new Workington division.
Whitehaven	Whitehaven	The new county division of Whitehaven comprised the abolished borough and the majority of the abolished Egremont division.
Western or Egremont
Derbyshire Representation increased from 9 to 10 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
High Peak	High Peak
Western Derbyshire	Western Derbyshire
North-Eastern Derbyshire	North-Eastern Derbyshire
Chesterfield	Chesterfield
	Clay Cross	The new Clay Cross division included the remainder of the Mid division and parts transferred from Chesterfield.
Mid Derbyshire	Belper	The majority of the abolished Mid division was included in the new Belper division which also included small parts transferred from three other divisions.
Ilkeston	Ilkeston
Southern Derbyshire	Southern Derbyshire
Derby (two MPs)	|Derby (two MPs)	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough.
Devon Representation decreased from 13 to 11 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Devonport (two MPs)	Plymouth, Devonport	Further to the absorption of the County Borough of Devonport into the County Borough of Plymouth, the Parliamentary Borough of Devonport was abolished and the Parliamentary Borough of Plymouth was divided into three divisions.
Plymouth (two MPs)	Plymouth, Drake
	Plymouth, Sutton
Torquay	Torquay
Southern or Totnes	Totnes	The majority of the abolished Ashburton division included in the Totnes division, with parts transferred to Tiverton and South Molton.
Mid or Ashburton
Western or Tavistock	Tavistock
North-Western or Barnstaple	Barnstaple
Northern or South Molton	South Molton
North-Eastern or Tiverton	Tiverton
Exeter	Exeter
Eastern or Honiton	Honiton
Dorset Representation remained at 4 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950
Northern Dorset	Northern Dorset
Eastern Dorset	Eastern Dorset
Southern Dorset	Southern Dorset
Western Dorset	Western Dorset
Durham Representation increased from 16 to 17 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
South Shields	South Shields	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough.
Jarrow	Jarrow
Sunderland (two MPs)	Sunderland (two MPs)
Houghton Le Spring	Houghton-le-Spring
Gateshead	Gateshead
Chester Le Street	Blaydon	The new Blaydon division largely formed from part of the Chester-le-Street division.
	Chester-le-Street
North-Western Durham	Consett	Majority of the abolished North-Western division formed the new Consett division.
Barnard Castle	Barnard Castle
Bishop Auckland	Bishop Auckland
Mid Durham	Spennymoor	Mid Durham split up, with largest part included in the new Spennymoor division.
City of Durham	Durham	The new Durham county division comprised the abolished borough and parts of neighbouring divisions.
South-Eastern Durham	Seaham	Majority of the abolished South-Eastern division formed the basis of the new Seaham division, with a significant part comprising the majority of the new Sedgefield division.
	Sedgefield
The Hartlepools	The Hartlepools
Stockton	Stockton-on-Tees	Boundaries aligned to be coterminous with those of the Municipal Boroughs of Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby-on-Tees [in the North Riding of Yorkshire] combined.
Darlington	Darlington	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough.
Essex Representation increased from 11 to 20 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
North-Eastern or Harwich	Harwich
Colchester	Colchester	The new county division of Colchester comprised the abolished borough and surrounding rural areas.
Northern or Saffron Walden	Saffron Walden
Eastern or Maldon	Maldon
Western or Epping	Epping
Mid or Chelmsford	Chelmsford
South-Eastern Essex	South-Eastern Essex	New borough of Southend-on-Sea carved out of the South-Eastern county division.
	Southend-on-Sea
Southern or Romford	Romford	The parliamentary boroughs of Ilford and East Ham (North and South divisions) carved out of the county division of Romford.
	Ilford
	East Ham North
	East Ham South
South-Western or Walthamstow	Leyton East	The county division of Walthamstow abolished and replaced by the parliamentary boroughs of Leyton (East and West divisions) and Walthamstow (East and West divisions).
	Leyton West
	Walthamstow East
	Walthamstow West
West Ham North	West Ham, Stratford	The parliamentary borough of West Ham increased from two to four divisions: West Ham North was split into the Stratford and Upton divisions; and West Ham South into the Plaistow and Silvertown divisions.
	West Ham, Upton
West Ham South	West Ham, Plaistow
	West Ham, Silvertown
Gloucestershire Representation remained at 11 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Forest of Dean	Forest of Dean
Gloucester	Gloucester	Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough.
Cheltenham	Cheltenham
Eastern or Cirencester	Cirencester and Tewkesbury	Tewkesbury division abolished and distributed to three other divisions, with the town of Tewkesbury added to the Cirencester division to form Cirencester and Tewkesbury.
Northern or Tewkesbury
Mid or Stroud	Stroud
Southern or Thornbury	Thornbury
Bristol North	Bristol North	One additional division in the parliamentary borough of Bristol: Boundaries extended to be coterminous with those of the County Borough, resulting in expansion of the West division. New Central division comprised parts of the other four divisions.
Bristol East	Bristol East
Bristol South	Bristol South
Bristol West	Bristol West
	Bristol Central
Hampshire Representation increased from 11 to 12 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Changes
Northern or Basingstoke	Aldershot	The new Aldershot division comprised the majority of the existing Basingstoke division, which was reconfigured to include the majority of the abolished Andover division.
Western or Andover	Basingstoke
Winchester	Winchester	The new Winchester county division comprised the abolished borough and parts transferred from Andover and Fareham.
Eastern or Petersfield	Petersfield
Southern or Fareham	Fareham
Portsmouth (two MPs)	Portsmouth, North	Extended northwards to align with the County Borough. Split into three single seat divisions.
	Portsmouth, Central
	Portsmouth, South
Southampton (two MPs)	Southampton (two MPs)
New Forest	New Forest and Christchurch	The Municipal Borough of Christchurch added to the New Forest division to form New Forest and Christchurch, with the remaining bulk of the abolished parliamentary borough of Christchurch forming the parliamentary borough of Bournemouth.
Christchurch	Bournemouth
Herefordshire Representation decreased from 3 to 2 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Northern or Leominster	Leominster
Hereford	Hereford	The new county division of Hereford comprised the abolished borough and the bulk of the abolished Ross county division.
Southern or Ross
Hertfordshire Representation increased from 4 to 5 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
Northern or Hitchin	Hitchin
Eastern or Hertford	Hertford
Mid or St Albans	St Albans	Majority of Hemel Hempstead formed from the Watford division, with part transferred fom St Albans.
Western or Watford	Hemel Hempstead
	Watford
Huntingdonshire Representation decreased from 2 to 1 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Northern or Ramsey	Huntingdonshire (undivided)	Two divisions merged into undivided parliamentary county.
Southern or Huntingdon
Isle of Wight Representation remained at 1 MP
1885-1918	1918-1950
Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight
Kent (excluding parts in the county of London from 1889) Representation remained at 15 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
Western or Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks	New parliamentary borough of Bromley primarily carved out of the Sevenoaks division (Bromley and Beckenham). It also included Penge, previously part of the Dulwich division of the parliamentary borough of Camberwell.
	Bromley
North-Western or Dartford	Chislehurst	New county division of Chislehurst primarily carved out of the Dartford division. The district of Chislehurst itself was previously part of Sevenoaks.
	Dartford
Gravesend	Gravesend	New county division formed from the abolished borough, expanded to included the Hoo peninsular from the abolished Medway division.
Rochester	Chatham	The separate boroughs of Chatham and Rochester were combined to form the parliamentary borough of Rochester, divided into Chatham and Gillingham. The majority of the Chatham borough formed the Gillingham division, and the towns of Rochester and Chatham were combined to form the Chatham division.
Chatham	Gillingham
Mid or Medway		Abolished, with contents distributed to neighbouring seats.
Maidstone	Maidstone	New county division formed from the abolished borough, expanded to included the rural areas from the abolished Medway division.
South-Western or Tunbridge	Tonbridge	Renamed after minor changes.
Southern or Ashford	Ashford
North-Eastern or Faversham	Faversham
Canterbury	Canterbury	New county division formed from the abolished borough, expanded to included the majority of the abolished St Augustine's division.
Eastern or St Augustine's
Isle of Thanet	Isle of Thanet
Dover	Dover	New county division formed from the abolished borough, expanded to included part of the abolished St Augustine's division, including the town of Deal.
Hythe	Hythe
Lancashire Representation increased from 57 to 66 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
Barrow-in-Furness	Barrow-in-Furness
North Lonsdale	Lonsdale	Renamed after minor changes.
Lancaster	Lancaster
Blackpool	Blackpool	County division of Blackpool abolished and reconstituted as a parliamentary borough covering Blackpool and Lytham St Annes. Fleetwood and inland rural areas formed the bulk of the new Fylde division.
	Fylde
Preston (two MPs)	Preston (two MPs)
Chorley	Chorley
Darwen	Darwen
Blackburn (two MPs)	Blackburn (two MPs)
Accrington	Accrington	Redesignated as a parliamentary borough after minor changes.
Clitheroe	Clitheroe	New parliamentary borough of Nelson and Colne carved out of the Clitheroe county division.
	Nelson and Colne
Burnley	Burnley
Rossendale	Rossendale	No changes, but redesignated as a parliamentary borough.
Westhoughton	Westhoughton	Areas which had been absorbed into the County Borough of Bolton transferred from Westhoughton to the parliamentary borough.
Bolton (two MPs)	Bolton (2 MPs)
Radcliffe cum Farnworth	Farnworth	The towns of Radcliffe and Whitefield now included with Heywood instead of Farnworth, resulting in name changes for both seats. Farnworth also included Worsley, transferred from Eccles.
Heywood	Heywood and Radcliffe
Bury	Bury
Rochdale	Rochdale
Middleton	Royton	New division of Royton comprised the majority of the Middleton division, together with Royton, Shaw and Crompton from Oldham. The town of Middleton itself was combined with the town of Prestwich from the abolished division thereof and Chadderton from Oldham to form Middleton and Prestwich.
	Middleton and Prestwich
Oldham (two MPs)	Oldham (2 MPs)
Ashton-under-Lyne	Ashton-under-Lyne
Prestwich	Mossley	The majority of the new division of Mossley was formed from the abolished Prestwich division and also included Denton from the abolished Gorton division.
	Manchester, Blackley	The boundaries of the parliamentary borough of Manchester were extended to be coterminous with the County Borough, which had been expanded considerably, resulting in the creation of ten new divisions to replace the existing six. In the north, the Blackley division was carved out of the abolished Prestwich county division; in the east, the Gorton division largely replaced the abolished county division thereof; and, in the south, the Withington division was formed from the Stretford county division.
Manchester North West	Manchester, Exchange
Manchester North	Manchester, Platting
Manchester North East	Manchester, Clayton
Manchester East	Manchester, Ardwick
Manchester South West	Manchester, Hulme
Manchester South	Manchester, Moss Side
	Manchester, Rusholme
Gorton	Manchester, Gorton
Stretford	Manchester, Withington
	Stretford	Major reconfiguration, with only the town of Stretford retained. Reddish and Heaton Norris now included in the parliamentary borough of Stockport; the former urban district of Withington formed the Withington division of Manchester; and the former urban district of Levenshulme included in Manchester, Rusholme. To partly compensate, the boundaries were extended westwards into the Eccles division.
Salford North	Salford North
Salford South	Salford South
Salford West	Salford West
Eccles	Eccles	Reduced in size and reconstituted as a parliamentary borough. Urmston and Irlam transferred to Stretford; Worsley to Farnworth.
Leigh	Leigh	Redesignated as a parliamentary borough after minor changes.
Warrington	Warrington
Newton	Newton	Boundaries contracted significantly.
St Helens	St Helens
Ince	Ince	Major changes to boundaries.
Wigan	Wigan
Ormskirk	Ormskirk	New county division of Waterloo included Litherland and Seaforth from Ormskirk, and Crosby and Waterloo from Southport (reconstituted as a parliamentary borough).
	Waterloo
Southport	Southport
Bootle	Bootle	Reconstituted as a parliamentary borough following loss of areas which had been absorbed into the expanded County Borough of Liverpool.
	Liverpool, Walton	The boundaries of the parliamentary borough of Liverpool were extended eastwards to be coterminous with the County Borough, resulting in an increase in the number of divisions from nine to eleven. The areas previously covered by the Walton division and parts of the county division of Bootle were replaced by the reconstituted Walton and West Derby divisions, the new Fairfield division, and part of the new Wavertree division - which was primarily carved out of the Widnes county division. The existing West Derby division did not have any common areas with the reconstituted division and was broadly replaced by the Edge Hill Division.
Liverpool, Walton	Liverpool, West Derby
	Liverpool, Fairfield
Liverpool, Kirkdale	Liverpool, Kirkdale
Liverpool, Scotland	Liverpool, Scotland
Liverpool, Everton	Liverpool, Everton
Liverpool, Exchange	Liverpool, Exchange
Liverpool, Abercrombie
Liverpool, West Derby	Liverpool, Edge Hill
Liverpool, East Toxteth	Liverpool, East Toxteth
Liverpool, West Toxteth	Liverpool, West Toxteth
Widnes	Liverpool, Wavertree
	Widnes	Lost western parts which were absorbed into the expanded County Borough of Liverpool.
Leicestershire Representation increased from 6 to 7 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1950	Major changes
Western or Bosworth	Bosworth	The boundaries of the parliamentary borough of Leicester were extended to be coterminous with the County Borough, which had been expanded considerably, resulting in the creation of three single-member divisions to replace the two-member seat. Significant knock-on impact on boundaries of county divisions.
Mid or Loughborough	Loughborough
Eastern or Melton	Melton
Leicester (two MPs)	Leicester East
	Leicester West
	Leicester South
Southern or Harborough	Harborough
Lincolnshire (including Rutland) Representation decreased from 12 to 9 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
Great Grimsby	Grimsby
North Lindsey or Brigg	Brigg
East Lindsey or Louth	Louth
South Lindsey or Horncastle	Horncastle
West Lindsey or Gainsborough	Gainsborough
Lincoln	Lincoln
Holland or Spalding	Holland with Boston	Spalding county division and parliamentary borough of Boston both abolished and merged to form Holland with Boston.
Boston
North Kesteven or Sleaford	Grantham	The new Grantham county division comprised the abolished borough and the majority of the abolished Sleaford division.
Grantham
South Kesteven or Stamford	Rutland and Stamford	The parliamentary county of Rutland was abolished and combined with the Stamford division of Parts of Kesteven to form Rutland and Stamford.
Rutland
London Representation increased from 59 to 62 MPs
1885-1918	1918-1945	Major changes
Hampstead	Hampstead
St Pancras North	St Pancras North	Borough of St Pancras reduced from 4 to 3 divisions.
St Pancras East	St Pancras South East
St Pancras South
St Pancras West	St Pancras South West
Finsbury, Holborn	Holborn	Now a separate parliamentary borough.
Finsbury Central	Finsbury	Merged into a single member parliamentary borough.
Finsbury East
Islington North	Islington North
Islington East	Islington East
Islington South	Islington South
Islington West	Islington West
Hackney North	Stoke Newington	Separate parliamentary borough of Stoke Newington formed from the Hackney North division.
	Hackney North
Hackney Central	Hackney Central
Hackney South	Hackney South
Shoreditch, Haggerston	Shoreditch	Merged into a single member parliamentary borough.
Shoreditch, Hoxton
Bethnal Green North East	Bethnal Green North East
Bethnal Green South West	Bethnal Green South West
Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley	Poplar, Bow and Bromley	Parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets replaced by the two boroughs of Poplar (two divisions) and Stepney (three divisions). Overall reduction from seven to five seats.
Tower Hamlets, Poplar	Poplar, South Poplar
Tower Hamlets, Limehouse	Stepney, Limehouse
Tower Hamlets, Mile End	Stepney, Mile End
Tower Hamlets, Stepney
Tower Hamlets, St George	Stepney, Whitechapel and St George's
Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel
City of London (two MPs)	City of London (two MPs)
Westminster	Westminster, Abbey	The parliamentary boroughs of Strand and St George, Hannover Square merged into Westminster, which was split into two divisions.
Strand
St George, Hanover Square	Westminster, St George's
Marylebone East	St Marylebone	Merged into a single member parliamentary borough.
Marylebone West
Paddington North	Paddington North
Paddington South	Paddington South
Kensington North	Kensington North
Kensington South	Kensington South
Chelsea	Chelsea
Fulham	Fulham East	Split into two divisions.
	Fulham West
Hammersmith	Hammersmith North	Split into two divisions.
	Hammersmith South
Wandsworth	Wandsworth, Putney	The borough of Wandsworth was expanded to include Clapham, and split into five divisions.
	Wandsworth Central
	Wandsworth, Balham and Tooting
	Wandsworth, Streatham
Battersea and Clapham, Clapham	Wandsworth, Clapham
Battersea and Clapham, Battersea	Battersea North	New borough of Battersea largely replaced Battersea and Clapham, as Clapham now included in borough of Wandsworth. Split into two divisions.
	Battersea South
Lambeth North	Lambeth North
Lambeth, Kennington	Lambeth, Kennington
Lambeth, Brixton	Lambeth, Brixton
Lambeth, Norwood	Lambeth, Norwood
Southwark West	Southwark North	Borough of Southwark reconstituted, with western areas combined with the abolished parliamentary borough of Newington; eastern parts formed the new borough of Bermondsey. Only minor changes in the boundaries of the parliamentary seats, which were renamed to reflect the new local government structure.
Newington West	Southwark Central
Newington, Walworth	Southwark South East
Southwark, Bermondsey	Bermondsey West
Southwark, Rotherhithe	Bermondsey, Rotherhithe
Camberwell North	Camberwell North	Additional North West division, largely formed from the North division, but also included parts of Dulwich. Penge, which was now in the county of Kent, was transferred from Dulwich to the new parliamentary borough of Bromley.
	Camberwell North West
Camberwell, Peckham	Camberwell, Peckham
Camberwell, Dulwich	Camberwell, Dulwich
Deptford	Deptford
Lewisham	Lewisham East	Split into two divisions.
	Lewisham West
Greenwich	Greenwich
Woolwich	Woolwich East	Split into two divisions.
	Woolwich West
Middlesex Representation increased from 18 to 47 MPs † Formed part of "The Metropolis" of London
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Brentford Division (one MP)	Middlesex (undivided) (two MPs)	Divided into seven single-member divisions, part constituted as new parliamentary borough of Hampstead.
Ealing Division (one MP)
Enfield Division (one MP)
Harrow Division (one MP)
Hornsey Division (one MP)
Tottenham Division (one MP)
Uxbridge Division (one MP)
Norfolk Representation unchanged (10 MPs) ‡ The Borough of Great Yarmouth was partly in Suffolk
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
King's Lynn (one MP)	King's Lynn (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP. Boundaries extended to include entire municipal borough.
Norwich (two MPs)	Norwich (two MPs)	No change
Great Yarmouth‡ (one MP)	Formed from part of North Division of the county	New parliamentary borough of Great Yarmouth
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Eastern Division (one MP)	North Division (two MPs)	Reorganised into six single-member divisions, part constituted as new parliamentary borough of Great Yarmouth.
Mid Division (one MP)
North Division (one MP)	South Division (two MPs)
North West Division (one MP)
South Division (one MP)	West Division (two MPs)
South West Division (one MP)
Northamptonshire Representation decreased from 8 to 7 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Peterborough (one MP)	Peterborough (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP.
Northampton (two MPs)	Northampton (two MPs)	No change
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Eastern Division (one MP)	Northern Division (two MPs)	Reorganised into four single-member divisions.
Mid Division (one MP)
Northern Division (one MP)	Southern Division (two MPs)
Southern Division (one MP)
Northumberland Representation decreased from 10 to 8 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	Berwick-upon-Tweed (two MPs)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Morpeth (one MP)	Morpeth (one MP)	No change
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (two MPs)	Newcastle-upon-Tyne (two MPs)	No change
Tynemouth (one MP)	Tynemouth and North Shields (one MP)	Renamed
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Berwick-upon-Tweed Division (one MP)	Northern Division (two MPs)	Reorganised into four single-member divisions.
Hexham Division (one MP)
Tyneside Division (one MP)	Southern Division (two MPs)
Wansbeck Division (one MP)
Nottinghamshire Representation decreased from 10 to 7 MPs ‡ The Borough of East Retford was partly in the West Riding of Yorkshire
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	East Retford‡ (two MPs)	Abolished
	Newark (two MPs)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
East Division (one MP)	Nottingham (two MPs)	Boundaries extended to include entire municipal borough. Divided into three single-member divisions.
South Division (one MP)
West Division (one MP)
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Bassetlaw Division (one MP)	Northern Division (two MPs)	Reorganised into four single-member divisions, absorbed parliamentary boroughs of East Retford and Newark.
Mansfield Division (one MP)
Newark Division (one MP)	Southern Division (two MPs)
Rushcliffe Division (one MP)
Oxfordshire Representation decreased from 7 to 4 MPs ‡ The Borough of Banbury was partly in Northamptonshire
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	Banbury‡ (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Oxford (one MP)	Oxford (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP.
	Woodstock (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Northern or Banbury Division (one MP)	Oxfordshire (undivided) (three MPs)	Divided into three single-member divisions, absorbing parliamentary boroughs of Banbury and Woodstock.
Mid or Woodstock Division (one MP)
Southern or Henley Division (one MP)
Rutland Representation reduced from 2 MPs to 1
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Rutland (one MP)	Rutland (undivided) (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP
Shropshire Representation decreased from 10 to 5 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	Bridgnorth (one MP)	Abolished.
	Ludlow (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Shrewsbury (one MP)	Shrewsbury (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP
	Wenlock (two MPs)	Abolished.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Mid or Wellington Division (one MP)	Northern Division (two MPs)	Reorganised as four single-member divisions, absorbing abolished parliamentary boroughs of Brignorth, Ludlow and Wenlock.
Northern or Newport Division (one MP)
Southern or Ludlow Division (one MP)	Southern Division (two MPs)
Western or Oswestry Division (one MP)
Somerset Representation decreased from 11 to 10 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Bath (two MPs)	Bath (two MPs)	No change
	Frome (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Taunton (one MP)	Taunton (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Bridgwater Division (one MP)	East Division (two MPs)	Reorganised as seven single-member divisions.
Eastern Division (one MP)
Frome Division (one MP)	Mid Division (two MPs)
Northern Division (one MP)
Southern Division (one MP)	Western Division (two MPs)
Wells Division (one MP)
Western or Wellington Division (one MP)
Staffordshire Representation decreased from 19 to 17 MPs ‡ The Borough of Tamworth was partly in Warwickshire
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	Lichfield (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Newcastle-under-Lyme (one MP)	Newcastle-under-Lyme (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP. Boundaries extended to include entire municipal borough, Tunstall local government district and part of the parish of Wolstanton.
Stafford (one MP)	Stafford (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP. Boundaries extended to include entire municipal borough.
Stoke upon Trent (one MP)	Stoke-upon-Trent (two MPs)	Divided into two new parliamentary boroughs.
Hanley (one MP)
	Tamworth‡ (two MPs)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division of Warwickshire.
Walsall (one MP)	Walsall (one MP)	No change
Wednesbury (one MP)	Wednesbury (one MP)	Divided into two new parliamentary boroughs.
West Bromwich (one MP)
East Division (one MP)	Wolverhampton (two MPs)	Divided into three single-member divisions.
South Division (one MP)
West Division (one MP)
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Burton Division (one MP)	East Division (two MPs)	Reorganised into seven single-member divisions.
Handsworth Division (one MP)
Kingswinford Division (one MP)	North Division (two MPs)
Leek Division (one MP)
Lichfield Division (one MP)	West Division (two MPs)
North-Western Division (one MP)
Western Division (one MP)
Suffolk Representation decreased from 9 to 8 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Bury St Edmunds (one MP)	Bury St Edmunds (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP.
	Eye (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Ipswich (two MPs)	Ipswich (two MPs)	No change
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Northern or Lowestoft Division (one MP)	Eastern Division of Suffolk (two MPs)	Reorganised into five single-member divisions, absorbing parliamentary borough of Eye.
North-Eastern or Eye Division (one MP)
North-Western or Stowmarket Division (one MP)
South or Sudbury Division (one MP)	Western Division of Suffolk (two MPs)
South-Eastern or Woodbridge Division (one MP)
Surrey Representation increased from 11 to 22 MPs † Formed part of "The Metropolis" of London
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Croydon (one MP)	Created from part of Eastern Division of parliamentary county	New parliamentary borough of Croydon
	Guildford (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Kingston Division (one MP)	Eastern Division (two MPs), Mid Division (two MPs) and Western Division (two MPs)	Reorganised into six single-member divisions.
Mid or Epsom Division (one MP)
North-Eastern or Wimbledon Division (one MP)
North-Western or Chertsey Division (one MP)
South-Eastern or Reigate Division (one MP)
South-Western or Guildford Division (one MP)
Sussex Representation decreased from 15 to 9 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Brighton (two MPs)	Brighton (two MPs)	No change
	Chichester (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Hastings (one MP)	Hastings (two MPs)	Boundaries altered. Representation reduced to 1 MP.
	Horsham (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Lewes (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Midhurst (one MP)	Abolished.
	New Shoreham (two MPs)	Abolished.
	Rye (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Eastern or Rye Division (one MP)	Eastern Division (two MPs)	Absorbed abolished parliamentary boroughs of Chichester, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, New Shoreham and Rye. Reorganised into six single-member divisions.
Mid or Lewes Division (one MP)
Northern or East Grinstead Division (one MP)
North-Western or Horsham Division (one MP)	Western Division (two MPs)
Southern or Eastbourne Division (one MP)
South-Western or Chichester Division (one MP)
Warwickshire Representation increased from 11 to 14 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Aston Manor (one MP)	Created from part of Northern Division of parliamentary county	New parliamentary borough of Aston Manor
Birmingham, Bordesley Division (one MP)	Birmingham (three MPs)	Boundaries of parliamentary borough extended to include local government districts of Balsall Heath, Harborne, and Saltley, and the hamlet of Little Bromwich. Representation increased to seven MPs, divided into seven single-member divisions.
Birmingham, Central Division (one MP)
Birmingham, East Division (one MP)
Birmingham, Edgbaston Division (one MP)
Birmingham, North Division (one MP)
Birmingham, South Division (one MP)
Birmingham, West Division (one MP)
Coventry (one MP)	Coventry (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP.
Warwick and Leamington (one MP)	Warwick (two MPs)	Parliamentary Borough of Warwick extended to include the municipal borough of Royal Leamington Spa and the local government districts of Milverton and Lillington. Representation reduced to one MP.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Northern or Tamworth Division (one MP)	Northern Division (two MPs)	Reorganised into four single-member divisions.
North-Eastern or Nuneaton Division (one MP)
South-Eastern or Rugby Division (one MP)	Southern Division (two MPs)
South Western or Stratford on Avon Division (one MP)
Westmorland Representation decreased from 3 to 2 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	Kendal (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Northern or Appleby Division (one MP)	Westmorland (undivided) (two MPs)	Reorganised into two single-member divisions, absorbing abolished parliamentary borough of Kendal.
Southern or Kendal Division (one MP)
Wiltshire Representation decreased from 15 to 6 MPs ‡ The Borough of Cricklade was partly in Gloucestershire
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	Calne (one MP)	Abolished.
	Chippenham (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Cricklade‡ (two MPs)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Devizes (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Malmesbury (one MP)	Abolished.
	Marlborough (one MP)	Abolished.
Salisbury (one MP)	Salisbury (two MPs)	Boundaries extended to include entire parish of Fisherton Anger, part of the parish of Milford. Representation reduced to one MP.
	Westbury (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Wilton (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Eastern or Devizes Division (one MP)	Northern Division (two MPs)	Reorganised as five single-member divisions, absorbing the abolished parliamentary boroughs of Calne, Chippenham, Cricklade, Devizes, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Westbury and Wilton.
Northern or Cricklade Division (one MP)
North-Western or Chippenham Division (one MP)
Southern or Wilton Division (one MP)	Southern Division (two MPs)
Western or Westbury Division (one MP)
Worcestershire Representation decreased from 11 to 8 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
	Bewdley (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Droitwich (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Dudley (one MP)	Dudley (one MP)	No change
	Evesham (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Kidderminster (one MP)	Kidderminster (one MP)	No change
Worcester (one MP)	Worcester (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one MP.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Eastern Division (one MP)	Eastern Division (two MPs)	Reorganised as five single-member divisions, absorbing the abolished parliamentary boroughs of Bewdley, Droitwich and Evesham.
Mid or Droitwich Division (one MP)
Northern Division (one MP
Southern or Evesham Division (one MP)	Western Division (two MPs)
Western or Bewdley Division (one MP)
Yorkshire Representation increased from 38 to 52 MPs
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Bradford, Central Division (one MP)	Bradford (two MPs)	Boundaries widened to include entire municipal borough. Representation increased to three MPs, divided into three single-member divisions.
Bradford, East Division (one MP)
Bradford, West Division (one MP)
Dewsbury (one MP)	Dewsbury (one MP)	No change
Halifax (two MPs)	Halifax (two MPs)	No change
Huddersfield (one MP)	Huddersfield (one MP)	No change
Kingston upon Hull Central Division (one MP)	Kingston upon Hull (two MPs)	Boundaries extended to include entire municipal borough. Representation increased to three MPs, divided into three single-member divisions.
Kingston upon Hull East Division (one MP)
Kingston upon Hull West Division (one MP)
	Knaresborough (one MP)	Abolished
Leeds, Central Division (one MP)	Leeds (three MPs)	Representation increased to five MPs, divided into five single-member divisions.
Leeds, East Division (one MP)
Leeds, North Division (one MP)
Leeds, South Division (one MP)
Leeds, West Division (one MP)
	Malton (one MP)	Abolished Gave its name (with Thirsk) to a county division.
Middlesbrough (one MP)	Middlesbrough (one MP)	Boundaries extended to include entire municipal borough.
	Northallerton (one MP)	Abolished
Pontefract (one MP)	Pontefract (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one member.
	Richmond (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
	Ripon (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
Scarborough (one MP)	Scarborough (two MPs)	Representation reduced to one member.
Sheffield, Attercliffe Division (one MP)	Sheffield (two MPs)	Representation increased to five members. Divided into five single-member divisions.
Sheffield, Brightside Division (one MP)
Sheffield, Central Division (one MP)
Sheffield, Ecclesall Division (one MP)
Sheffield, Hallam Division (one MP)
	Thirsk (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name (with Malton) to a county division.
Wakefield (one MP)	Wakefield (one MP)	Boundaries extended to include the Belle Vue area of the parish of Sandal Magna.
	Whitby (one MP)	Abolished. Gave its name to a county division.
York (two MPs)	York (two MPs)	Boundaries extended to include entire municipal borough.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Buckrose Division (one MP)	East Riding Division (two MPs)	Divided into three single-member divisions.
Holderness Division (one MP)
Howdenshire Division (one MP)
Cleveland Division (one MP)	North Riding Division (two MPs)	Divided into four single-member divisions, absorbing abolished parliamentary boroughs of Malton, Northallerton, Richmond, Thirsk and Whitby.
Richmond Division (one MP)
Thirsk and Malton Division (one MP)
Whitby Division (one MP)
Barkston Ash Division (one MP)	Eastern Division of the West Riding (two MPs)	Divided into six single-member divisions, absorbing the abolished parliamentary boroughs of Knaresborough and Ripon.
Osgoldcross Division (one MP)
Otley Division (one MP)
Pudsey Division (one MP)
Ripon Division (one MP)
Spen Valley Division (one MP)
Elland Division (one MP)	Northern Division of the West Riding (two MPs)	Divided into five single-member divisions.
Keighley Division (one MP)
Shipley Division (one MP)
Skipton Division (one MP)
Sowerby Division (one MP)
Barnsley Division (one MP)	Southern Division of the West Riding (two MPs)	Divided into eight single-member divisions.
Colne Valley Division (one MP)
Doncaster Division (one MP)
Hallamshire Division (one MP)
Holmfirth Division (one MP)
Morley Division (one MP)
Normanton Division (one MP)
Rotherham Division (one MP)
Universities University representation was not altered by the act.
After 1885	Before 1885	Change
Cambridge University (two MPs)	Cambridge University (two MPs)	No change
London University (one MP)	London University (one MP)	No change
Oxford University (two MPs)	Oxford University (two MPs)	No change

Redistributed seats: Wales

Anglesey Representation decreased from 2 to 1 MPs
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Beaumaris district of Boroughs (Amlwch, Beaumaris, Holyhead and Llangefni)	Abolished.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Anglesey (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed Beaumaris District of Boroughs	Anglesey (undivided) (one MP)
Breconshire Representation decreased from 2 to 1 MPs
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Brecon (one MP)	Abolished.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Breconshire (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed abolished parliamentary borough of Brecon.	Breconshire (undivided) (one MP)
Cardiganshire Representation decreased from 2 to 1 MPs ‡ The Borough of Cardigan was partly in Pembrokeshire, the Boroughs of Adpar and Lampeter were partly in Carmarthenshire
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Cardigan District of Boroughs‡ (one MP) (Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter and Adpar)	Abolished
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Cardiganshire (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed abolished Cardigan District of Boroughs.	Cardiganshire (undivided) (one MP)
Carmarthenshire Representation unchanged (3 MPs)
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Carmarthen Boroughs (one MP) (Carmarthen and Llanelly)	No change	Carmarthen Boroughs (one MP) (Carmarthen and Llanelly)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Carmarthenshire (undivided) (two MPs)	Divided into two single-member divisions.	Eastern Division (one MP)
		Western Division (one MP)
Carnarvonshire Representation increased from 2 to 3 MPs
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Carnarvon District of Boroughs (one MP) (Carnarvon, Bangor, Conway, Criccieth, Nevin, and Pwllheli)	No change	Carnarvon District of Boroughs (one MP) (Carnarvon, Bangor, Conway, Criccieth, Nevin, and Pwllheli)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Carnarvonshire (undivided) (one MP)	Divided into two single-member divisions.	The Northern or Arfon Division (one MP)
		The Southern or Eifion Division (one MP)
Denbighshire Representation unchanged (3 MPs)
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Denbigh Boroughs (one MP) (Denbigh, Holt, Ruthin, and Wrexham)	No change	Denbigh Boroughs (one MP) (Denbigh, Holt, Ruthin, and Wrexham)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Denbighshire (undivided) (two MPs)	Divided into two single-member divisions.	Eastern Division (one MP)
		Western Division (one MP)
Flintshire Representation unchanged (2 MPs)
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Flint Boroughs (one MP) (Caergwrle, Caerwys, Flint, Holywell, Mold, Overton, Rhuddlan and St Asaph)	No change	Flint Boroughs (one MP) (Caergwrle, Caerwys, Flint, Holywell, Mold, Overton, Rhuddlan and St Asaph)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Flintshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Flintshire (undivided) (one MP)
Glamorganshire Representation increased from 6 to 10 MPs
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Cardiff District of Boroughs (one MP) (Cardiff, Cowbridge and Llantrisant)	Parliamentary Borough of Cardiff extended to include entire municipal borough.	Cardiff District of Boroughs (one MP) (Cardiff, Cowbridge and Llantrisant)
Merthyr Tydfil (two MPs)	No change	Merthyr Tydfil (two MPs)
Swansea District of Boroughs (one MP) (Aberavon, Kenfig, Loughor, Neath and Swansea)	Reconstituted as Parliamentary Borough of Swansea without alteration of boundaries. Representation increased to two MPs. Divided into two single-member divisions.	Swansea, District (one MP) (Aberavon, Kenfig, Loughor, Neath and suburban areas of Swansea)
		Swansea, Town (one MP)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Glamorganshire (undivided) (two MPs)	Divided into five single-member divisions.	Eastern Division (one MP)
		Mid Division (one MP)
		Rhondda Division (one MP)
		Southern Division (one MP)
		Western or Gower District (one MP)
Merionethshire Representation unchanged (1 MP)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Merionethshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Merionethshire (undivided) (one MP)
Monmouthshire Representation increased from 3 to 4 MPs
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Monmouth Boroughs (one MP) (Monmouth, Newport and Usk)	Parliamentary Borough of Newport extended to include entire municipal borough.	Monmouth Boroughs (one MP) (Monmouth, Newport and Usk)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Monmouthshire (undivided) (two MPs)	Divided into three single-member divisions.	Northern Division (one MP)
		Southern Division (one MP)
		Western Division (one MP)
Montgomeryshire Representation unchanged (2 MPs)
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Montgomery District of Boroughs (one MP) (Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Machynlleth, Montgomery, Newtown, and Welshpool)	No change	Montgomery District of Boroughs (one MP) (Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Machynlleth, Montgomery, Newtown, and Welshpool)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Montgomeryshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Montgomeryshire (undivided) (one MP)
Pembrokeshire Representation decreased from 3 to 2 MPs
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Pembroke District of Boroughs (one MP) (Pembroke, Milford, Tenby and Wiston)	Districts of parliamentary boroughs of Pembroke and Haverfordwest merged.	Pembroke and Haverfordwest District of Boroughs (one MP) (Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Pembroke, Milford, Narberth, St David's, Tenby and Wiston)
Haverfordwest District of Boroughs (one MP) (Fishguard, Haverfordwest, Narberth and St David's)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Pembrokeshire	No change	Pembrokeshire
Radnorshire Representation decreased from 2 to 1 MPs
Boroughs
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Radnor District of Boroughs (one MP) (Cefnllys, Knighton, Knucklas, New Radnor, Presteigne and Rhayader)	Abolished.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Radnorshire (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed abolished parliamentary boroughs.	Radnorshire (undivided) (one MP)

Redistributed seats: Scotland

Burghs and Districts of Burghs
Burghs and Districts
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Aberdeen (one MP)	Representation of parliamentary burgh increased to two seats. Divided into two single-member divisions.	Aberdeen, North Division (one MP)
		Aberdeen, South Division (one MP)
Ayr District of Burghs (one MP)	No change. Comprised five parliamentary burghs: Ayr and Irvine in Ayrshire, and Campbeltown, Inverary and Oban in Argyllshire.	Ayr District of Burghs (one MP)
Dundee (two MPs)	No change.	Dundee (two MPs)
Dumfries District of Burghs (one MP)	No change. Comprised five parliamentary burghs: Annan Lochmaben and Sanquhar in Dumfriesshire, Dumfries in Dumfriesshire and Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirkcudbright in Kirkcudbrightshire.	Dumfries District of Burghs (one MP)
Edinburgh (two MPs)	Boundaries widened to include entire municipal burgh. Representation of parliamentary burgh increased to four seats. Divided into four single-member divisions.	Edinburgh, Central Division (one MP)
		Edinburgh, East Division (one MP)
		Edinburgh, South Division (one MP)
		Edinburgh, West Division (one MP)
Elgin District of Burghs (one MP)	No change. Comprised five parliamentary burghs: Inverurie, Kintore and Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Banff and Cullen in Banffshire, and Elgin in Elginshire.	Elgin District of Burghs (one MP)
Falkirk District of Burghs (one MP)	Comprised five parliamentary burghs: Airdrie, Hamilton and Lanark in Lanarkshire, Linlithgow in Linlithgowshire and Falkirk in Stirlingshire. Boundaries widened to include entire municipal burgh of Hamilton.	Falkirk District of Burghs (one MP)
Glasgow (three MPs)	Boundaries widened to include entire municipal burgh. Representation of parliamentary burgh increased to seven seats. Divided into seven single-member divisions.	Glasgow, Blackfriars and Hutchesontown Division (one MP)
		Glasgow, Bridgeton Division (one MP)
		Glasgow, Camlachie Division (one MP)
		Glasgow, Central Division (one MP)
		Glasgow, College Division (one MP)
		Glasgow, St. Rollox Division (one MP)
		Glasgow, Tradeston Division (one MP)
Greenock (one MP)	Boundaries extended to include entire municipal burgh.	Greenock (one MP)
Haddington District of Burghs (one MP)	Abolished. The five parliamentary burghs that comprised the district were each merged into their respective parliamentary counties: Lauder into Berwickshire; Dunbar, Haddington,and North Berwick into Haddingtonshire; and Jedburgh into Roxburghshire.
Hawick District of Burghs (one MP)	Comprised three parliamentary burghs: Hawick in Roxburghshire and Galashiels and Selkirk in Selkirkshire. Boundaries extended to include entire municipal burgh of Hawick.	Hawick District of Burghs (one MP)
Inverness District of Burghs (one MP)	No change Comprised four parliamentary burghs: Forres in Elginshire, Inverness in Inverness-shire, Nairn in Nairnshire and Fortrose in Ross and Cromarty.	Inverness District of Burghs (one MP)
Kilmarnock District of Burghs (one MP)	Comprised five burghs: Kilmarnock in Ayrshire; Dumbarton in Dumbartonshire; Rutherglen in Lanarkshire and Renfrew and Port Glasgow in Renfrewshire. Boundaries of parliamentary burghs of Kilmarnock, Port Glasgow and Renfrew extended to include entire municipal burghs.	Kilmarnock District of Burghs (one MP)
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs (one MP)	Comprised four burghs in Fife: Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, Dysart, Kinghorn Extended to include entire municipal burgh of Kirkcaldy.	Kirkcaldy District of Burghs (one MP)
Leith District of Burghs (one MP)	No change Comprised three burghs in the County of Edinburgh: Leith, Musselburgh and Portobello.	Leith District of Burghs (one MP)
Montrose District of Burghs (one MP)	No change Comprised five burghs: Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar and Montrose in Forfarshire and Inverbervie in Kincardineshire.	Montrose District of Burghs (one MP)
Paisley (one MP)	Boundaries widened to include entire municipal burgh.	Paisley (one MP)
Perth City (one MP)	Boundaries widened to include entire municipal burgh.	Perth City (one MP)
St Andrews District of Burghs (one MP)	No change Comprised seven burghs in Fife: Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Kilrenny, Pittenweem and St Andrews.	St Andrews District of Burghs (one MP)
Stirling District of Burghs (one MP)	No change Comprised five burghs: Dunfermline and Inverkeithing in Fife; Queensferry in Linlithgowshire; Culross in Perthshire and Stirling in Stirlingshire.	Stirling District of Burghs (one MP)
Wick District of Burghs (one MP)	No change Comprised six burghs: Wick in Caithness; Kirkwall in Orkney; Cromarty, Dingwall and Tain in Ross and Cromarty; Dornoch in Sutherland.	Wick District of Burghs (one MP)
Wigtown District of Burghs (one MP)	Abolished The four constituent burghs were merged into the parliamentary counties of Kirkcudbrightshire (New Galloway) and Wigtownshire (Stranraer, Whithorn and Wigtown).
Aberdeenshire Representation unchanged (2 MPs) See also the parliamentary burgh of Aberdeen and the Elgin District of Burghs which included Peterhead.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Eastern Division (one MP)	No change.	Eastern Division (one MP)
Western Division (one MP)	No change.	Western Division (one MP)
Argyllshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burghs in the county formed part of the Ayr District.
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Argyllshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change.	Argyllshire (undivided) (one MP)
Ayrshire Representation unchanged (2 MPs) The parliamentary burghs in the county formed parts of Ayr and Kilmarnock Districts.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Northern Division (one MP)	No change	Northern Division (one MP)
Southern Division (one MP)	No change	Southern Division (one MP)
Banffshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burghs in the county formed part of the Elgin District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Banffshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Banffshire (undivided) (one MP)
Berwickshire Representation unchanged (1 MP)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Berwickshire (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed the abolished parliamentary burgh of Lauder, previously part of the Haddington District of Burghs.	Berwickshire (undivided) (one MP)
Buteshire Representation unchanged (1 MP)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Buteshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Buteshire (undivided) (one MP)
Caithness Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh in the county formed part of the Wick District
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Caithness (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Caithness (undivided) (one MP)
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire Representation unchanged (1 MP)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (undivided) (one MP)	No change The constituency consisted of the combined parliamentary counties of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, and also included the parishes of Tulliallan, Culross and Muckhart in Perthshire, the Perthshire portions of the parishes of Logie and Fossaway, and the Stirlingshire part of the parish of Alva.	Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire (undivided) (one MP)
Dumfriesshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burghs in the county formed part of the Dumfries District
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Dumfriesshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Dumfriesshire (undivided) (one MP)
Dumbartonshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Dumbarton formed part of Kilmarnock District
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Dumbartonshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Dumbartonshire (undivided) (one MP)
County of Edinburgh Representation unchanged (1 MP) See also the parliamentary burgh of Edinburgh and the Leith District of Burghs.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
County of Edinburgh (undivided) (one MP)	No change	County of Edinburgh (undivided) (one MP)
Elginshire and Nairnshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Elgin formed part of Elgin District; the burghs of Forres and Nairn were part of Inverness District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Elginshire and Nairnshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change. The constituency consisted of the combined parliamentary counties of Elginshire and Nairnshire.	Elginshire and Nairnshire (undivided) (one MP)
Fife Representation increased from 1 to 2 MPs The 13 parliamentary burghs in the county formed the Kirkcaldy District, the St Andrews District and part of the Stirling District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Fife (undivided) (one MP)	Divided into two single-member divisions.	Fife, Eastern Division (one MP)
		Fife, Western Division (one MP)
Forfarshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) See also the parliamentary burgh of Dundee and the Montrose District of Burghs.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Forfarshire (one MP)	No Change	Forfarshire (one MP)
Haddingtonshire Representation unchanged (1 MP)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Haddingtonshire (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed the abolished parliamentary burghs of Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick formerly part of the Haddington District of Burghs	Haddingtonshire (undivided) (one MP)
Inverness-shire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Inverness formed part of the Inverness District of Burghs.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Inverness-shire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Inverness-shire (undivided) (one MP)
Kincardineshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Montrose formed part of the Montrose District of Burghs.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Kincardineshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Kincardineshire (undivided) (one MP)
Kirkcudbrightshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Kirkcudbright and the burgh of Dumfries (partly in the county) formed part of Dumfries District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Kirkcudbrightshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change.	Kirkcudbrightshire (undivided) (one MP)
Lanarkshire Representation increased from 2 to 6 MPs See also the parliamentary burgh of Glasgow, the Falkirk District of Burghs which included three Lanarkshire burghs and the Kilmarnock District of Burghs which included the burgh of Rutherglen.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Northern Division (one MP)	Reorganised as six single-member divisions.	Govan Division (one MP)
		Mid Division (one MP)
		North Eastern Division (one MP)
Southern Division (one MP)		North Western Division (one MP)
		Partick Division (one MP)
		Southern Division (one MP)
Linlithgowshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Linlithgow formed part of Fakirk District and the burgh of Queensferry formed part of Stirling District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Linlithgowshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Linlithgowshire (undivided) (one MP)
Orkney and Shetland Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Kirkwall formed part of Wick District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Orkney and Shetland (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Orkney and Shetland (undivided) (one MP)
Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk formed part of the Hawick District
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change. The constituency consisted of the combined parliamentary counties of Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire.	Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire (undivided) (one MP)
Perthshire Representation increased from 1 to 2 MPs See also the parliamentary burghs of Perth City and Culross (part of Stirling District). Detached parts of the county formed part of the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire constituency.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Perthshire (undivided) (one MP)	Divided into two single-member divisions.	Perthshire, Eastern Division (one MP)
		Perthshire, Western Division (one MP)
Renfrewshire Representation increased from 1 to 2 MPs See also the parliamentary burghs of Greenock and Paisley; and two burghs in the Kilmarnock District: Port Glasgow and Renfrew. Part of the parliamentary burgh of Glasgow was in Renfrewshire.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Renfrewshire (undivided) (one MP)	Divided into two single-member divisions.	Renfrewshire, Eastern Division (one MP)
		Renfrewshire, Western Division (one MP)
Ross and Cromarty Representation unchanged (1 MP) Parliamentary burghs of Cromarty, Dingwall and Tain formed part of the Dingwall District; the burgh of Fortrose was part of the Inverness District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Ross and Cromarty (undivided) (one MP)	Comprised the combined counties of Ross-shire and Cromarty.	Ross and Cromarty (undivided) (one MP)
Roxburghshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) Parliamentary burgh of Hawick formed part of the Hawick District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Roxburghshire (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed the abolished parliamentary burgh of Jedburgh, previously part of the Haddington District of Burghs.	Roxburghshire (undivided) (one MP)
Stirlingshire Representation unchanged (1 MP) Parliamentary burgh of Falkirk formed part of the Falkirk District; burgh of Stirling was part of Stirling District. The Stirlingshire portion of the parish of Alva formed of the Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire constituency.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Stirlingshire (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Stirlingshire (undivided) (one MP)
Sutherland Representation unchanged (1 MP) The parliamentary burgh of Dornoch formed part of the Wick District.
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Sutherland (undivided) (one MP)	No change	Sutherland (undivided) (one MP)
Wigtownshire Representation unchanged (1 MP)
County Divisions
Before 1885	Change	After 1885
Wigtownshire (undivided) (one MP)	Absorbed abolished parliamentary burghs of Stranraer, Whithorn and Wigtown, previously part of Wigtown District of Burghs.	Wigtownshire (undivided) (one MP)
Universities
Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (one MP)	No change.	Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (one MP)
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (one MP)	No change	Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities (one MP)