An index of the constituency articles, showing which constituency names from this list they include, can be found at Wikipedia:Index of article on UK Parliament constituencies in England (for A-M) and Wikipedia:Index of articles on UK Parliament constituencies in England N-Z.

The official names of United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies in England (some of which originate from the names used for constituencies in predecessor Parliaments) are those given in the legal instrument creating the constituency or re-defining it at a re-distribution of seats.

The purpose of this article is to set out official names, taken from official sources wherever possible, to provide a definitive list which can then be used as a resource by those constructing constituency articles and other lists involving constituencies. It is requested that no amendments be made to the list, without a citation from a legal instrument creating the constituency, which has a greater validity than the source currently being used.

The names for the 1707 constituencies are, in general, taken from Namier and Brookes. The alternative forms for names, used in legislation abolishing some of the pre-1832 constituencies or in the case of Mitchell in common use as an alternative name, are included in the note column.

The list includes Greater London constituencies for 1974–1983 with the London Borough prefix as used in the official name. In practice articles have been done without the London Borough name. An example of the difficulty is the Acton constituency. The article which currently (December 2006) exists covers the period 1918–1983. There is a related article for Ealing Acton for the period from 1983. The official name for the constituency 1974-1983 was Ealing Acton but, in accordance with the practice adopted for other Greater London constituencies in the 1974 redistribution, the London Borough prefix was ignored. In the 1983 redistribution the London Borough name was dropped from most Greater London official constituency names, but retained for Ealing Acton.

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Constituency170718321868188519181945195019551974198319972010NoteNantwich * * * * * * * 1 1 * * * Nelson and Colne * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Newark 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Newbury * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Newcastle under Lyme * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * See N-u-LNewcastle-under-Lyme 2 2 2 1 1 1 * * 1 1 1 1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 2 2 2 * * * * * * * * Newcastle upon Tyne Central * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * See N u T CNewcastle upon Tyne East * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 * 1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne East * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * See N u T ENewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend * * * * * * * * * * 1 * Newcastle upon Tyne North * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Newcastle-upon-Tyne North * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * See N u T NNewcastle upon Tyne West * * * * * * 1 1 1 * * * Newcastle-upon-Tyne West * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * See N u T WNew Forest * * * 1 * * 1 1 1 1 * * New Forest and Christchurch * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * See New ForestNew Forest East * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 New Forest West * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 Newham North East * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Newham, North-East * * * * * * * * 1 * * * Newham North West * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Newham, North-West * * * * * * * * 1 * * * Newham South * * * * * * * * 1 1 * * Newington, Walworth * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Newington West * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Newmarket * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Newport (Cornwall) 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Newport (Isle of Wight) 2 2 1 * * * * * * * * * Newport (Shropshire) * * * 1 * * * * * * * * New Romney 2 * * * * * * * * * * * New Shoreham 2 2 2 * * * * * * * * * See ShorehamNewton (Lancashire) 2 * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Newton Abbot * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Newtown (Isle of Wight) 2 * * * * * * * * * * * New Windsor 2 2 1 * * * * * * * * * See Windsor New Woodstock 2 1 1 * * * * * * * * * See WoodstockCentral Norfolk * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * Eastern Norfolk * 2 * 1 1 1 * * * * * * Art. East N.Mid Norfolk * * * 1 * * * * * 1 1 1 Norfolk 2 * * * * * * * * * * * North Norfolk * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Northern Norfolk * * 2 1 1 1 * * * * * * See North N.North West Norfolk * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 North Western Norfolk * * * 1 * * * * * * * * See North West N.South Norfolk * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Southern Norfolk * * 2 1 1 1 * * * * * * See South N.South West Norfolk * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 South-Western Norfolk * * * 1 1 1 * * * * * * See South West N.Western Norfolk * 2 2 * * * * * * * * * Art. West N.Normanton * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Northallerton 2 1 1 * * * * * * * * * Northampton 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 * * * * Northampton North * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 Northampton South * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 Eastern Northamptonshire * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Art. East N.Mid Northamptonshire * * * 1 * * * * * * * * See KetteringNorthern Northamptonshire * 2 2 1 * * * * * * * * Art. North N.Northamptonshire 2 * * * * * * * * * * * South Northamptonshire * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Southern Northamptonshire * 2 2 1 * * * * * * * * See South N.South Northants * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * See South N.Northavon * * * * * * * * * 1 1 * Northern Northumberland * 2 2 * * * * * * * * * Art. North N.Northumberland 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Southern Northumberland * 2 2 * * * * * * * * * Art. South N.Northwich * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Norwich 2 2 2 2 2 2 * * * * * * Norwich North * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Norwich South * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Norwood * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Nottingham 2 2 2 * * * * * * * * * Nottingham Central * * * * 1 1 1 1 * * * * Nottingham East * * * 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 Nottingham North * * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 Nottingham North West * * * * * * 1 * * * * * Nottingham South * * * 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 Nottingham West * * * 1 1 1 * 1 1 * * * Northern Nottinghamshire * 2 2 * * * * * * * * * Art. North N.Nottinghamshire 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Southern Nottinghamshire * 2 2 * * * * * * * * * Art. South N.Nuneaton * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Constituency170718321868188519181945195019551974198319972010NoteOkehampton 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Old Bexley and Sidcup * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Oldbury and Halesowen * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * Oldham * 2 2 2 2 2 * * * * * * Oldham Central and Royton * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Oldham East * * * * * * 1 1 1 * * * Oldham East and Saddleworth * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 Oldham West * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 * * Oldham West and Royton * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 Old Sarum 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Orford 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Ormskirk * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Orpington * * * * * 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 Osgoldcross * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Oswestry * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Otley * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Oxford 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Oxford East * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Oxford West and Abingdon * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Oxford University 2 2 2 2 * * * * * * * * The University of Oxford * * * * 2 2 * * * * * * See Oxford UniversityOxfordshire 2 3 3 * * * * * * * * * Mid-Oxon * * * * * * * * 1 * * * Art. Mid Oxfordshire

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Constituency170718321868188519181945195019551974198319972010NotePaddington * * * * * * * * * * * * Paddington North * * * 1 1 1 1 1 * * * * Paddington South * * * 1 1 1 1 1 * * * * Peckham * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Pendle * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Penistone * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Penistone and Stocksbridge * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Penrith * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Penrith and Cockermouth * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Penrith and the Border * * * * * * 1 1 1 * * * Penrith and The Border * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Penryn 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Penryn and Falmouth * 2 2 1 1 1 * * * * * * Peterborough 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Petersfield 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Plymouth 2 2 2 2 * * * * * * * * Plymouth, Devonport * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * Plymouth, Drake * * * * 1 1 * * 1 1 * * Plymouth, Moor View * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Plymouth, Sutton * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Plympton Erle 2 * * * * * * * * * * * Pontefract 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 * * * * Pontefract and Castleford * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 * Poole 2 2 1 * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Poplar * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * Poplar and Canning Town * * * * * * * * * * 1 * Poplar and Limehouse * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Poplar, Bow and Bromley * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Art. Bow and BromleySouth Poplar * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Portsmouth 2 2 2 2 * * * * * * * * Portsmouth Central * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Portsmouth, Langstone * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * Portsmouth North * * * * 1 1 * * 1 1 1 1 Portsmouth South * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Portsmouth West * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * Preston 2 2 2 2 2 2 * * * 1 1 1 Preston North * * * * * * 1 1 1 * * * Preston South * * * * * * 1 1 1 * * * Prestwich * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Pudsey * * * 1 * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Pudsey and Otley * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Putney * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1

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Constituency170718321868188519181945195019551974198319972010NoteQueenborough 2 * * * * * * * * * * *

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Constituency170718321868188519181945195019551974198319972010NoteRadcliffe-cum-Farnworth * * * 1 * * * * * * * * See FarnworthRamsey * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Ravensbourne * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Rayleigh * * * * * * * * * * 1 * Rayleigh and Wickford * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Reading 2 2 2 * * * * * * * * * PB of ReadingReading * * * 1 1 1 * 1 * * * * Reading East * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Reading North * * * * * * 1 * 1 * * * Reading South * * * * * * 1 * 1 * * * Reading West * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Redbridge, Ilford North * * * * * * * * 1 * * * See Ilford NorthRedbridge, Ilford South * * * * * * * * 1 * * * See Ilford SouthRedbridge, Wanstead and Woodford * * * * * * * * 1 * * * See Wanstead & W.Redcar * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Redditch * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 Regent's Park and Kensington North * * * * * * * * * * 1 * Reigate 2 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ribble Valley * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 South Ribble * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Richmond and Barnes * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Richmond Park * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 Richmond (Surrey) * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * Official suffixRichmond (Surrey) * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Unofficial suffixRichmond upon Thames, Richmond * * * * * * * * 1 * * * See Richmond (Surrey)Richmond upon Thames, Twickenham * * * * * * * * 1 * * * See TwickenhamRichmond (Yorks) 2 2 1 1 1 1 * * * * * * Unofficial suffixRichmond (Yorks) * * * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 Official suffixRipon 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Rochdale * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rochester 2 2 2 1 * * * * * * * * Rochester and Chatham * * * * * * 1 1 1 * * * Rochester and Strood * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Rochester, Chatham * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * See ChathamRochester, Gillingham * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * See GillinghamRochford * * * * * * * * * 1 * * Rochford and Southend East * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 Romford * * * 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 Romsey * * * * * * * * * * 1 * Romsey and Southampton North * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Romsey and Waterside * * * * * * * * * 1 * * See RomseyRoss (Herefordshire) * * * 1 * * * * * * * * Rossendale * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Rossendale and Darwen * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Rother Valley * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rotherham * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rothwell * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Rowley Regis and Tipton * * * * * * 1 1 * * * * Royton * * * * 1 1 * * * * * * Rugby * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 * * 1 Rugby and Kenilworth * * * * * * * * * 1 1 * Ruislip-Northwood * * * * * * 1 1 * 1 1 * Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner * * * * * * * * * * * 1 Runcorn * * * * * * 1 1 1 * * * Runnymede and Weybridge * * * * * * * * * * 1 1 Rushcliffe * * * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Rutland 2 2 2 1 * * * * * * * * Rutland and Melton * * * * * * * * * 1 1 1 Rutland and Stamford * * * * 1 1 1 1 1 * * * Rye 2 1 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 * * * Ryedale * * * * * * * * * 1 1 *

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