This article contains a List of multi-member constituencies in the United Kingdom and predecessor Parliaments. It is sub-divided into England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland (including Northern Ireland from 1922).
This list excludes periods when a constituency only returned one member. The from date is the year from which the multi-member constituency is known to have been regularly represented. The until date is the year when the constituency was either disenfranchised or ceased to have more than one member. It covers the Parliament of England, the Protectorate Parliament, the Parliament of Scotland, the Parliament of Ireland, the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
In some cases there were earlier periods of enfranchisement in the Parliament of England but those before the sixteenth century are excluded from this list. In the English and Welsh sub-lists the 'Prot' column only covers the first two Protectorate Parliaments (1654–1658). The English and Welsh seats in the third Protectorate Parliament (1659) used the same seats as the '<1826' column. The 'Prot' column includes all three Protectorate Parliaments for the Scottish and Irish sub-lists.
At present only the number of seats by constituency for the last Parliament of Scotland before the Union have been identified. The multi-member constituencies in that Parliament may well be much older.
Multi-member constituencies in England
Article names are followed by (UK Parliament constituency). The constituencies which existed before 1832 were all part of the Parliament of England (from the date indicated until 1707), the Parliament of Great Britain (1707–1800) and the Parliament of the United Kingdom (from 1801).
Due to the lack of survival of records, it is not certain when in the thirteenth century most of the counties and the older boroughs were enfranchised. All the historic counties, except Cheshire and Durham, are deemed to have been enfranchised in 1290 for the purposes of this list. The oldest parliamentary boroughs are deemed to have been enfranchised in 1295, when a contemporary official list is available. However, as the 1295 list does not include London it may not be complete.
Many counties and boroughs may have been represented at Simon de Montfort's Parliament of 1265 or other early Parliaments for which no exact records are available. The earliest known Parliament to which knights of the shire (representing counties) were summoned was in 1258 and the earliest known attendance of burgesses (representing boroughs) was at the 1265 meeting, but it is not known which counties and boroughs were involved.
A ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyAldborough 1558 1832 - 2 - - - - YorkshireAldeburgh 1571 1832 - 2 - - - - SuffolkAmersham 1625 1832 - 2 - - - - BuckinghamshireAndover 1586 1868 - 2 2 - - - HampshireAppleby 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - WestmorlandArundel 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - SussexAshburton 1640 1832 - 2 - - - - DevonAylesbury 1553 1885 - 2 2 2 - - Buckinghamshire
B ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyBarnstaple 1295 1885 - 2 2 2 - - DevonBath 1295 1918 - 2 2 2 2 - SomersetBedford 1295 1885 - 2 2 2 - - BedfordshireBedfordshire 1290 1885 5 2 2 2 - - BedfordshireBere Alston 1584 1832 - 2 - - - - DevonBerkshire 1290 1885 5 2 3 3 - - BerkshireBerwick-upon-Tweed 1512 1885 - 2 2 2 - - NorthumberlandBeverley 1558 1868 - 2 2 2 - - YorkshireBirmingham 1832 1885 - - 2 3 - - WarwickshireBishop's Castle 1584 1832 - 2 - - - - ShropshireBlackburn 1832 1950 - - 2 2 2 2 LancashireBletchingley 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - SurreyBodmin 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - CornwallBolton 1832 1950 - - 2 2 2 2 LancashireBoroughbridge 1553 1832 - 2 - - - - YorkshireBossiney 1547 1832 - 2 - - - - CornwallBoston 1547 1885 - 2 2 2 - - LincolnshireBrackley 1547 1832 - 2 - - - - NorthamptonshireBradford 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - YorkshireBramber 1467 1832 - 2 - - - - SussexBridgnorth 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - ShropshireBridgwater 1295 1870 - 2 2 2 - - SomersetBridport 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - DorsetBrighton 1832 1950 - - 2 2 2 2 SussexBristol 1295 1885 2 2 2 2 - - Gloucestershire and SomersetBuckingham 1542 1868 - 2 2 - - - BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire 1290 1885 5 2 3 3 - - BuckinghamshireBury St Edmunds 1621 1885 2 2 2 2 - - Suffolk
C ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyCallington 1584 1832 - 2 - - - - CornwallCalne 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - Wiltshire Cambridge 1295 1885 - 2 2 2 - - CambridgeshireCambridgeshire 1290 1885 4 2 3 3 - - CambridgeshireCambridge University 1603 1950 - 2 2 2 2 2 CambridgeshireCamelford 1547 1832 - 2 - - - - CornwallCanterbury 1295 1885 2 2 2 2 - - KentCarlisle 1295 1885 - 2 2 2 - - CumberlandCastle Rising 1558 1832 - 2 - - - - NorfolkChelsea 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - MiddlesexCheshire 1545 1832 4 2 - - - - CheshireEast Cheshire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - CheshireMid Cheshire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - CheshireNorth Cheshire 1832 1868 - - 2 - - - CheshireSouth Cheshire 1832 1868 - - 2 - - - CheshireWest Cheshire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - CheshireCity of Chester 1545 1885 - 2 2 2 - - CheshireChichester 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - SussexChippenham 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - WiltshireChristchurch 1561 1832 - 2 - - - - Hampshire Cirencester 1571 1868 - 2 2 - - - GloucestershireClitheroe 1559 1832 - 2 - - - - Lancashire Cockermouth 1640 1868 - 2 2 - - - CumberlandColchester 1295 1885 2 2 2 2 - - EssexCombined English Universities 1918 1950 - - - - - 2 Various countiesCorfe Castle 1572 1832 - 2 - - - - DorsetCornwall 1290 1832 8 2 - - - - CornwallEast Cornwall 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - CornwallWest Cornwall 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - CornwallCoventry 1298 1885 2 2 2 2 - - WarwickshireCricklade 1295 1885 - 2 2 2 - - WiltshireCumberland 1290 1832 2 2 - - - - CumberlandEast Cumberland 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - CumberlandWest Cumberland 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - Cumberland
D ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyDartmouth 1351 1832 - 2 - - - - DevonDerby 1295 1950 - 2 2 2 2 2 DerbyshireDerbyshire 1290 1832 4 2 - - - - DerbyshireEast Derbyshire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - DerbyshireNorth Derbyshire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - DerbyshireSouth Derbyshire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - DerbyshireWest Derbyshire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - DerbyshireDevizes 1331 1868 - 2 2 - - - WiltshireDevon 1290 1832 11 2 - - - - DevonEast Devon 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - DevonNorth Devon 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - DevonSouth Devon 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - DevonDevonport 1832 1918 - - 2 2 2 - DevonDorchester 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - DorsetDorset 1290 1885 6 2 3 3 - - DorsetDover 1369 1885 - 2 2 2 - - KentDownton 1467 1832 - 2 - - - - WiltshireDunwich 1298 1832 - 2 - - - - SuffolkCity of Durham 1678 1885 - 2 2 2 - - DurhamCounty Durham 1675 a 1832 2 2 - - - - DurhamNorth Durham 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - DurhamSouth Durham 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - Durham
E ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyEast Grinstead 1307 1832 - 2 - - - - SussexEast Looe 1571 1832 - 2 - - - - CornwallEast Retford 1571 1885 - 2 2 2 - - NottinghamshireIsle of Ely 1654 1658 2 - - - - - CambridgeshireEast Essex 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - EssexEssex 1290 1832 13 2 - - - - EssexNorth Essex 1832 1868 - - 2 - - - EssexSouth Essex 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - EssexWest Essex 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - EssexEvesham 1604 1868 - 2 2 - - - WorcestershireExeter 1295 1885 2 2 2 2 - - DevonEye 1571 1832 - 2 - - - - Suffolk
F ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyFinsbury 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - Middlesex Fowey 1571 1832 - 2 - - - - Cornwall
G ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyGatton 1450 1832 - 2 - - - - SurreyGloucester 1295 1885 2 2 2 2 - - GloucestershireEast Gloucestershire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - GloucestershireGloucestershire 1290 1832 5 2 - - - - GloucestershireWest Gloucestershire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - GloucestershireGrampound 1547 1821 - 2 - - - - CornwallGrantham 1468 1885 - 2 2 2 - - LincolnshireGreat Bedwyn 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - WiltshireGreat Grimsby 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - Lincolnshire Great Marlow 1625 1868 - 2 2 - - - BuckinghamshireGreat Yarmouth 1298 1868 2 2 2 - - - Mostly Norfolk but part in SuffolkGreenwich 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - KentGuildford 1295 1868 - - 2 - - - Surrey
H ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyHackney 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - MiddlesexHalifax 1832 1918 - - 2 2 2 - YorkshireHampshire 1290 1832 8 2 - - - - HampshireNorth Hampshire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - HampshireSouth Hampshire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - HampshireHarwich 1604 1868 - 2 2 - - - EssexHaslemere 1584 1832 - 2 - - - - SurreyHastings 1366 1885 - 2 2 2 - - SussexHedon 1547 1832 - 2 - - - - YorkshireHelston 1298 1832 - 2 - - - - Cornwall Hereford 1295 1885 - 2 2 2 - - HerefordshireHerefordshire 1290 1885 4 2 3 3 - - HerefordshireHertford 1624 1868 - 2 2 - - - HertfordshireHertfordshire 1290 1885 5 2 3 3 - - HertfordshireHeytesbury 1449 1832 - 2 - - - - WiltshireHindon 1449 1832 - 2 - - - - WiltshireHoniton 1640 1868 - 2 2 - - - DevonHorsham 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - Sussex Huntingdon 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - HuntingdonshireHuntingdonshire 1290 1885 3 2 2 2 - - HuntingdonshireHythe 1366 1832 - 2 - - - - Kent
I ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyIlchester 1621 1832 - 2 - - - - SomersetIpswich 1298 1918 2 2 2 2 2 - Suffolk
K ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyEast Kent 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - KentKent 1290 1832 11 2 - - - - KentMid Kent 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - KentWest Kent 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - KentKing's Lynn 1298 1885 2 2 2 2 - - NorfolkKingston upon Hull 1334 1885 - 2 2 2 - - YorkshireKnaresborough 1553 1868 - 2 2 - - - Yorkshire
L ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyLambeth 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - SurreyLancashire 1290 1832 4 2 - - - - LancashireNorth Lancashire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - LancashireNorth East Lancashire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - LancashireSouth Lancashire 1832 1868 - - 2+ c - - - LancashireSouth East Lancashire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - LancashireSouth West Lancashire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - LancashireLancaster 1523 1868 - 2 2 - - - LancashireLaunceston 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - Cornwall Leeds 1832 1885 - - 2 3 - - YorkshireLeicester 1295 1918 2 2 2 2 2 - LeicestershireLeicestershire 1290 1832 4 2 - - - - LeicestershireNorth Leicestershire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - LeicestershireSouth Leicestershire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - LeicestershireLeominster 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - HerefordshireLewes 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - SussexLichfield 1547 1868 - 2 2 - - - StaffordshireLincoln 1295 1885 2 2 2 2 - - Lincolnshire Lincolnshire 1290 1832 10 2 - - - - Lincolnshire Mid Lincolnshire 1868 1885 - - - 2 - - LincolnshireNorth Lincolnshire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - LincolnshireSouth Lincolnshire 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - LincolnshireLiskeard 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - Cornwall Liverpool 1545 1885 - 2 2 3 - - LancashireCity of London 1298 1950 6 4 4 4 2 2 MiddlesexLostwithiel 1305 1832 - 2 - - - - CornwallLudlow 1472 1868 - 2 2 - - - ShropshireLudgershall 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - WiltshireLyme Regis 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - DorsetLymington 1584 1868 - 2 2 - - - Hampshire
M ConstituencyFromUntilProt<18321832186818851918Historic CountyMacclesfield 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - CheshireMaidstone 1563 1885 - 2 2 2 - - KentMaldon 1332 1868 - 2 2 - - - EssexMalmesbury 1295 1832 - 2 - - - - Wiltshire Malton 1641 1868 - 2 2 - - - YorkshireManchester 1832 1885 - - 2 3 - - LancashireMarlborough 1295 1868 - 2 2 - - - WiltshireMarylebone 1832 1885 - - 2 2 - - MiddlesexMiddlesex 1290 1885 4 2 2 2 - - MiddlesexMidhurst 1311 1832 - 2 - - - - Sussex Milborne Port 1628 1832 - 2 - - - - SomersetMinehead 1563 1832 - 2 - - - - SomersetMitchell 1547 1832 - 2 - - - - CornwallMorpeth 1553 1832 - 2 - - - - Northumberland
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