Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Bristol Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1295 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Bristol was a former two member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707-1800) and the United Kingdom (from 1801). The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885.
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The historic port city of Bristol, is now located in the South West Region of England. It straddles the border between the historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The parliamentary borough of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the thirteenth century, as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom.
From the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the city was divided into four single member seats. These were Bristol East, Bristol North, Bristol South and Bristol West.
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- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
