Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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Worcestershire, Mid or Droitwich Division
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one
Droitwich
Borough constituency
Created: 1554
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: two (1554-1832); one (1832-1885)

Droitwich was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England in 1295, and again from 1554, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was a parliamentary borough in Worcestershire, represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832, and by one member from 1832 to 1885. The name was then transferred to a county constituency electing one MP from 1885 until 1918.

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  • J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
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