Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dorset
County constituency
Created: 1290
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons
Members: two (1290-1832); three (1832-1885)

Dorset was a county constituency in southern England, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1290 until 1832, and three MPs thereafter. In 1885 the constituency was abolished, and replaced by four single-member divisions.

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[edit] History


[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

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