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English Boroughs Size of electorate Franchise General elections By-elections when contested 1754 1761 1768 1774 1780 1784
ABINGDON (Berks.) S SL x x x x
ALDBOROUGH (Yorks.) S SL No Contests
ALDEBURGH (Suff.) S FM No Contests
AMERSHAM (Bucks.) S SL No Contests
ANDOVER (Hants) S C x x x
APPLEBY (Westmld.) S B x
ARUNDEL (Suss.) S SL x x
ASHBURTON (Devon) S B x x
AYLESBURY (Bucks.) M H x x 1756; 1764; 1789
BANBURY (Oxon.) S C No Contests
BARNSTAPLE (Devon) S FM x x x x x
BATH (Som.) S C x x 1763; 1766
BEDFORD (Beds.) L FM x x x
BERE ALSTON (Devon) S B No Contests
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED (Northumb.) M FM x x x 1786
BEVERLEY (Yorks.) L FM x x x 1772
BEWDLEY (Worcs.) S FM x
BISHOP’S CASTLE (Salop) S FM x 1763
BLETCHINGLEY (Surr.) S B No Contests
BODMIN (Cornw.) S C x x
BOROUGHBRIDGE (Yorks.) S B No Contests
BOSSINEY (Cornw.) S FM No Contests
BOSTON (Lincs.) S FM x
BRACKLEY (Northants.) S C x
BRAMBER (Suss.) S B x
BRIDGNORTH (Salop) L FM x
BRIDGWATER (Som.) S SL x x x x x
BRIDPORT (Dorset) S SL x x x
BRISTOL (Glos.) L FM x x x x 1756; 1781
BUCKINGHAM (Bucks.) S C No Contests
BURY ST. EDMUNDS (Suff.) S C x x 1775
CALLINGTON (Cornw.) S SL x 1771; 1778; 1779
CALNE (Wilts.) S C No Contests
CAMBRIDGE (Cambs.) S FM x x 1776; 1788
CAMELFORD (Cornw.) S FM No Contests
CANTERBURY (Kent) L FM x x x x x x
CARLISLE (Cumb.) L FM x x Apr. 1786; Nov. 1786
CASTLE RISING (Norf.) S FM No Contests
CHESTER (Cheshire) L FM x
CHICHESTER (Suss.) M SL x 1782
CHIPPENHAM (Wilts.) S B No Contests
CHIPPING WYCOMBE (Bucks.) S FM No Contests
CHRISTCHURCH (Hants) S C No Contests
CIRENCESTER (Glos.) M H x x x
CLITHEROE (Lancs.) S B x
COCKERMOUTH (Cumb.) S B No Contests
COLCHESTER (Essex) L FM x x x x 1781; July 1784; 1788
CORFE CASTLE (Dorset) S SL No Contests
COVENTRY (Warws.) L FM x x x x x x Dec. 1768
CRICKLADE (Wilts.)1 In 1782 the franchise at Cricklade was extended to include 40s. freeholders in the neighbouring hundreds, and the electorate increased to about 1,000. S FH x x x x x Dec. 1774; 1775; 1782
DARTMOUTH (Devon) S FM x
DERBY (Derbys.) M FM x 1772; 1775
DEVIZES (Wilts.) S C 1765
DORCHESTER (Dorset) S SL x x x
DOVER (Cinque Port) L FM x x 1770; 1773; 1789
DOWNTON (Wilts.) S B x x x 1779; July 1784
DROITWICH (Worcs.) S C No Contests
DUNWICH (Suff.) S FM No Contests
DURHAM (co. Dur.) L FM x x Dec. 1761
EAST GRINSTEAD (Suss.) S B No Contests
EAST LOOE (Cornw.) S FM No Contests
EAST RETFORD (Notts.) S FM No Contests
EVESHAM (Worcs.) L FM x x x x 1756
EXETER (Devon) L FM x x 1776
EYE (Suff.) S SL No Contests
FOWEY (Cornw.) S SL x x 1765
GATTON (Surr.) S SL No Contests
GLOUCESTER (Glos.) L FM x 1789
GRAMPOUND (Cornw.) S FM x
GRANTHAM (Lincs.) S FM No Contests
GREAT BEDWYN (Wilts.) S B x
GREAT GRIMSBY (Lincs.) S FM x
GREAT MARLOW (Bucks.) S SL x x x x x x
GREAT YARMOUTH (Norf.) M FM x x 1756; 1777
GUILDFORD (Surr.) S FM x
HARWICH (Essex) S C No Contests
HASLEMERE (Surr.) S FH x x x x
HASTINGS (Cinque Port) S FM x
HEDON (Yorks.) S FM x x 1776
HELSTON (Cornw.) S C x x 1781
HEREFORD (Herefs.) L FM x x 1764; July 1784
HERTFORD (Herts.) M FM x x 1770
HEYTESBURY (Wilts.) S B x
HIGHAM FERRERS (Northants.) S FM No Contests
HINDON (Wilts.) S H x x x x 1776; 1777; 1782; 1783
HONITON (Devon) M H x x x x x 1763; 1781
HORSHAM (Suss.) S B No Contests
HUNTINGDON (Hunts.) S FM No Contests
HYTHE (Cinque Port) S FM x x x x
ILCHESTER (Som.) S H x x x 1765; 1775; 1785
IPSWICH (Suff.) M FM x x x x 1785
KING’S LYNN (Norf.) S FM x x
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL (Yorks.) L FM x x x x x
KNARESBOROUGH (Yorks.) S B x
LANCASTER (Lancs.) L FM x 1786
LAUNCESTON (Cornw.) S FM x 1758
LEICESTER (Leics.) L FM x x 1766
LEOMINSTER (Herefs.) M SL x x 1767
LEWES (Suss.) S SL x x x x
LICHFIELD (Staffs.) M FM x x 1755
LINCOLN (Lincs.) L FM x x x x x
LISKEARD (Cornw.) S FM No Contests
LIVERPOOL (Lancs.) L FM x x x x
LONDON (Mdx.) L FM x x x x x x 1773; 1781; Jan. 1784
LOSTWITHIEL (Cornw.) S C No Contests
LUDGERSHALL (Wilts.) S FH No Contests
LUDLOW (Salop) M FM No Contests
LYME REGIS (Dorset) S FM x x
LYMINGTON (Hants) S FM No Contests
MAIDSTONE (Kent) L FM x x x x x x 1777; 1788
MALDON (Essex) M FM x x x x 1763; 1773; 1787
MALMESBURY (Wilts.) S C x
MALTON (Yorks.) S B No Contests
MARLBOROUGH (Wilts.) S C No Contests
MIDHURST (Suss.) S B No Contests
MILBORNE PORT (Som.) S SL x x 1772
MINEHEAD (Som.) S H x x x
MITCHELL (Cornw.) S SL x x x
MONMOUTH (Mon.) M FM No Contests
MORPETH (Northumb.) S FM x x x
NEWARK (Notts.) L SL x x
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME (Staffs.) M FM x
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (Northumb.) L FM x x 1777
NEWPORT (Cornw.) S B x
NEWPORT I.o.W. (Hants) S C x x
NEW ROMNEY (Cinque Port) S C No Contests
NEW SHOREHAM (Suss.)In 1771 the franchise at New Shoreham was extended to include 40s. freeholders in the rape of Bramber, and the electorate increased to about 800. S SL x 1770
NEWTON (Lancs.) S C No Contests
NEWTOWN I.o.W. (Hants) S B x
NEW WINDSOR (Berks.) S SL x 1757
NEW WOODSTOCK (Oxon.) S FM No Contests
NORTHALLERTON (Yorks.) S B No Contests
NORTHAMPTON (Northants.) L H x x x
NORWICH (Norf.) L FM x x x x 1786; 1787
NOTTINGHAM (Notts.) L FM x x x
OKEHAMPTON (Devon) S FM x x
OLD SARUM (Wilts.) S B No Contests
ORFORD (Suff.) S FM No Contests
OXFORD (Oxon.) L FM x x
PENRYN (Cornw.) S SL x x x x x
PETERBOROUGH (Northants.) S SL x x
PETERSFIELD (Hants) S B x
PLYMOUTH (Devon) S FM x x May 1780
PLYMPTON ERLE (Devon) S FM No Contests
PONTEFRACT (Yorks.) S B x x x Dec. 1768
POOLE (Dorset) S FM x x x x 1765
PORTSMOUTH (Hants) S FM x x Mar. 1774; 1777
PRESTON (Lancs.) M H x x x
QUEENBOROUGH (Kent) S FM x x x
READING (Berks.) M SL x x x x x 1782
REIGATE (Surr.) S FH No Contests
RICHMOND (Yorks.) S B No Contests
RIPON (Yorks.) S B No Contests
ROCHESTER (Kent) M FM x x x x x 1765; 1771; 1772
RYE (Cinque Port) S FM No Contests
ST. ALBANS (Herts.) M FM x x
ST. GERMANS (Cornw.) S H No Contests
ST. IVES (Cornw.) S SL x x
ST. MAWES (Cornw.) S FM No Contests
SALISBURY (Wilts.) S C x x x 1765
SALTASH (Cornw.) S C x x 1772; 1783; 1786
SANDWICH (Cinque Port) M FM x x
SCARBOROUGH (Yorks.) S C x x 1770
SEAFORD (Cinque Port) S SL x x x x Dec. 1780;1785; 1786
SHAFTESBURY (Dorset) S SL x x x x x 1771; 1776
SHREWSBURY (Salop) S FM x x
SOUTHAMPTON (Hants) M FM x x
SOUTHWARK (Surr.) L SL x x x x x 1782; June 1784
STAFFORD (Staffs.) S FM x x 1765
STAMFORD (Lincs.) M SL No Contests
STEYNING (Suss.) S SL x
STOCKBRIDGE (Hants) S SL x x 1772; 1775
SUDBURY (Suff.) M FM x x x x x x
TAMWORTH (Staffs.) S SL x x
TAUNTON (Som.) M H x Dec. 1754; 1782
TAVISTOCK (Devon) S FH No Contests
TEWKESBURY (Glos.) M FM x x
THETFORD (Norf.) S C No Contests
THIRSK (Yorks.) S B No Contests
TIVERTON (Devon) S C No Contests
TOTNES (Devon) S FM x x x x
TREGONY (Cornw.) S H x
TRURO (Cornw.) S C x
WALLINGFORD (Berks.) S SL x x 1772; 1783
WAREHAM (Dorset) M SL x
WARWICK (Warws.) M SL x x
WELLS (Som.) S FM x x x 1765; 1782
WENDOVER (Bucks.) S H x
WENLOCK (Salop) M FM No Contests
WEOBLEY (Herefs.) S B x
WESTBURY (Wilts.) S B No Contests
WEST LOOE (Cornw.) S FM 1765
WESTMINSTER (Mdx.) L SL x x x x 1788
WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS (Dorset) S FH No Contests
WHITCHURCH (Hants) S B No Contests
WIGAN (Lancs.) S FM x x 1763
WILTON (Wilts.) S C No Contests
WINCHELSEA (Cinque Port) S FM x
WINCHESTER (Hants) S FM No Contests
WOOTTON BASSETT (Wilts.) S SL x x
WORCESTER (Worcs.) L FM x x x 1773; Mar. 1774
YARMOUTH I.o.W. (Hants) S C x
YORK (Yorks.) L FM x x 1758
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Commons 1754-1790
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