Appendix VIII
Index to parliamentary boroughs
(by county and district)
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Aberavon |
Cardiff Boroughs (Glamorgan) |
(by county and district)
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Aberavon |
Cardiff Boroughs (Glamorgan) |
Lists having reference to Members’ general political allegiance and behaviour are noted first, with specifically Irish lists as an addendum. The division lists which have been used in the writing of the biographies follow. Commentaries on them may be found in the Introductory Survey.
The House of Commons from 1820 until 1826 had 658 Members, elected by 380 constituencies as follows:
England, 489 Members, 245 constituencies:
40 counties, returning 2 Members each;
196 boroughs, returning 2 Members each;
2 boroughs (London and the combined constituency of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis), returning 4 Members each;
5 boroughs (Abingdon, Banbury, Bewdley, Higham Ferrers and Monmouth), returning 1 Member each;
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Clerk of the House |
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John Hatsell |
1768-Oct. 1820 |
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John Henry Ley |
Oct. 1820-1850 |
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Clerk Assistant |
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John Henry Ley | |
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Date |
Administration |
First lord of |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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2 June 1817-Dec. 1834 |
Charles Manners Sutton |
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Year |
Date of |
Dates of sessions |
Date of dissolution |
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1820 |
21 Apr. |
21 Apr.-23 Nov. 1820 |
Between 1831 and 1832 three different sets of bills aimed at reforming the English representative system were considered by Parliament. For the first bill and the amended versions of it discussed in this analysis see PP 1830-31 (247), ii. 197-216; (0.37), ii. 219-253; (0.36), ii. 259. For the second (or reintroduced) bill and its amended versions see ibid. 1831 (22), iii. 9-45; (0.29), iii. 47-79; (232), iii. 55-131; (244), iii. 133-181.