List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
Constituencies abolished in 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 disenfranchised boroughs with populations of less than 15,000, while several large towns and counties were subdivided into single member constituencies.

List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

Section Title: Constituencies abolished in 1885
Table Section Text: The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 disenfranchised boroughs with populations of less than 15,000, while several large towns and counties were subdivided into single member constituencies.

Created	Notes

Aberdeen	1832	Split into Aberdeen North and Aberdeen South

Antrim	1801	Split into East Antrim, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim. 2nd creation 1922-50.

City of Armagh	1801	Merged into County Armagh

County Armagh	1801	Split into Mid Armagh, North Armagh and South Armagh. 2nd creation 1922-83.

Athlone	1801	Merged into Westmeath

Bandon	1801	Merged into County Cork

Beaumaris	1553	Merged into Anglesey

Bedfordshire	1290	Split into Biggleswade and Luton

Belfast	1801	Split into Belfast East, Belfast North, Belfast South and Belfast West

Berkshire	1290	Split into Abingdon, Newbury, Windsor and Wokingham

Birmingham	1832	Split into Birmingham Bordesley, Birmingham Central, Birmingham East, Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham North, Birmingham South and Birmingham West

Bradford (Yorkshire)	1832	Split into Bradford Central, Bradford East and Bradford West

Brecon	1542	Merged into Breconshire

Bridgnorth	1295

Bridport	1295

Bristol	1295	Split into Bristol East, Bristol North, Bristol South and Bristol West

Buckinghamshire	1290	Split into Aylesbury, Buckingham and Wycombe

Caernarvonshire	1542	Split into Arfon and Eifion. 2nd creation 1918-50.

Calne	1295

Cambridgeshire	1290	Split into Chesterton, Newmarket and Wisbech. 2nd creation 1918-83.

Cardigan	1542	Merged into Cardiganshire. 2nd creation 1974-83

Borough of Carlow	1801	Merged into County Carlow

Carmarthenshire	1542	Split into Carmarthenshire East and Carmarthenshire West

Carrickfergus	1801

Cavan	1801	Split into East Cavan and West Cavan

East Cheshire	1868

Mid Cheshire	1868

West Cheshire	1868

Clare	1801	Split into East Clare and West Clare

Clonmel	1801

Coleraine	1801

County Cork	1801

East Cornwall	1832

West Cornwall	1832

East Cumberland	1832

West Cumberland	1832

Denbighshire	1542

East Derbyshire	1868

North Derbyshire	1832

East Devon	1868	2nd creation from 1997

North Devon	1832	2nd creation from 1950

South Devon	1832

Donegal	1801

Dorchester	1295

Dorset	1290

Down	1801	2nd creation 1922-50.

Downpatrick	1801

Drogheda	1801

City of Dublin	1801

County Dublin	1801

Dundalk	1801

Dungannon	1801

Dungarvan	1801

North Durham	1832	2nd creation from 1983

South Durham	1832

East Retford	1571	1st creation 1316-by 1327

East Riding of Yorkshire	1832

Edinburgh	1708	Split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh East, Edinburgh South and Edinburgh West

Ennis	1801

Enniskillen	1801

East Essex	1868

South Essex	1832

West Essex	1868

Fermanagh	1801

Fife	1708	Split into East Fife and West Fife

Finsbury	1832	2nd creation 1918-50

County Galway	1801

Glamorganshire	1542

Glasgow	1832	Divided into Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown, Glasgow Bridgeton, Glasgow Camlachie, Glasgow College, Glasgow Central, Glasgow St Rollox and Glasgow Tradeston

East Gloucestershire	1832

West Gloucestershire	1832	2nd creation 1950-97

Great Marlow	1625	1st creation 1301-by 1307

Hackney	1868

Haddington	1708

North Hampshire	1832

South Hampshire	1832

Haverfordwest	1545	Merged into Pembroke and Haverfordwest

Helston	1298

Herefordshire	1290

Hertfordshire	1290

Huntingdonshire	1290	2nd creation 1918-83

East Kent	1832

Mid Kent	1868	2nd creation 1983-97

West Kent	1832

Kerry	1801

Kildare	1801

County Kilkenny	1801

King's County	1801	2nd creation 1918-22

Kingston-upon-Hull	1334	1st creation 1305-by 1327

Kinsale	1801

Knaresborough	1553

Lambeth	1832

North Lanarkshire	1868	Split into Lanarkshire North-East, Lanarkshire North-West, Lanarkshire Mid, Govan and Partick. 2nd creation 1918-83.

North Lancashire	1832

North East Lancashire	1868

South East Lancashire	1868

South West Lancashire	1868

Leeds	1832

North Leicestershire	1832

South Leicestershire	1832

Leitrim	1801	2nd creation 1918-22

Limerick (County)	1801

Mid Lincolnshire	1868

North Lincolnshire	1868

South Lincolnshire	1868

Lisburn	1801

Liskeard	1295

Liverpool	1545	1st creation 1295-by 1442

Londonderry (County)	1801	2nd creation 1922-83

Longford	1801	2nd creation 1918-22

Louth (County)	1801	2nd creation 1918-22

Lymington	1584

Mallow	1801

Malmesbury	1295

Malton	1641	1st creation 1295

Manchester	1832

Marlborough	1295

Marylebone	1832

Mayo	1801

Meath	1801

Middlesex	1290	Split into Tottenham, Hornsey, Harrow, Uxbridge, Brentford and Ealing.

Midhurst	1311

Monaghan	1801

Monmouthshire	1542	Split into East Monmouthshire, North Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire

Much Wenlock	1472

Newport (Isle of Wight)	1584	Merged into Isle of Wight

New Ross	1801

New Shoreham	1295	(for the 1974-1997 constituency, see Shoreham)

West Norfolk	1832

Northallerton	1641	1st creation 1298

North Riding of Yorkshire	1832	Split into Richmond, Cleveland, Whitby, and Thirsk and Malton

North Northumberland	1832

South Northumberland	1832

Nottingham	1295	Split into 3 divisions

North Nottinghamshire	1832

South Nottinghamshire	1832

Oxfordshire	1290

Pembroke (Pembrokeshire)	1542	Merged into Pembroke and Haverfordwest. 2nd creation 1974-83.

Perthshire	1708

Poole	1453	1st creation 1362-by 1377

Portarlington	1801

Queen's County	1801	2nd creation 1918-22

Radnor	1542	Also known as New Radnor. Merged into Radnorshire.

Renfrewshire	1708	Split into 2 divisions

Roscommon	1801	Split into 2 divisions

Salford	1832	2nd creation from 1997

Sandwich	1366

Shaftesbury	1295

Sheffield	1832

North Shropshire	1832	2nd creation from 1983

South Shropshire	1832

County Sligo	1801

Mid Somerset	1868

West Somerset	1832

Southwark	1295	2nd creation 1983-97

East Staffordshire	1868

North Staffordshire	1832

East Suffolk	1832

West Suffolk	1832	2nd creation from 1997

East Surrey	1832	2nd creation from 1918

Mid Surrey	1868

West Surrey	1832

East Sussex	1832

West Sussex	1832

Swansea	1832

Thirsk	1547	1st creation 1295

Tipperary	1801

Tower Hamlets	1832

Tralee	1801

Tynemouth and North Shields	1832

Tyrone	1801

Wallingford	1295

Wareham	1302

Warwick	1295

North Warwickshire	1832	2nd creation from 1983

South Warwickshire	1832

County Waterford	1801	2nd creation 1918-22

Westmeath	1801	2nd creation 1918-22

Westmorland	1290	Split into Appleby and Kendal. 2nd creation 1918-83.

West Riding of Yorkshire East	1865

West Riding of Yorkshire North	1865

West Riding of Yorkshire South	1865

Borough of Wexford	1801	Merged into County Wexford

County Wexford	1801	Split into North Wexford and South Wexford

Weymouth and Melcombe Regis	1572

Wicklow	1801

Wigtown	1708

North Wiltshire	1832	2nd creation from 1983

South Wiltshire	1832

Wolverhampton	1832	Split into 3 divisions

Worcestershire West	1832	2nd creation from 1997 as West Worcestershire

Youghal	1801

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County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was a former UK Parliament constituency.

final_sentence: County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was a former UK Parliament constituency.