List of counties and boroughs of the unreformed House of Commons in 1800

Columns: County | Voters ( 1800 ) | Times contested | Dominant interests | Comments
Derbyshire | 3,000 | 4 | Cavendish , Curzon , Mundy | The Whig Cavendish family , led by the Duke of Devonshire , always nominated one member , leaving the other to the local Tory families . As a result of this arrangement contests were very rare | Devon | 8,000 | 6 | Acland , Bastard | Despite the large electorate , the county was not contested between 1700 and 1790 , being dominated by the Tory Aclands and Bastards . The Tories were dramatically overthrown in 1831 when Lord John Russell won a seat | Dorset | 3,000 | 4 | Chaffin , Pitt , Portman , Stangways | There was no one dominant family , although one of the members was usually a Tory Pitt . There was no contest between 1727 and 1806 | County Durham | 3,500 | 6 | Eden , Vane | Most of the local families were Whigs , and usually shared the representation among themselves , making contests rare | Essex | 6,000 | 12 | Abdy , Bullock , Bramston | Essex was a large and wealthy county , close to the metropolis , and saw regular contests , usually when the Whig Bullocks and the Tory Bramstons could not agree on candidates | Gloucestershire | 6,000 | 9 | Berkeley , Guise , Somerset | The Tory Somersets , led by the Duke of Beaufort , and two Whig families , the Berkeleys and their cousins the Guises , conducted a long feud in the county , which ended in an agreement in 1783 to share the representation . Thereafter there were no contests until 1832 | Hampshire | 5,000 | 8 | Heathcote , Jervoise , Thistlethwayte | The Tory Heathcotes and the Whig Jervoises and Thistlethwaytes were regular rivals , with the Whig Duke of Bedford using his influence in the county to assist his allies . But the Tories usually controlled the representation until being overthrown in 1831

Example questions:
In which region of England is the county of the unreformed House of Commons in 1800 with the least contests and four dominant interests ? | The county of the unreformed House of Commons in 1800 with exactly twelve contests was first represented in the House in which year ? | The county of the unreformed House of Commons in 1800 known for the third son of the Duke of Bedford used which voting method ?

Answers:
Southern | 1290 | Bloc vote system