Talk:List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

message: Article looks like a well research sequence of dates. (I get a bit vague after 1918. Or do I mean 1832?) Wondering whether we can have also, in the same article, lists of creations. (This however would mean extending coverage to include currently existing constituencies.) Ideally creations would be listed alongside abolitions, in a separate column. Not sure how to do that arrangement myself. Laurel Bush 10:18, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  List creations as well? 

message: I have started including dates of creation. Laurel Bush 11:48, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates of creation 

message: I guess there have been two Armagh constituencies. The link now under 1885 is to an article about a constituency created in 1922 and abolished in 1983. Laurel Bush 11:51, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revived constituencies 

message: This list includes Fylde as being abolished. Should this not be the  North Fylde/South Fylde seats? doktorb 11:30, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fylde? 

message: Calais claims that there used to be a Calais (parliamentary borough)!  Morwen - Talk 20:58, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Calais!

message: Thinking the article might need splitting - by some choice of date or dates. Laurel Bush 09:59, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article size 

message: Was Anglesey renamed Ynys Môn in 1983? I wonder. Or superseded by Ynys Môn? Laurel Bush 09:49, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the constituencies have the same boundaries, I would say renamed.  Morwen - Talk 10:09, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anglesey and Ynys Môn  

message: Not clear as to whether Sligo was abolished 1869 or 1870. Laurel Bush 13:17, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sligo 

message: I've finally completed the list.  If there are any former constituencies not appearing on it, then either:
# They are listed under a variation of their name (e.g. West Cornwall rather than Cornwall West)
# I've considered that they were renamed rather than abolished (but may well be mistaken)
# I've missed them off.
Please add them if they fall under points 2 or 3.
In addition, the list now needs to be divided up.  1832-1922 and 1945-present (pre- and post- creation of the Boundary Commissions) seems natural, but it might benefit from further subdivision.  Any opinions? Warofdreams talk 15:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that Rugby constituency was abolished in 1983 and replaced with Rugby and Kenilworth. G-Man 21:22, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like #2.  Would you like to add it? Warofdreams talk 21:45, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

text: The constituency of Arundel & Shoreham was split in 1974 into separate constituencies of Arunel and Shoreham, with Arundel picking up a bit of Chichester to boot. I believe this should qualify as an abolition. --New Progressive 21:29, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like #2 again.  Would you like to add it? Warofdreams talk 02:42, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Also, what do we do about constituencies that undergo large changes, but retain the same name. For example, the pre-74 Chichester is significantly different from the post-74 Chichester. --New Progressive 21:29, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: There have been a huge number of constituencies which have undergone large changes.  I don't think that it is practical to include them in this list, although there could be scope for a separate article, and this point could be clarified in the intro to this article.  The only exception to this, in my view, would be if the new constituency covered a completely (or almost entirely) different area, as in the Croydon South constituencies. Warofdreams talk 02:42, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  List completed! 

message: Do we have a list of the historical sizes of the Commons?  This would be quite good.  Morwen - Talk 19:33, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Aha, I found it - Number of British MPs However, this doesn't have anything pre-1918 - which would be nice.  Morwen - Talk 19:35, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Historical sizes 

message: Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page is unreliable as a guide to boundary changes. Simple 'splits' are 'revivals/reunions' are unusual. Usually the boundaries of other constituencies are affected, and a 'revived' constituency may be very different from the original constituency. This is clear from a glance at the diagrams in F. W. S. Craig's Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972. Laurel Bush 11:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Simple 'splits' are 'revivals/reunions' are unusual." Something is wrong with this sentence. --VM 09:08, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Splits' and 'revivals/reunions' 

message: I found this place at Sir Richard Cecil, MP (son of the 1st, brother of the 2nd and father of the 3rd Earl of Exeter - ). And I do not know if it is the constituency of his seat or the place where he lived. --VM 09:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wakerley (Northamptonshire) 

message: This discussion has now been transferred as suggested by Warofdreams --Gary J 01:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There may be some errors, but this list should be based on the guidelines developed at Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies.  If you'd like to put something else forward, that'd be the best place to propose it. Warofdreams talk 03:11, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with listing borough divisions and county compass-point name order 

message: Perhaps the names of the final MP(s) for an abolished constituency could be added to the lists?  Some MPs' parliamentary careers have ended due to the abolition of constituencies, eg. Sheila Faith and Helen McElhone.  Any thoughts? Dovea 16:08, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I dispute Sheila Faith (having written her article); South Derbyshire would have selected her if she had been interested in having it, and she would have won it in 1983. I don't see much case for including the last MPs for a constituency in the list. Fys. “Ta fys aym”. 11:32, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Last MPs