Summary of The Members of Parliament
Key to categories in the following tables: BC - Borough/Burgh constituencies, CC - County constituencies, UC - University constituencies, Total C - Total constituencies, BMP - Borough/Burgh Members of Parliament, CMP - County Members of Parliament, UMP - University Members of Parliament.
Table 1: Constituencies and MPs, by type and country
Country | BC | CC | UC | Total C | BMP | CMP | UMP | Total MPs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
England | 202 | 39 | 2 | 243 | 404 | 78 | 4 | 486 |
Wales | 13 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
Scotland | 15 | 30 | 0 | 45 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 45 |
Total | 230 | 82 | 2 | 314 | 432 | 122 | 4 | 558 |
Table 2: Number of seats per constituency, by type and country
Country | BCx1 | BCx2 | BCx4 | CCx1 | CCx2 | UCx2 | Total C |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
England | 4 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 243 |
Wales | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
Scotland | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Total | 32 | 196 | 2 | 42 | 40 | 2 | 314 |
Party Composition: An estimate of the approximate Party composition is Whig 291 and Tory 222.
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