Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1885")...
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the House of Lords that Gladstone was forced to separate the legislation into two bills, the second being the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which redistributed...
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Representation of the People Act 1884 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland 1885 United Kingdom general election...
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North Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885)
and Morpeth, and the Berwick Bounds. 1885: the constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. 2024: the constituency was re-established...
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Newbury (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
constituency of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, located in the English county of Berkshire. It was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and has...
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South Dorset (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
of Seats Act 1885, although the area covered has changed since then. The constituency was created as a consequence of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885...
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who would act as middleman for the money paid ("compounding"). The act introduced a near-negligible redistribution of seats, far short of the urbanisation...
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Finsbury Central (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the constituency was to consist of the parish of St James and St John, Clerkenwell. The seat was mostly...
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Wolverhampton West (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
of the constituency were set in the sixth schedule of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The seat comprised five wards of the municipal borough of...
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South Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885)
Knights of the Shire. The constituency was abolished, along with North Shropshire, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general...
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