constituency borough constituency represented sharing smaller constituency represented great_britain member parliament past post system election serving member conservative defeated labour elected increased majority held seat reduced majority boundaries administrative county hill parts municipal borough municipal borough east north park west city east west present east eye west formed parliamentary borough returning members rest parliamentary county area south historic county considered parish baptist encompassed boundary far known excluded villages newark great reform act affect borough rural portion included northern division transferred parliamentary borough abolished replaced new division parliamentary county including neighbouring parts administrative county extending county constituency revisions boundaries constituency adjusted correspond remained county constituency following review parliamentary representation minor alterations existing deal population changes electoral create modified constituency fought general election east eye west changes increased electorate date february electoral england voters constituency form constituency created parts serving member conservative succeeded sir secretary chairman previously served member parliament created baron county eye previously included prior isle constituency franchise house_of_commons candidate county seat man rent property valued land tax pounds year women vote stand election known franchise borough seats varied enormously originally dean chapter claimed franchise held residents city suffrage restricted paying lot form municipal taxation registered voters cent population general introduction secret ballot ballot act votes cast spoken declaration public erected cathedral square great reform act owned leased land worth second reform act extended paying rent effectively skilled working class percentage voters risen population reform act extended provisions previous act counties fourth reform act widened suffrage practically property qualifications men women met minimum property qualifications system known universal suffrage general election electoral equality wouldn occur fifth reform act years later according census population count constituency persons comprising males females aged economically active including retired students total households owner occupied fewer regional national averages turnout general election eligible vote regional national figures members parliament sent members parliament time civil war relatives clergy years restoration nominee sitting member making whig stronghold representation reduced member seats act formal merger liberal conservatives absorption rural predominantly conservative growth account labour victory formation conservative seats country election followed ranked conservatives vulnerable seats ones parties change government labour target list closest poll history sir held seat votes seven recounts conservative member lost october election year labour having held votes recounts election months earlier lost seat created baron county served member greater manchester south 6th exeter winner summer olympics member years chairman organising committee summer olympics conservative member lord succeeded socialist writer illustrator born city elected leadership recent labour née won seat defeated general election following widely reported clark planning defect announcement popular locally early june emerged left labour_party fact joined conservatives intend earliest sir member subsequently chancellor later nineteenth century whig member death chief secretary lord lieutenant ireland later 2nd melbourne whig member home secretary prime minister sir later 1st baron whig member attorney general england wales parliamentary borough mps mps originated court country parties emerged aftermath civil war accurate describe loose tendencies regarded conservative modern terms modern party politics begin great_britain mps evolved evolved opposition irish home rule liberal ceded liberals conservatives labour_party later founded parliamentary borough abolished representation people act transferred division new parliamentary county division county constituency mps borough constituency borough constituency effect february general election successors historic parliamentary spending limits election campaigns slightly lower county mps election results elections 2010s elections 2000s elections 1990s elections 1980s elections 1970s elections 1960s elections 1950s elections 1940s general election required place end political parties making preparations election place end year following candidates selected conservative lord elections 1930s elections 1920s elections 1910s denotes candidate endorsed
Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)