Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. The term came into use in the 19th century in the United Kingdom, when certain boroughs were disenfranchised, becoming merely municipal boroughs. The two sets of boroughs were detached further by being allowed to have different boundaries. Originally many parliamentary boroughs were multi-member constituencies, but the Reform Acts eventually divided them all into single-member divisions. Divisions of parliamentary boroughs eventually became known as borough constituencies. Parliamentary boroughs did not hold borough status in the United Kingdom.
Two seat boroughs
The last few seats to be represented by 2 members in the 1945-50 parliament were
 Blackburn
Bolton
Brighton
City of London
Derby
Dundee
Norwich
Oldham
Preston
Southampton
Stockport
Sunderland
Three Northern Ireland county constituencies also had two seats at that time:
County Antrim
Down
Fermanagh and Tyrone
All these seats were split for the 1950 general election.
Some university constituencies had multiple seats until their abolition in 1950:
Cambridge University
Combined English Universities
Oxford University
See also
United Kingdom constituencies
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