Bristol was a former two member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707-1800) and the United Kingdom (from 1801). The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885. A borough constituency (in Scotland, a burgh constituency) is a type of parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. ... Events Mongol leader Ghazan Khan is converted to Islam, ending a line of Tantric Buddhist leaders. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Boundaries

The historic port city of Bristol, is now located in the South West Region of England. It straddles the border between the historic geographical counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset. It was usually accounted as a Gloucestershire borough in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Bristol (IPA: ) is a city, unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, 115 miles (185 km) west of London and located at With a population of 400,000, and metropolitan area of 550,000, it is Englands sixth, and the United Kingdoms ninth, most populous city... South West England is one of the regions of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

The parliamentary borough of Bristol was represented in Parliament from the thirteenth century, as one of the most important population centres in the Kingdom. Parliamentary boroughs are boroughs that are entitled to representation in a Parliament. ...

From the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the city was divided into four single member seats. These were Bristol East, Bristol North, Bristol South and Bristol West. The 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November - 18th December 1885. ... Bristol East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Bristol North was a constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. ... Bristol South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Bristol West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

Members of Parliament

Elections

See also

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

This is a list of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition. ...

References

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)