The town became part of a parliamentary borough in 1832.
There were no remaining Parliamentary boroughs in the county from 1885.
A parliamentary borough of the same name existed from 1832 to 1885.
The town was a parliamentary borough that had representation in 1295 and then from 1547 to 1885.
The seat was located in the eastern part of the parliamentary borough.
For the patrons of the parliamentary borough see the separate article.
He held the seat until the parliamentary borough was abolished at the 1885 general election.
It was enfranchised as a two member parliamentary borough from 1832.
It was a parliamentary borough until 1885, and a county constituency thereafter.
In 1832 the town gained political representation with the formation of a Parliamentary borough.