Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyIsle of Wight
Major settlementsNewport
1584–1885
Seats1584–1868: Two
1868–1885: One
Created fromHampshire
Replaced byIsle of Wight
1295–1298
SeatsTwo
Type of constituencyBorough constituency
Replaced byHampshire

Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport (Isle of Wight), which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina.

(Prior to the Great Reform Act of 1832 there was also a separate Newport parliamentary borough in Cornwall.)


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