Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)

Yarmouth
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyIsle of Wight
Major settlementsYarmouth
1584–1832
SeatsTwo
Created fromHampshire
Replaced byIsle of Wight

Yarmouth was a borough constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two members of parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system.

The constituency was abolished by the Reform Act 1832, and from the 1832 general election its territory was included in the new county constituency of Isle of Wight.


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