West Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1997 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
West Gloucestershire was a parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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West Gloucestershire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Gloucestershire |
1950–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Forest of Dean and Stroud[1] |
Replaced by | Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury |
1832–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Gloucestershire |
Replaced by | Forest of Dean Thornbury |
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It was first created by the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election as a 2-seat constituency (i.e. electing two Members of Parliament). It was abolished for the 1885 general election.
Its namesake, a seat of about half the physical size of the above, took up a north-west side of the Severn estuary similar to the Forest of Dean, and came into being for the 1950 general election. It was abolished for the 1997 general election.