Hindon

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Hindon was a former parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, England, historically known as a "rotten borough" before its disenfranchisement in the 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former parliamentary borough
rotten borough
classification small borough
constituencyType borough constituency
country United Kingdom
disenfranchisedInCentury 19th century
disenfranchisementReason corruption and malapportionment
electoralReformContext Reform movement of the 19th century
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
electorateCharacteristic very small electorate
governmentalJurisdiction House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
hasLanguage English
historicCounty Wiltshire
knownFor being a rotten borough
electoral corruption
locatedIn England
Hindon, Wiltshire (village)
Wiltshire
parliamentaryBoroughStatus abolished
partOf pre-Reform Act parliamentary constituencies
region southwest England
surface form: South West England
representedIn Parliament of Great Britain
British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
returned two Members of Parliament
status disenfranchised

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