Aldborough
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Aldborough was a former parliamentary borough in England that historically returned members to the British House of Commons.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former parliamentary borough
ⓘ
rotten borough ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | Reform Act 1832 ⓘ |
| constituencyType | borough constituency ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| disenfranchisedIn | 1832 ⓘ |
| electoralReformContext | pre-Reform Act parliamentary boroughs in England ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | bloc vote ⓘ |
| existedDuringParliament |
Parliament of Great Britain
ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentSystemContext |
House of Commons of Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
unreformed House of Commons
|
| hadRightToElect | Members of Parliament ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of a rotten borough abolished by the 1832 Reform Act ⓘ |
| locatedIn | England ⓘ |
| locatedInHistoricCounty | Yorkshire ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
susceptible to patronage and influence
ⓘ
very small electorate ⓘ |
| numberOfMembersReturned | 2 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryRepresentationEnded | 1832 ⓘ |
| partOf | parliamentary constituencies in Yorkshire ⓘ |
| representedIn |
House of Commons of Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| returnedMembersTo | British House of Commons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | abolished constituency ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
William Pitt the Elder