CONSTITUTION AND (.OYEIINM KM - .
203
England and Wales :
52 counties and Isle of Wight
198 cities and boroughs ....
3 universities ......
Total of England and Wales Scotland :
33 counties ......
22 cities and burgh districts
4 universities ......
Total of Scotland Ireland :
32 counties .....
31 cities and boroughs
1 university .....
Total of Ireland
Total of United Kingdom
Members 187 297 5
489
32
26
2
60
64
37 2
lo:i
652
It is stated in a Parliamentary paper issued in the session of 1869, that whereas the then existing distribution of representation left England and Wales to return 493 (now 489) members, Scotland 60, and Ireland 105 (now 103), the numbers, if regulated by population, would be 469 for England and Wales, 69 for Scotland, and 120 for Ireland : if regulated by contributions to revenue, 496 for England and Wales, 93 for Scotland, and 69 for Ireland; and if regulated by the mean of the two numbers, 482 for England and Wales, 81 for Scotland, and 95 for Ireland.
The following is a table of the duration of Parliaments of the United Kingdom, from the period of the Union : —
Reign
j Parliament
When met
When dissolved
] Existed
Y. M. D.
George III. .
1st
27 Sept. 1796
29 Jan. 1802
5 11 18
.,
2nd
31 Aug. 1802
24 Oct. 1806
4 1 25
3rd
15 Dec. 1806
29 Apr. 1807
4 15
VI
4 th
22 June 1807
24 Sept. 1812
5 3 7
»
5th
24 Nov. 1812
10 June 181 S
5 6 16
17
6th
4 Aug. 1818
29 Feb. 1820
1 6 25
George IV. .
7th
23 Apr. 1820
2 June 1826
6 19
>»
8th
14 Nov. 1826
24 July 1830
3 8 10
William IV.
9th
26 Oct. 1830
22 Apr. 1831
5 2S
„
10th
14 June 1831
3 Dec. 1832
1 5 20
»»
11th
29 Jan. 1833
30 Dec. 1834
1 11 1
i>
12th
19 Feb. 1835
18 July 1837
2 5
Victoria
13th
14 Nov. 1837
23 June 1841
3 7 9
14th
11 Aug. 1S41
23 July 1847
11 6
H
loth
21 Sept. 1847
1 July 1852
4 11 9 I
-
16th
4 Nov. 1852
20 Mar. 1857
4 4 16
11
17th
30 Apr. 1857
23 Apr. 1859
1 11 23
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18th
31 May 1859
6 July 1865
6 16
!>
19th
6 Feb. 1866
31 July 1868
2 5 25
»
20th
10 D°c. 18 68
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