Where old constituencies go to die...

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One set of name changes already much-complained about are those in Herefordshire.

Normanton Constituency. Both formed in 1885 and are probably some of the oldest losses.

Normanton has elected either a Lib/Lab or Labour M.P in every single General Eection since it's creation.
O/c the seat created in 1885 (which covered much of the core of the Yorkshire coalfield) is very different to the existing seat, which is more a mix of old mining areas, old textile towns and Wakefield suburbs. I think the name Normanton is going to be added to the Pontefract seat.

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Wasn't there a Carmarthen Boroughs, rather than Carmarthen, seat before 1918?

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Stourbridge (1918-1950),

Very different to the old Stourbridge seat; partly because the areas has changed with the mushrooming of suburbia, but also because the old seat reached deep into the Black Country proper.

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That constituency was often called by it's Welsh name even when it was officially Cardiganshire.

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Manchester Gorton,  Nuneaton

These two were both abolished in 1983, but their names were given to new seats. The old Manchester Gorton was basically the Denton part of Denton & Reddish plus Gorton proper, while Nuneaton was basically the two towns of Nuneaton and Bedworth.

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I would assume that goes for lots and lots of these seats.

Like most of them

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The big problem with "Cardiganshire" is that someone who speaks Welsh as a first language will almost always sound drunk when trying to pronounce it.

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Reddish was in the old Gorton constituency for decades!