Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary borough in Surrey, UK / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gatton was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1450 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.[1] Around the time of that Act it was often held up by reformers as the epitome of what was wrong with the unreformed system.
Quick Facts 1450–1832, Seats ...
Gatton | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1450–1832 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | East Surrey |
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