The seat was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which led to a net addition of 18 seats but the main purpose of which was to achieve a major reallocation by correcting over-representation of minor, often still old boroughs and depopulated county divisions.
The seat was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 but the main purpose of which was to achieve a major reallocation by correcting over-representation of minor still old boroughs and depopulated county divisions. This was often. Seats Act 1885 led to a net addition of 18 seats.