Barnstaple | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Barnstaple in Devon 1885-1918 | |
1885–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Replaced by | North Devon and Torrington |
1295–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Barnstaple was a constituency centred on the town of Barnstaple in Devon, in the South West of England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, thereafter, one.
It was created in 1295 and abolished for the 1950 general election. Most of the area and the town falls into the North Devon seat.