Newport | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Isle of Wight |
Major settlements | Newport |
1584–1885 | |
Seats | 1584–1868: Two 1868–1885: One |
Created from | Hampshire |
Replaced by | Isle of Wight |
1295–1298 | |
Seats | Two |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Replaced by | Hampshire |
Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport (Isle of Wight), which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina.
(Prior to the Great Reform Act of 1832 there was also a separate Newport parliamentary borough in Cornwall.)