Newport (UK Parliament constituency)
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There have been four Newport constituencies of the House of Commons
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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- Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport was a borough constituency in Monmouthshire from 1918 to 1983. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
, split into Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)Newport East is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system.-Boundaries:...
and Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)Newport West is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system...
in 1983 - Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport (Cornwall) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport was a rotten borough situated in Cornwall. It is now within the town of Launceston, which was itself also a parliamentary borough at the same period...
, disenfranchised in 1832 - Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport was a parliamentary borough located in Newport , which was abolished in for the 1885 general election. It was occasionally referred to by the alternative name of Medina....
, abolished in 1885 - Newport (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport (Shropshire) (UK Parliament constituency)Newport is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency for the town of Newport, Shropshire. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918...
, abolished in 1918