Portsmouth | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Hampshire |
Major settlements | Portsmouth |
1295–1918 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | Portsmouth North, Portsmouth South and Portsmouth Central |
Portsmouth was a borough constituency based upon the borough of Portsmouth in Hampshire. It returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the Parliaments of England, Great Britain and from 1801 the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.