Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicestershire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyLeicestershire
1290–1832
SeatsTwo
Replaced byNorth Leicestershire and South Leicestershire

Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 until 1800, and then to the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1832.


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