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The Act made the following changes:
  • seventy-nine towns with populations smaller than 15,000 lost their right to elect an MP;

  • thirty-six towns with populations between 15,000 and 50,000 lost one of their MPs and became single member constituencies;

  • towns with populations between 50,000 and 165,000 were given two seats;

  • larger towns and the country constituencies were divided into single member constituencies


As support of the Irish members was needed by both major parties, the representation of Ireland in Parliament was not reduced, even though it had suffered a relative loss of population compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, due to emigration and famine.