This website includes information on many different historical units, including census data and other statistics. The boundaries of these units covered Portsmouth:

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Election Results

Election results are available for these constituencies which covered Portsmouth.

Constituencies Start Date End Date
Lancashire Southern PDivCon18321867
South Lancashire South East Lancashire PDivCon18681884
South East Lancashire Middleton PDivCon18851917
West Riding of Yorkshire Sowerby PDivCon19181948
Sowerby CCon19491982
Calder Valley CCon19832009

Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for Portsmouth. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our Historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the Information option, and then clicking on your location. Units will also not be listed here if we hold no computerised boundaries for them, such as Registration sub-Districts and Sanitary Districts.