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Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. ==Boundaries and boundary changes== This county constituency consisted of the historic county of Middlesex, in south-eastern England, comprising Spelthorne, Colnbrook, and Potters Bar in other modern counties, together with the north, west, and north-west sectors of the present-day Greater London. Its southern boundary was the River Thames. The county seat returned two Members of Parliament (sometimes referred to by the medieval term of knights of the shire) until 1885. The place of election for the county was at Brentford. Until 1832 the county franchise was limited to forty shilling freeholders. The decrease in the value of money due to inflation and the expansion of the wealth and population as the urbanised area in the east around London and Westminster grew contributed to gradually expanding the electorate. The county was estimated by Henning to have about 1,660 voters in 1681. Sedgwick estimated about 3,000 electors in the 1715-1754 period. Namier and Brook suggested there were about 3,500 county voters 1754-1790. The number had reached about 6,000 by 1790-1820, according to Thorne. For subsequent changes in the franchise see Reform Act 1832 and Reform Act 1867. From 1832 voters were registered; the size of the electorate is shown below. The geographic county until 1885 also contained the borough constituencies of City of London (first recorded as having its extraordinary four members from 1298) and Westminster (enfranchised with two members from 1545). In 1832 three two-seat Boroughs were added (or enfranchised): Finsbury, Marylebone, and Tower Hamlets. In 1868 two further metropolitan Boroughs were each granted two members of parliament: Chelsea and Hackney. The single-member non-territorial University constituency of London University (1868–1950) was somewhat connected to the county by having most of its graduates eligible to vote. Possession of a county electoral qualification, relating to property situated in an area not otherwise represented, conferred the right to vote in the county elections. In 1885 the county constituency was split into a number of single-member boroughs in the more urban south-east and seven county divisions elsewhere, while the City of London was reduced to two members. In 1889 the borough constituencies that comprised the eastern part of the historic county became part of the new administrative county of London. The seven county divisions in the fringe part of the historic county, in what became the administrative county of Middlesex, were Brentford, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hornsey, Tottenham and Uxbridge. None of these formed parliamentary boroughs and were in the administrative county of Middlesex until it was disbanded in 1965. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Middlesex (UK Parliament constituency)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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