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Comment number 1.
At 10th Aug 2010, MJG wrote:I'm guessing it will be either one of the university towns, perhaps Cambridge, as they used elect their own MPs, prior to 1945 if memory serves, or a former rotten borough prior to the 1832 Reform Act.
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Comment number 2.
At 10th Aug 2010, stevie wrote:er, dunno, you've got me there, Michael....was it Leeds?
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Comment number 3.
At 10th Aug 2010, MJG wrote:Newport, prior to the Great Reform Act, Arthur Wellesley, Henry Temple, George Canning and William Lamb.*
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