Grampound

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Grampound was a former parliamentary borough in Cornwall, England, historically known as a "rotten borough" due to its small electorate and susceptibility to corruption before its disenfranchisement in the 19th century.

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Grampound canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former parliamentary borough ⓘ
rotten borough ⓘ
associatedWith parliamentary reform in the 19th century ⓘ
corruptionLevel high ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disenfranchisedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
disenfranchisedReason corruption ⓘ
electoral bribery ⓘ
electoralIntegrity notoriously corrupt ⓘ
electoralReputation rotten borough ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post for MPs ⓘ
electorateSizeCharacteristic very small electorate ⓘ
elects Members of Parliament ⓘ
governanceEra pre-Reform Act parliamentary system ⓘ
historicalStatus borough with parliamentary representation ⓘ
historicCounty Cornwall ⓘ
impactOnHistory used as an example in debates on rotten boroughs ⓘ
jurisdiction House of Commons ⓘ
knownFor electoral bribery ⓘ
small electorate ⓘ
susceptibility to corruption ⓘ
locatedIn Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
locatedOn River Fal ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyType borough constituency ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentationEnded 19th century reforms ⓘ
partOf historic parliamentary boroughs of Cornwall ⓘ
politicalClassification pocket borough ⓘ
region West Country ⓘ
representedIn Parliament of England ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
status abolished parliamentary borough ⓘ
disenfranchised ⓘ

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