Note 205 — Chapter XXVIII · THE NEW DEPARTURE.

There were 56 two-member constituencies wholly disfranchised, and 31 which lost a member apiece. But by Mr. Gladstone’s Bill in 1885, there were 160 seats set free for redistribution, 6 that were in abeyance were revived, and to meet the claim of Scotland for increased representation, 12 new seats, despite the opposition of the extreme Tories like Sir J. D. Hay, were added to the House.