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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