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Title: ancestral electorates
Post by: nudge67 on Thursday 25 December 25 07:23 GMT (UK)

after watching coverage of the 2024 UK election here in Australia, I got intrigued as to which current day electorates my ancestors, who all migrated in the 19th century, came from. I identified 18 electorates in total.

• Ashford
  Aylesbury
  Brecon, Radnor & Cwm Tawe
  Brentford & Isleworth
  Camborne & Redruth
  Central Devon
  Corby & East Northamptonshire
  East Wiltshire
  Glasgow East
  Grantham & Bourne
  North Cornwall
  North Dorset
  North Shropshire
  Poplar & Limehouse
  South East Cornwall
  South Holland & The Deepings
  St Ives
  Thornbury & Yate
  

before the 2024 election they were:
14 Conservative
2 Labour
1 Lib-Dem
1 SNP

after 2024 they are:
8 Labour
5 Conservative
5 Lib-Dem

Mod: this post is only meant to be informational, not political. Interestingly, one of my ancestors did become a politician in South Australia (Harry Chesson).