Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Salisbury
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Location of Wiltshire within England.
County	Wiltshire
Electorate	68,731 (December 2010)
Major settlements	Salisbury
Current constituency
Created	1918
Member of parliament	John Glen (Conservative)
Number of members	One
1295–1918
Number of members	1295–1885: Two 1885–1918: One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South West England

Salisbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by John Glen, a Conservative.

From 1295, (the Model Parliament) a form of this constituency on a narrower area, the Parliamentary borough of Salisbury, returned two MPs to the House of Commons of England Elections were held using the bloc vote system. This afforded the ability for wealthy male townsfolk who owned property rated at more than £2 a year liability in Land Tax to vote in the county and borough (if they met the requirements of both systems). The franchise (right to vote) in the town was generally restricted to male tradespersons and professionals within the central town wards, however in medieval elections would have been the aldermen.

The borough constituency co-existed with a neighbouring minuscule- seat described towards its Great Reform Act abolition as a rotten borough: Old Sarum that covered the mostly abandoned Roman citadel to the northeast.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced to one member. The parliamentary borough of Salisbury was abolished for the 1918 general election however the name transferred immediately to a new county division.