rotten borough

In 1831 there were only 41 eligible voters and Midhurst was considered a rotten borough.

Some rotten boroughs were once important or played a major role in England's politics, but had fallen into insignificance.

The constituency was abolished in 1832 as a rotten borough.

Since the previous century, there had been calls for parliamentary reform, particularly an end to the rotten boroughs.

In fact they became the rotten boroughs of later centuries.

They saw that the votes of the rotten boroughs had given the government its majority.

As one of the "rotten boroughs" it was often targeted by those seeking electoral reform.

The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop.

It was one of the most notoriously corrupt rotten boroughs.