The Metropolis is to be recast so as to receive
in all 59 seats, instead of 22 as at present. This is to be effected partly by dividing the present boroughs, and partly by creating new ones. As an example of this last process, out of the Home counties 7 new Metropolitan boroughs, returning 8 Members, are to be con- stituted ; the City itself loses 2 Members, its representation being reduced from 4 to 2. Of the other large boroughs, Liverpool is to receive 6 new Memlaers, raising its representation from 3 to 9 ; Birmingham 4 new Members, giving it 7 in all; Glasgow 4, giving it 7 in all ; while Lanarkshire, which is the county of Glasgow, receives 4 additional Members; Manchester receives 3 new Members, raising its number to 6 ; Leeds 2, raising its number to 5; Sheffield 3, raising its number to 5 ; Edinburgh, Dublin, Belfast, and Bristol 2, raising each of their number of representatives to 4 ; while Salford is raised from 1 Member to 3 ; Bradford, Hull, Nottingham, and Wolverhampton from 2 Members to 3; and Swansea district and Aberdeen are raised from 1. Member to 2.
