When Earl Grey took up the question of Parliamentary Reform the majority of the House was made up of the following elements:—

• 70 M.P.'s returned by private nomination.
• 90 M.P.'s returned by 46 places under 50 voters each.
• 37 M.P.'s returned by 19 places under 100 voters each.
• 52 M.P.'s returned by 26 places under 200 voters each.
• 20 M.P.'s returned by Scotch counties under 100 voters each.
• 10 M.P.'s returned by Scotch counties under 250 voters each.
• 15 M.P.'s returned by Scotch bmrghs under 125 voters each.
• And 150 M.P.'s owed their seats entirely to Peers.

The following towns had no representation:—

		Population.
Manchester and Salford	with	133,788
Birmingham and Aston	with	104,605
Leeds	with	86,746
Greenwich, Deptford. Woolwich	with	56,582
Wolverhampton. Bilston, and Sedgley	with	66,036
Shaffield	with	62,105
Sunderland and the Wearmouths	with	33,911