<P> In addition, the Act adjusted the representation of several existing boroughs . Salford and Merthyr Tydfil were given two MPs instead of one . Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester now had three MPs instead of two . </P> <Ul> <Li> The West Riding of Yorkshire divided into three districts each returning two MPs . </Li> <Li> Cheshire, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Essex, Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Staffordshire and Surrey divided into three districts instead of two, each returning two MPs . </Li> <Li> Lancashire divided into four two - member districts instead of a three - member district and a two - member district . </Li> <Li> University of London was given one seat . </Li> <Li> Parliament was allowed to continue sitting through a Demise of the Crown . </Li> <Li> MPs exempted from having to seek re-election upon changing offices . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The West Riding of Yorkshire divided into three districts each returning two MPs . </Li> <Li> Cheshire, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Essex, Kent, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Staffordshire and Surrey divided into three districts instead of two, each returning two MPs . </Li>

In 1867 the conservative government of great britain passed the great reform bill which