Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
What was a 'pocket borough'?
- AA constituency in the hands of one rich familyRight answer
- BA small farm in the Scottish Highlands
- CA constituency with hardly any voters
- DA new parliamentary seat given to a growing town
Answer: A constituency in the hands of one rich family
Some constituencies were in the hands of one rich family and were called pocket boroughs. Those with almost no voters were called rotten boroughs.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "A global power". Practice question 151 of 651, written in our own words.