City & town classification (England, Scotland & Wales)
Updated: 17th August 2023
This uses data for the old Parliamentary constituencies (pre July 2024).
In 2018 the House of Commons Library developed a classification of constituency areas according to the size of the settlements people live in. The classification is intended to assist in analysing data, and understanding differences, trends and inequalities across Great Britain. Each constituency and local authority is assigned to one of six categories, e.g. “Core City” or “Small Town”, which most closely matches its population distribution. This is intended to offer an alternative to rural/urban classifications in analysing variation.
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Aberavon Classification: Medium Town
Aberconwy Classification: Village or smaller
Aberdeen North Classification: Other City
Aberdeen South Classification: Other City
Airdrie and Shotts Classification: Village or smaller
Aldershot Classification: Large Town
Aldridge-Brownhills Classification: Medium Town
Altrincham and Sale West Classification: Medium Town
Alyn and Deeside Classification: Small Town
Amber Valley Classification: Small Town
Angus Classification: Small Town
Arfon Classification: Village or smaller
Argyll and Bute Classification: Village or smaller
Arundel and South Downs Classification: Village or smaller
Ashfield Classification: Medium Town
Ashford Classification: Large Town
Ashton-under-Lyne Classification: Medium Town
Aylesbury Classification: Large Town
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Classification: Medium Town
Banbury Classification: Medium Town
Banff and Buchan Classification: Village or smaller
Barking Classification: Core City (London)
Barnsley Central Classification: Large Town
Barnsley East Classification: Small Town
Barrow and Furness Classification: Medium Town
Basildon and Billericay Classification: Large Town
Basingstoke Classification: Large Town
Bassetlaw Classification: Medium Town
Bath Classification: Large Town
Batley and Spen Classification: Large Town
Battersea Classification: Core City (London)
Beaconsfield Classification: Small Town
Beckenham Classification: Core City (London)
Bedford Classification: Large Town
Bermondsey and Old Southwark Classification: Core City (London)
Berwick-upon-Tweed Classification: Village or smaller
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Classification: Village or smaller
Bethnal Green and Bow Classification: Core City (London)
Beverley and Holderness Classification: Village or smaller
Bexhill and Battle Classification: Village or smaller
Bexleyheath and Crayford Classification: Core City (London)
Birkenhead Classification: Large Town
Birmingham, Edgbaston Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Erdington Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Hall Green Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Hodge Hill Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Ladywood Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Northfield Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Perry Barr Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Selly Oak Classification: Core City (outside London)
Birmingham, Yardley Classification: Core City (outside London)
Bishop Auckland Classification: Village or smaller
Blackburn Classification: Large Town
Blackley and Broughton Classification: Core City (outside London)
Blackpool North and Cleveleys Classification: Large Town
Blackpool South Classification: Large Town
Blaenau Gwent Classification: Small Town
Blaydon Classification: Small Town
Blyth Valley Classification: Medium Town
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Classification: Large Town
Bolsover Classification: Small Town
Bolton North East Classification: Other City
Bolton South East Classification: Other City
Bolton West Classification: Small Town
Bootle Classification: Medium Town
Boston and Skegness Classification: Medium Town
Bosworth Classification: Medium Town
Bournemouth East Classification: Other City
Bournemouth West Classification: Other City
Bracknell Classification: Large Town
Bradford East Classification: Other City
Bradford South Classification: Other City
Bradford West Classification: Other City
Braintree Classification: Medium Town
Brecon and Radnorshire Classification: Village or smaller
Brent Central Classification: Core City (London)
Brent North Classification: Core City (London)
Brentford and Isleworth Classification: Core City (London)
Brentwood and Ongar Classification: Medium Town
Bridgend Classification: Medium Town
Bridgwater and West Somerset Classification: Village or smaller
Brigg and Goole Classification: Village or smaller
Brighton, Kemptown Classification: Other City
Brighton, Pavilion Classification: Other City
Bristol East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Bristol North West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Bristol South Classification: Core City (outside London)
Bristol West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Broadland Classification: Village or smaller
Bromley and Chislehurst Classification: Core City (London)
Bromsgrove Classification: Medium Town
Broxbourne Classification: Medium Town
Broxtowe Classification: Medium Town
Buckingham Classification: Village or smaller
Burnley Classification: Large Town
Burton Classification: Large Town
Bury North Classification: Large Town
Bury South Classification: Medium Town
Bury St Edmunds Classification: Village or smaller
Caerphilly Classification: Medium Town
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Classification: Village or smaller
Calder Valley Classification: Village or smaller
Camberwell and Peckham Classification: Core City (London)
Camborne and Redruth Classification: Small Town
Cambridge Classification: Large Town
Cannock Chase Classification: Large Town
Canterbury Classification: Large Town
Cardiff Central Classification: Core City (outside London)
Cardiff North Classification: Core City (outside London)
Cardiff South and Penarth Classification: Core City (outside London)
Cardiff West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Carlisle Classification: Large Town
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Classification: Village or smaller
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Classification: Village or smaller
Carshalton and Wallington Classification: Core City (London)
Castle Point Classification: Medium Town
Central Ayrshire Classification: Medium Town
Central Devon Classification: Village or smaller
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Classification: Village or smaller
Ceredigion Classification: Village or smaller
Charnwood Classification: Small Town
Chatham and Aylesford Classification: Large Town
Cheadle Classification: Small Town
Chelmsford Classification: Large Town
Chelsea and Fulham Classification: Core City (London)
Cheltenham Classification: Large Town
Chesham and Amersham Classification: Small Town
Chesterfield Classification: Large Town
Chichester Classification: Village or smaller
Chingford and Woodford Green Classification: Core City (London)
Chippenham Classification: Medium Town
Chipping Barnet Classification: Core City (London)
Chorley Classification: Medium Town
Christchurch Classification: Medium Town
Cities of London and Westminster Classification: Core City (London)
City of Chester Classification: Large Town
City of Durham Classification: Medium Town
Clacton Classification: Medium Town
Cleethorpes Classification: Medium Town
Clwyd South Classification: Village or smaller
Clwyd West Classification: Medium Town
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Classification: Medium Town
Colchester Classification: Large Town
Colne Valley Classification: Large Town
Congleton Classification: Small Town
Copeland Classification: Village or smaller
Corby Classification: Medium Town
Coventry North East Classification: Other City
Coventry North West Classification: Other City
Coventry South Classification: Other City
Crawley Classification: Large Town
Crewe and Nantwich Classification: Large Town
Croydon Central Classification: Core City (London)
Croydon North Classification: Core City (London)
Croydon South Classification: Core City (London)
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Classification: Medium Town
Cynon Valley Classification: Medium Town
Dagenham and Rainham Classification: Core City (London)
Darlington Classification: Large Town
Dartford Classification: Large Town
Daventry Classification: Village or smaller
Delyn Classification: Small Town
Denton and Reddish Classification: Medium Town
Derby North Classification: Other City
Derby South Classification: Other City
Derbyshire Dales Classification: Village or smaller
Devizes Classification: Village or smaller
Dewsbury Classification: Large Town
Don Valley Classification: Small Town
Doncaster Central Classification: Large Town
Doncaster North Classification: Small Town
Dover Classification: Medium Town
Dudley North Classification: Large Town
Dudley South Classification: Medium Town
Dulwich and West Norwood Classification: Core City (London)
Dumfries and Galloway Classification: Village or smaller
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Classification: Village or smaller
Dundee East Classification: Large Town
Dundee West Classification: Large Town
Dunfermline and West Fife Classification: Medium Town
Dwyfor Meirionnydd Classification: Village or smaller
Ealing Central and Acton Classification: Core City (London)
Ealing North Classification: Core City (London)
Ealing, Southall Classification: Core City (London)
Easington Classification: Small Town
East Devon Classification: Village or smaller
East Dunbartonshire Classification: Small Town
East Ham Classification: Core City (London)
East Hampshire Classification: Small Town
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Classification: Large Town
East Lothian Classification: Small Town
East Renfrewshire Classification: Small Town
East Surrey Classification: Small Town
East Worthing and Shoreham Classification: Medium Town
East Yorkshire Classification: Village or smaller
Eastbourne Classification: Large Town
Eastleigh Classification: Large Town
Eddisbury Classification: Village or smaller
Edinburgh East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Edinburgh North and Leith Classification: Core City (outside London)
Edinburgh South Classification: Core City (outside London)
Edinburgh South West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Edinburgh West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Edmonton Classification: Core City (London)
Ellesmere Port and Neston Classification: Large Town
Elmet and Rothwell Classification: Small Town
Eltham Classification: Core City (London)
Enfield North Classification: Core City (London)
Enfield, Southgate Classification: Core City (London)
Epping Forest Classification: Small Town
Epsom and Ewell Classification: Medium Town
Erewash Classification: Medium Town
Erith and Thamesmead Classification: Core City (London)
Esher and Walton Classification: Medium Town
Exeter Classification: Large Town
Falkirk Classification: Village or smaller
Fareham Classification: Medium Town
Faversham and Mid Kent Classification: Large Town
Feltham and Heston Classification: Core City (London)
Filton and Bradley Stoke Classification: Large Town
Finchley and Golders Green Classification: Core City (London)
Folkestone and Hythe Classification: Medium Town
Forest of Dean Classification: Village or smaller
Fylde Classification: Medium Town
Gainsborough Classification: Village or smaller
Garston and Halewood Classification: Core City (outside London)
Gateshead Classification: Large Town
Gedling Classification: Medium Town
Gillingham and Rainham Classification: Large Town
Glasgow Central Classification: Core City (outside London)
Glasgow East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Glasgow North Classification: Core City (outside London)
Glasgow North East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Glasgow North West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Glasgow South Classification: Core City (outside London)
Glasgow South West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Glenrothes Classification: Medium Town
Gloucester Classification: Large Town
Gordon Classification: Village or smaller
Gosport Classification: Large Town
Gower Classification: Small Town
Grantham and Stamford Classification: Medium Town
Gravesham Classification: Medium Town
Great Grimsby Classification: Large Town
Great Yarmouth Classification: Medium Town
Greenwich and Woolwich Classification: Core City (London)
Guildford Classification: Large Town
Hackney North and Stoke Newington Classification: Core City (London)
Hackney South and Shoreditch Classification: Core City (London)
Halesowen and Rowley Regis Classification: Medium Town
Halifax Classification: Large Town
Haltemprice and Howden Classification: Village or smaller
Halton Classification: Large Town
Hammersmith Classification: Core City (London)
Hampstead and Kilburn Classification: Core City (London)
Harborough Classification: Medium Town
Harlow Classification: Large Town
Harrogate and Knaresborough Classification: Large Town
Harrow East Classification: Core City (London)
Harrow West Classification: Core City (London)
Hartlepool Classification: Large Town
Harwich and North Essex Classification: Village or smaller
Hastings and Rye Classification: Large Town
Havant Classification: Medium Town
Hayes and Harlington Classification: Core City (London)
Hazel Grove Classification: Small Town
Hemel Hempstead Classification: Large Town
Hemsworth Classification: Village or smaller
Hendon Classification: Core City (London)
Henley Classification: Village or smaller
Hereford and South Herefordshire Classification: Large Town
Hertford and Stortford Classification: Medium Town
Hertsmere Classification: Medium Town
Hexham Classification: Village or smaller
Heywood and Middleton Classification: Medium Town
High Peak Classification: Village or smaller
Hitchin and Harpenden Classification: Medium Town
Holborn and St Pancras Classification: Core City (London)
Hornchurch and Upminster Classification: Core City (London)
Hornsey and Wood Green Classification: Core City (London)
Horsham Classification: Medium Town
Houghton and Sunderland South Classification: Other City
Hove Classification: Other City
Huddersfield Classification: Large Town
Huntingdon Classification: Medium Town
Hyndburn Classification: Small Town
Ilford North Classification: Core City (London)
Ilford South Classification: Core City (London)
Inverclyde Classification: Medium Town
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Classification: Village or smaller
Ipswich Classification: Large Town
Isle of Wight Classification: Small Town
Islington North Classification: Core City (London)
Islington South and Finsbury Classification: Core City (London)
Islwyn Classification: Small Town
Jarrow Classification: Medium Town
Keighley Classification: Medium Town
Kenilworth and Southam Classification: Village or smaller
Kensington Classification: Core City (London)
Kettering Classification: Medium Town
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Classification: Village or smaller
Kingston and Surbiton Classification: Core City (London)
Kingston upon Hull East Classification: Other City
Kingston upon Hull North Classification: Other City
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Classification: Other City
Kingswood Classification: Core City (outside London)
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Classification: Medium Town
Knowsley Classification: Core City (outside London)
Lanark and Hamilton East Classification: Village or smaller
Lancaster and Fleetwood Classification: Medium Town
Leeds Central Classification: Core City (outside London)
Leeds East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Leeds North East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Leeds North West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Leeds West Classification: Core City (outside London)
Leicester East Classification: Other City
Leicester South Classification: Other City
Leicester West Classification: Other City
Leigh Classification: Medium Town
Lewes Classification: Small Town
Lewisham East Classification: Core City (London)
Lewisham West and Penge Classification: Core City (London)
Lewisham, Deptford Classification: Core City (London)
Leyton and Wanstead Classification: Core City (London)
Lichfield Classification: Medium Town
Lincoln Classification: Large Town
Linlithgow and East Falkirk Classification: Small Town
Liverpool, Riverside Classification: Core City (outside London)
Liverpool, Walton Classification: Core City (outside London)
Liverpool, Wavertree Classification: Core City (outside London)
Liverpool, West Derby Classification: Core City (outside London)
Livingston Classification: Medium Town
Llanelli Classification: Medium Town
Loughborough Classification: Large Town
Louth and Horncastle Classification: Village or smaller
Ludlow Classification: Village or smaller
Luton North Classification: Other City
Luton South Classification: Other City
Macclesfield Classification: Medium Town
Maidenhead Classification: Large Town
Maidstone and The Weald Classification: Large Town
Makerfield Classification: Small Town
Maldon Classification: Village or smaller
Manchester Central Classification: Core City (outside London)
Manchester, Gorton Classification: Core City (outside London)
Manchester, Withington Classification: Core City (outside London)
Mansfield Classification: Large Town
Meon Valley Classification: Medium Town
Meriden Classification: Core City (outside London)
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Classification: Medium Town
Mid Bedfordshire Classification: Village or smaller
Mid Derbyshire Classification: Other City
Mid Dorset and North Poole Classification: Large Town
Mid Norfolk Classification: Small Town
Mid Sussex Classification: Medium Town
Mid Worcestershire Classification: Village or smaller
Middlesbrough Classification: Other City
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Classification: Other City
Midlothian Classification: Small Town
Milton Keynes North Classification: Other City
Milton Keynes South Classification: Other City
Mitcham and Morden Classification: Core City (London)
Mole Valley Classification: Village or smaller
Monmouth Classification: Small Town
Montgomeryshire Classification: Village or smaller
Moray Classification: Small Town
Morecambe and Lunesdale Classification: Medium Town
Morley and Outwood Classification: Large Town
Motherwell and Wishaw Classification: Medium Town
Na h-Eileanan an Iar Classification: Village or smaller
Neath Classification: Medium Town
New Forest East Classification: Small Town
New Forest West Classification: Small Town
Newark Classification: Village or smaller
Newbury Classification: Medium Town
Newcastle upon Tyne Central Classification: Core City (outside London)
Newcastle upon Tyne East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Newcastle upon Tyne North Classification: Core City (outside London)
Newcastle-under-Lyme Classification: Large Town
Newport East Classification: Large Town
Newport West Classification: Large Town
Newton Abbot Classification: Small Town
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Classification: Medium Town
North Ayrshire and Arran Classification: Small Town
North Cornwall Classification: Village or smaller
North Devon Classification: Village or smaller
North Dorset Classification: Village or smaller
North Durham Classification: Village or smaller
North East Bedfordshire Classification: Village or smaller
North East Cambridgeshire Classification: Small Town
North East Derbyshire Classification: Small Town
North East Fife Classification: Village or smaller
North East Hampshire Classification: Medium Town
North East Hertfordshire Classification: Village or smaller
North East Somerset Classification: Village or smaller
North Herefordshire Classification: Village or smaller
North Norfolk Classification: Village or smaller
North Shropshire Classification: Village or smaller
North Somerset Classification: Village or smaller
North Swindon Classification: Other City
North Thanet Classification: Large Town
North Tyneside Classification: Medium Town
North Warwickshire Classification: Village or smaller
North West Cambridgeshire Classification: Large Town
North West Durham Classification: Village or smaller
North West Hampshire Classification: Village or smaller
North West Leicestershire Classification: Village or smaller
North West Norfolk Classification: Medium Town
North Wiltshire Classification: Village or smaller
Northampton North Classification: Other City
Northampton South Classification: Other City
Norwich North Classification: Other City
Norwich South Classification: Other City
Nottingham East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Nottingham North Classification: Core City (outside London)
Nottingham South Classification: Core City (outside London)
Nuneaton Classification: Large Town
Ochil and South Perthshire Classification: Village or smaller
Ogmore Classification: Small Town
Old Bexley and Sidcup Classification: Core City (London)
Oldham East and Saddleworth Classification: Large Town
Oldham West and Royton Classification: Large Town
Orkney and Shetland Classification: Village or smaller
Orpington Classification: Core City (London)
Oxford East Classification: Large Town
Oxford West and Abingdon Classification: Large Town
Paisley and Renfrewshire North Classification: Small Town
Paisley and Renfrewshire South Classification: Large Town
Pendle Classification: Small Town
Penistone and Stocksbridge Classification: Small Town
Penrith and The Border Classification: Village or smaller
Perth and North Perthshire Classification: Medium Town
Peterborough Classification: Large Town
Plymouth, Moor View Classification: Other City
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport Classification: Other City
Pontypridd Classification: Small Town
Poole Classification: Large Town
Poplar and Limehouse Classification: Core City (London)
Portsmouth North Classification: Other City
Portsmouth South Classification: Other City
Preseli Pembrokeshire Classification: Village or smaller
Preston Classification: Large Town
Pudsey Classification: Small Town
Putney Classification: Core City (London)
Rayleigh and Wickford Classification: Large Town
Reading East Classification: Other City
Reading West Classification: Other City
Redcar Classification: Medium Town
Redditch Classification: Large Town
Reigate Classification: Medium Town
Rhondda Classification: Small Town
Ribble Valley Classification: Large Town
Richmond (Yorks) Classification: Village or smaller
Richmond Park Classification: Core City (London)
Rochdale Classification: Large Town
Rochester and Strood Classification: Large Town
Rochford and Southend East Classification: Other City
Romford Classification: Core City (London)
Romsey and Southampton North Classification: Other City
Ross, Skye and Lochaber Classification: Village or smaller
Rossendale and Darwen Classification: Small Town
Rother Valley Classification: Small Town
Rotherham Classification: Large Town
Rugby Classification: Large Town
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Classification: Core City (London)
Runnymede and Weybridge Classification: Medium Town
Rushcliffe Classification: Village or smaller
Rutherglen and Hamilton West Classification: Medium Town
Rutland and Melton Classification: Village or smaller
Saffron Walden Classification: Village or smaller
Salford and Eccles Classification: Large Town
Salisbury Classification: Medium Town
Scarborough and Whitby Classification: Large Town
Scunthorpe Classification: Large Town
Sedgefield Classification: Village or smaller
Sefton Central Classification: Medium Town
Selby and Ainsty Classification: Village or smaller
Sevenoaks Classification: Village or smaller
Sheffield Central Classification: Core City (outside London)
Sheffield South East Classification: Core City (outside London)
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough Classification: Core City (outside London)
Sheffield, Hallam Classification: Core City (outside London)
Sheffield, Heeley Classification: Core City (outside London)
Sherwood Classification: Village or smaller
Shipley Classification: Small Town
Shrewsbury and Atcham Classification: Large Town
Sittingbourne and Sheppey Classification: Medium Town
Skipton and Ripon Classification: Village or smaller
Sleaford and North Hykeham Classification: Village or smaller
Slough Classification: Large Town
Solihull Classification: Large Town
Somerton and Frome Classification: Village or smaller
South Basildon and East Thurrock Classification: Large Town
South Cambridgeshire Classification: Village or smaller
South Derbyshire Classification: Medium Town
South Dorset Classification: Medium Town
South East Cambridgeshire Classification: Village or smaller
South East Cornwall Classification: Village or smaller
South Holland and The Deepings Classification: Village or smaller
South Leicestershire Classification: Small Town
South Norfolk Classification: Village or smaller
South Northamptonshire Classification: Village or smaller
South Ribble Classification: Medium Town
South Shields Classification: Large Town
South Staffordshire Classification: Small Town
South Suffolk Classification: Village or smaller
South Swindon Classification: Other City
South Thanet Classification: Medium Town
South West Bedfordshire Classification: Medium Town
South West Devon Classification: Other City
South West Hertfordshire Classification: Small Town
South West Norfolk Classification: Village or smaller
South West Surrey Classification: Medium Town
South West Wiltshire Classification: Medium Town
Southampton, Itchen Classification: Other City
Southampton, Test Classification: Other City
Southend West Classification: Other City
Southport Classification: Large Town
Spelthorne Classification: Medium Town
St Albans Classification: Large Town
St Austell and Newquay Classification: Village or smaller
St Helens North Classification: Small Town
St Helens South and Whiston Classification: Large Town
St Ives Classification: Village or smaller
Stafford Classification: Large Town
Staffordshire Moorlands Classification: Small Town
Stalybridge and Hyde Classification: Medium Town
Stevenage Classification: Large Town
Stirling Classification: Village or smaller
Stockport Classification: Large Town
Stockton North Classification: Large Town
Stockton South Classification: Small Town
Stoke-on-Trent Central Classification: Other City
Stoke-on-Trent North Classification: Other City
Stoke-on-Trent South Classification: Other City
Stone Classification: Village or smaller
Stourbridge Classification: Large Town
Stratford-on-Avon Classification: Village or smaller
Streatham Classification: Core City (London)
Stretford and Urmston Classification: Medium Town
Stroud Classification: Village or smaller
Suffolk Coastal Classification: Village or smaller
Sunderland Central Classification: Other City
Surrey Heath Classification: Medium Town
Sutton Coldfield Classification: Large Town
Sutton and Cheam Classification: Core City (London)
Swansea East Classification: Other City
Swansea West Classification: Other City
Tamworth Classification: Large Town
Tatton Classification: Medium Town
Taunton Deane Classification: Large Town
Telford Classification: Large Town
Tewkesbury Classification: Small Town
The Cotswolds Classification: Village or smaller
The Wrekin Classification: Large Town
Thirsk and Malton Classification: Village or smaller
Thornbury and Yate Classification: Village or smaller
Thurrock Classification: Large Town
Tiverton and Honiton Classification: Village or smaller
Tonbridge and Malling Classification: Medium Town
Tooting Classification: Core City (London)
Torbay Classification: Medium Town
Torfaen Classification: Medium Town
Torridge and West Devon Classification: Village or smaller
Totnes Classification: Village or smaller
Tottenham Classification: Core City (London)
Truro and Falmouth Classification: Small Town
Tunbridge Wells Classification: Medium Town
Twickenham Classification: Core City (London)
Tynemouth Classification: Large Town
Uxbridge and South Ruislip Classification: Core City (London)
Vale of Clwyd Classification: Medium Town
Vale of Glamorgan Classification: Medium Town
Vauxhall Classification: Core City (London)
Wakefield Classification: Large Town
Wallasey Classification: Large Town
Walsall North Classification: Medium Town
Walsall South Classification: Large Town
Walthamstow Classification: Core City (London)
Wansbeck Classification: Small Town
Wantage Classification: Village or smaller
Warley Classification: Medium Town
Warrington North Classification: Large Town
Warrington South Classification: Large Town
Warwick and Leamington Classification: Medium Town
Washington and Sunderland West Classification: Large Town
Watford Classification: Large Town
Waveney Classification: Large Town
Wealden Classification: Small Town
Weaver Vale Classification: Medium Town
Wellingborough Classification: Medium Town
Wells Classification: Small Town
Welwyn Hatfield Classification: Medium Town
Wentworth and Dearne Classification: Medium Town
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine Classification: Village or smaller
West Bromwich East Classification: Large Town
West Bromwich West Classification: Medium Town
West Dorset Classification: Village or smaller
West Dunbartonshire Classification: Village or smaller
West Ham Classification: Core City (London)
West Lancashire Classification: Medium Town
West Suffolk Classification: Village or smaller
West Worcestershire Classification: Village or smaller
Westminster North Classification: Core City (London)
Westmorland and Lonsdale Classification: Village or smaller
Weston-Super-Mare Classification: Large Town
Wigan Classification: Large Town
Wimbledon Classification: Core City (London)
Winchester Classification: Medium Town
Windsor Classification: Medium Town
Wirral South Classification: Medium Town
Wirral West Classification: Large Town
Witham Classification: Village or smaller
Witney Classification: Village or smaller
Woking Classification: Large Town
Wokingham Classification: Medium Town
Wolverhampton North East Classification: Other City
Wolverhampton South East Classification: Other City
Wolverhampton South West Classification: Other City
Worcester Classification: Large Town
Workington Classification: Small Town
Worsley and Eccles South Classification: Small Town
Worthing West Classification: Large Town
Wrexham Classification: Large Town
Wycombe Classification: Large Town
Wyre Forest Classification: Medium Town
Wyre and Preston North Classification: Village or smaller
Wythenshawe and Sale East Classification: Large Town
Yeovil Classification: Medium Town
Ynys Môn Classification: Village or smaller
York Central Classification: Large Town
York Outer Classification: Large Town
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Notes
This classification isn’t intended to resolve long-standing disputes about which settlements deserve to be called ‘cities’, ‘towns’, or ‘villages’. In fact, it takes no account of the ceremonial definition of ‘city’, using the term only as a way to identify larger settlements. For instance, St Albans is identified as a ‘large town’ here because its population is 86,000 – even though it has city status. Luton, on the other hand, doesn’t have city status, but is classified here as an ‘Other City’ because its population is 225,000.
The precise division between ‘large’, ‘medium’ and ‘small’ towns is, to a large extent, subjective. The distinctions used here aim to provide a useful distribution of settlements across six categories for the purposes of analysis at constituency and local authority level.
The House of Commons Library only classified constituencies within Great Britain so Northern Ireland is left blank.