The market town of Bishop's Castle became a parliamentary borough in 1584 and was a constituency of the House of Commons of England until 1707, of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
Bishop's Castle, a market town, was represented in Parliament for centuries, first as part of England's House of Commons (until 1707), then Great Britain's House of Commons (from 1707 to 1800), and finally the United Kingdom's House of Commons (from 1801 to 1832).