The Reform Act 1867 led, the following year, to the county's redistribution into three, two member, county divisions.

In Norfolk the three, two member, county divisions were changed to six single member seats.

The county division was a considerably larger constituency than the borough one had been.

First past the post was also used for the county division.

The county division into which the town was placed, however, was named after the town.

It has 64 county councillors, one elected for each county division.

Qualified freeholders from those boroughs could vote in the county division.

A few weeks later the same two sides met in the county division four hurling final at Cappoquin.

The name was transferred to a new county division of Hampshire.

Where suburban areas had a sufficiently large population and distinct identity they might form a county division rather than be included in the borough.