Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in Wales that elects one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
Westminster parliamentary constituency in Wales
borderingCountry England
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for Wales
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
containsArea Severnside area near the Severn Bridge
Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
surface form: Wye Valley

parts of the Brecon Beacons foothills
country United Kingdom
county Monmouthshire
created 1918
electoralSystemType single-member constituency
electorate over 60,000 registered voters (approximate, varies by election)
electorateType borough and county constituency (mixed urban and rural)
elects one Member of Parliament
hasByElections UK parliamentary by-elections (when vacancies occur)
hasCharacteristic commuter belt for Newport, Cardiff and Bristol
largely rural with market towns
hasElections UK general elections
hasLanguage English
Welsh
hasRepresentation Member of Parliament for Monmouth
isDistinctFrom Monmouth (Senedd constituency)
historic Monmouth Boroughs constituency
isPartOf South Wales East political region (broadly)
jurisdiction England and Wales legal jurisdiction
legislature House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
locatedIn Wales
mainTown Abergavenny
Chepstow
Monmouth
mapsTo areas of Monmouthshire principal area (local authority)
numberOfMPsReturned 1
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
previousConstituency Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)
region Wales
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
votingSystem first past the post

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Monmouth hasParliamentaryConstituency Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency) previousConstituency Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)
Monmouth (Senedd constituency) hasSameBoundariesAs Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
Monmouth, Wales parliamentaryConstituency Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)