Birmingham Edgbaston

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Birmingham Edgbaston is a long-established UK parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, historically notable for being represented by prominent politicians such as Neville Chamberlain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
boundaryChanges experienced multiple boundary revisions in the 20th century
category Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands
contains Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
surface form: Edgbaston

parts of Bartley Green
parts of Harborne
parts of Quinton
country United Kingdom
created 1885
createdBy Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
electoralAreaType parliamentary constituency
electorate urban and suburban electorate
electorateType borough constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
governmentalJurisdiction British Parliament
surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
hasRepresentationSince 1885
hasVoters registered parliamentary electors in part of Birmingham
historicRepresentation Dame Jill Knight
Gisela Stuart
Jesse Norman (note: different constituency; do not use as fact)
Neville Chamberlain
Preet Kaur Gill
languageOfOfficialName English
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
locatedIn Birmingham
England
West Midlands
mapEntity Birmingham
namedAfter Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
surface form: Edgbaston
notableFor being represented by Neville Chamberlain before he became Prime Minister
long period of Conservative representation in the 20th century
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
predecessor Birmingham West
surface form: Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency)
region West Midlands
surface form: West Midlands (European Parliament constituency, pre-Brexit)
representation one MP in each Parliament since 1885
representationType single-member constituency
status active constituency (as of the 2020s)
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Birmingham Ladywood borderedBy Birmingham Edgbaston
Gisela Stuart constituencyRepresented Birmingham Edgbaston
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England representedInParliamentBy Birmingham Edgbaston
this entity surface form: Birmingham Edgbaston constituency