Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in Lancashire, England, represented in the House of Commons and centered on the market town of Chorley and its surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
abolished 1918
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England
category Parliamentary constituencies in North West England
Politics of Chorley
Westminster parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire
contains Chorley
country United Kingdom
county Lancashire
created 1885
currentMemberOfParliament Lindsay Hoyle
currentMPParty Labour Party (UK)
currentMPPosition Speaker of the House of Commons
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
electorate registered parliamentary voters in the area
electorateIncludes market town of Chorley
surrounding rural areas of Chorley
electorateType borough constituency
elects Member of Parliament
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts
hasElections United Kingdom general elections
surface form: UK general elections
hasRepresentation one MP
includesWard Adlington
surface form: Adlington and Anderton

Chorley
surface form: Chorley North East

Chorley
surface form: Chorley North West

Chorley
surface form: Chorley South East

Chorley
surface form: Chorley South West

Clayton-le-Woods
Euxton
Rivington
surface form: Heath Charnock and Rivington

Wheelton and Withnell
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lancashire
locatedInCountry England
mapFeature constituency boundaries around Chorley
MPSince 1997
namedAfter Chorley
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf Lancashire constituencies
previousConstituency South East Lancashire
Westhoughton
recreated 1950
region North West England
representationBegins 1885
representationResumed 1950

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Chorley parliamentaryConstituency Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)
South Ribble borough hasParliamentaryConstituency Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)
Croston partOf Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Chorley constituency