Sittingbourne and Sheppey

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Sittingbourne and Sheppey is a UK parliamentary constituency in Kent that covers the town of Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey.

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Label Occurrences
Sittingbourne and Sheppey canonical 3
Sheppey and Sheerness area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
Westminster constituency
administrativeBorough Swale district
surface form: Swale Borough
borderingConstituency Canterbury
Faversham and Mid Kent
Gillingham and Rainham
North Thanet
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England
containsBridge Sheppey Crossing
containsHistoricBridge Kingsferry Bridge
containsIndustrialArea Sittingbourne industrial estates
containsIsland Isle of Sheppey
containsSettlement Halfway Houses
Iwade
Kemsley
Minster-on-Sea
Newington
Queenborough
Sheerness
Teynham
containsTown Sittingbourne
containsTransportLink A249 road
Sheerness Line
country United Kingdom
covers Isle of Sheppey
Sittingbourne
createdFrom Faversham
Gillingham
creationYear 1997
district The Swale
surface form: Swale
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateSize approximately 80,000–90,000 electors
elects one Member of Parliament
electsTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
hasCoastline true
hasPort Sheerness
locatedIn England
Kent
MP Gordon Henderson
MPParty Conservative Party (UK)
MPStartYear 2010
parliamentaryCounty Kent
previousMP Derek Wyatt
previousMPEndYear 2010
previousMPParty Labour Party (UK)
previousMPStartYear 1997
region South East England
representedByParty Conservative Party (UK)

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Sittingbourne constituency Sittingbourne and Sheppey
South Thanet borderedBy Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England parliamentaryConstituency Sittingbourne and Sheppey
subject surface form: Eastchurch
Sittingbourne railway station serves Sittingbourne and Sheppey
this entity surface form: Sheppey and Sheerness area