Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

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Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in West Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons and centered on the town of Halifax within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
administrativeCounty West Riding of Yorkshire
surface form: historic West Riding of Yorkshire
byElectionsPossible yes
centeredOn Halifax, West Yorkshire
classification UK borough constituency
constituencyType borough constituency
country United Kingdom
created 1918
currentCounty West Yorkshire
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
electorateType county and borough residents eligible to vote
elects Member of Parliament
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts
governmentalFunction representation of Halifax area in UK Parliament
hasBoundaryChanges periodic boundary reviews by Boundary Commission for England
hasElections UK general elections
hasElectorate registered parliamentary electors of Halifax area
hasParliamentaryRepresentationSince 1918
hasTown Halifax, West Yorkshire
isNamedAfter Halifax, West Yorkshire
isPartOfSovereignState United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
jurisdiction England
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
locatedIn Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
West Yorkshire
mapsToLocalAuthority Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
surface form: Calderdale Council area
parliamentarySeat House of Commons seat
partOf Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency (former)
predecessor Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Halifax (UK Parliament borough)
region Yorkshire and the Humber
representationType single-member constituency
representedIn British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
returnsToParliament one MP
usesTimeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
votingEligibility UK, Irish and qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident and registered in the constituency

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Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale hasParliamentaryConstituency Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) predecessor Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Halifax (UK Parliament borough)
Calder Valley constituency borderedBy Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
subject surface form: Calder Valley
this entity surface form: Halifax constituency