Spen Valley

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former UK parliamentary constituency

Spen Valley was a former UK parliamentary constituency in West Yorkshire, England, known for its early 20th-century political significance.

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Label Occurrences
Spen Valley canonical 5

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
abolished 1950 ⓘ
abolitionReason Representation of the People Acts ⓘ
surface form: Representation of the People Act 1948
boundaryChange Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ⓘ
constituencyType county constituency ⓘ
containedTown Birkenshaw ⓘ
Cleckheaton ⓘ
Gomersal ⓘ
Heckmondwike ⓘ
Liversedge ⓘ
Wyke ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1885 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
historicCounty West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
knownFor closely contested elections ⓘ
early 20th-century political significance ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
namedAfter River Spen ⓘ
surface form: River Spen valley
notableElection 1919 Spen Valley by-election ⓘ
notableMP Sir John Simon ⓘ
Tom Myers ⓘ
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
predecessor West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
surface form: Eastern West Riding of Yorkshire

West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
surface form: Southern West Riding of Yorkshire
region Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
replacedBy Batley and Morley ⓘ
Cleckheaton ⓘ
Dewsbury ⓘ
representedInParliamentFrom 1885 ⓘ
representedInParliamentUntil 1950 ⓘ

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

Sir John Simon → representedInParliament → Spen Valley ⓘ
River Spen → locatedIn → Spen Valley ⓘ
River Spen → flowsThrough → Spen Valley ⓘ
River Spen → hasValley → Spen Valley ⓘ
Batley and Spen → containsArea → Spen Valley ⓘ