West Dorset
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West Dorset is a largely rural parliamentary constituency in the county of Dorset in South West England, encompassing market towns, villages, and part of the Jurassic Coast.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| West Dorset canonical | 7 |
| West Dorset (pre-2010 boundaries) | 1 |
| West Dorset area | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ |
| characteristic | largely rural constituency ⓘ |
| coastFeature | Jurassic Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
market towns
ⓘ
part of the Jurassic Coast ⓘ villages ⓘ |
| containsSettlement |
Abbotsbury
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Burton Bradstock NERFINISHED ⓘ Cerne Abbas NERFINISHED ⓘ Charmouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Chickerell (in some boundary periods) ⓘ Maiden Newton NERFINISHED ⓘ Puddletown NERFINISHED ⓘ Yetminster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTown |
Beaminster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bridport NERFINISHED ⓘ Crewkerne (historically in seat boundaries at times) NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorchester NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyme Regis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherborne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| county | Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| created | 1885 ⓘ |
| electorateCharacteristic |
includes market-town communities
ⓘ
predominantly rural voters ⓘ |
| electorateType | county constituency ⓘ |
| elects | one Member of Parliament ⓘ |
| hasBorderWith |
East Devon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ Somerton and Frome NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiverton and Honiton NERFINISHED ⓘ Yeovil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHistoricCounty | Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Dorset ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | South West England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
small-scale manufacturing and services ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| notableGeography |
English Channel coastline
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
chalk downland ⓘ rolling countryside ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTerm | constituency returns one MP per general election ⓘ |
| previousEntity | West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency before 1885 redistribution does not exist; created from earlier Dorset divisions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedIn | House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | part of a World Heritage Site (Jurassic Coast) ⓘ |
| usedFor | elections to the UK Parliament ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first past the post ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
West Dorset (pre-2010 boundaries)