Westminster parliamentary constituency

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A Westminster parliamentary constituency is a geographic electoral area in the United Kingdom that elects a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.

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Observed surface forms (7)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district
political division
appliesToJurisdiction England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
ballotType secret ballot
country United Kingdom
defines electorate for one MP seat
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
elects Member of Parliament
electsToBody House of Commons NERFINISHED
excludes members of the House of Lords as voters
excludesFromVoting most convicted prisoners
governingLaw Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation UK parliamentary constituency
hasAlternativeName UK parliamentary constituency
Westminster constituency NERFINISHED
hasBoundaryReview periodic boundary review
hasBoundaryType geographic area
hasElectionAdministration local returning officer
hasElectionCycle at least every five years
hasElectoralRegister parliamentary electoral register
hasHistoricalPrecursor borough constituency
county constituency
hasLanguageOfTerm English
hasLegalStatus statutory constituency
hasRepresentationIn Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasRepresentativeTitle Member of Parliament
hasVoters registered electors
isDefinedBy Boundary Commissions NERFINISHED
legislativeChamberRepresented House of Commons NERFINISHED
numberOfMembersElected 1
partOf UK parliamentary system
purpose representation in national legislature
relatedTo devolved legislature constituencies
local government wards
subclassOf parliamentary constituency
single-member constituency
usedFor by-elections
general elections
usedSince 19th century
votingEligibility adult British citizens resident in the UK
citizens of the Republic of Ireland resident in the UK
qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK
winnerDetermination candidate with most votes

Referenced by (15)

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

Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies appliesTo Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Westminster constituencies
Hemsworth constituencyType Westminster parliamentary constituency
subject surface form: Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Westminster constituency
Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency) electoralCategory Westminster parliamentary constituency
Halton constituency electoralCategory Westminster parliamentary constituency
subject surface form: Halton (UK Parliament constituency)
Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) electoralCommissionCategory Westminster parliamentary constituency
Richmond Park constituency electoralType Westminster parliamentary constituency
subject surface form: Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Westminster constituency
Cambridgeshire constituencies hasConstituency Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Newnham, Cambridge hasConstituency Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) isPartOf Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: UK Westminster constituencies
Wansbeck isPartOf Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Westminster constituencies in North East England
North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency) isPartOfSystem Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Westminster constituencies
Gower mapsTo Westminster parliamentary constituency
subject surface form: Gower (UK Parliament constituency)
Banbury constituency parliamentaryTermType Westminster parliamentary constituency
subject surface form: Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)
this entity surface form: Westminster constituency
Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency) partOf Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Westminster constituencies in England
Maida Vale ward partOfConstituency Westminster parliamentary constituency
this entity surface form: Westminster parliamentary constituencies