Penrith and The Border

E602627

UK parliamentary constituency

Penrith and The Border is a largely rural UK parliamentary constituency in Cumbria, covering market towns and extensive countryside near the English-Scottish border.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
adjacentTo	Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ Hexham (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ Westmorland and Lonsdale (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ Workington (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
administrativeArea	Cumberland unitary authority NERFINISHED ⓘ Westmorland and Furness unitary authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
border	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Alston NERFINISHED ⓘ Appleby-in-Westmorland NERFINISHED ⓘ Brampton NERFINISHED ⓘ Eden Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kirkby Stephen NERFINISHED ⓘ Longtown NERFINISHED ⓘ Penrith NERFINISHED ⓘ extensive countryside ⓘ market towns ⓘ parts of the Lake District ⓘ rural villages and hamlets ⓘ sections of Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site ⓘ sections of the A66 road ⓘ sections of the A69 road ⓘ sections of the M6 motorway ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
countyType	county constituency ⓘ
created	1950 ⓘ
electoralCommissionClassification	rural constituency ⓘ
electoralSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects	one Member of Parliament ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	agricultural economy ⓘ largely rural ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ tourism-related activity ⓘ
hasElectorate	approximately 60,000–70,000 voters ⓘ
locatedIn	Cumbria ⓘ England ⓘ
partOf	House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Penrith (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
previousMP	David Maclean NERFINISHED ⓘ Rory Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ William Whitelaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	North West England ⓘ
representedByParty	Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Workington (UK Parliament constituency) → borderingConstituency → Penrith and The Border ⓘ

this entity surface form: Penrith and The Border (UK Parliament constituency)

Lazonby → constituencyWestminster → Penrith and The Border ⓘ

Kirkoswald → hasConstituency → Penrith and The Border ⓘ

Alston → parliamentaryConstituency → Penrith and The Border ⓘ

Appleby-in-Westmorland → parliamentaryConstituency → Penrith and The Border ⓘ

Culgaith → parliamentaryConstituency → Penrith and The Border ⓘ

Kirkby Thore → parliamentaryConstituency → Penrith and The Border ⓘ

Temple Sowerby → parliamentaryConstituency → Penrith and The Border ⓘ