Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral area in Suffolk, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
abolishedAsBorough 1885
administrativeCounty Suffolk NERFINISHED
boundaryChanges periodically by Boundary Commission for England
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk
classification County constituency
country United Kingdom
created 1918
currentMP Jo Churchill NERFINISHED
currentMPParty Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateIncludes Bury St Edmunds town NERFINISHED
Needham Market town NERFINISHED
Stowmarket town NERFINISHED
rural areas of central Suffolk
elects Member of Parliament
electsFrom Suffolk local government districts
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts NERFINISHED
hasBorderWith Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
South Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
South Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
Waveney Valley (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency) NERFINISHED
hasElectionCycle UK general elections NERFINISHED
hasHistoricType parliamentary borough
hasRepresentationIn UK Parliament NERFINISHED
historicCounty Suffolk NERFINISHED
isLongEstablished true
languageOfOfficialName English
locatedIn England
Suffolk
majorSettlement Bury St Edmunds NERFINISHED
Needham Market NERFINISHED
Stowmarket NERFINISHED
mapsToLocalAuthority Mid Suffolk District NERFINISHED
West Suffolk District NERFINISHED
namedAfter Bury St Edmunds NERFINISHED
numberOfMPsReturned 1
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
predecessor West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency, historical) NERFINISHED
previousExistenceAsBorough before 1885
recreatedAsCountyDivision 1918
region East of England
representedBySince Jo Churchill, 2015 NERFINISHED
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED

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Horringer hasConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
Bury St Edmunds parliamentaryConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
Stowmarket parliamentaryConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)