Birmingham Edgbaston

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Birmingham Edgbaston is a long-established UK parliamentary constituency in the city of Birmingham, historically notable for being represented by prominent politicians such as Neville Chamberlain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
boundaryChanges experienced multiple boundary revisions in the 20th century ⓘ
category Parliamentary constituencies in Birmingham, West Midlands ⓘ
contains Edgbaston ⓘ
parts of Bartley Green ⓘ
parts of Harborne ⓘ
parts of Quinton ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1885 ⓘ
createdBy Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ⓘ
electoralAreaType parliamentary constituency ⓘ
electorate urban and suburban electorate ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
hasRepresentationSince 1885 ⓘ
hasVoters registered parliamentary electors in part of Birmingham ⓘ
historicRepresentation Dame Jill Knight ⓘ
Gisela Stuart ⓘ
Jesse Norman (note: different constituency; do not use as fact) ⓘ
Neville Chamberlain ⓘ
Preet Kaur Gill ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
England ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
mapEntity Birmingham ⓘ
namedAfter Edgbaston ⓘ
notableFor being represented by Neville Chamberlain before he became Prime Minister ⓘ
long period of Conservative representation in the 20th century ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
predecessor Birmingham (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham West
region West Midlands (European Parliament constituency, pre-Brexit) ⓘ
linked to: West Midlands
representation one MP in each Parliament since 1885 ⓘ
representationType single-member constituency ⓘ
status active constituency (as of the 2020s) ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

Birmingham Ladywood → borderedBy → Birmingham Edgbaston ⓘ
Gisela Stuart → constituencyRepresented → Birmingham Edgbaston ⓘ
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England → representedInParliamentBy → Birmingham Edgbaston constituency ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham West → successor → Birmingham Edgbaston ⓘ
Dame Jill Knight → workLocation → Birmingham Edgbaston constituency ⓘ
linked to: Birmingham Edgbaston
Preet Kaur Gill → constituencyRepresented → Birmingham Edgbaston ⓘ
Gisela Gschaider → constituencyRepresented → Birmingham Edgbaston ⓘ