Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)

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Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in Lancashire, England, represented in the House of Commons and centered on the market town of Chorley and its surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
abolished 1918 ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
category Parliamentary constituencies in North West England ⓘ
Politics of Chorley ⓘ
Westminster parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire ⓘ
contains Chorley ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Lancashire ⓘ
created 1885 ⓘ
currentMemberOfParliament Lindsay Hoyle ⓘ
currentMPParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
currentMPPosition Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
electorate registered parliamentary voters in the area ⓘ
electorateIncludes market town of Chorley ⓘ
surrounding rural areas of Chorley ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts ⓘ
hasElections UK general elections ⓘ
hasRepresentation one MP ⓘ
includesWard Adlington and Anderton ⓘ
linked to: Adlington

Chorley North East ⓘ
linked to: Chorley

Chorley North West ⓘ
linked to: Chorley

Chorley South East ⓘ
linked to: Chorley

Chorley South West ⓘ
linked to: Chorley

Clayton-le-Woods ⓘ
Euxton ⓘ
Heath Charnock and Rivington ⓘ
linked to: Rivington

Wheelton and Withnell ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Lancashire ⓘ
locatedInCountry England ⓘ
mapFeature constituency boundaries around Chorley ⓘ
MPSince 1997 ⓘ
namedAfter Chorley ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf Lancashire constituencies ⓘ
previousConstituency South East Lancashire ⓘ
Westhoughton ⓘ
recreated 1950 ⓘ
region North West England ⓘ
representationBegins 1885 ⓘ
representationResumed 1950 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Chorley → parliamentaryConstituency → Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
South Ribble borough → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Croston → partOf → Chorley constituency ⓘ
linked to: Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)
PR7 → constituency → Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
South East Lancashire → replacedBy → Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
South East Lancashire → hasSuccessor → Chorley (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Wheelton and Withnell → subdivisionOf → Chorley parliamentary constituency ⓘ
linked to: Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)