House of Commons constituencies in England

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House of Commons constituencies in England are the geographically defined electoral areas that each elect one Member of Parliament to the UK House of Commons.

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Label Occurrences
House of Commons constituencies in England canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district ⓘ
parliamentary constituency ⓘ
administeredBy Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
country England ⓘ
electoralSystemType single-member plurality ⓘ
electorate registered parliamentary electors in England ⓘ
electorEligibility British citizens resident in the constituency ⓘ
citizens of the Republic of Ireland resident in the constituency ⓘ
qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident in the constituency ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
excludesFromElectorate members of the House of Lords ⓘ
most convicted prisoners ⓘ
governingLaw Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 ⓘ
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 ⓘ
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
hasElectoralRegister parliamentary electoral register ⓘ
hasFeature approximate equality of electorate size ⓘ
geographically defined boundaries ⓘ
one MP per constituency ⓘ
periodic boundary reviews ⓘ
hasOutcomeOfElection allocation of one seat in the House of Commons ⓘ
includes borough constituencies ⓘ
county constituencies ⓘ
rural constituencies ⓘ
urban constituencies ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
levelOfGovernment national ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
mapsTo polling districts and polling stations ⓘ
numberOfMembersElectedPerConstituency 1 ⓘ
oversightDuringElections Returning Officer for the constituency ⓘ
partOf constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
purpose representation of English population in the House of Commons ⓘ
regulatedBy Electoral Commission (oversight of elections) ⓘ
relatedTo local government boundaries in England ⓘ
representationType single-member constituency ⓘ
reviewCycleLength approximately every 8 years (post-2020 reforms) ⓘ
subdivisionOf United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
subjectTo periodic redistribution of seats ⓘ
usedFor by-elections to the House of Commons ⓘ
general elections to the House of Commons ⓘ
usedSince United Kingdom general election, 1801 ⓘ
voteCountingMethod manual count at constituency level ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

Boundary Commission for England → appliesTo → House of Commons constituencies in England ⓘ
Surrey parliamentary constituencies → partOf → House of Commons constituencies in England ⓘ