Battersea (UK Parliament constituency)

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Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in inner south-west London, historically a Labour stronghold covering areas such as Battersea, Clapham Junction, and parts of Wandsworth.

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Label Occurrences
Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
abolished 1918 ⓘ
boundaryChanges implemented in 1983 ⓘ
periodically reviewed by the Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
category Parliamentary constituencies in London ⓘ
Politics of the London Borough of Wandsworth ⓘ
containsArea Battersea Park ⓘ
Clapham Junction town centre ⓘ
linked to: Clapham

Nine Elms ⓘ
parts of Clapham ⓘ
parts of Wandsworth Town ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1885 ⓘ
electionSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateCharacteristic includes significant social housing ⓘ
inner-city ⓘ
socially mixed ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
firstElectionAsConstituency 1885 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
hasLandmark Battersea Arts Centre ⓘ
Battersea Power Station ⓘ
Clapham Junction railway station ⓘ
hasLocalAuthority Wandsworth London Borough Council ⓘ
hasMP Marsha de Cordova ⓘ
historicalPartyDominance Labour Party ⓘ
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
knownFor gentrification in parts of the seat ⓘ
historically strong Labour vote in many wards ⓘ
locatedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

London Borough of Wandsworth ⓘ
MPParty Labour Party ⓘ
linked to: Labour Party (UK)
MPStartYear 2017 ⓘ
partOf House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
previousMP Jane Ellison ⓘ
previousMPEndYear 2017 ⓘ
previousMPParty Conservative Party ⓘ
previousMPStartYear 2010 ⓘ
recreated 1983 ⓘ
recreatedForElection 1983 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
region Inner London ⓘ
representedBy Marsha de Cordova ⓘ
represents Battersea ⓘ
Clapham Junction ⓘ
parts of Wandsworth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Battersea → parliamentaryConstituency → Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
London Borough of Wandsworth → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency) → adjacentTo → Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: Vauxhall
Vauxhall (UK Parliament constituency) → borderedBy → Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Battersea → constituencyWestminster → Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: Battersea, London, England