Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency)

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Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral area in Berkshire, England, represented in the UK House of Commons and centered on the town of Wokingham and its surrounding communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1950 ⓘ
Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire ⓘ
centralTown Wokingham ⓘ
contains Earley ⓘ
Finchampstead ⓘ
Sonning ⓘ
Twyford ⓘ
Wokingham ⓘ
Woodley ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1950 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorate approximately 70,000–80,000 voters ⓘ
electsHowMany one Member of Parliament ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction United Kingdom central government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
hasByElections possible when seat becomes vacant ⓘ
hasElections UK general elections ⓘ
hasLocalAuthorityOverlap Reading Borough Council (for some wards in certain periods) ⓘ
Wokingham Borough Council ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Earley ⓘ
Finchampstead ⓘ
Sonning ⓘ
Twyford ⓘ
Wokingham ⓘ
Woodley ⓘ
hasPostalArea RG (Reading postcode area) ⓘ
hasRepresentationLevel national ⓘ
hasVoterEligibility adult British, Irish and qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident in the constituency ⓘ
isElectoralAreaFor House of Commons elections ⓘ
isLongEstablished true ⓘ
isPartOf Wokingham Borough (in large part) ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Berkshire ⓘ
locatedInCountry England ⓘ
locatedInHistoricCounty Berkshire ⓘ
mapEntity United Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter Wokingham ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
predecessor Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency, 1885–1918) ⓘ
previousConstituency Thames Valley (for some areas before 1997 boundary changes) ⓘ
linked to: Thames Valley
region South East England ⓘ
representationType single-member constituency ⓘ
representedInParliamentSince 1950 ⓘ
surroundingCommunitiesIncluded suburban and semi-rural communities around Wokingham ⓘ
type County constituency ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Wokingham → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) → previousConstituency → Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Maidenhead (UK Parliament constituency) → borderingConstituency → Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) → predecessor → Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency, 1885–1918) ⓘ
linked to: Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Finchampstead → hasConstituency → Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Bracknell (UK Parliament constituency) → previouslyPartOf → Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency) → succeededBy → Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ