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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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)