Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral area represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, covering the city of Salisbury and surrounding parts of Wiltshire.

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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 1295 ⓘ
Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire ⓘ
contains rural areas around Salisbury ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Wiltshire ⓘ
covers Salisbury ⓘ
created 1295 ⓘ
currentMemberOfParliament John Glen ⓘ
currentMPParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
currentMPStartYear 2010 ⓘ
electoralAreaFor general elections in the United Kingdom ⓘ
electorateType county constituency ⓘ
electorateUnit registered parliamentary electors ⓘ
electsHowOften at least every five years ⓘ
hasElectionEvent 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
hasElectoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
hasHistoricCounty Wiltshire ⓘ
hasHistoricRepresentation two MPs (before Reform Acts, as borough) ⓘ
hasMajorSettlement Amesbury ⓘ
Downton ⓘ
Laverstock ⓘ
Salisbury ⓘ
Wilton ⓘ
hasRepresentationSince Model Parliament of 1295 ⓘ
hasType single-member constituency ⓘ
hasVotingSystem plurality voting ⓘ
isPartOf South West England European Parliament constituency (pre-2020 context) ⓘ
languageOfOfficialMaterials English ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Wiltshire ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
mapsToLocalAuthority Wiltshire Council ⓘ
numberOfMPsReturned 1 ⓘ
parliament UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament
predecessor Salisbury (parliamentary borough) ⓘ
previousConstituency Salisbury (borough constituency) ⓘ
reformedBy Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ⓘ
Reform Act 1832 ⓘ
region England ⓘ
representedIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
usedFor election of Member of Parliament ⓘ

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

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England → parliamentaryConstituency → Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Wiltshire → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Amesbury → constituency → Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) → previousConstituency → Salisbury (borough constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) → predecessor → Salisbury (parliamentary borough) ⓘ
linked to: Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Alvediston → parliamentaryConstituency → Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: Alvediston, Wiltshire, England
Bemerton → withinParliamentaryConstituency → Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Laverstock, Wiltshire, England → parliamentaryConstituency → Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
constituency of Wilton → successor → Salisbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ