Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)

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Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in West Yorkshire, represented in the House of Commons and centered on the town of Halifax within the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
administrativeCounty historic West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
byElectionsPossible yes ⓘ
centeredOn Halifax, West Yorkshire ⓘ
classification UK borough constituency ⓘ
constituencyType borough constituency ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1918 ⓘ
currentCounty West Yorkshire ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
electorateType county and borough residents eligible to vote ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts ⓘ
governmentalFunction representation of Halifax area in UK Parliament ⓘ
hasBoundaryChanges periodic boundary reviews by Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
hasElections UK general elections ⓘ
hasElectorate registered parliamentary electors of Halifax area ⓘ
hasParliamentaryRepresentationSince 1918 ⓘ
hasTown Halifax, West Yorkshire ⓘ
isNamedAfter Halifax, West Yorkshire ⓘ
isPartOfSovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
jurisdiction England ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale ⓘ
West Yorkshire ⓘ
mapsToLocalAuthority Calderdale Council area ⓘ
parliamentarySeat House of Commons seat ⓘ
partOf Yorkshire and the Humber European Parliament constituency (former) ⓘ
predecessor Halifax (UK Parliament borough) ⓘ
region Yorkshire and the Humber ⓘ
representationType single-member constituency ⓘ
representedIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
returnsToParliament one MP ⓘ
usesTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
Greenwich Mean Time ⓘ
votingEligibility UK, Irish and qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident and registered in the constituency ⓘ

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

Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Halifax (UK Parliament constituency) → predecessor → Halifax (UK Parliament borough) ⓘ
linked to: Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)
Calder Valley → borderedBy → Halifax constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Calder Valley constituency
linked to: Halifax (UK Parliament constituency)