Guildford constituency

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Guildford constituency is a UK parliamentary seat in Surrey that elects a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
abolished 1868 ⓘ
boundaryChanges implemented by periodic reviews of the Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
boundaryReviewAuthority Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
category Parliamentary constituencies in South East England ⓘ
Politics of Surrey ⓘ
classification Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
constituencyType borough constituency ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1295 ⓘ
currentRepresentation one MP ⓘ
electoralCountLocation within the constituency’s local authority area ⓘ
electoralEvent UK general elections ⓘ
UK parliamentary by-elections ⓘ
electoralRegisterMaintainedBy local electoral registration officer for Guildford area ⓘ
electoralSystem plurality voting system ⓘ
electorateType first past the post ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
electsTo UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction United Kingdom central government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
hasElectorate registered parliamentary voters in the defined constituency area ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguageForProceedings English ⓘ
hasParliamentaryTermLength maximum five years between general elections ⓘ
hasRepresentation one Member of Parliament at each general election ⓘ
historicCounty Surrey ⓘ
includesArea Guildford town centre ⓘ
linked to: Guildford

parts of the Surrey Hills ⓘ
suburban areas around Guildford ⓘ
isPartOf Westminster constituencies in Surrey ⓘ
isSubjectTo UK general election timetable ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons ⓘ
locatedIn Surrey ⓘ
mainSettlement Guildford ⓘ
mapsToLocalGovernmentAreas parts of Guildford Borough ⓘ
parts of Waverley Borough (historically, depending on boundaries) ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
previousRepresentation two MPs (before 1868) ⓘ
recreated 1885 ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
representationBegan Model Parliament era ⓘ
representationUnitOf Surrey at Westminster ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
returns one MP to the House of Commons ⓘ
status active constituency ⓘ
votingEligibility UK, Irish and qualifying Commonwealth citizens aged 18 or over resident in the constituency ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Waverley → hasPoliticalRepresentation → Guildford constituency ⓘ
Effingham, Surrey, England → isPartOf → Guildford parliamentary constituency ⓘ
linked to: Guildford constituency
Mole Valley parliamentary constituency → border → Guildford parliamentary constituency ⓘ
linked to: Guildford constituency
Aldershot (UK Parliament constituency) → previousConstituency → Guildford (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Guildford constituency
Esher and Walton (UK Parliament constituency) → adjacentTo → Guildford (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Guildford constituency
Compton, Surrey → hasConstituency → Guildford (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Guildford constituency