Westminster parliamentary constituency

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A Westminster parliamentary constituency is a geographic electoral area in the United Kingdom that elects a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electoral district ⓘ
political division ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
ballotType secret ballot ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
defines electorate for one MP seat ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
electsToBody House of Commons ⓘ
excludes members of the House of Lords as voters ⓘ
excludesFromVoting most convicted prisoners ⓘ
governingLaw Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Parliament
hasAbbreviation UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
hasAlternativeName UK parliamentary constituency ⓘ
Westminster constituency ⓘ
hasBoundaryReview periodic boundary review ⓘ
hasBoundaryType geographic area ⓘ
hasElectionAdministration local returning officer ⓘ
hasElectionCycle at least every five years ⓘ
hasElectoralRegister parliamentary electoral register ⓘ
hasHistoricalPrecursor borough constituency ⓘ
county constituency ⓘ
hasLanguageOfTerm English ⓘ
hasLegalStatus statutory constituency ⓘ
hasRepresentationIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
hasRepresentativeTitle Member of Parliament ⓘ
hasVoters registered electors ⓘ
isDefinedBy Boundary Commissions ⓘ
legislativeChamberRepresented House of Commons ⓘ
numberOfMembersElected 1 ⓘ
partOf UK parliamentary system ⓘ
purpose representation in national legislature ⓘ
relatedTo devolved legislature constituencies ⓘ
local government wards ⓘ
subclassOf parliamentary constituency ⓘ
single-member constituency ⓘ
usedFor by-elections ⓘ
general elections ⓘ
usedSince 19th century ⓘ
votingEligibility adult British citizens resident in the UK ⓘ
citizens of the Republic of Ireland resident in the UK ⓘ
qualifying Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK ⓘ
winnerDetermination candidate with most votes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) → electoralCommissionCategory → Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
Banbury (UK Parliament constituency) → parliamentaryTermType → Westminster constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Banbury constituency
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Newnham, Cambridge → hasConstituency → Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Richmond Park (UK Parliament constituency) → electoralType → Westminster constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Richmond Park constituency
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Wansbeck → isPartOf → Westminster constituencies in North East England ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → appliesTo → Westminster constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency) → partOf → Westminster constituencies in England ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Isle of Wight (UK Parliament constituency) → isPartOf → UK Westminster constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Beckenham (UK Parliament constituency) → electoralCategory → Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
Cambridgeshire constituencies → hasConstituency → Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
North Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency) → isPartOfSystem → Westminster constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Halton (UK Parliament constituency) → electoralCategory → Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Halton constituency
Hemsworth (UK Parliament constituency) → constituencyType → Westminster constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Hemsworth
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Maida Vale ward → partOfConstituency → Westminster parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Gower (UK Parliament constituency) → mapsTo → Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Gower
Witham (UK Parliament constituency) → constituencyType → Westminster constituency ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Ashfield (UK Parliament constituency) → hasElectoralCategory → Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
Westminster parliamentary constituency → hasAlternativeName → Westminster constituency ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency) → mapsTo → Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
South Northamptonshire → isPartOf → Westminster constituencies of England ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
South Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency) → electoralCategory → Westminster constituency ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Hampstead and Highgate → mapEntity → House of Commons constituency ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Bristol South → isPartOf → UK Westminster constituencies ⓘ
subject linked to: Bristol South constituency
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
MP for Tonbridge and Malling → hasConstituencyType → Westminster constituency ⓘ
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency
Delyn (UK Parliament constituency) → electoralCategory → Westminster constituency ⓘ
subject linked to: Delyn constituency
linked to: Westminster parliamentary constituency