Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency)

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Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) is a Welsh parliamentary seat in the House of Commons, historically known as a Labour stronghold centered on former coal-mining communities in the south Wales Valleys.

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Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
category Parliamentary constituencies in Wales ⓘ
Westminster constituencies in Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
electorateType parliamentary constituency ⓘ
elects MP to the House of Commons ⓘ
Member of Parliament ⓘ
governmentalFunction elects representative to UK Parliament ⓘ
hasCharacteristic post-industrial communities ⓘ
working-class electorate ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
hasPoliticalTradition Labour Party dominance ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase coal mining ⓘ
isCentreOf former coal-mining communities ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
knownFor Labour Party stronghold ⓘ
coal-mining heritage ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons ⓘ
locatedIn Blaenau Gwent (principal area) ⓘ
linked to: Blaenau Gwent

South Wales Valleys ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
south Wales ⓘ
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
region Wales ⓘ
representedIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
uses parliamentary boundaries defined by UK legislation ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Abertillery → locatedInConstituency → Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Ebbw Vale → representedInParliament → Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
subject linked to: EBBW VALE
Blaenau Gwent (Senedd constituency) → sharesNameWith → Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Brynmawr bus station → locatedInConstituency → Blaenau Gwent (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ