Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency)

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Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established parliamentary seat in Kent, England, represented in the House of Commons and centred on the town of Sevenoaks and its surrounding area.

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Label Occurrences
Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
administrativeDistrict Sevenoaks District ⓘ
linked to: Sevenoaks
borderingConstituency Dartford (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Maidstone and The Weald (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Tonbridge (historical UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Tonbridge and Malling (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Tunbridge Wells (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
boundaryChanges implemented at most general elections since 1885 ⓘ
classification largely rural and suburban ⓘ
containsTown Edenbridge ⓘ
Sevenoaks ⓘ
Swanley ⓘ
Westerham ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ⓘ
creationYear 1885 ⓘ
distanceToLondon approximately 21 miles south-east of central London ⓘ
earlierRepresentation area previously part of Mid Kent (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
area previously part of West Kent (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
electorateCharacteristic largely commuter belt for London ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
governingLocalAuthority Sevenoaks District Council ⓘ
hasConsistentlyElected Conservative MPs ⓘ
hasElection 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2015 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2017 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
2019 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
hasMP Laura Trott ⓘ
hasRailLinksTo London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
historicCounty Kent ⓘ
includesPartOf Metropolitan Green Belt ⓘ
North Downs ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
MPStartYear 2019 ⓘ
namedAfter Sevenoaks ⓘ
partyOfMP Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
previousMP Michael Fallon ⓘ
previousMPEndYear 2019 ⓘ
previousMPParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
previousMPStartYear 1997 ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
representedIn Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
safeSeatFor Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Orpington (UK Parliament constituency) → previousConstituency → Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Brasted → parliamentaryConstituency → Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Dartford (UK Parliament constituency) → borderedBy → Sevenoaks (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ