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19 hours ago · City of London (1298–1950), Westminster Abbey, Westminster St George's. Cities of London and Westminster (known as City of London and Westminster South from 1974 to 1997) is a constituency [note 1] returning a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Parliament. As with all constituencies, the election is ...
19 hours ago · Macclesfield was created as a two-member parliamentary borough by the Reform Act 1832. This continued until 1880 when, after problems at the general election that year, it was decided to declare the election void and suspend the writ of election (so no by-election could take place). In September 1880 a Royal Commission was appointed to ...
19 hours ago · The single seat of Preston formed from 1918 until 1949 was created by the County Borough of Preston and Urban District of Fulwood. From the general election of 1950 to the 1983 Preston was divided into the constituencies of Preston North and Preston South. In time for the 1983 general election, the boundaries on which the current seat is drawn ...
19 hours ago · Stroud (UK Parliament constituency) Stroud is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It is held by Siobhan Baillie of the Conservative Party. [2] [3] Formerly a safe Conservative seat, Stroud has been a marginal seat since 1997, changing hands four times in seven elections (in 1997, 2010, 2017 and 2019).
19 hours ago · Richmond (Yorks) was a constituency [note 1] in North Yorkshire in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented from 1910 by members of the Conservative Party. The last MP for Richmond was Rishi Sunak, the former Prime Minister and Conservative leader from 2022 to 2024. [note 2] [2]
19 hours ago · Blackburn is a constituency in Lancashire, England, which is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by independent politician Adnan Hussain.From 2015 to 2024 it was represented by Kate Hollern of the Labour Party and, from 1979 to 2015, by Jack Straw who served under the Labour leaders of Neil Kinnock and John Smith and the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
19 hours ago · Dewsbury (UK Parliament constituency) Dewsbury was a constituency [n 1] created in 1868 and abolished in 2024. [n 2] After 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished and replaced by newly created Dewsbury and Batley constituency (with major boundary changes). [2]
