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The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries ( England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland ), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality ( first past the post) voting system, ordinarily every five years.
Penrith and Solway (UK Parliament constituency) Penrith and Solway is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election. [2]
South West Surrey is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2] Since 2005, the seat has been represented by Conservative MP Jeremy Hunt, the current chancellor of the Exchequer and the former Culture Secretary, Health Secretary and Foreign Secretary . Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic ...
The politics of the United Kingdom functions within a constitutional monarchy where executive power is delegated by legislation and social conventions to a unitary parliamentary democracy. From this a hereditary monarch, currently King Charles III, serves as head of state while the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, currently Rishi Sunak ...
The House of Lords [a] is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. [5] Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. [6] One of the oldest institutions in the world, its origins lie in the early 11th century and the emergence of bicameralism in the 13th century.
2010. Member of Parliament. George Howarth ( Labour) Seats. One. Created from. Knowsley South, Knowsley North and Sefton East. Knowsley is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by George Howarth of the Labour Party. [n 2]
Borough constituency. Created from. Lancashire. Rochdale is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by George Galloway. Galloway is the leader of the Workers Party of Britain, and was elected at the 2024 by-election. Rochdale has elected one Member of Parliament (MP) since its creation in 1832.
East Devon. East Devon is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Simon Jupp of the Conservative Party. [n 2] A report by the Electoral Reform Society found the seat (and its precursors) has been held by the Conservative Party since 1835, meaning it has been held for 186 years.