Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral area in Kent, England, represented in the UK House of Commons and centered on the historic cathedral city of Canterbury.

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Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency) canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
boundaryChanges multiple boundary reviews ⓘ
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1295 ⓘ
Parliamentary constituencies in Kent ⓘ
centeredOn Canterbury ⓘ
contains Canterbury ⓘ
Whitstable ⓘ
surrounding villages ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Kent ⓘ
created 1295 ⓘ
electoralCycle general elections and by-elections as required ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateType borough constituency ⓘ
elects one Member of Parliament ⓘ
governingLaw UK electoral law ⓘ
hasCharacteristic long-established constituency ⓘ
hasElectorate registered parliamentary voters in the area ⓘ
hasFeature historic cathedral city at its core ⓘ
hasRole elects MP to represent local interests at Westminster ⓘ
historicCenter Canterbury Cathedral city ⓘ
historicStatus continuously represented with some interruptions ⓘ
includesArea coastal communities near Whitstable ⓘ
rural parts of Kent around Canterbury ⓘ
isOneOf oldest UK Parliament constituencies ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
language English (administrative use) ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
South East England ⓘ
mainSettlement Canterbury ⓘ
Whitstable ⓘ
mapsTo local government districts around Canterbury ⓘ
notableFor association with historic city of Canterbury ⓘ
numberOfMPsHistorically two MPs (before 1885) ⓘ
numberOfMPsSince1885 one MP ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partOf UK parliamentary constituencies in Kent ⓘ
previousType parliamentary borough ⓘ
region South East England European Parliament constituency (former) ⓘ
representationBegan Model Parliament era ⓘ
representedBy Member of Parliament for Canterbury ⓘ
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
reviewedBy Boundary Commission for England ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Folkestone and Hythe → borderedBy → Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Bishopsbourne → withinParliamentaryConstituency → Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ