Old Bexley and Sidcup

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Old Bexley and Sidcup is a UK parliamentary constituency in southeast London, historically represented by prominent Conservative politicians.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Old Bexley and Sidcup canonical 6
Old Bexley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK parliamentary constituency
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England
containsArea Blackfen
Old Bexley and Sidcup self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Bexley

Sidcup
Welling
country United Kingdom
created 1983
electoralCategory House of Commons constituency in London
electoralCommissionOversight Electoral Commission (oversight of elections)
surface form: Electoral Commission (UK)
electoralSystem first past the post
electorate around 60,000–70,000 voters
electorateType borough constituency
elects one Member of Parliament
governingCouncil London Borough of Bexley
surface form: Bexley London Borough Council
hasByElection 2021 Old Bexley and Sidcup by-election
hasCharacteristic largely residential
predominantly suburban
hasPollingDistricts multiple wards within London Borough of Bexley
hasPostcodeAreas DA14
DA15
DA5
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons
locatedIn London Borough of Bexley
South East London
surface form: southeast London
mapEntity constituency of the UK Parliament
MP Louie French
MPParty Conservative Party (UK)
notableMP Edward Heath
James Brokenshire
parliament British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
partOf Greater London
predecessorMPForArea Edward Heath (MP for Old Bexley before 1983)
James Tibbalds (MP for Sidcup before 1983)
previousConstituency Bexley
Sidcup
reasonFor2021ByElection death of James Brokenshire
region London, England
surface form: London
representationStartYear 1983
representedBy Edward Heath
James Brokenshire
Louie French
representedByParty Conservative Party (UK)
safeSeatFor Conservative Party (UK)
successorTo Bexley
surface form: Bexley (UK Parliament constituency)

Sidcup (UK Parliament constituency)
usualWinningMargin comfortable Conservative majority

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

Sidcup (part) electoralConstituency Old Bexley and Sidcup
subject surface form: Sidcup
Sidcup locatedInParliamentaryConstituency Old Bexley and Sidcup
Bexley hasSuccessorConstituency Old Bexley and Sidcup
Welling hasElectoralConstituency Old Bexley and Sidcup
Old Bexley and Sidcup containsArea Old Bexley and Sidcup self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Bexley
Sidcup, Kent, England constituencyWestminster Old Bexley and Sidcup
subject surface form: Sidcup