Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)

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Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) is a UK parliamentary seat in Gloucestershire, England, covering a largely rural and historically industrial area including towns such as Cinderford, Coleford, and Lydney.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
administrativeAreaOverlap Forest of Dean local government district ⓘ
linked to: Forest of Dean
borderFeature River Severn ⓘ
linked to: Severn

border with Wales ⓘ
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
characteristic historically industrial area ⓘ
largely rural ⓘ
containsPartOf Forest of Dean woodland ⓘ
linked to: Forest of Dean

Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
county Gloucestershire ⓘ
coversArea Forest of Dean district ⓘ
linked to: Forest of Dean
coversTown Cinderford ⓘ
Coleford ⓘ
Lydney ⓘ
created 1997 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateType county constituency ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
electsNumberOfMPs 1 ⓘ
hasMP Mark Harper ⓘ
hasSettlement Mitcheldean ⓘ
Newent ⓘ
Sedbury ⓘ
hasType parliamentary constituency in Gloucestershire ⓘ
isNamedAfter Forest of Dean ⓘ
legislature House of Commons ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Gloucestershire ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
mainIndustryHistorical coal mining ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
MPInOfficeSince 2005 ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
partyOfMP Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
postalTownIncluded Cinderford ⓘ
Coleford ⓘ
Lydney ⓘ
predecessorConstituency West Gloucestershire ⓘ
previousRepresentation Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency, 1885–1950) ⓘ
recreatedFrom Forest of Dean (historic constituency) ⓘ
representedBy Mark Harper ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency) → borderingConstituency → Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Politics of Gloucestershire → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) → recreatedFrom → Forest of Dean (historic constituency) ⓘ
linked to: Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)
Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) → previousRepresentation → Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency, 1885–1950) ⓘ
linked to: Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)
Coleford → parliamentaryConstituency → Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Newnham on Severn → representedInParliamentBy → Forest of Dean constituency ⓘ
linked to: Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)
Cinderford → partOfConstituency → Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ