Upper Bann

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Upper Bann is a parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland represented in the UK House of Commons.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Upper Bann canonical 8
Upper Bann via Lough Neagh 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
Westminster parliamentary constituency
borderingConstituency Belfast West
Fermanagh and South Tyrone
Lagan Valley
Newry and Armagh
South Down
constituencyCategory county constituency
containsRiver River Bann
containsSettlement Craigavon
Donaghcloney
Gilford
Waringstown
containsTown Banbridge
Lurgan
Portadown
country United Kingdom
county County Armagh
County Down
created 1983
currentMP Carla Lockhart
currentMPParty Democratic Unionist Party
electoralArea Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough
electorateType first-past-the-post
electsTo House of Commons
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts
hasBoundaryReviewsBy Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland
hasElectoralSystem plurality voting
hasRepresentationSince 1983
hasType parliamentary constituency
jurisdiction Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
locatedIn Ireland (island)
linked to: Island of Ireland
namedAfter River Bann
numberOfMPsReturned 1
partOf Northern Ireland
previousMP David Simpson
David Trimble
previousMPParty Democratic Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
replaces Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)
South Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)
South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
representedIn UK general election

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

David Trimble electoralDistrict Upper Bann
River Bann hasPart Upper Bann
River Blackwater (Northern Ireland) tributaryOf Upper Bann via Lough Neagh
subject linked to: River Blackwater
linked to: Upper Bann
Bann hasPart Upper Bann