Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency) is a long-established electoral area in Suffolk, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency) canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
abolishedAsBorough 1885
administrativeCounty Suffolk
boundaryChanges periodically by Boundary Commission for England
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk
classification County constituency
country United Kingdom
created 1918
currentMP Jo Churchill
currentMPParty Conservative Party (UK)
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateIncludes Bury St Edmunds town
linked to: Bury St Edmunds

Needham Market town
Stowmarket town
linked to: Stowmarket

rural areas of central Suffolk
elects Member of Parliament
electsFrom Suffolk local government districts
governingLaw Representation of the People Acts
hasBorderWith Central Suffolk and North Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)
South Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
South Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
linked to: South Suffolk

Waveney Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency)
hasElectionCycle UK general elections
hasHistoricType parliamentary borough
hasRepresentationIn UK Parliament
linked to: British Parliament
historicCounty Suffolk
isLongEstablished true
languageOfOfficialName English
locatedIn England
Suffolk
majorSettlement Bury St Edmunds
Needham Market
Stowmarket
mapsToLocalAuthority Mid Suffolk District
linked to: Mid Suffolk

West Suffolk District
linked to: West Suffolk
namedAfter Bury St Edmunds
numberOfMPsReturned 1
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
predecessor West Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency, historical)
previousExistenceAsBorough before 1885
recreatedAsCountyDivision 1918
region East of England
representedBySince Jo Churchill, 2015
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom

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

Bury St Edmunds parliamentaryConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
Stowmarket parliamentaryConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
Horringer hasConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
Suffolk hasParliamentaryConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)
subject linked to: Suffolk county
ceremonial county of Suffolk hasParliamentaryConstituency Bury St Edmunds (UK Parliament constituency)