House of Commons for Old Sarum

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:associated_with Salisbury
gptkbp:constituency Historic constituency
gptkbp:cultural_impact Symbol of electoral reform
gptkbp:demographics Predominantly male voters
gptkbp:disbanded 1832
gptkbp:election 1708
1830
Property ownership
gptkbp:election_year Every general election
gptkbp:electoral_history Contested elections
gptkbp:established 1707
gptkbp:governing_body Multiple sessions
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:Tony_Blair
gptkb:William_Ewart_Gladstone
gptkb:Sir_Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Rishi_Sunak
gptkb:Theresa_May
gptkb:Gordon_Brown
gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Younger
gptkb:Boris_Johnson
gptkb:Lord_North
gptkb:David_Cameron
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Robert_Peel
gptkb:Charles_James_Fox
gptkb:Benjamin_Disraeli
gptkb:Clement_Attlee
gptkb:David_Lloyd_George
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:18th_century
gptkb:19th_century
gptkbp:historical_significance Rotten borough
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label House of Commons for Old Sarum
gptkbp:is_represented_in gptkb:Member_of_Parliament
gptkbp:location Old Sarum, Wiltshire
gptkbp:notable_mps gptkb:Henry_Seymour_Conway
gptkb:John_Wilkes
gptkb:Sir_Edward_Seymour
gptkbp:number_of_members 2
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:political_affiliation Various parties
gptkbp:political_party Influential in early 19th century politics
gptkbp:population_representation Very few voters
gptkbp:region gptkb:South_West_England
gptkbp:significant_event gptkb:Reform_Act_1832
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Salisbury_constituency
gptkbp:voter_turnout Low turnout
gptkbp:voting_method First-past-the-post
Plurality voting
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pitt_the_Elder
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6