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Aberdeen
Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and for the local authority area.
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Acts of Union 1707
The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland.
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Acts of Union 1800
The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes erroneously referred to as a single Act of Union 1801) were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Additional Member System
The additional member system (AMS), also known as mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) outside the United Kingdom, is a mixed electoral system with one tier of single-member district representatives, and another tier of "additional members" elected to make the overall election results more proportional.
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Ancient borough
The ancient boroughs were a historic unit of lower-tier local government in England and Wales.
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Belfast
Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.
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Belfast East (Assembly constituency)
Belfast East (Ulster Scots: Bilfawst East) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Belfast North (Assembly constituency)
Belfast North (Ulster Scots: Bilfawst North) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Belfast South (Assembly constituency)
Belfast South (Ulster Scots: Bilfawst Sooth) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Belfast West (Assembly constituency)
Belfast West (Ulster Scots: Bilfawst Wast) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Bicameralism
A bicameral legislature divides the legislators into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses.
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Blair ministry
Tony Blair originally formed the Blair ministry in May 1997 after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister, John Major of the Conservative Party, as a result of the Labour Party's landslide victory at the 1997 general election.
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Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries.
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Boundary commissions (United Kingdom)
The boundary commissions in the United Kingdom are non-departmental public bodies responsible for determining the boundaries of constituencies for elections to the House of Commons, the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales.
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British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOT) or United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
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By-election
By-elections, also spelled bye-elections (known as special elections in the United States, and bypolls in India), are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.
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Cardinal direction
The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials N, E, S, and W. East and west are at right angles to north and south, with east being in the clockwise direction of rotation from north and west being directly opposite east.
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Chief executive officer
Chief executive officer (CEO) is the position of the most senior corporate officer, executive, administrator, or other leader in charge of managing an organization especially an independent legal entity such as a company or nonprofit institution.
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City of Westminster
The City of Westminster is an Inner London borough which also holds city status.
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Counties of England
The counties of England are areas used for the purposes of administrative, geographical, cultural or political demarcation.
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County corporate
A county corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Ireland, and Wales.
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D'Hondt method
The D'Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a highest averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a type of party-list proportional representation.
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District of burghs
The Act of Union 1707 and pre-Union Scottish legislation provided for 14 Members of Parliament (MPs) from Scotland to be elected from districts of burghs.
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Dundee
Dundee (Dùn Dè) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom.
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East Antrim (Assembly constituency)
East Antrim (Ulster Scots: East Anthrim) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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East Londonderry (Assembly constituency)
East Londonderry (also referred to as East Derry;, Ulster Scots: East Lunnonderrie) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
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Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
Edinburgh was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885.
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Elections to the European Parliament
Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage.
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Electoral district
An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.
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European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU).
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European Parliament constituency
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are elected by the population of the member states of the European Union (EU), divided into constituencies.
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European Parliament election, 1979 (United Kingdom)
The European Assembly Election, 1979, was the first European election to be held in the United Kingdom after the European Communities (EC) decided to directly elect representatives to the European Parliament.
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European Parliament election, 1999 (United Kingdom)
The European Parliament Election, 1999 was the United Kingdom's part of the European Parliament election 1999.
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European Parliament election, 2004 (United Kingdom)
The European Parliament election, 2004 was the United Kingdom's part of the wider European Parliament election, 2004 which was held between 10 and 13 June 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union.
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European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999
The European Parliamentary Elections Act 1999 (c.1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency)
Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Fear Manach agus Tír Eoghain Theas, Ulster Scots: Fermanay an Sooth Owenslann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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First-past-the-post voting
A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.
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Forty-shilling freeholders
Forty-shilling freeholders were a group of people who had the parliamentary franchise to vote by possessing freehold property, or lands held directly of the king, of an annual rent of at least forty shillings (i.e. £2 or 3 marks), clear of all charges.
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Foyle (Assembly constituency)
Foyle (Ulster Scots: Foyle) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula.
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Glasgow
Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.
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Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.
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Greater London
Greater London is a region of England which forms the administrative boundaries of London, as well as a county for the purposes of the lieutenancies.
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Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority (GLA) is a top-tier administrative body for Greater London, England.
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Historic counties of Wales
The historic counties of Wales are sub-divisions of Wales.
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Holyrood, Edinburgh
Holyrood (Halyruid, Taigh an Ròid) is an area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.
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House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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House of Lords
The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800.
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Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.
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Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency)
Lagan Valley (Ulster Scots: Glen Lagan) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark (Siorrachd Lannraig, Lanrikshire) is a historic county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
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Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 (Y Deddfau Cyfreithiau yng Nghymru 1535 a 1542) were parliamentary measures by which Wales became a full and equal part of the Kingdom of England and the legal system of England was extended to Wales and the norms of English administration introduced.
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List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
This is a list of former Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom, organised by date of abolition.
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List of London Assembly constituencies
Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections, each returning one member.
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List of parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is divided into 18 Parliamentary constituencies: 4 borough constituencies in Belfast and 14 county constituencies elsewhere.
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List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
There are 650 constituencies in the United Kingdom, each electing a single Member of Parliament to the House of Commons ordinarily every five years.
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Local government in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is divided into 11 districts for local government purposes.
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Local government in the United Kingdom
Local government in the United Kingdom has origins that pre-date the United Kingdom itself, as each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has its own separate system.
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London Assembly
The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.
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London Assembly election, 2000
The first elections for members of the London Assembly were held on 4 May 2000, alongside the first mayoral election.
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Mayor of London
The Mayor of London is the head of the executive body of the Greater London Authority.
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Member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative of the voters to a parliament.
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Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
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Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)
Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs; Comhaltaí den Tionól Reachtach, CTRs; Ulster-Scots: Laa-Makkan Forgaitherars, LMFs) are representatives elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Member of the National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales is composed of 60 members known as Assembly Members or AMs (in Welsh: Aelodau'r Cynulliad or ACau).
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Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) (Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPA) in Gaelic, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament (MSP) in Scots) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.
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Mid Ulster (Assembly constituency)
Mid Ulster (Ulster Scots: Mid Ulstèr) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Mixed-member proportional representation
Mixed-member proportional (MMP) representation is a mixed electoral system in which voters get two votes: one to decide the representative for their single-seat constituency, and one for a political party.
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National Assembly for Wales
The National Assembly for Wales (Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru; commonly known as the Welsh Assembly) is a devolved parliament with power to make legislation in Wales.
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National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions
National Assembly for Wales constituencies and electoral regions were first used for the 1999 elections.
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National Assembly for Wales election, 1999
The first National Assembly for Wales elections were held on 6 May 1999.
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Newry and Armagh (Assembly constituency)
Newry and Armagh (Ulster Scots: Newrie an Airmagh) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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North Antrim (Assembly constituency)
North Antrim (Ulster Scots: North Anthrim) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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North Down (Assembly constituency)
North Down (Ulster Scots: North Doon) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)
North Shropshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Owen Paterson, a Conservative.
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Northern Ireland (European Parliament constituency)
Northern Ireland is a constituency of the European Parliament.
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Northern Ireland Assembly
The Northern Ireland Assembly (Tionól Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlan Assemblie) is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies
The Northern Ireland House of Commons existed from 1921 to 1973 as the lower House of the devolved legislature of the part of the United Kingdom called Northern Ireland.
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Number of Westminster MPs
Over the history of the House of Commons, the number of members of parliament (MPs) has varied for assorted reasons, with increases in recent years due to increases in the population of the United Kingdom.
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Orkney
Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.
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Orkney (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Orkney is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).
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Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency)
Orkney and Shetland is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland.
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Parliament of Northern Ireland
The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the Home Rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended with the introduction of Direct Rule.
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Parliament of Scotland
The Parliament of Scotland was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.
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Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832
The Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the parliamentary divisions (constituencies) in England and Wales required by the Reform Act 1832.
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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
The Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that made provision for the holding of a referendum on whether to introduce the Alternative Vote system in all future general elections to the UK Parliament and also made provision on the number and size of Parliamentary Constituencies.
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Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation (PR) in elections in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through allocations to an electoral list.
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Potwalloper
A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) or householder borough was a parliamentary borough in which the franchise was extended to the male head of any household with a hearth large enough to boil a cauldron (or "wallop a pot").
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Proportional representation
Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.
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Reading West (UK Parliament constituency)
Reading West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Alok Sharma, a Conservative.
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Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 (known informally as the 1832 Reform Act, Great Reform Act or First Reform Act to distinguish it from subsequent Reform Acts) was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom (indexed as 2 & 3 Will. IV c. 45) that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales.
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Returning officer
In various parliamentary systems, a returning officer is responsible for overseeing elections in one or more constituencies.
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Rotten and pocket boroughs
A rotten or pocket borough, more formally known as a nomination borough or proprietorial borough, was a parliamentary borough or constituency in England, Great Britain, or the United Kingdom before the Reform Act 1832, which had a very small electorate and could be used by a patron to gain unrepresentative influence within the unreformed House of Commons.
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Rural area
In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities.
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Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Scotland Act 1998
The Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established the devolved Scottish Parliament with tax varying powers and the Scottish Government (then Scottish Executive).
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Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Scots: The Scots Pairlament) is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland.
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Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c 13) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that amends the Scotland Act 1998 which established the Scottish Parliament.
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Scottish Parliament Building
The Scottish Parliament Building (Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh.
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Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions were first used in 1999, in the first general election of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), created by the Scotland Act 1998.
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Scottish Parliament election, 1999
The first election to the devolved Scottish Parliament, to fill 129 seats, took place on 6 May 1999.
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Shetland
Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain.
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Shetland (Scottish Parliament constituency)
Shetland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood).
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Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).
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South Antrim (Assembly constituency)
South Antrim (Ulster Scots: Sooth Anthrim) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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South Down (Assembly constituency)
South Down (Ulster Scots: Sooth Doon) is an electoral constituency for the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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South West England (European Parliament constituency)
South West England is a constituency of the European Parliament.
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Strangford (Assembly constituency)
Strangford (Ulster Scots: Strangfurd) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Subdivisions of Scotland
For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas", which are all governed by single-tier authorities designated as "councils".
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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United Kingdom general election, 2005
The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 to elect 646 members to the House of Commons.
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United Kingdom general election, 2010
The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.
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Universal suffrage
The concept of universal suffrage, also known as general suffrage or common suffrage, consists of the right to vote of all adult citizens, regardless of property ownership, income, race, or ethnicity, subject only to minor exceptions.
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University constituency
A university constituency is a constituency, used in elections to a legislature, that represents the members of one or more universities rather than residents of a geographical area.
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Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)
Upper Bann (Ulster Scots: Ower Bann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Urban area
An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.
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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom
The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.
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West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)
West Tyrone (Ulster Scots: Wast Owenslann) is a constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies
