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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885)

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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 16h
Viscount Wolmer, also known as Roundell Palmer, and later as the Earl of Selborne, was Conservative MP for Aldershot from 1918 until he joined the House of Lords in 1942. During WWII he was Minster of Economic Warfare and in charge of the Special Operations Executive.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 20h
Arthur Frederick Jefferies was Conservative MP for Basingstoke from 1887 until his death in 1906. He was born and brought up in Australia, and played first class cricket for New South Wales, Hampshire and the MCC.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Since 1885, the constituents of RAW12 had only been represented by a Conservative MP up until the 2024 General Election when North East Hampshire was won by Alex Brewer for the Liberal Democrats.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This week's area (RAW12) has been in four different constituencies since 1885 (in purple): 1885-1918: Basingstoke 1918-83: Aldershot 1983-97: East Hampshire 1997-now: North East Hampshire RAW12 was a minor part in the creation of East Hampshire in 1983 (the majority came from Petersfield).
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
RAW12, sub-Area 5 on the Area Map & Table, makes up 44.1% of the current North East Hampshire constituency. It has been in North East Hampshire ever since that constituency was created in 1997.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This week's Random Area (RAW12) is in Hampshire. It includes the town of Fleet and a slice of countryside to the south. It is sub-Area 5 in Area Map & Table 23a Hampshire (East).
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW12) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW12) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new random area will be coming soon. This week's RAW11 can be found on the Derbyshire page of the parlconst website.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies - 37 Derbyshire
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sheffield FC are currently based in Dronfield, within the current Random Area of the Week. Their claim to be the oldest continuously existing football club is recognised by FIFA. Their current ground, formerly known as the Coach & Horses Ground, is now called the Home of Football Stadium.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Louise Jones was elected as Labour MP for North East Derbyshire in 2024. She had been an officer in the British Army from 2013 to 2020, including serving in the War in Afghanistan. She left the army with the rank of Captain. In 2025, she married fellow MP Jeevun Sandher.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thomas Swain was a miner before becoming Labour MP for NE Derbyshire in 1959. His time as an MP was fairly inconspicuous, but his death in a car crash in 1979 left a vacancy in the seat at the time of the vote of confidence in the Callaghan government, which otherwise might not have been lost.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In NE Derbyshire in 1918, the outgoing coalition endorsed Edward Cavendish (the future Duke of Devonshire), standing as a Conservative. However he finished fourth behind the Liberal victor, Stanley Holmes, the previous MP standing as an Independent (second), and the seat's future Labour MP (third).
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
North East Derbyshire (and RAW11) has been represented by MPs of the following parties: 1885-1910: Liberal 1910-14: Labour 1914-18: Conservative 1918-22: Liberal 1922-31: Labour 1931-35: Conservative 1935-2017: Labour 2017-24: Conservative 2024-now: Labour
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The current area has been in the North East Derbyshire constituency since 1885. The centre of the constituency has shifted south as Sheffield has expanded. In the boundary reviews implemented in 1918, 1950 and 1974, North East Derbyshire gave up a significant part of its area to Sheffield.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
RAW11, sub-Area 9 on the Map, contains half the electorate of the current North East Derbyshire constituency. It has been in the North East Derbyshire constituency since 1885, the first Random Area of the Week to have stayed in a constituency with the same name throughout.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This week's Random Area (RAW11) is in Derbyshire. It covers a large area in the north of the county, just south of Sheffield, which includes Dronfield, Eckington and Killamarsh. RAW11 is sub-Area 9 in Area Map 37a Derbyshire North East.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW11) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW11) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A new random area will be coming soon. This week's RAW10 can be found on the North Yorkshire (South) page of the parlconst website.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies - 61 North Yorkshire (South)
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bramham Park, an 18th century mansion set in extensive grounds, is in the middle of this week's area. After a fire in 1828, it was left derelict for 80 years. Having been been owned throughout by the family of the area's MP, George Lane-Fox, it was restored in 1908 and became his home.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Alex Shelbrooke is the current Conservative MP for Wetherby & Easingwold, having previously been the MP for Elmet & Rothwell throughout that constituency's existence from 2010 to 2024. His only ministerial office lasted just 49 days when appointed Minister for Defence Procurement by Liz Truss.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Colin Burgon was Labour MP for Elmet throughout the period of the 1997 to 2010 Labour government. Being on the left of the party, he never held any ministerial office. He is the uncle of Richard Burgon, the current Labour MP for Leeds East.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Despite the Liberal landslide, George Lane-Fox regained Barkston Ash for the Conservatives in the 1906 General Election, after it had been won by the Liberals in a by-election a year earlier. He remained the MP until 1931. In the 1920s he was Secretary for Mines, including during the General Strike.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The constituents of this week's area (RAW10) have usually been represented by a Conservative MP since 1885. There have been two exceptions: Barkston Ash was held by the Liberal Party for a year following a 1905 by-election victory; Elmet was a Labour seat between 1997 and 2010.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Since 1885, RAW10 has been in just four constituencies: 1885-1983: Barkston Ash 1983-2010: Elmet 2010-24: Elmet & Rothwell 2024-now: Wetherby & Easingwold (Neither this week's RAW10, nor the previously featured RAW6, contain the village of Barkston Ash, after which the constituency was named.)
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
RAW10 (sub-Area 23 on the Map) comprises 39.8% of the current Wetherby & Easingwold constituency. This constituency is made up of components from Leeds and three former Districts of North Yorkshire. Between 1885 and 1983, RAW10 and last month's RAW6 made up the lion's share of the Barkston Ash seat.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We return to Yorkshire for this week's Random Area (RAW10). It consists of the town of Wetherby and a large area to the south, including Boston Spa and Barwick-in-Elmet. Despite its rural nature, RAW10 lies within the City of Leeds. It is sub-Area 23 of Area Map 61b North Yorkshire (South East)
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW10) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW10) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A new random area will be coming soon. This week's RAW9 can be found on the Surrey (excl. Spelthorne) page of the parlconst website.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies - 25 Surrey
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sandown Park racecourse is at the centre of this week's area (RAW9). It opened in 1875 on the site of a medieval priory. These days it is managed by the Jockey Club and hosts both flat and National Hunt meetings. The most prestigious annual race to be held there is the Eclipse Stakes.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dominic Raab was Conservative MP for Esher & Walton from 2010 to 2024. Boris Johnson made him his first Foreign Secretary in 2019. In 2021, he became Justice Secretary and Deputy PM, posts he again filled under Rishi Sunak. He resigned in 2023, after bullying complaints were partially upheld.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Ian Taylor represented RAW9 as Conservative MP for Esher, and then Esher & Walton, from 1987 to 2010. He asked Tony Blair his first ever question at PMQs in 1997. In 2003, he was one of only 15 Tory MPs to vote against the Iraq war. In 2019 & 2024 he endorsed the Lib Dem candidate in Esher & Walton.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Philip Richardson competed for Britain at shooting at the 1908 & 1912 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 1908 in the team military rifle event. He was a director of the family shipbuilding firm based in Newcastle that merged with Swan Hunter. He was Conservative MP for Chertsey from 1922 to 1931.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Surrey historically being a very Conservative county, the constituencies containing RAW9 have been won by the Conservatives at every election, except in 1906 when it was won by the Liberals in their landslide year, and in 2024 when it was won by the Liberal Democrats with a majority of 12,003.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Since 1885, RAW9 has been in four constituencies (highlighted in purple on the Constituency Chart): 1885-1918: Epsom 1918-1950: Chertsey 1950-97: Esher 1997-now: Esher & Walton
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This week's area (RAW9) makes up 56.5% of the current Esher & Walton constituency. It contains most of the constituency that is not in Walton-on-Thames. (It is sub-Area 8 in the Area Map & Table.)
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This week's Random Area (RAW9) is in Surrey. It includes Esher, Thames Ditton and Molesey, all just beyond the Greater London boundary. It is sub-Area 8 in Area Map 25a Runnymede, Weybridge, Esher & Walton.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW9) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Here is the next Random Area of the Week (RAW9) superimposed on a satellite image. Perhaps you can identify where this is? If not, it will be revealed on Monday, with other snippets about its electoral past to follow during the week.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A new random area will be coming soon. This week's RAW8 can be found on the Harrow, Hillingdon and Spelthorne page of the parlconst website.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies - 8 Harrow, Hillingdon and Spelthorne
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Right at the centre of this week's area is Ruislip Lido. Originally built as a feeder basin for the Grand Union Canal it was developed as a lido in the 1930s. Sadly, the Art Deco main building was demolished in 1994. A miniature railway runs around two-thirds of the perimeter of the Lido.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nick Hurd represented the area of RAW8 from 2005 to 2019, as Conservative MP for Ruislip-Northwood and then Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner. From 2010 until 2019, when he retired as an MP, he held a succession of junior ministerial jobs. He is the son of Douglas Hurd, former Foreign and Home Secretary.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Dennistoun Burney was a prolific inventor. He developed an early seaplane and, during WWI, an anti-mine device. He led the company that built the R100 airship. In WWII, he developed an air-launched torpedo and the Burney gun, a recoilless rifle. He was Conservative MP for Uxbridge from 1922 to 1929.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Charles Mills was elected as Conservative MP for Uxbridge in the January 1910 General Election at the age of 22, being the youngest MP at the time. He served in World War I and was killed at the Battle of Loos. His brother, Arthur, succeeded him as MP in an uncontested by-election.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
RAW8 has been represented by a Conservative MP for the entire period since 1885, except for 1945-50, when Uxbridge was gained by Frank Beswick for Labour in the 1945 General Election. (Frank Beswick continued to be the MP for Uxbridge until 1959, but RAW8 was not in Uxbridge after 1950.)
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Since 1885, RAW8 has been in just three constituencies (highlighted in purple on the Constituency Chart): 1885 - 1950: Uxbridge 1950- 2010: Ruislip-Northwood 2010-now: Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This week's area (RAW8) contains 45.6% of the electorate of the current Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner seat. (It is sub-Area 27 in the Area Map & Table.) Given RAW8 comprises Rusilip and Northwood, it is no surprise that it was a core component of Ruislip-Northwood during that constituency's existence.
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UK Parliamentary Constituencies (since 1885) @parlconst.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We are in the London Borough of Hillingdon for this week's Random Area of the Week (RAW8). It covers both Northwood and Ruislip, largely, but not exactly, the current wards of those names. It is sub-Area 27 in Area Map 8a: Harrow and Hillingdon.
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