Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom since 1801 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Paul Bristow of the Conservative Party.
Peterborough | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Cambridgeshire |
Electorate | 70,424 (2018)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 (1974) |
Member of Parliament | Paul Bristow (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
1918–1974 (1974) | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
1541–1918 | |
Seats | 1541–1885: Two 1885–1918: One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Its current form is the direct, unbroken successor of a smaller constituency that was created in the mid-16th century returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system of election and represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. From 1885 onwards, the seat has elected one MP using the first-past-the-post system.