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93:{{UK constituency infobox alt| | Name = Official constituency name | Map = Image of constituency at 200px | Type = Either 'County' or 'Borough' ('Burgh' for Scotland) | Entity = What the constituency is shown in on the map - e.g Scotland/Wales/London/Northern Ireland | DivisionType = What entity the constituency is in. e.g: ], ] for London etc. (see examples) | Division = List of entities the constituency is in | Year = Year of creation | MP = Current MP | Party = Party | EP = European Parliament region }} 166: 139:{{UK constituency infobox| |Name = Newbury |Map1 = Newbury |Map2 = Berkshire |Type = County |Year = ] |Entity = Berkshire |County = Berkshire |EP = South East England |MP = ] |Party = ] }} {{UK constituency infobox| | Name = Great Grimsby | Map1 = GreatGrimsby | Type = Borough | Map2 = Humberside | Entity = Humberside | County = Lincolnshire | Year = ] | MP = ] | Party = ] | EP = Yorkshire and the Humber }} 178: 125:{{UK constituency infobox| |Name = Name of constituency |Map1 = Name of map (of constituency) |Map2 = Name of second map |Entity = What the second map is |Type = Type of constituency: 'County' or 'Borough' |County = Ceremonial county the constituency is in |Year = Year of creation |MP = MP's name |Party = Party |EP = European Parliament region }} 613:
based on WP:COMMONNAME. Do not include titles, as per WP:HONORIFIC. Respect WP:BLPPRIVACY for non-notable living candidates. For elections yet to be held, order in alphabetical order by surname; for past elections, order by descending number of votes. For (pre-1950) seats with multiple members,
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This section is optional. A telling statistic as to how deprived, affluent or another distinctive demographic statistic, such as many elderly people, or very high/low levels of people with ethnic minority backgrounds may be quoted here if based on all of the wards in the district on the latest
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There are two types of infoboxes in use in constituency articles, one for infoboxes with one map (Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and London) and one for infoboxes with two maps (rest of England).
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This section should be used to describe the history and politics of the constituency, and any elections of note (close elections, prime ministers, 19th and 20th century cabinet ministers, resignations etc).
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This document details guidelines for the formatting of constituency articles. They are not considered rules as such, but are provided to ensure that all articles of this type remain consistent.
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Group those which start with the same town name as this was why they were designed in that format e.g.: Borchester: North, South, East and West wards, Burford, and Castleford.
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To ensure consistency and avoid confusion with other uses of the geographical names, it is suggested that the following suffixes are used for all constituency articles:
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For elections that have passed give the number of votes cast, the percentage of the electorate that turned out, and the change in turnout from the last election.
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The layout of constituency articles should be standardised to create a common theme. The infobox should be placed at the top right.
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Entity sometimes differs from county - sometimes the constituency location is shown in non-ceremonial counties, e.g.
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A brief description of the boundaries. If this section is short but can be expanded use {{sect-stub}}.
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The templates allow parties to be given coloured sections. Note the following when listing candidates:
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Give the year/type of the election and the name of the constituency (as given in the article title).
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A listing of members should be given in chronological order. A table can be used, for example:
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The following sections should be present at a bare minimum, preferably in the following order:
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For elections that have passed give the number of votes and size of the majority in percent.
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The name of the constituency, and the parliament it belongs to (UK, Scottish, Welsh etc).
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A redirect or disambiguation page entry must always be provided from the basic name.
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Several templates are used to generate the election tables, taking this example.
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census, or in a published compilation from a reputable source.
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if the list is incomplete use {{expand list}} at the bottom.
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Use one of the following depending on the election result:
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in the Metropolitan Borough/borough/district/county of xxx
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after the number (it is implied by the columnheading).
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Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies
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for more detail, the following is a brief overview:
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Index

Knowledge:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies
Cardiff Central
East Lothian
Ealing Southall
/Progress
Avon
Humberside
Borough constituency
House of Commons
Outline map
Outline map
County
1295
Member of Parliament
Austin Mitchell
Labour
Newbury
Wokingham
Borough constituency
County constituency
1987
John Smith
Social Democrat
1992
Liberal Democrat
1997
Chris Smith
Labour
2001
John Brown

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