NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

Abingdon was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. In 1983 the constituency was altered to Oxford West and Abingdon. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... In the United Kingdom each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... The Houses of Parliament, seen over Westminster Bridge The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The plurality voting system, also known as first past the post, is a voting system used to elect a single winner in a given election. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... Oxford West and Abingdon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...

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