New Writ

– in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 July 1983.

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For the county constituency of Penrith and the Border, in the room of the right hon. William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, CH, MC, called up to the House of Peers.—[Mr. Wakeham]

constituency

In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent