Westminster North (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2010 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Westminster North is a constituency[n 1] in Greater London represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Karen Buck, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2] It was created in 1983 and abolished in 1997, before being created again in 2010.
Westminster North | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Greater London |
Electorate | 65,936 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Maida Vale St John's Wood Queen's Park Bayswater |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Karen Buck (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Regent's Park & Kensington North Cities of London & Westminster (one ward and parts of two others) |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Paddington and St Marylebone |
Replaced by | Regent's Park & Kensington North Cities of London & Westminster |
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished, with the majority being included in the new constituency of Queen's Park and Maida Vale. The Abbey Road and Regent's Park wards will be transferred to Cities of London and Westminster, and the Bayswater and Lancaster Gate wards to Kensington (to be renamed Kensington and Bayswater).[2]