As geographic areas, constituencies often contain within their boundaries diverse, and sometimes incompatible, social, economic, religious, or ethnic interests, all of which seek to be represented.
The notorious street artist Banksy is offering up complimentary prints as "souvenirs" for residents of six Bristol-area constituencies who send in photographic proof that they voted against the Tories.
"I have been praying that I could continue to serve my Cleveland-area constituency and it looks like I have a chance," Mr. Kucinich said.
The British National Party, inheritor of the ideological mantle of Oswald Mosley's Union of Fascists in the 1930s, can realistically hope to win only one London-area constituency among the 650 House of Commons seats — if even that.
Population subdivided by age, sex, and geographical area (parliamentary constituencies from 1991 to2007, pre-1974 local authorities over a longer time span).
But the Aam Aadmi Party, or the Common Man Party, is seeking to emphasize its secular credentials in the Dec. 4 elections by having a Muslim, Shazia Ilmi, run for office in an area whose constituency is less than 5 percent Muslim.
Her second was whether she could find the voters.Though there were supposed to be 47,000 of them registered in the red desert that forms the largest part of her "Area 11" constituency, it was hard to find anyone who knew much about the election, let alone a registered voter.
He was gathering material for "Lush Life," his 2008 novel, which explored the collision, through a murder, of the area's various constituencies — Chinese, Dominicans, Jews, hipsters.
Overall, the county is losing a seat, and Shropshire's four Conservative MPs may end up scrapping with Tory neighbours in "blue on blue" fights for the best of the area's new constituencies.
Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST in the area's 11 constituencies: Chester, Congleton, Warrington North, Warrington South, Halton, Ellesmere Port, Tatton, Crewe & Nantwich, Eddisbury, Macclesfield and Weaver Vale.
I was born in the Small Heath area of my constituency.
