To be clear: for the purposes of the additional costs allowance, the house was considered to be within his North Essex constituency as the house is within 20 miles of the constituency boundary; but it is not inside the constituency proper.
The latest poll inside the constituency by Populus for The Times put the Lib Dem candidate, Mike Thornton, clearly ahead on 33 per cent, the Tories on 28 per cent, Ukip on 21 per cent and Labour fourth on 11 per cent.
Fife's electoral boundaries changed in 1974 and again in 1983 and 2005, so that North Queensferry now lies inside the constituency known as Dunfermline and West Fife, while most of the former mining villages belong to Gordon Brown's Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath.
Faslane is inside his constituency and the preservation of jobs there is in an important local issue: when we met in London, O'Hara described the base as the future headquarters of Scotland's armed forces as well as a naval base for the frigates and patrol boats that would comprise the Scottish fleet.
Then, too, there were constituencies, inside the courtroom and beyond, that clamored passionately for their version of the truth.
It was this effort that expanded the ranks of what became the Governing Council, adding people who had lived under Saddam and represented constituencies inside Iraq.
This type of statement could also be used by those who favor rolling back the alliance — Pyongyang, Beijing and certain constituencies inside South Korea — to advance their cause.
Turkey, the United States and European countries have urged Mr. Assad to go much further in his concessions, but his audience seemed to be as much his own still-substantial constituencies inside Syria.
The pattern of disruption continues when more demanding constituencies inside the enterprise see the results from the disruptive product and begin to consider it as an alternative to incumbent offerings.
As the board deliberates — and it has been close to three days since it reached a broad conclusion that Mr. O'Neal should go — constituencies inside the firm and out are pushing their favorites.
