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	United Kingdom Encyclopedia Article @ Harshly.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, and its ancillary bodies of water, including the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, and the Irish Sea.
		The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power exercised on behalf of the monarch by the prime minister and other cabinet ministers who head departments.
		At the April 2001 UK Census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194, the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and France) and the twenty-first largest in the world.
	www.harshly.net /encyclopedia/United_Kingdom (5554 words)

	Wikinfo \| Constituency
		The most common meaning of constituency occurs in politics and means the group of people or geographical area that a particular elected representative or group of elected representatives represents.
		Constituencies in the Republic of Ireland elect between 3 and 5 TDs, while constituencies between 1536 and 1800 in the Kingdom of Ireland used to return 2 MPs.
		In United Kingdom general elections, the voting in a relatively small number of marginal constituencies usually determines the outcome of the entire election.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Constituency (375 words)

	United Kingdom - MSN Encarta
		As the United Kingdom’s youngest prime minister since the 19th century, Blair seemed to speak for a new generation and a new Britain.
		In the wake of the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, Blair proclaimed that the United Kingdom would stand “shoulder to shoulder” with the United States in the effort to root out global terrorism.
		In October the United Kingdom sent British forces to participate in the U.S.-led assault on Afghanistan’s Taliban regime, which was accused of harboring terrorists.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553483_29/United_Kingdom.html (1811 words)

	United Kingdom constituencies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Scottish Parliament is a devolved parliament with constituencies representing Scotland.
		The London, Northern Ireland and Welsh assemblies are devolved assemblies with constituencies representing Greater London, Northern Ireland and Wales.
		For the 2005 House of Commons general election, the number of House of Commons constituencies in Scotland was reduced from 72 to 59 and the Scottish Parliament constituencies remained as they had been in 1999.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies (534 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Parliamentary Elections in the U.K. - Elections to the House of Commons
		The United Kingdom Parliament is composed of the Crown, that is the monarch, the House of Lords, an appointive and hereditary upper chamber, and the popularly elected lower chamber, the House of Commons.
		As a result, the average number of electors per constituency for the 2001 election was 67,380, but the individual constituencies ranged from a low of 21,706 electors in the Western Isles (in Scotland's north-western coast) to a high of 104,431 in the Isle of Wight (located off the coast of southern England).
		Each elector casts a vote for one of the candidates running for MP in his or her constituency, and the candidate with the largest number of votes is elected to office.
	electionresources.org /uk (2550 words)

	British politics : Politics of the United Kingdom
		The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed by a democratic constitutional monarchy.
		The country is divided into parliamentary constituencies of broadly equal population (decided by the Boundaries Commission), each of which elects a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons.
		Dr. Richard Taylor MP[?], was elected for the Wyre Forest[?] constituency in the 2002 election, on a platform opposing the closure of Kidderminster hospital.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom.html (3125 words)

	United Kingdom Encyclopedia Article @ Darted.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		parliamentary democracy as well as making significant contributions to literature, the arts, and science and technology, Some others, however credit if for having stolen unprecedented amounts of wealth from around the world, most notebly the countries it occupied.
		Plaid Cymru (the Party of Wales) in 1925, a serious political crisis threatening the integrity of the United Kingdom as a state has not occurred since the 1970s.
		Continental Europe, the lands now constituting the United Kingdom have been subject to many invasions and migrations, especially from Scandinavia and the continent, including Roman occupation for several centuries.
	www.darted.net /encyclopedia/United_Kingdom (2857 words)

	United Kingdom (05/06)
		The United Kingdom's high literacy rate (99%) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 and secondary level in 1900.
		The United Kingdom is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is one of NATO's major European maritime, air, and land powers; it ranks third among NATO countries in total defense expenditure.
		The United Kingdom is one of the United States' closest allies, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3846.htm (4116 words)

	United Kingdom
		The United Kingdom is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (successor organisation to the former British Empire) and NATO.
		The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with executive power exercised by a government headed by the Prime Minister and the other Ministers of State who form the Cabinet.
		Also sometimes associated with the United Kingdom, though not constitutionally part of the United Kingdom itself, are the Crown dependencies (the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man) as self-governing possessions of the Crown, and a number of overseas territories under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
	united-kingdom.mindbit.com (3955 words)

	Geography - Westminster parliamentary constituencies
		Westminster parliamentary constituencies are the areas used to elect MPs (Members of Parliament) to the House of Commons, which is the primary legislative chamber of the UK and is located in Westminster, London.
		Constituencies are generally based on whole or part local authorities unless there is a strong case to straddle boundaries - each case is decided on its merits; constituencies may not however split electoral wards/divisions.
		Borough constituencies are predominantly urban whereas county constituencies are partly or mostly rural.
	www.statistics.gov.uk /geography/westminster.asp (520 words)

	Top 20 United Kingdom
		The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom or the UK) is a country (or more specifically a constitutional monarchy or unitary state) off the north-western coast of continental Europe, surrounded by the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean.
		The United Kingdom is the union of the Kingdom of England (which includes the principality of Wales) with the Kingdom of Scotland and later the Kingdom of Ireland to form a single state.
		At the April 2001 census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194-- the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and metropolitan France) and the 21st-largest in the world.
	top20unitedkingdom.com (3701 words)

	United_Kingdom - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, commonly referred to as the home nations or constituent countries.
		The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, but officially Armed Forces of the Crown.
		The United Kingdom possesses a comprehensive nuclear arsenal, one of the small number of countries to do so, utilising the submarine-based Trident II ballistic missile system with nuclear warheads.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=United_Kingdom (6361 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Europe
		U.S.-U.K. The United Kingdom is one of the United States' closest allies, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States.
		The United Kingdom is an energy-rich nation with significant reserves of oil and gas in the North Sea and large coal resources.
		The maximum parliamentary term is five years, but the prime minister may ask the monarch to dissolve parliament and call a general election at any time.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/eur/unitedkingdom9706.html (2295 words)

	Perth (parliamentary constituency) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Perth and Perthshire North, United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in eastern-central Scotland, created prior to the 2005 general election owing...
		Falkirk (parliamentary constituency), United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in east-central Scotland, newly created at the 2005 general election...
		Glenrothes (parliamentary constituency), United Kingdom parliamentary constituency in east-central Scotland, newly created at the 2005 general...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Perth_(parliamentary_constituency).html (103 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Background Notes: United Kingdom 3/98 U.S. Department of State Background Notes: United Kingdom, March 1998 Released by the Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs.
		Subdivisions: Municipalities, counties, parliamentary constituencies, province of Northern Ireland, and Scottish regions.
		On November 15, 1985, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland signed the Anglo-Irish agreement to diminish the divisions in Northern Ireland and to achieve peace and stability.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /erc/bgnotes/eur/unitedkingdom9803.html (2303 words)

	United Kingdom (04/03)
		The United Kingdom is one of NATO's major European maritime, air, and land powers and ranks third among NATO countries in total defense expenditure.
		The United Kingdom has the fourth-largest economy in the world, has one of the largest economies in the European Union, and is a major international trading power.
		The United Kingdom is an energy-rich nation with significant reserves of oil and gas in the North Sea and the Irish Sea and large coal resources.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/u/25512.htm (3300 words)

	United Kingdom Parliamentary Election Results: Links and Bibliography
		British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber, 1984) gives details of the 1983 general election and the 1979 notional general election, with much statistical background from the Census.
		The BBC/ITN Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies was the product of a study in 1983 which produced estimates of the result of the 1979 general election on the new boundaries which took effect in 1983.
		The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies was published in 1995, giving estimates of the result of the 1992 general election on the boundaries which came into force in 1997.
	www.election.demon.co.uk /pollinks.html (1488 words)

	British Pound, GBP, United Kingdom, Information on the Currency of the UK
		To avoid confusion between the unit of currency and the unit of weight, the pound is referred to more formally as the "pound sterling" or simply "sterling." Less formally, the slang term "quid" is also used in conversation.
		The United Kingdom is among the few countries in the world that does not have a codified constitution.
		In the United Kingdom, the monarch has extensive powers in theory, but in actuality his or her role is mostly ceremonial.
	www.gocurrency.com /countries/united_kingdom.htm (1546 words)

	Unit Did You Mean unit? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Unit of measurement or physical unit, a fundamental quantity of measurement in science or engineering.
		Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation.
		Unit (ring theory), an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication.
	www.did-you-mean.com /Unit.html (905 words)

	United Kingdom Election Results
		Results of elections to the 54th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 2005 are being added.
		For ease of reference, the county constituencies have (except in the case of Northern Ireland) been grouped with the county they are in.
		European Parliamentary Election in Yorkshire and the Humber region by constituency, 1999.
	www.election.demon.co.uk /election.html (1198 words)

	United Kingdom
		As of 1994, the United States has given or pledged contributions totaling $248 mil-lion to the International Fund for Ireland.
		The United Kingdom is one of the largest European economies and one of the world's major trading powers.
		The U.K. is also the largest source of foreign tourists to the United States; an estimated 3 million British tourists visited the U.S. in 1994--and 3.1 million are expected for 1995--accounting for more than $8 billion in travel receipts.
	clinton3.nara.gov /WH/New/Europe/united.html (1578 words)

	United Kingdom. Background Notes, September 2000
		In 1999, the United Kingdom's population was estimated at over 59 million--the third- largest in Europe and the 18th-largest in the world.
		The United States remains firmly committed to the peace process in Northern Ireland and continues to support normalization of institutions as the best means to ensure that all parties' commitment to relying solely on peaceful and democratic means to resolve issues.
		Relations were strengthened by the U.K.'s alliance with the United States during both World Wars and its role as a founding member of NATO, in the Korean conflict, and the Persian Gulf War.
	www.pdgs.org.ar /country/kingdom-ci.htm (3650 words)

	Boundary Commission \| Map of Boundaries
		Revised United Kingdom Parliamentary Constituencies For Northern Ireland
		These maps display the boundaries of constituencies and their names.
		They also display the Parliamentary electorate of each proposed constituency according to the electoral register in force on 16th May 2003, the enumeration date for the present review.
	www.boundarycommission.org.uk /map.asp (158 words)

	Liverpool, United Kingdom
		The rate of Jobs growth was 9.2% compared with a national average of 4.9% for the same period, 1998-2002.
		Like the rest of the United Kingdom the city has seen a large growth in service industries and has several major call centres.
		The activities of the port have left the site with a communications infrastructure that had for a long time exceeded requirements.
	www.creekin.net /c69-n193-liverpool-united-kingdom.html (2602 words)

	Leicester, United Kingdom
		In the decades after World War II Leicester gained a large population of immigrants from the Indian sub-continent, and from Uganda in the early 1970s.
		These immigrant groups make up around 40% of Leicester's population, making Leicester one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United Kingdom.
		Among the more recent arrivals are a group of Dutch citizens of Somali origin, apparently drawn by its free and easy atmosphere and by the number of mosques.
	www.creekin.net /c66-n193-leicester-united-kingdom.html (2071 words)

	SN 1799 -UK General Election Results, 1955-1970 and Associated Information
		Results of U.K. parliamentary general elections between 1955 and 1970 arranged by constituency and accompanied by certain other information.
		The results for Conservative, Labour, Liberal and Nationalist (SNP/PC) candidates are coded separately; all remaining votes are aggregated as 'Other'.
		The electorate at each election is included along with two variables identifying the winning and second-placed party in each constituency.
	www.data-archive.ac.uk /findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=1799 (218 words)

	Background Notes: United Kingdom 6/97
		Released by the Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs.
		The United Kingdom is one of the largest European economies and a major international trading power.
		Current Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair was elected on May 1, 1997 with a massive 176-seat majority over the Conservatives.
	www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/backgroundnotes/77.htm (2257 words)

	United Kingdom Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Map 1: Administrative Divisions Map of the United Kingdom (1988)
		Map 2: Political Map of the United Kingdom (1987)
		Constitution: Unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice.
	mapup.com /europe/united-kingdom.html (2887 words)

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