Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye was transferred to the enlarged seat of Hastings where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat. The town of Battle was part of the constituency until 1918, and also (along with Bexhill) from 1955 to 1983, when the Bexhill and Battle seat was created.The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.. }
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- Rye_(UK_Parliament_constituency) abstract "Rye was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Rye in East Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until its representation was halved under the Reform Act 1832.From the 1832 general election, Rye returned one Member of Parliament until its abolition for the 1950 general election, when the town of Rye was transferred to the enlarged seat of Hastings where it remained until 1955 when it returned to the re-created Rye seat. The town of Battle was part of the constituency until 1918, and also (along with Bexhill) from 1955 to 1983, when the Bexhill and Battle seat was created.The constituency was re-created for the 1955 general election, and abolished again for the 1983 general election.".