Newark (UK Parliament Constituency)
Newark is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1885, it has elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
A parliamentary borough of the same name existed from 1673 to 1885, when it was replaced by a county division of the same name.
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