Wimbledon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Wimbledon is one of two parliamentary constituencies in the London Borough of Merton in south-west London. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, by the first-past-the-post voting system.
The constituency is centred on the district of Wimbledon. Since 2005 it has been represented by Conservative MP Stephen Hammond.
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