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🏰 A Welsh town 🗳️ A voting area
Caerphilly

Caerphilly

9.6
An area in Wales that elects a Member of Parliament
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkɛəfɪli/
: Caerphilly
  • The Caerphilly constituency elected a new MP last year.

Examples

  • Is Caerphilly represented by the Labour party?

  • The election results in Caerphilly were announced late in the evening.

  • She stood as a candidate in Caerphilly and campaigned on improving local transport links.

  • Many residents of Caerphilly are concerned about changes to public services.

  • The residents of Caerphilly voted for their new Member of Parliament in the recent election.

  • Many political rallies were held in Caerphilly leading up to the parliamentary vote.

  • The famous castle in Caerphilly attracts many visitors to the constituency each year.

Surface Forms

Caerphilly main

Etymology

Caerphilly as the name of the parliamentary area comes from the town name. That town name is made of caer 'fort' and Ffili, like 'Philip', so the constituency is simply the voting area named after the town with the big castle.