Brits: what does "in her constituency" mean (MP Cox assassination)

[TwoCarrotSnowman]

While the term “riding” no longer has legal or political significance in the UK, it is still commonly used by people in Yorkshire in an informal sense.
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[bob_2]

On the MP scandal. Our MP, who was also Home secretary, with overall responsibility for crime policy, counter-terrorism, immigration and passports got caught fiddling her expenses.

Among other things, she designated a house in London owned by her sister as her main residence (apparently she rented a single room there) in order to claim a parliamentary allowance for her house in Redditch as a secondary home. Naturally we voted her out next chance we got.

[Fuzzy_wuzzy]

@Northern_Piper

Actually, I believe Grey is importing a Canadian term into the discussion. At least, in a discussion I had years ago with a British MP, he was not familiar with it.

The term “riding” is English in origin: it meant a division of a county, famously Yorkshire, which was the largest English country and sub-divided into three ridings, which in turn came from an old English word for thirds.

When Canada was created in 1867, some of the new federal constituencies were based on counties, but some were based on ridings within counties. The term “riding” became a colloquial reference for a constituency and has long since lost the connection to counties. It is a Canadian term for a constituency.

See the First Schedule to the Constitution Act, 1867.

The riding divisions of Yorkshire have(probably unfairly) become synonymous with various forms of corruption in my mind. Partly due to David Peace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Riding

I seem to recall some recent accusations of corruption too. Note: I am not attempting to suggest these places are more corrupt than elsewhere.