Tokyo 14th district explained

Tokyo 14th District
Type:	Parliamentary
Constituency Link:	Tokyo 14th district
Parl Name:	Japanese House of Representatives
Map Size:	450px
District Label:	Prefecture
District:	Tokyo
Region Label:	Proportional District
Region:	Tokyo
Year:	1994
Members Label:	Representative
Members:	Midori Matsushima
Seats:	One
Elects Howmany:	One
Party Label:	Party
Party:	LDP
Blank1 Name:	Wards
Blank1 Info:	Arakawa, Sumida and parts of Taito

Tokyo's 14th district is a single-member electoral district of the Japanese House of Representatives, the lower house of the national National Diet.^[1]

It has been held by Midori Matsushima from the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012.^[2]

Areas covered

Current district

As of 20 January 2023, the areas covered by this district are as follows:^{[3] [4]}

• Sumida
  • • Edogawa Chūō 4, Matsushima 1-4, Higashi Komatsugawa 1-4, Nishi Komatsugawa, Okinomiya, Kamiishiki 1-3, Honisshiki 1-3, within the jurisdiction of the central ward office
  • Within the Komatsugawa and Koiwa offices

As part of the 2022 redistricting, the areas of Taitō were given back to the 2nd district, Arakawa was given to the new 29th district and the district gained parts of Edogawa from the 16th and 17th districts.

Areas 2017–2022

From the first redistricting in 2017 until the second redistricting in 2022, the areas covered by this district were as follows:^{[5] [6]}

• • • Parts of Taitō Higashi-Ueno 6, Shitaya 2 (13-1-5, 14-24, 14-15-24), Iriya 1 (1-3, 9-14, 21-28, 32 and 33) Iriya 2 1-33, Matsugaya 1-4, Nishi-Asakusa 2-3, Asakusa 2 (13-27), Asakusa 3-7, Senzoku 1, Senzoku 2 (1-32), Senzoku 3-4, Imado 1/2, Higashi-Asakusa 1/2, Hashiba 1/2,Kiyokawa 1/2, Nihon Tsutsumi 1, Nihon Tsutsumi 2 (1-35)
• Sumida
• Arakawa

As part of the 2017 redistricting, parts of Taitō were transferred from the 2nd district.

Areas from before 2017

From the creation of the district in 1994 and the first redistricting in 2017, the areas covered by this district were as follows:^[7]

• Sumida
• Arakawa

Elected representatives

Representative	Party		Years served	Notes
Taichiro Nishikawa		NFP	1996-2000
		NCP	2000-2003
Midori Matsushima		LDP	2003-2009
Takeshi Kimura		DPJ	2009-2012
Midori Matsushima		LDP	2012-

Notes and References

1. Web site: 総務省｜平成28年9月2日現在選挙人名簿及び在外選挙人名簿登録者数 . 2021-12-15 . 総務省 . ja.
2. Web site: 自由民主党衆議院議員松島みどり公式サイト . 2022-06-01 . www.matsushima-midori.jp . en.
3. Web site: 2022 . 東京都 . Tokyo . 2023-01-20 . . ja.
4. Web site: 2022 . 区割り変更地図 表面 東京都江戸川区 . District Boundary Change Map - Edogawa Ward . 2023-01-20 . . ja.
5. Web site: 衆議院議員選挙区画定審議会設置法及び公職選挙法の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律 . 2023-01-20 . www.shugiin.go.jp.
6. Web site: 2017 . 東京都 . Tokyo . . ja.
7. Web site: 法律第百四号（平六・一一・二五） . 2023-01-20 . www.shugiin.go.jp.