Blog Archives
New Commissioners sought
7 January, 2019
Our two existing regular Commissioners, David Elvin QC and Neil Pringle, will both be coming to the end of their terms of office during 2019, so our sponsor Department is seeking to appoint two new Members. The vacancy notice and further information about the posts and application process has been …
Boundary Commission for England publishes final recommendations for new constituency boundaries
10 September, 2018
The Boundary Commission for England has today published its final recommendations for new constituency boundaries. This follows submission of its final report to Government last week, and that report now being presented to Parliament. The Commission has now fulfilled its statutory responsibility, and submission of the report and its publication …
Boundary Commission for England submits final report on new constituency boundaries to Government
5 September, 2018
The Boundary Commission for England has today submitted its report containing final recommendations for new constituency boundaries to the Government. In doing so, the Commission has fulfilled its statutory responsibility, and submission of the report ends the Commission’s involvement in the 2018 Boundary Review. It is now up to the …
One week to go….
29 August, 2018
We are delighted to confirm today that we will be submitting our final report, containing recommendations for new constituency boundaries, to the Government on Wednesday 5 September 2018. This will complete our statutory responsibilities in relation to the 2018 Review of Parliamentary constituencies. Our Deputy Chair blogged recently about what happens …
Towards final recommendations (and beyond)
14 June, 2018
The Deputy Chair of the Commission, Mr Justice Nicol, has blogged here about the closing stages in the 2018 Review of constituencies in England, detailing our plans for submitting our final report and recommendations to government, and outlining what the legislation expects to happen then.
Statement on the General Election
19 April, 2017
Today Parliament agreed to the Prime Minister’s motion to hold a General Election on 8 June 2017. This election will be held on the current Parliamentary boundaries, and will elect 650 MPs across the UK. The work of the Boundary Commission for England (and of the Commissions for the three …
What next for the boundary review?
31 March, 2017
So here we are, nearly halfway though the 2018 Review of UK Parliament constituency boundaries, having completed our initial consultation in December 2016 and, earlier this week, our secondary consultation (on the responses the earlier consultation generated). As Deputy Secretary to the Commission I want to take this opportunity to …
New Deputy Chair announced
28 March, 2017
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Justice (Andrew) Nicol as the new Deputy Chair of the Commission. The appointment was formally notified to Parliament on 27 March 2017. Mr Justice Nicol has been appointed for a three-year term. The appointment follows the death-in-service in late December of our previous …
Blog from the Secretary to the Commission
9 September, 2016
Much of what we publish is, by necessity, very formal. So we thought we’d give you a bit of a flavour of the human side of working in the BCE. Head on over to read a blog post by Sam Hartley, Secretary to the Commission, who shares his thoughts as …
Quick video explanation of the 2018 Review
7 September, 2016
With less than a week to go until we publish our initial proposals for new constituencies, we have produced a six minute introductory video to explain the basics of what the 2018 Review is (and is not). You can view the video here, and if you’d like further detailed information, have …