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Guide to the 2018 Review published
12 July, 2016
Today we published the ‘Guide to the 2018 Review of Parliamentary constituencies’. The Guide aims to explain: The policies that the Commission will work to in conducting the Review within the statutory framework; Details of the process the 2018 Review will follow, including the number of public hearings we will …
Assistant Commissioners sought
1 April, 2016
The Commissioners are seeking outstanding candidates to appoint as Assistant Commissioners to support the 2018 boundary review. These are challenging roles, but for the right individuals offer a unique opportunity to make a significant contribution to the current review of the parliamentary constituencies in England. Applicants must be able to demonstrate evidence …
Boundary review launched
24 February, 2016
The independent Boundary Commission for England (BCE) has today begun redrawing the map of parliamentary constituency boundaries in England. The move follows a decision by Parliament to reduce the number of constituencies in the UK to 600, and to ensure that there are roughly the same number of electors in …
Government responds to Select Committee recommendations
11 February, 2016
The UK Government has today published its formal response to the March 2015 report and recommendations of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee (as it then was) of the House of Commons ‘What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?’. Click here to view the PCRC report and recommendations (PDF version …
Public Seminar on the forthcoming Review
22 October, 2015
A seminar has been arranged jointly by the UCL Constitution Unit and the House of Commons Library’s Parliament and Constitution Centre, looking at the process for the next Review of constituencies (due to commence early in 2016), and some of the difficulties the Review is likely to encounter. The seminar will …
Constituency electorate data updated
29 April, 2015
Our rolling spreadsheet detailing electorate data for all English constituencies has now been updated to incorporate the figures from the annual statutory publication of the electoral registers by local electoral registration officers between December 2014 and February 2015. You can find the spreadsheet under ‘Electorate data’ in the ‘Providing data’ …
Triennial Review report published
26 March, 2015
The Cabinet Office has today published the final report of the Triennial Review of the Parliamentary Boundary Commissions. All Government-sponsored Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) are subject to formal review once in each three-year period, which considers: a) whether the function the NDPB delivers still needs to be undertaken, and, if …
Select committee report published
15 March, 2015
The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of the House of Commons has today published its report and recommendations, following its recent inquiry ‘What next on the redrawing of parliamentary constituency boundaries?’ This 8th Report of the Committee in the 2014-15 Session, together with all the evidence submitted to the inquiry, can …
Supplementary written evidence to PCRC
12 February, 2015
Following our oral evidence in November to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee of the House of Commons’ inquiry “What next on the redrawing of Parliamentary boundaries?”, we were asked to provide some additional material on the following topics: The number of constituencies that were more and less than both …
Oral evidence to select committee
5 February, 2015
The Boundary Commission for England has given evidence in oral session to the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee inquiry ‘What next on the redrawing of Parliamentary boundaries?’, alongside representatives from the Boundary Commissions for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Commissions have also provided supporting written evidence to …