ELIZABETH II
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Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
1986 CHAPTER 56
An Act to consolidate the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Acts 1949 to 1979 and certain related enactments.[7th November 1986]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Parliamentary constituencies. 1.—(1) There shall for the purpose of parliamentary elections be the county and borough constituencies (or in Scotland the county and burgh constituencies), each returning a single member, which are described in Orders in Council made under this Act.
(2) In this Act and, except where the context otherwise requires, in any Act passed after the 1948 c. 65.Representation of the People Act 1948, “constituency” means an area having separate representation in the House of Commons.
The Boundary Commissions. 2.—(1) For the purpose of the continuous review of the distribution of seats at parliamentary elections, there shall continue to be four permanent Boundary Commissions, namely a Boundary Commission for England, a Boundary Commission for Scotland, a Boundary Commission for Wales and a Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland.
