The fourth periodic review of Westminster constituencies was undertaken in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 1995 by the four boundary commissions. As well as changes to constituency boundaries, the reviews recommended an increase of five seats in England (524 to 529), two in Wales (38 to 40) and one in Northern Ireland (17 to 18), with Scotland continuing to have 72 seats. The number of MPs in the House of Commons therefore increased from 651 to 659. 144 new constituencies were created, offset by 136 which were abolished. The new boundaries were first used for the 1997 general election.
Review process
Under the terms of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, as enacted, the boundary commissions were required to present their final recommendations between 10 and 15 years after the submission of their previous reports. As the final reports for the third periodic review had been submitted between October 1982 and February 1983, the final reports for the fourth review were due to be submitted no later than February 1998. Accordingly, the English Commission had commenced their review in February 1991 and the Scottish commission had commenced theirs in February 1992. In the meantime, reflecting concerns that the period between reviews was too long, the Government proposed that the gap between reviews should be reduced to between 8 and 12 years and that the deadline for the fourth review should be brought forward to 31 December 1994. This was legislated through the Boundary Commissions Act 1992.
The final reports were submitted as follows:
- Scotland - 15 December 1994
- Wales - 16 December 1994
- England - 12 April 1995
- Northern Ireland - 20 June 1995
Changes
As a result of changes to the names of seats, it is not always easy to clearly identify newly created constituencies or those abolished during the review process. One way of considering this is to link each proposed seat with an existing seat which contributes the most voters to that new seat. Any proposed seat which cannot be linked to an existing seat is then considered to be a "new" constituency. Conversely, any existing seat which is not linked to a proposed seat is considered to have been abolished.
The tables below list the names of existing seats which were not replicated in the final proposals for the fourth review ("old seats"), and links them with proposed seats which did not exist prior to the review ("new seats"). Those seats which are not linked can be regarded as being genuinely abolished or newly created. There are a number of instances where existing seats are effectively abolished and re-created under the same name, as set out in the notes.
England
The number of seats in England increased by five. 19 non-metropolitan counties gained one seat each, with Hampshire gaining two. This was offset by a reduction of ten seats in Greater London, two each in Greater Manchester and West Midlands, and one each in Lancashire and Merseyside.
In Greater London, the Commission, for the first time, decided to pair some London Boroughs together to reduce the variation in the size of electorates. These are detailed in the table below.
County | No. of seats | Old seat | New seat | Notes | |
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Before | After | ||||
Avon | 10 | 10 | |||
Bedfordshire | 5 | 6 | Bedfordshire North | Bedford | |
Bedfordshire North East | Comprised the largest part of the existing Bedfordshire Mid seat, which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency. | ||||
Berkshire | 7 | 8 | Berkshire East | Bracknell | |
Windsor and Maidenhead | Maidenhead | ||||
Windsor | |||||
Buckinghamshire | 7 | 7 | |||
Cambridgeshire | 6 | 7 | Cambridgeshire North West | ||
Cambridgeshire South West | Cambridgeshire South | ||||
Cheshire | 10 | 11 | Weaver Vale | ||
Cleveland | 6 | 6 | Langbaurgh | Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East | |
Cornwall | 5 | 5 | Truro | Truro and St Austell | Name change only. |
Cumbria | 6 | 6 | |||
Derbyshire | 10 | 10 | |||
Devon | 11 | 11 | Honiton | Devon East | |
Plymouth Drake | Plymouth, Drake was absorbed into Plymouth Sutton, with the bulk of that seat now forming the majority of the new seat of Devon South West. | ||||
Devon South West | |||||
South Hams | Totnes | ||||
Tiverton | Tiverton and Honiton | ||||
Dorset | 7 | 8 | Dorset Mid and Poole North | ||
Durham | 7 | 7 | |||
East Sussex | 8 | 8 | |||
Essex | 16 | 17 | Essex North | Major reconfiguration. | |
Colchester North | Colchester | ||||
Colchester South and Maldon | Maldon and Chelmsford East | ||||
Chelmsford | Chelmsford West | ||||
Rochford | Rayleigh | ||||
Southend East | Rochford and Southend East | ||||
Gloucestershire | 5 | 6 | Cirencester and Tewksbury | Cotswold | |
Tewkesbury | |||||
Gloucestershire West | Forest of Dean | ||||
Greater London | 84 | 74 | Hendon North | Hendon | London borough of Barnet |
Hendon South | |||||
Finchley | Finchley and Golders Green | ||||
Greenwich | Greenwich and Woolwich | London boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich | |||
Woolwich | |||||
Erith and Crayford | Erith and Thamesmead | ||||
Bexleyheath | Bexleyheath and Crayford | ||||
Chislehurst | Bromley and Chislehurst | London borough of Bromley | |||
Ravensbourne | |||||
Croydon North East | London borough of Croydon | ||||
Croydon North West | Croydon North | ||||
Ealing Acton | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush | London boroughs of Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham | |||
Hammersmith | |||||
Fulham | Hammersmith and Fulham | ||||
City of London and Westminster South | Cities of London and Westminster | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Cities of London and Westminster | |||
Westminster North | Regent's Park and Kensington North | ||||
Kensington | |||||
Chelsea | Kensington and Chelsea | ||||
Richmond and Barnes | Richmond Park | Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and borough of Richmond upon Thames | |||
Kingston upon Thames | |||||
Surbiton | Kingston and Surbiton | ||||
Southwark and Bermondsey | North Southwark and Bermondsey | London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark | |||
Peckham | Camberwell and Peckham | ||||
Dulwich | Dulwich and West Norwood | ||||
Norwood | |||||
Bethnal Green and Stepney | Bethnal Green and Bow | London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets | |||
Bow and Poplar | Poplar and Canning Town | ||||
Newham South | |||||
Newham North East | East Ham | ||||
Newham North West | West Ham | ||||
Chingford | Chingford and Woodford Green | London boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest | |||
Wanstead and Woodford | |||||
Leyton | Leyton and Wanstead | ||||
Greater Manchester | 30 | 28 | Stretford | ||
Davyhulme | Stretford and Urmston | ||||
Altrincham and Sale | Altrincham and Sale West | ||||
Manchester, Wythenshawe | Wythenshawe and Sale East | ||||
Littleborough and Saddleworth | Oldham East and Saddleworth | ||||
Oldham Central and Royton | Oldham West and Royton | ||||
Oldham West | |||||
Salford East | Salford | ||||
Hampshire | 15 | 17 | Hampshire North East | Comprised the majority of the existing Hampshire East seat, which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency. | |
New Forest | New Forest West | ||||
New Forest East | |||||
Romsey and Waterside | Romsey | ||||
Hereford and Worcester | 7 | 8 | Redditch | Comprised the majority of the existing Worcestershire Mid seat, which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency. | |
Worcestershire South | Worcestershire West | ||||
Hertfordshire | 10 | 11 | Hertfordshire North | Hertfordshire North East | |
Hitchin and Harpenden | |||||
Hertfordshire West | Hemel Hempstead | ||||
Humberside | 9 | 10 | Kingston upon Hull West | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | |
Bridlington | Yorkshire East | Major reconfiguration | |||
Beverley and Holderness | |||||
Beverley | Haltemprice and Howdon | ||||
Boothferry | Brigg and Goole | ||||
Glanford and Scunthorpe | Scunthorpe | ||||
Brigg and Cleethorpes | Cleethorpes | ||||
Isle of Wight | 1 | 1 | |||
Kent | 16 | 17 | Faversham | Sittingbourne and Sheppey | |
Faversham and Kent Mid | |||||
Kent Mid | Chatham and Aylesford | ||||
Maidstone | Maidstone and The Weald | ||||
Lancashire | 16 | 15 | Lancaster | Lancaster and Wyre | |
Wyre | |||||
Blackpool North | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | ||||
Leicestershire | 9 | 10 | Charnwood | ||
Lincolnshire | 6 | 7 | Gainsborough and Horncastle | Gainsborough | |
Lindsey East | Louth and Horncastle | ||||
Holland with Boston | Boston and Skegness | ||||
Stamford and Spalding | South Holland and The Deepings | ||||
Grantham and Stamford | |||||
Grantham | Sleaford and North Hykeham | ||||
Merseyside | 17 | 16 | Knowsley North | Knowsley North and Sefton East | |
Liverpool Broadgreen | Liverpool Wavertree | ||||
Liverpool Mossley Hill | |||||
Norfolk | 8 | 8 | |||
North Yorkshire | 6 | 7 | Harrogate | Harrogate and Knaresborough | |
Vale of York | |||||
York | City of York | Name change only | |||
Scarborough | Scarborough and Whitby | Name change only | |||
Northamptonshire | 6 | 6 | |||
Northumberland | 4 | 4 | |||
Nottinghamshire | 11 | 11 | |||
Oxfordshire | 6 | 6 | |||
Shropshire | 4 | 5 | Telford | Comprised the majority of the existing The Wrekin seat, which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency. | |
Somerset | 5 | 5 | |||
South Yorkshire | 15 | 15 | Barnsley East | Barnsley East and Mexborough | |
Staffordshire | 11 | 12 | Stone | Major reconfiguration | |
Staffordshire Mid | Lichfield | ||||
Cannock and Burntwood | Cannock Chase | ||||
Staffordshire South East | Tamworth | ||||
Suffolk | 6 | 7 | Suffolk Central | Suffolk Central and Ipswich North | |
Suffolk West | Comprised the majority of the existing Bury St Edmunds seat, which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency. | ||||
Surrey | 11 | 11 | Surrey North West | Surrey Heath | |
Chertsey and Walton | Runnymede and Weybridge | ||||
Esher | Esher and Walton | ||||
Tyne and Wear | 13 | 13 | Wallsend | Tyneside North | |
Newcastle upon Tyne East | Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | ||||
Gateshead East | Gateshead East and Washington West | ||||
Houghton and Washington | Houghton and Washington East | ||||
Warwickshire | 5 | 5 | |||
West Midlands | 31 | 29 | Dudley East | Dudley North | |
Dudley West | Dudley South | ||||
Halesowen and Stourbridge | Stourbridge | Electorate of Halesowen and Stourbridge distributed more-or-less equally between two new constituencies. | |||
Halesowen and Rowley Regis | |||||
Warley West | |||||
Warley East | Warley | ||||
Birmingham, Small Heath | |||||
Birmingham, Sparkbrook | Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath | ||||
Coventry South East | Coventry South | ||||
Coventry South West | |||||
West Sussex | 7 | 8 | Arundel | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | |
Arundel and South Downs | |||||
Shoreham | Worthing East and Shoreham | ||||
Worthing | Worthing West | ||||
West Yorkshire | 23 | 23 | Morley and Leeds South | Morley and Rothwell | |
Wiltshire | 5 | 6 | Swindon North | ||
Swindon | Swindon South |
Wales
The number of seats in Wales was increased from 38 to 40 through the creation of an additional seat in the counties of Clwyd and Dyfed.
County | No of seats | Old seat | New seat | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Before | After | |||
Clwyd | 5 | 6 | Clwyd North West | Clwyd West |
Vale of Clwyd | ||||
Clwyd South West | Clwyd South | |||
Dyfed | 4 | 5 | Ceredigion and Pembroke North | Ceredigion |
Pembroke | Preseli Pembrokeshire | |||
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | ||||
Carmarthen | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | |||
Gwent | 6 | 6 | ||
Gwynedd | 4 | 4 | ||
Mid Glamorgan | 7 | 7 | ||
Powys | 2 | 2 | ||
South Glamorgan | 5 | 5 | ||
West Glamorgan | 5 | 5 |
Scotland
The number of seats in Scotland remained at 72, with an additional seat in Grampian region being offset by the loss of a seat in the City of Glasgow in Strathclyde region.
Region | No of seats | Old seat | New seat | |
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Before | After | |||
Borders | 2 | 2 | ||
Central | 4 | 4 | Clackmannan | Ochil |
Dumfries and Galloway | 2 | 2 | ||
Fife | 5 | 5 | ||
Grampian | 6 | 7 | Aberdeen Central | |
Kincardine and Deeside | Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine | |||
Highland | 3 | 3 | Caithness and Sutherland | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
Ross, Cromarty and Skye | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | |||
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | |||
Lothian | 10 | 10 | Edinburgh East | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
Edinburgh, Leith | Edinburgh North and Leith | |||
Strathclyde | 33 | 32 | Monklands East | Airdrie and Shotts |
Monklands West | Coatbridge and Chryston | |||
Motherwell North | Hamilton North and Bellshill | |||
Motherwell South | Motherwell and Wishaw | |||
Hamilton | Hamilton South | |||
Greenock and Port Glasgow | Greenock and Inverclyde | |||
Renfrew West and Inverclyde | Renfrewshire West | |||
Glasgow Garscadden | Glasgow Anniesland | |||
Glasgow Hillhead | Glasgow Kelvin | |||
Glasgow Central | ||||
Glasgow Provan | Glasgow Baillieston | |||
Tayside | 5 | 5 | Angus East | Angus |
Perth and Kinross | Perth | |||
Islands Areas | 2 | 2 |
Northern Ireland
The number of seats in Northern Ireland was increased from 17 to 18 through the creation of West Tyrone. This comprised the majority of the existing Mid Ulster seat, which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency.
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The fourth periodic review of Westminster constituencies was undertaken in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 1995 by the four boundary commissions As well as changes to constituency boundaries the reviews recommended an increase of five seats in England 524 to 529 two in Wales 38 to 40 and one in Northern Ireland 17 to 18 with Scotland continuing to have 72 seats The number of MPs in the House of Commons therefore increased from 651 to 659 144 new constituencies were created offset by 136 which were abolished The new boundaries were first used for the 1997 general election Review processUnder the terms of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 as enacted the boundary commissions were required to present their final recommendations between 10 and 15 years after the submission of their previous reports As the final reports for the third periodic review had been submitted between October 1982 and February 1983 the final reports for the fourth review were due to be submitted no later than February 1998 Accordingly the English Commission had commenced their review in February 1991 and the Scottish commission had commenced theirs in February 1992 In the meantime reflecting concerns that the period between reviews was too long the Government proposed that the gap between reviews should be reduced to between 8 and 12 years and that the deadline for the fourth review should be brought forward to 31 December 1994 This was legislated through the Boundary Commissions Act 1992 The final reports were submitted as follows Scotland 15 December 1994 Wales 16 December 1994 England 12 April 1995 Northern Ireland 20 June 1995ChangesAs a result of changes to the names of seats it is not always easy to clearly identify newly created constituencies or those abolished during the review process One way of considering this is to link each proposed seat with an existing seat which contributes the most voters to that new seat Any proposed seat which cannot be linked to an existing seat is then considered to be a new constituency Conversely any existing seat which is not linked to a proposed seat is considered to have been abolished The tables below list the names of existing seats which were not replicated in the final proposals for the fourth review old seats and links them with proposed seats which did not exist prior to the review new seats Those seats which are not linked can be regarded as being genuinely abolished or newly created There are a number of instances where existing seats are effectively abolished and re created under the same name as set out in the notes England The number of seats in England increased by five 19 non metropolitan counties gained one seat each with Hampshire gaining two This was offset by a reduction of ten seats in Greater London two each in Greater Manchester and West Midlands and one each in Lancashire and Merseyside In Greater London the Commission for the first time decided to pair some London Boroughs together to reduce the variation in the size of electorates These are detailed in the table below County No of seats Old seat New seat Notes Before After Avon 10 10 Bedfordshire 5 6 Bedfordshire North Bedford Bedfordshire North East Comprised the largest part of the existing Bedfordshire Mid seat which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency Berkshire 7 8 Berkshire East Bracknell Windsor and Maidenhead Maidenhead Windsor Buckinghamshire 7 7 Cambridgeshire 6 7 Cambridgeshire North West Cambridgeshire South West Cambridgeshire South Cheshire 10 11 Weaver Vale Cleveland 6 6 Langbaurgh Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East Cornwall 5 5 Truro Truro and St Austell Name change only Cumbria 6 6 Derbyshire 10 10 Devon 11 11 Honiton Devon East Plymouth Drake Plymouth Drake was absorbed into Plymouth Sutton with the bulk of that seat now forming the majority of the new seat of Devon South West Devon South West South Hams Totnes Tiverton Tiverton and Honiton Dorset 7 8 Dorset Mid and Poole North Durham 7 7 East Sussex 8 8 Essex 16 17 Essex North Major reconfiguration Colchester North Colchester Colchester South and Maldon Maldon and Chelmsford East Chelmsford Chelmsford West Rochford Rayleigh Southend East Rochford and Southend East Gloucestershire 5 6 Cirencester and Tewksbury Cotswold Tewkesbury Gloucestershire West Forest of Dean Greater London 84 74 Hendon North Hendon London borough of Barnet Hendon South Finchley Finchley and Golders Green Greenwich Greenwich and Woolwich London boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich Woolwich Erith and Crayford Erith and Thamesmead Bexleyheath Bexleyheath and Crayford Chislehurst Bromley and Chislehurst London borough of Bromley Ravensbourne Croydon North East London borough of Croydon Croydon North West Croydon North Ealing Acton Ealing Acton and Shepherd s Bush London boroughs of Ealing and Hammersmith and Fulham Hammersmith Fulham Hammersmith and Fulham City of London and Westminster South Cities of London and Westminster Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Cities of London and Westminster Westminster North Regent s Park and Kensington North Kensington Chelsea Kensington and Chelsea Richmond and Barnes Richmond Park Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and borough of Richmond upon Thames Kingston upon Thames Surbiton Kingston and Surbiton Southwark and Bermondsey North Southwark and Bermondsey London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark Peckham Camberwell and Peckham Dulwich Dulwich and West Norwood Norwood Bethnal Green and Stepney Bethnal Green and Bow London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets Bow and Poplar Poplar and Canning Town Newham South Newham North East East Ham Newham North West West Ham Chingford Chingford and Woodford Green London boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest Wanstead and Woodford Leyton Leyton and Wanstead Greater Manchester 30 28 Stretford Davyhulme Stretford and Urmston Altrincham and Sale Altrincham and Sale West Manchester Wythenshawe Wythenshawe and Sale East Littleborough and Saddleworth Oldham East and Saddleworth Oldham Central and Royton Oldham West and Royton Oldham West Salford East Salford Hampshire 15 17 Hampshire North East Comprised the majority of the existing Hampshire East seat which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency New Forest New Forest West New Forest East Romsey and Waterside Romsey Hereford and Worcester 7 8 Redditch Comprised the majority of the existing Worcestershire Mid seat which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency Worcestershire South Worcestershire West Hertfordshire 10 11 Hertfordshire North Hertfordshire North East Hitchin and Harpenden Hertfordshire West Hemel Hempstead Humberside 9 10 Kingston upon Hull West Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Bridlington Yorkshire East Major reconfiguration Beverley and Holderness Beverley Haltemprice and Howdon Boothferry Brigg and Goole Glanford and Scunthorpe Scunthorpe Brigg and Cleethorpes Cleethorpes Isle of Wight 1 1 Kent 16 17 Faversham Sittingbourne and Sheppey Faversham and Kent Mid Kent Mid Chatham and Aylesford Maidstone Maidstone and The Weald Lancashire 16 15 Lancaster Lancaster and Wyre Wyre Blackpool North Blackpool North and Fleetwood Leicestershire 9 10 Charnwood Lincolnshire 6 7 Gainsborough and Horncastle Gainsborough Lindsey East Louth and Horncastle Holland with Boston Boston and Skegness Stamford and Spalding South Holland and The Deepings Grantham and Stamford Grantham Sleaford and North Hykeham Merseyside 17 16 Knowsley North Knowsley North and Sefton East Liverpool Broadgreen Liverpool Wavertree Liverpool Mossley Hill Norfolk 8 8 North Yorkshire 6 7 Harrogate Harrogate and Knaresborough Vale of York York City of York Name change only Scarborough Scarborough and Whitby Name change only Northamptonshire 6 6 Northumberland 4 4 Nottinghamshire 11 11 Oxfordshire 6 6 Shropshire 4 5 Telford Comprised the majority of the existing The Wrekin seat which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency Somerset 5 5 South Yorkshire 15 15 Barnsley East Barnsley East and Mexborough Staffordshire 11 12 Stone Major reconfiguration Staffordshire Mid Lichfield Cannock and Burntwood Cannock Chase Staffordshire South East Tamworth Suffolk 6 7 Suffolk Central Suffolk Central and Ipswich North Suffolk West Comprised the majority of the existing Bury St Edmunds seat which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency Surrey 11 11 Surrey North West Surrey Heath Chertsey and Walton Runnymede and Weybridge Esher Esher and Walton Tyne and Wear 13 13 Wallsend Tyneside North Newcastle upon Tyne East Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Gateshead East Gateshead East and Washington West Houghton and Washington Houghton and Washington East Warwickshire 5 5 West Midlands 31 29 Dudley East Dudley North Dudley West Dudley South Halesowen and Stourbridge Stourbridge Electorate of Halesowen and Stourbridge distributed more or less equally between two new constituencies Halesowen and Rowley Regis Warley West Warley East Warley Birmingham Small Heath Birmingham Sparkbrook Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath Coventry South East Coventry South Coventry South West West Sussex 7 8 Arundel Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Arundel and South Downs Shoreham Worthing East and Shoreham Worthing Worthing West West Yorkshire 23 23 Morley and Leeds South Morley and Rothwell Wiltshire 5 6 Swindon North Swindon Swindon South Wales The number of seats in Wales was increased from 38 to 40 through the creation of an additional seat in the counties of Clwyd and Dyfed County No of seats Old seat New seat Before After Clwyd 5 6 Clwyd North West Clwyd West Vale of Clwyd Clwyd South West Clwyd South Dyfed 4 5 Ceredigion and Pembroke North Ceredigion Pembroke Preseli Pembrokeshire Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Carmarthen Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Gwent 6 6 Gwynedd 4 4 Mid Glamorgan 7 7 Powys 2 2 South Glamorgan 5 5 West Glamorgan 5 5 Scotland The number of seats in Scotland remained at 72 with an additional seat in Grampian region being offset by the loss of a seat in the City of Glasgow in Strathclyde region Region No of seats Old seat New seat Before After Borders 2 2 Central 4 4 Clackmannan Ochil Dumfries and Galloway 2 2 Fife 5 5 Grampian 6 7 Aberdeen Central Kincardine and Deeside Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine Highland 3 3 Caithness and Sutherland Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross Ross Cromarty and Skye Ross Skye and Inverness West Inverness Nairn and Lochaber Inverness East Nairn and Lochaber Lothian 10 10 Edinburgh East Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh Leith Edinburgh North and Leith Strathclyde 33 32 Monklands East Airdrie and Shotts Monklands West Coatbridge and Chryston Motherwell North Hamilton North and Bellshill Motherwell South Motherwell and Wishaw Hamilton Hamilton South Greenock and Port Glasgow Greenock and Inverclyde Renfrew West and Inverclyde Renfrewshire West Glasgow Garscadden Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Hillhead Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Central Glasgow Provan Glasgow Baillieston Tayside 5 5 Angus East Angus Perth and Kinross Perth Islands Areas 2 2 Northern Ireland The number of seats in Northern Ireland was increased from 17 to 18 through the creation of West Tyrone This comprised the majority of the existing Mid Ulster seat which was reconfigured and effectively formed a new constituency Johnston Neil 17 November 2022 Constituency boundary reviews and the number of MPs PDF House of Commons library p 76 Retrieved 15 December 2022 Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 as enacted Legislation gov uk Retrieved 15 December 2022 Boundary Commissions Act 1992 as enacted Legislation gov uk Retrieved 15 December 2022 The Parliamentary Constituencies Scotland Order 1995 legislation gov uk 11 April 1995 Retrieved 15 December 2022 The Parliamentary Constituencies Wales Order 1995 legislation gov uk 11 April 1995 Retrieved 15 December 2022 The Parliamentary Constituencies England Order 1995 legislation gov 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