Constituencies Act News Today

A ‘substantive democracy’ is supposed to produce two things: political stability and economic growth. We have had 11 elections over the past 48 years. Our version of democracy has also...

Black’s Law Dictionary defines the term gerrymandering as: “the practice of dividing a geographical area into electoral districts, often of highly irregular shape, to give one political...

I have made a search on HoL and while I have found a lot about the Boundary Commission  have not found this latest proposal. I am interested because I now live…

New Law Passed Will Make Voting in UK General Election Fairer Parliamentary Constituencies Act passed today will make constituencies across the UK more equal in size From: Parliamentary Constituencies Act receives Royal Assent and becomes law Constituencies across the UK will be updated and have a near equal number of electors Every vote will count the same, delivering manifesto commitment for fairer elections Every vote cast in a general election will carry equal weight, after new legislat...

Secretary of State announces appointment to the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland Secretary of State announces appointment to the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. From: 11 December 2020 The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon Brandon Lewis CBE MP has announced the appointment of Sarah Havlin as a member of the Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland. Notes for Editors The Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland’s role is to review the number, names, designa...