List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

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Avon is no longer a county council area, nor is it a ceremonial county, but the constituency boundaries used up to the United Kingdom general election, 2005 were drawn up when it was both. The area is divided into 10 Parliamentary constituencies - 5 Borough constituencies and 5 County constituencies. The constituencies were first used at the 1983 general election, with their boundaries being revised for the 1997 election[1]

Name Current boundaries
  1. Bath CC
  2. Bristol East BC
  3. Bristol North West BC
  4. Bristol South BC
  5. Bristol West BC
  6. Kingswood BC
  7. Northavon CC
  8. Wansdyke CC
  9. Weston-super-Mare CC
  10. Woodspring CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

The Boundary Commission for England commenced a review of the area in 2000 and concluded that a satisfactory scheme could be produced in which no constituency spanned the current unitary authority boundaries. They allocated 4 seats to Bristol, 3 to South Gloucestershire and 2 each to Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset - a net increase of 1. The more compact Bath constituency will be designated a Borough constituency, and constituency names will be changed to relate to the new local authority names.[2] [3] These changes are expected to be implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2009/10.

Revised name Proposed boundaries
  1. Bath BC
  2. Bristol East BC
  3. Bristol North West BC
  4. Bristol South BC
  5. Bristol West BC
  6. Filton and Bradley Stoke CC
  7. Kingswood BC
  8. North East Somerset CC
  9. North Somerset CC
  10. Thornbury and Yate CC
  11. Weston-super-Mare CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Avon

(The maps on this page do not show the nominal extensions of several constituencies over the waters of the Bristol Channel.)

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417), The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I.1995/1626)
  2. ^ [1] Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire (Boundary Commission for England)
  3. ^ [2] Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in the Unitary Authority of North Somerset (Boundary Commission for England)
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