Boundary Commission for England

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boundary commission non-departmental public body

The Boundary Commission for England is an independent public body responsible for reviewing and recommending changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries in England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boundary commission ⓘ
non-departmental public body ⓘ
appliesRule electoral quota for constituencies ⓘ
appliesTo House of Commons constituencies in England ⓘ
collaboratesWith Electoral Registration Officers ⓘ
Office for National Statistics ⓘ
Ordnance Survey ⓘ
country England ⓘ
formedAs successor to earlier ad hoc boundary review arrangements ⓘ
governs parliamentary constituencies only, not local government wards ⓘ
hasRole conducting public consultations on proposed constituency boundaries ⓘ
maintaining broadly equal numbers of electors per constituency in England ⓘ
publishing final recommendations for constituencies ⓘ
publishing provisional recommendations for constituencies ⓘ
taking account of local government boundaries in constituency design ⓘ
hasSisterOrganization Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Wales ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
independence independent of government in its decisions ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 ⓘ
Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 ⓘ
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
mandate to ensure fair and equal representation in the House of Commons for electors in England ⓘ
notResponsibleFor local government boundary reviews ⓘ
operatesWithin United Kingdom electoral system ⓘ
parentOrganization Cabinet Office ⓘ
partOf Parliamentary Boundary Commissions ⓘ
United Kingdom boundary review system ⓘ
reportsTo Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
responsibleFor conducting boundary reviews following changes in legislation ⓘ
conducting periodic reviews of constituencies ⓘ
recommending changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries in England ⓘ
reviewing parliamentary constituency boundaries in England ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
sponsor Cabinet Office ⓘ
subjectOf periodic boundary reviews ⓘ
submitsRecommendationsTo Secretary of State ⓘ
British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: UK Parliament
supervisingAuthority UK Electoral Commission ⓘ
surface form: Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission
uses electoral register data ⓘ
website https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/ ⓘ
workLanguage English ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Witney (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewAuthority → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Bromley and Chislehurst → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Holborn and St Pancras → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Huntingdon → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
subject surface form: Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)
North West Norfolk → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Stroud (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Tatton → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Tewkesbury (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Witney → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → conductedBy → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
South Thanet → hasBoundaryReviewsBy → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Cabinet Office → oversees → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland → relatedTo → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Scotland → worksWith → Boundary Commission for England ⓘ