Boundary Commission for Scotland

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boundary commission independent public body

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

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Label	Occurrences
Boundary Commission for Scotland canonical	22

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	boundary commission ⓘ independent public body ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure fair representation ⓘ maintain roughly equal numbers of electors per constituency ⓘ reflect local ties and geography in boundaries ⓘ
appliesTo	Scottish local government electoral arrangements ⓘ United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies in Scotland ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
formedAs	successor to earlier Scottish boundary review bodies ⓘ
governsTypeOfArea	local government electoral wards ⓘ parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	BCS ⓘ
hasChair	Chair of the Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ
hasMember	Commissioners ⓘ Deputy Chair of the Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ Secretary ⓘ
hasRole	conducting periodic reviews of boundaries ⓘ consulting the public on proposed boundary changes ⓘ recommending changes to constituency boundaries ⓘ recommending changes to local government boundaries ⓘ reviewing local government boundaries in Scotland ⓘ reviewing parliamentary constituency boundaries in Scotland ⓘ submitting boundary recommendations to the UK Parliament ⓘ submitting local government boundary recommendations to Scottish Ministers ⓘ
hasScope	electoral boundaries ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Edinburgh ⓘ
isIndependentOf	Scottish Government ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: UK Government
isPartOf	United Kingdom boundary review system ⓘ
jurisdiction	Scotland ⓘ
legalBasis	Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 ⓘ subsequent boundary review legislation ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Europe/London ⓘ
operatesInLanguage	English ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
reportsTo	Scottish Ministers on local government boundaries ⓘ UK Parliament on Westminster constituencies ⓘ
sector	public administration ⓘ
supervises	review of Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions ⓘ review of UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland ⓘ review of local government electoral arrangements in Scotland ⓘ
usesMethod	analysis of electoral data ⓘ public consultations ⓘ public hearings ⓘ
website	https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/ ⓘ
worksWith	Boundary Commission for England ⓘ Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland ⓘ Boundary Commission for Wales ⓘ

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Subject: Boundary Commission for Scotland
Description of subject: The Boundary Commission for Scotland is an independent public body responsible for reviewing and recommending changes to parliamentary constituency and local government boundaries in Scotland.

Referenced by (22)

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

Cabinet Office → oversees → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Boundary Commission for England → hasSisterOrganization → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland → relatedTo → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → conductedBy → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Mid Scotland and Fife → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Mid Fife and Glenrothes (Scottish Parliament constituency) → hasBoundaryAuthority → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Stirling (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Livingston (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Parliamentary Boundary Commissions → hasPart → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 → appliesTo → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 → boundaryCommissionsAffected → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Edinburgh East → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Edinburgh North and Leith → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 → createdBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → conductedBy → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies → reviewedBy → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → conductedBy → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

North East Scotland electoral region → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Greenock and Inverclyde → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament) → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

subject surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Scottish Parliament constituency)

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ

Scotland electoral regions → boundaryReviewBody → Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ