Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies

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The Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies was a comprehensive review by the Boundary Commissions that redrew UK parliamentary constituency boundaries ahead of the 2010 general election.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boundary review ⓘ
periodic review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
appliesToChamber House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
appliesToElection 2010 United Kingdom general election ⓘ
appliesToElectoralSystem first-past-the-post voting system for UK general elections ⓘ
appliesToElectorate registered parliamentary electors in the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesToLegislativeBody British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
category Electoral boundary reviews in the United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
conductedBy Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Northern Ireland ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Scotland ⓘ
Boundary Commission for Wales ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs comprehensive review of UK parliamentary constituency boundaries ahead of the 2010 general election ⓘ
endTime late 2000s ⓘ
followedBy Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
follows Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
implementedForElection 2010 United Kingdom general election campaign ⓘ
surface form: 2010 United Kingdom general election
includesProcess local inquiries into boundary proposals ⓘ
public consultation on proposed constituency boundaries ⓘ
isPartOf series of periodic reviews of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
legalBasis Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 ⓘ
subsequent amending legislation in force at the time of the review ⓘ
location United Kingdom ⓘ
output final recommendations for new Westminster constituency boundaries ⓘ
purpose to equalise the size of electorates between constituencies as far as practicable ⓘ
to redraw UK parliamentary constituency boundaries ⓘ
regulates geographical definition of Westminster parliamentary constituencies ⓘ
resultedIn abolition of some existing constituencies ⓘ
changes to the boundaries of many existing constituencies ⓘ
creation of some new constituencies ⓘ
scope England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
startTime early 2000s ⓘ
subjectOf debate about the fairness and balance of representation in the House of Commons ⓘ
temporalApplication constituency boundaries used for subsequent general elections until superseded by later reviews ⓘ
constituency boundaries used for the 2010 general election ⓘ
typeOfChange redistribution of parliamentary seats ⓘ

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

Glenrothes (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewCreatedBy → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Lancaster and Fleetwood → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Chelmsford (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewEvent → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Ross, Skye and Lochaber → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Taunton Deane → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Morley and Outwood → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Central Ayrshire → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
South Basildon and East Thurrock → legalBasis → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007
Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → followedBy → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewCauseOfAbolition → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → follows → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies → precededBy → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Bracknell (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewAffectedBy → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
South West Wiltshire → boundaryReviewCreation → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Scunthorpe (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Croydon Central → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Broadland (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Rugby (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewEvent → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Knowsley South (former) → abolishedBy → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Weaver Vale → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Stretford and Urmston → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewCreation → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Garston and Halewood (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewCreation → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
St Helens South and Whiston (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReviewCreation → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine → hasPost-2005BoundariesFrom → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Hammersmith (UK Parliament constituency) → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Thornbury and Yate → boundaryReview → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
Sheffield Brightside constituency → boundaryReviewEvent → Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies ⓘ
subject surface form: Sheffield Brightside