List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

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This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament, as at the 2005 general election. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament (MP).

Constituency boundaries are subject to regular review by an independent Boundary Commission, usually once every 10 to 15 years, to keep the electorate of each constituency as close to the national average as is reasonably possible. New constituencies may be created, or existing ones abolished, by these reviews. For the list of recommended constituencies following the current review see Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election

Constituencies were long based on boroughs (burghs in Scotland) and counties. Today, constituencies in England are mostly subdivisions of administrative counties, with each constituency being comprised of a number of whole wards (for the purposes of the Boundary Commissions, unitary authorities, metropolitan boroughs and London boroughs are treated as separate administrative counties). In Scotland, constituencies are subdivisions of council areas, and in Wales they are subdivisions of the preserved counties. Northern Ireland is reviewed as a whole, and constituency boundaries may cross all district borders.

In some cases, particularly in urban areas, two or more administrative counties or council areas may be combined together to form a single review area, so that particularly large or small constituencies are not created. For example, if two adjacent areas are entitled to 1.5 constituencies each, they may be combined together and awarded three constituencies, rather than having two constituencies each, all of which would be well below the average constituency electorate.

The Parliament of 2001 contained representatives from 659 constituencies. Most of the current constituency boundaries were last reviewed in the early 1990s, and are therefore based on administrative boundaries prior to the last series of local government boundary changes. However, a Boundary Commission for Scotland review in February 2005 resulted in the reorganisation of most Scottish constituencies to adjust for the historic over-representation of Scotland. This reduced the number of constituencies in Scotland by 13, from 72 down to the current 59. The Parliament of 2005 therefore had 646 representatives.

Contents
1 England
1.1 East Midlands Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire
1.2 East of England Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
1.3 Greater London North East, North West, South East, South West
1.4 North East England Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
1.5 North West England Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside
1.6 South East England Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex
1.7 South West England Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
1.8 West Midlands Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands
1.9 Yorkshire and Humberside Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
2 Northern Ireland
3 Scotland Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland, Central Scotland, Fife, Lothian, South of Scotland, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire
4 Wales

Contents
1 England
1.1 East Midlands	Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire
1.2 East of England	Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
1.3 Greater London	North East, North West, South East, South West
1.4 North East England	Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
1.5 North West England	Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside
1.6 South East England	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex
1.7 South West England	Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
1.8 West Midlands	Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands
1.9 Yorkshire and Humberside	Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
2 Northern Ireland
3 Scotland	Highlands and Islands, North East Scotland, Central Scotland, Fife, Lothian, South of Scotland, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire
4 Wales

List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies

North West London Boroughs

South East London Boroughs

South West London Boroughs

Highlands and Islands

North East Scotland

Central Scotland

Fife

Lothian

South of Scotland

Ayrshire

Lanarkshire

Glasgow

Dunbartonshire

Renfrewshire

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