A Bill to amend the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 to make provision about the number and size of parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom; to specify how the size of a constituency is to be calculated; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
8 March 2021
Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill would change the law that governs how many parliamentary constituencies there are and how large each one should be in the United Kingdom. It would specify how to calculate the size of a constituency and include related provisions. The bill is currently at Committee stage in the House of Commons.
The bill is in Committee stage in the House of Commons, having originated in the Commons.
Generated 21 February 2026
The Bill was debated at second reading on 18 November 2016. The House of Commons voted for the Bill to be sent to a Public Bill Committee that will scrutinise the Bill line by line.
However, as a General Election has now been called and Parliament will be dissolved from 3 May 2017, the Bill falls and no further action will be taken.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
