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
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The bill amends the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 to set rules about how many parliamentary constituencies there are and how large each one should be. It also specifies how a constituency's size is calculated, and covers related matters. It is currently in Committee stage in the House of Commons, after the first and second readings in 2016.
The bill is in Committee stage in the House of Commons. It has already completed its first and second readings in 2016.
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29 Jun 2016
18 Nov 2016
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.
