A Bill to make provision to enable parliamentary constituency areas to form new unitary local authority areas if agreed by referendum; to make provision for such referendums; and for connected purposes.
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The bill would allow groups of parliamentary constituencies to form a new unitary local authority if people in the area vote in favour in a referendum. It sets out how such referendums should be run and what happens if the referendum approves the change, including how boundaries and governance would be reorganised. In short, it aims to change local government boundaries through local referendums.
The bill is currently at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. No further stages are listed in the provided information.
Generated 21 February 2026
21 Jun 2021
6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
