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.
This Bill would let a parliamentary constituency area become a new unitary local authority if residents vote in favour in a referendum. It also creates a framework for how such referendums would be held and for the related administrative steps that would follow.
The bill is currently at the 1st Reading in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move on to the Second Reading and subsequent stages for detailed examination.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
