List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon
Avon is no longer a county council area, nor is it a ceremonial county, but the constituency boundaries used up to the United Kingdom general election, 2005 were drawn up when it was both. The area is divided into 10 Parliamentary constituencies - 5 Borough constituencies and 5 County constituencies. The constituencies were first used at the 1983 general election, with their boundaries being revised for the 1997 election [The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/417), The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 (S.I.1995/1626)]
The Boundary Commission for England commenced a review of the area in 2000 and concluded that a satisfactory scheme could be produced in which no constituency spanned the current unitary authority boundaries. They allocated 4 seats to Bristol, 3 to South Gloucestershire and 2 each to Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset - a net increase of 1. The more compact Bath constituency will be designated a Borough constituency, and constituency names will be changed to relate to the new local authority names. [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/Bath_Somerset_FR_NR.pdf] Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in Bath and North East Somerset,Bristol, and South Gloucestershire (Boundary Commission for England)] [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pbc/review_areas/downloads/North_Somerset_FR_NR.pdf] Final Recommendations for Parliamentary Constituencies in the Unitary Authority of North Somerset (Boundary Commission for England)] These changes are expected to be implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2009/10.
(The maps on this page do not show the nominal extensions of several constituencies over the waters of the Bristol Channel.)
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