Boundary Commissions in United Kingdom
Definition of Boundary Commissions
In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Boundary Commissions : Independent bodies established under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 to carry out periodic reviews of parliamentary constituencies for the purpose of recommending boundary changes to take account of shifts in population. There are separate commissions for England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Compare local government boundary commissions.
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Further Reading
- Boundary Commissions in the Encyclopedia of Britain
- Boundary Commissions in the Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary
- Boundary Commissions in the Halsbury’s Laws of England
- Boundary Commissions in the Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases
- Boundary Commissions in the Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
- Boundary Commissions in the New Oxford Companion to Law
- Boundary Commissions in the Words and Phrases Legally Defined
- Boundary Commissions in the Oxford Dictionary of Law