Boundary Commission Consultation - runs until Wednesday 8 December 2021

The Boundary Commission for Scotland is conducting a consultation on its initial proposals for new UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries in Scotland. The consultation runs until Wednesday 8 December 2021.

The Commission’s 2023 Review will recommend 57 constituencies, two fewer than at present. The UK Parliament has retained 650 constituencies. England has been allocated 543 (+10), Northern Ireland 18 (no change) and Wales 32 (-8). Two of these 57 (Na h-Eileanan an Iar (the Western Isles) and Orkney and Shetland) are protected in the legislation and will not be subject to change.

Each constituency that the Commission recommends must contain no fewer than 69,724 Parliamentary electors, and no more than 77,062 (except the two ‘protected’ listed above).

Comments on the Commission’s proposals can be submitted here www.bcs2023review.com. Further information is also available on the Commission’s website https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/reviews/2023-review-uk-parliament-constituencies