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House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949

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An Act to consolidate the enactments which make permanent provision for the redistribution of seats at parliamentary elections and the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1948, interpreting statutory references to
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An Act to increase the number of constituencies in Northern Ireland required by rule 1 in Schedule 2 to the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949.
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The Boundary Commissions: redrawing the UK's map of Parliamentary constituencies; D J Rossiter, R J Johnston, C J Pattie; Manchester University Press, 1999.
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The electoral quota was obtained by dividing the total electorate for either Great Britain or Northern Ireland by the number of allocated seats.
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No county borough (or any part thereof) was to be included in a constituency with any other county borough or part of a metropolitan borough.
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number of constituencies. A new procedure was established, forcing a local inquiry to be held if many objections arose to changes.
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No metropolitan borough was to be included in a constituency which included the whole or part of any other metropolitan borough.
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was not to be divided, and the name of the constituency in which it was included had to include the term "City of London".
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Under the 1949 Act, each commission was to make its first periodic report within seven years of the passing of the
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The electorate of any constituency was to be as close as possible to a country-specific electoral quota to reduce
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O Gay, The Rules for the Redistribution of Seats – History and Reform (SN/PC/05628, 28 July 2010), p. 4
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Each commission were allowed to depart from the rules on areas or electorate in special cases
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No county district was to be included partly in one constituency and partly in another.
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that provided for the periodic review of the number and boundaries of parliamentary
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The Act amended the rules for the distribution of seats to be followed by the
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Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning the House of Commons
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The Act contained a number of rules to guide the work of the commissions.
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An Act to amend the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act, 1949.
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was to have "not substantially greater or less than" 613 constituencies.
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No constituency was to combine the whole or parts of different
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Every constituency was to return a single Member of Parliament.
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Following successful legal action the Act was amended by the
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House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1979
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6
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Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
constituencies
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United Kingdom
House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944
Representation of the People Act 1948
Representation of the People Act 1948
Home Secretary
Order in Council
Privy Council
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general election

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