The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 2061

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995

Made

2nd August 1995

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 24(1)(c) and (e) and 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, except that for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to a parliamentary election held after the issue of that proclamation, this Order shall come into force on 25th August 1995.

(3) References to constituencies in this Order are references to the constituencies in England as constituted by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995(2) or any subsequent Order in Council in respect of constituencies in any part of England under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986(3).

2.  The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983(4) and the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991(5) are hereby revoked.

3.  In the case of a borough constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 1 to this Order (being a constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a district), the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be the chairman of the council of the district listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

4.  In the case of a borough constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 2 to this Order (being a constituency which is situated partly in one London borough and partly in another), the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be the mayor of the London borough listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

5.  In the case of a county constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 3 to this Order, the duties of the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be discharged, as acting returning officer, by the registration officer appointed by the council of the district listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

Blatch

Minister of State

Home Office

2nd August 1995

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 RETURNING OFFICERS FOR CERTAIN BOROUGH CONSTITUENCIES OUTSIDE GREATER LONDON

Name of borough constituency	District of which chairman is returning officer
Ashton under Lyne	Tameside
Basildon	Basildon
Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Blackpool
Brighton, Kemptown	Brighton
Bristol North West	Bristol
Broxbourne	Broxbourne
Denton and Reddish	Tameside
Eastbourne	Eastbourne
Epsom and Ewell	Epsom and Ewell
Gateshead East and Washington West	Gateshead
Gosport	Gosport
Halesowen and Rowley Regis	Dudley
Hyndburn	Hyndburn
Jarrow	South Tyneside
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	Kingston upon Hull
Kingswood	Kingswood
Lincoln	Lincoln
Luton South	Luton
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Newcastle upon Tyne
Northampton South	Northampton
Norwich North	Broadland
Norwich South	Norwich
Preston	Preston
Reading East	Reading
Redditch	Redditch
Rossendale and Darwen	Rossendale
Stoke-on-Trent North	Stoke-on-Trent
Tyne Bridge	Gateshead
Watford	Watford
Worthing West	Worthing
Wythenshawe and Sale East	Manchester

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 RETURNING OFFICERS FOR CERTAIN BOROUGH CONSTITUENCIES IN GREATER LONDON

Name of borough constituency	London borough of which mayor is returning officer
Chingford and Woodford Green	Waltham Forest
Cities of London and Westminster	Westminster
Dulwich and West Norwood	Southwark
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush	Ealing
Erith and Thamesmead	Bexley
Leyton and Wanstead	Waltham Forest
Poplar and Canning Town	Tower Hamlets
Regent’s Park and Kensington North	Westminster
Richmond Park	Richmond upon Thames

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3 ACTING RETURNING OFFICERS FOR COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES

Name of county constituency	District of which registration officer is acting returning officer
Aldershot	Rushmoor
Amber Valley	Amber Valley
Arundel and South Downs	Horsham
Ashfield	Ashfield
Ashford	Ashford
Aylesbury	Aylesbury Vale
Banbury	Cherwell
Barnsley East and Mexborough	Barnsley
Barnsley West and Penistone	Barnsley
Barrow and Furness	Barrow-in-Furness
Basingstoke	Basingstoke and Deane
Bassetlaw	Bassetlaw
Bath	Bath
Beaconsfield	South Bucks
Berwick-upon-Tweed	Alnwick
Beverley and Holderness	Holderness
Bexhill and Battle	Rother
Billericay	Basildon
Bishop Auckland	Wear Valley
Blaby	Blaby
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	Arun
Bolsover	Bolsover
Bolton West	Bolton
Boston and Skegness	Boston
Bosworth	Hinckley and Bosworth
Bracknell	Bracknell Forest
Braintree	Braintree
Brentwood and Ongar	Brentwood
Bridgwater	Sedgemoor
Brigg and Goole	Boothferry
Bromsgrove	Bromsgrove
Broxtowe	Broxtowe
Buckingham	Aylesbury Vale
Burton	East Staffordshire
Bury St. Edmunds	St. Edmundsbury
Calder Valley	Calderdale
Cannock Chase	Cannock Chase
Canterbury	Canterbury
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	Mid Suffolk
Charnwood	Charnwood
Chatham and Aylesford	Rochester upon Medway
Chesham and Amersham	Chiltern
Chichester	Chichester
Chorley	Chorley
Christchurch	Christchurch
City of Chester	Chester
City of Durham	Durham
Cleethorpes	Cleethorpes
Colne Valley	Kirklees
Congleton	Congleton
Copeland	Copeland
Corby	Corby
Cotswold	Cotswold
Crewe and Nantwich	Crewe and Nantwich
Dartford	Dartford
Daventry	South Northamptonshire
Devizes	Kennet
Dewsbury	Kirklees
Don Valley	Doncaster
Doncaster North	Doncaster
Dover	Dover
Easington	Easington
East Devon	East Devon
East Hampshire	East Hampshire
East Surrey	Tandridge
East Worthing and Shoreham	Adur
East Yorkshire	East Yorkshire
Eddisbury	Vale Royal
Ellesmere Port and Neston	Ellesmere Port and Neston
Elmet	Leeds
Epping Forest	Epping Forest
Erewash	Erewash
Falmouth and Camborne	Kerrier
Fareham	Fareham
Faversham and Mid Kent	Maidstone
Folkestone and Hythe	Shepway
Forest of Dean	Forest of Dean
Fylde	Fylde
Gainsborough	West Lindsey
Gedling	Gedling
Grantham and Stamford	South Kesteven
Gravesham	Gravesham
Great Yarmouth	Great Yarmouth
Guildford	Guildford
Haltemprice and Howden	Beverley
Halton	Halton
Harborough	Oadby and Wigston
Harlow	Harlow
Harwich	Tendring
Hastings and Rye	Hastings
Hazel Grove	Stockport
Hemel Hempstead	Dacorum
Hemsworth	Wakefield
Henley	South Oxfordshire
Hereford	Hereford
Hertford and Stortford	East Hertfordshire
Hertsmere	Hertsmere
Hexham	Tynedale
Heywood and Middleton	Rochdale
High Peak	High Peak
Hitchin and Harpenden	St. Albans
Horsham	Horsham
Huntingdon	Huntingdonshire
Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight
Keighley	Bradford
Kettering	Kettering
Knowsley North and Sefton East	Knowsley
Knowsley South	Knowsley
Lancaster and Wyre	Wyre
Leigh	Wigan
Leominster	Leominster
Lewes	Lewes
Lichfield	Lichfield
Loughborough	Charnwood
Louth and Horncastle	East Lindsey
Ludlow	South Shropshire
Macclesfield	Macclesfield
Maidenhead	Windsor and Maidenhead
Maidstone and the Weald	Maidstone
Makerfield	Wigan
Maldon and East Chelmsford	Maldon
Mansfield	Mansfield
Medway	Rochester upon Medway
Meriden	Solihull
Mid Bedfordshire	Mid Bedfordshire
Mid Dorset and North Poole	Poole
Mid Norfolk	Broadland
Mid Sussex	Mid Sussex
Mid Worcestershire	Wychavon
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Langbaurgh-on-Tees
Mole Valley	Mole Valley
Morecambe and Lunesdale	Lancaster
New Forest East	New Forest
New Forest West	New Forest
Newark	Newark and Sherwood
Newbury	Newbury
Normanton	Wakefield
North Cornwall	North Cornwall
North Devon	North Devon
North Dorset	North Dorset
North Durham	Chester-le-Street
North East Bedfordshire	Mid Bedfordshire
North East Cambridgeshire	Fenland
North East Derbyshire	North East Derbyshire
North East Hampshire	Hart
North East Hertfordshire	North Hertfordshire
North East Milton Keynes	Milton Keynes
North Essex	Colchester
North Norfolk	North Norfolk
North Shropshire	North Shropshire
North Swindon	Thamesdown
North Thanet	Thanet
North Warwickshire	North Warwickshire
North West Cambridgeshire	Peterborough
North West Durham	Derwentside
North West Hampshire	Test Valley
North West Leicestershire	North West Leicestershire
North West Norfolk	King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
North Wiltshire	North Wiltshire
Northavon	Northavon
Nuneaton	Nuneaton and Bedworth
Oldham East and Saddleworth	Oldham
Oxford West and Abingdon	Vale of White Horse
Penrith and the Border	Eden
Pontefract and Castleford	Wakefield
Rayleigh	Rochford
Reading West	Reading
Ribble Valley	Ribble Valley
Richmond (Yorks)	Hambleton
Rochdale	Rochdale
Rochford and Southend East	Southend-on-Sea
Romsey	Test Valley
Rother Valley	Rotherham
Rugby and Kenilworth	Rugby
Runnymede and Weybridge	Runnymede
Rushcliffe	Rushcliffe
Rutland and Melton	Melton
Ryedale	Ryedale
Saffron Walden	Uttlesford
Salisbury	Salisbury
Scarborough and Whitby	Scarborough
Scunthorpe	Scunthorpe
Sedgefield	Sedgefield
Selby	Selby
Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks
Sheffield, Hallam	Sheffield
Sheffield, Hillsborough	Sheffield
Sherwood	Newark and Sherwood
Shipley	Bradford
Shrewsbury and Atcham	Shrewsbury and Atcham
Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Swale
Skipton and Ripon	Craven
Sleaford and North Hykeham	North Kesteven
Somerton and Frome	South Somerset
South Cambridgeshire	South Cambridgeshire
South Derbyshire	South Derbyshire
South Dorset	Weymouth and Portland
South East Cambridgeshire	East Cambridgeshire
South East Cornwall	Caradon
South Holland and the Deepings	South Holland
South Norfolk	South Norfolk
South Ribble	South Ribble
South Staffordshire	South Staffordshire
South Suffolk	Babergh
South Swindon	Thamesdown
South Thanet	Thanet
South West Bedfordshire	South Bedfordshire
South West Devon	Plymouth
South West Hertfordshire	Three Rivers
South West Norfolk	Breckland
South West Surrey	Waverley
St. Albans	St. Albans
St. Ives	Penwith
Stafford	Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire Moorlands
Stalybridge and Hyde	Tameside
Stevenage	Stevenage
Stone	Stafford
Stratford-on-Avon	Stratford-on-Avon
Stroud	Stroud
Suffolk Coastal	Suffolk Coastal
Surrey Heath	Surrey Heath
Tamworth	Tamworth
Tatton	Macclesfield
Taunton	Taunton Deane
Teignbridge	Teignbridge
Tewkesbury	Tewkesbury
The Wrekin	The Wrekin
Tiverton and Honiton	Mid Devon
Tonbridge and Malling	Tonbridge and Malling
Torridge and West Devon	Torridge
Totnes	South Hams
Truro and St. Austell	Carrick
Tunbridge Wells	Tunbridge Wells
Vale of York	Hambleton
Wakefield	Wakefield
Wansbeck	Wansbeck
Wansdyke	Wansdyke
Wantage	Vale of White Horse
Warwick and Leamington	Warwick
Waveney	Waveney
Wealden	Wealden
Weaver Vale	Vale Royal
Wellingborough	Wellingborough
Wells	Mendip
Welwyn Hatfield	Welwyn Hatfield
Wentworth	Rotherham
West Chelmsford	Chelmsford
West Derbyshire	Derbyshire Dales
West Dorset	West Dorset
West Lancashire	West Lancashire
West Suffolk	Forest Heath
West Worcestershire	Malvern Hills
Westbury	West Wiltshire
Westmorland and Lonsdale	South Lakeland
Weston-Super-Mare	Woodspring
Wigan	Wigan
Winchester	Winchester
Windsor	Windsor and Maidenhead
Wirral South	Wirral
Wirral West	Wirral
Witney	West Oxfordshire
Woking	Woking
Wokingham	Wokingham
Woodspring	Woodspring
Workington	Allerdale
Worsley	Salford
Wycombe	Wycombe
Wyre Forest	Wyre Forest
Yeovil	South Somerset

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Articles 3 and 4 of this Order designate the returning officers for the constituencies constituted by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 in cases where the returning officers are not determined by paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of section 24(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983. Article 5 of this Order designates acting returning officers for those constituencies where the acting returning officer is not determined by section 28(1)(a) of that Act (in effect, all county constituencies).

This Order replaces, as respects England, the designations made by the instruments revoked by article 2 of this Order. A separate order has already been made as respects Wales (the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1142)).

(1)

1983 c. 2; section 28(1)(b) has been amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).

(2)

S.I. 1995/1626.

(3)

1986 c. 56.

(4)

S.I. 1983/468.

(5)

S.I. 1991/152.