The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1996

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1996.

(2) In this Order “the 1995 Order” means the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995(1).

(3) Subject to section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, this Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2.  For the constituencies of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Northfield, Birmingham, Selly Oak and Bromsgrove as constituted by the Schedule to the 1995 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st June 1994), there shall be substituted the constituencies which—

(a) are named in the left-hand column of Part I of the Schedule to this Order;

(b) are designated in that column as either borough constituencies or county constituencies; and

(c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Part (which are local government areas as they existed on 17th May 1996).

3.  For the constituencies of Chingford and Woodford Green, Epping Forest, Ilford North, Leyton and Wanstead and Walthamstow as constituted by the Schedule to the 1995 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st June 1994), there shall be substituted the constituencies which—

(a) are named in the left-hand column of Part II of the Schedule to this Order;

(b) are designated in that column as either borough constituencies or county constituencies; and

(c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Part (which are local government areas as they existed on 17th May 1996).

4.  Each electoral registration officer for the constituencies referred to in this Order shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the registers of parliamentary electors as may be necessary to give effect to this Order.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council