The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998.

(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 fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.

2.  For the constituencies of Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon North, Epsom and Ewell, Esher and Walton, Kingston and Surbiton, Mitcham and Morden, Mole Valley and Sutton and Cheam, 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 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 1st April 1995).

3.  For the constituencies of Beaconsfield, Runnymede and Weybridge, Spelthorne and Windsor, 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 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 1st April 1997).

4.  For the constituencies of Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Regent’s Park and Kensington North, 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 III of the Schedule to this Order;

(b) are designated in that column as borough 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 1st April 1996).

5.  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.

A.K.Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council