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The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 2023
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Article 4
SCHEDULE 3Acting returning officer for certain county constituencies: England and Wales
PART 1County constituencies in the East Midlands region
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Amber Valley | Amber Valley Borough |
| Ashfield | Ashfield District Council |
| Bassetlaw | Bassetlaw District Council |
| Bolsover | Bolsover District Council |
| Boston and Skegness | Boston Borough Council |
| Broxtowe | Broxtowe Borough Council |
| Corby and East Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire Council |
| Daventry | West Northamptonshire Council |
| Derbyshire Dales | Derbyshire Dales District Council |
| Erewash | Erewash Borough Council |
| Gainsborough | West Lindsey District Council |
| Gedling | Gedling Borough Council |
| Grantham and Bourne | South Kesteven District Council |
| Harborough, Oadby and Wigston | Oadby and Wigston Borough Council |
| High Peak | High Peak Borough Council |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council |
| Kettering | North Northamptonshire Council |
| Loughborough | Charnwood Borough Council |
| Louth and Horncastle | East Lindsey Borough Council |
| Mansfield | Mansfield District Council |
| Melton and Syston | Melton Borough Council |
| Mid Derbyshire | Derby City Council |
| Mid Leicestershire | Charnwood Borough Council |
| Newark | Newark and Sherwood District Council |
| North East Derbyshire | North East Derbyshire District Council |
| North West Leicestershire | North West Leicestershire District Council |
| Rushcliffe | Rushcliffe Borough Council |
| Rutland and Stamford | Rutland County Council |
| Sherwood Forest | Newark and Sherwood District Council |
| Sleaford and North Hykeham | North Kesteven District Council |
| South Derbyshire | South Derbyshire District Council |
| South Holland and The Deepings | South Holland District Council |
| South Leicestershire | Blaby District Council |
| South Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire Council |
| Wellingborough and Rushden | North Northamptonshire Council |
PART 2County constituencies in the Eastern region
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Braintree | Braintree District Council |
| Brentwood and Ongar | Brentwood Borough Council |
| Broadland and Fakenham | Broadland District Council |
| Broxbourne | Broxbourne Borough Council |
| Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket | West Suffolk Council |
| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Mid Suffolk District Council |
| Clacton | Tendring District Council |
| Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard | Central Bedfordshire Council |
| Ely and East Cambridgeshire | East Cambridgeshire District Council |
| Epping Forest | Epping Forest District Council |
| Great Yarmouth | Great Yarmouth Borough Council |
| Harlow | Harlow District Council |
| Harpenden and Berkhamsted | St Albans and City District Council |
| Harwich and North Essex | Tendring District Council |
| Hemel Hempstead | Dacorum Borough Council |
| Hertford and Stortford | East Hertfordshire District Council |
| Hertsmere | Hertsmere Borough Council |
| Hitchin | North Hertfordshire District Council |
| Huntingdon | Huntingdonshire District Council |
| Lowestoft | East Suffolk Council |
| Luton South and South Bedfordshire | Luton Borough Council |
| Maldon | Maldon District Council |
| Mid Bedfordshire | Central Bedfordshire Council |
| Mid Norfolk | Breckland District Council |
| North Bedfordshire | Bedford Borough Council |
| North East Cambridgeshire | Fenland District Council |
| North East Hertfordshire | North Hertfordshire District Council |
| North Norfolk | North Norfolk District Council |
| North West Cambridgeshire | Peterborough City Council |
| North West Essex | Uttlesford District Council |
| North West Norfolk | Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Peterborough | Peterborough City Council |
| Rayleigh and Wickford | Rochford District Council |
| South Basildon and East Thurrock | Thurrock Council |
| South Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire District Council |
| South Norfolk | South Norfolk District Council |
| South Suffolk | Babergh District Council |
| South West Hertfordshire | Three Rivers District Council |
| South West Norfolk | Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk |
| Southend East and Rochford | Southend-on-Sea City Council |
| St Albans | St Albans and City District Council |
| St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire District Council |
| Stevenage | Stevenage Borough Council |
| Suffolk Coastal | East Suffolk Council |
| Waveney Valley | Mid Suffolk District Council |
| Welwyn Hatfield | Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council |
| West Suffolk | West Suffolk Council |
| Witham | Braintree District Council |
PART 3County constituencies in the North East region
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | Durham County Council |
| Blaydon and Consett | Durham County Council |
| Blyth and Ashington | Northumberland County Council |
| City of Durham | Durham County Council |
| Cramlington and Killingworth | Northumberland County Council |
| Darlington | Darlington Borough Council |
| Easington | Durham County Council |
| Hartlepool | Hartlepool Borough Council |
| Hexham | Northumberland County Council |
| Houghton and Sunderland South | Sunderland City Council |
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Middlesbrough Council |
| Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor | Durham County Council |
| North Durham | Durham County Council |
| North Northumberland | Northumberland County Council |
| Stockton North | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |
| Stockton West | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council |
PART 4County constituencies in the North West region
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Barrow and Furness | Westmorland and Furness Council |
| Bolton West | Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Burnley | Burnley Borough Council |
| Carlisle | Cumberland Council |
| Chester North and Neston | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Chester South and Eddisbury | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Chorley | Chorley Borough Council |
| Congleton | Cheshire East Borough Council |
| Crewe and Nantwich | Cheshire East Borough Council |
| Fylde | Fylde Borough Council |
| Hazel Grove | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Heywood and Middleton North | Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Hyndburn | Hyndburn Borough Council |
| Lancaster and Wyre | Lancaster City Council |
| Macclesfield | Cheshire East Borough Council |
| Mid Cheshire | Cheshire West and Chester Council |
| Morecambe and Lunesdale | Lancaster City Council |
| Oldham East and Saddleworth | Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Pendle and Clitheroe | Pendle Borough Council |
| Penrith and Solway | Cumberland Council |
| Ribble Valley | Ribble Valley Borough Council |
| Rochdale | Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Rossendale and Darwen | Rossendale Borough Council |
| Runcorn and Helsby | Halton Borough Council |
| Sefton Central | Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council |
| South Ribble | South Ribble Borough Council |
| Southport | Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council |
| St Helens North | St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Stalybridge and Hyde | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Tatton | Cheshire East Borough Council |
| Warrington North | Warrington Borough Council |
| Warrington South | Warrington Borough Council |
| West Lancashire | West Lancashire Borough Council |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale | Westmorland and Furness Council |
| Whitehaven and Workington | Cumberland Council |
| Widnes and Halewood | Halton Borough Council |
| Wigan | Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Wirral West | Wirral Metropolitan Council |
| Worsley and Eccles | Salford City Council |
PART 5County constituencies in the South East region
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Arundel and South Downs | Horsham District Council |
| Ashford | Ashford Borough Council |
| Aylesbury | Buckinghamshire Council |
| Banbury | Cherwell District Council |
| Beaconsfield | Buckinghamshire Council |
| Bexhill and Battle | Rother District Council |
| Bicester and Woodstock | Cherwell District Council |
| Buckingham and Bletchley | Milton Keynes Council |
| Canterbury | Canterbury City Council |
| Chatham and Aylesford | Medway Council |
| Chesham and Amersham | Buckinghamshire Council |
| Chichester | Chichester District Council |
| Dartford | Dartford Borough Council |
| Didcot and Wantage | Vale of White Horse District Council |
| Dorking and Horley | Mole Valley District Council |
| Dover and Deal | Dover District Council |
| East Grinstead and Uckfield | Mid Sussex District Council |
| East Hampshire | East Hampshire District Council |
| East Surrey | Tandridge District Council |
| East Worthing and Shoreham | Adur District Council |
| Fareham and Waterlooville | Fareham Borough Council |
| Farnham and Bordon | Waverley Borough Council |
| Faversham and Mid Kent | Maidstone Borough Council |
| Folkestone and Hythe | Folkestone and Hythe District Council |
| Godalming and Ash | Waverley Borough Council |
| Gravesham | Gravesham Borough Council |
| Guildford | Guildford Borough Council |
| Hamble Valley | Fareham Borough Council |
| Hastings and Rye | Hastings Borough Council |
| Henley and Thame | South Oxfordshire District Council |
| Herne Bay and Sandwich | Canterbury City Council |
| Horsham | Horsham District Council |
| Isle of Wight East | Isle of Wight Council |
| Isle of Wight West | Isle of Wight Council |
| Lewes | Lewes District Council |
| Maidenhead | Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council |
| Maidstone and Malling | Maidstone Borough Council |
| Mid Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire Council |
| Mid Sussex | Mid Sussex District Council |
| Milton Keynes North | Milton Keynes Council |
| New Forest East | New Forest District Council |
| New Forest West | New Forest District Council |
| Newbury | West Berkshire Council |
| North East Hampshire | Hart District Council |
| North West Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council |
| Oxford West and Abingdon | Vale of White Horse District Council |
| Reading West and Mid Berkshire | West Berkshire Council |
| Reigate | Reigate and Banstead Borough Council |
| Rochester and Strood | Medway Council |
| Romsey and Southampton North | Test Valley Borough Council |
| Runnymede and Weybridge | Runnymede Borough Council |
| Sevenoaks | Sevenoaks District Council |
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey | Swale Borough Council |
| Surrey Heath | Surrey Heath Borough Council |
| Sussex Weald | Wealden District Council |
| Tonbridge | Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council |
| Tunbridge Wells | Tunbridge Wells Borough Council |
| Weald of Kent | Ashford Borough Council |
| Winchester | Winchester City Council |
| Windsor | Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council |
| Witney | West Oxfordshire District Council |
| Wokingham | Wokingham Borough Council |
| Worthing West | Worthing Borough Council |
| Wycombe | Buckinghamshire Council |
PART 6County constituencies in the South West region
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Bath | Bath and North Somerset Council |
| Bridgwater | Somerset Council |
| Camborne and Redruth | Cornwall Council |
| Central Devon | Mid Devon District Council |
| Chippenham | Wiltshire Council |
| Christchurch | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council |
| East Wiltshire | Wiltshire Council |
| Exmouth and Exeter East | East Devon District Council |
| Forest of Dean | Forest of Dean District Council |
| Frome and East Somerset | Somerset Council |
| Glastonbury and Somerton | Somerset Council |
| Honiton and Sidmouth | East Devon District Council |
| Melksham and Devizes | Wiltshire Council |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole | Dorset Council |
| Newton Abbot | Teignbridge District Council |
| North Cornwall | Cornwall Council |
| North Cotswolds | Cotswolds District Council |
| North Devon | North Devon District Council |
| North Dorset | Dorset Council |
| North East Somerset and Hanham | Bath and North East Somerset Council |
| North Somerset | North Somerset District Council |
| Salisbury | Wiltshire Council |
| South Cotswolds | Cotswold District Council |
| South Devon | South Hams District Council |
| South Dorset | Dorset Council |
| South East Cornwall | Cornwall Council |
| South West Devon | Plymouth City Council |
| South West Wiltshire | Wiltshire Council |
| St Austell and Newquay | Cornwall Council |
| St Ives | Cornwall Council |
| Stroud | Stroud District Council |
| Swindon North | Swindon Borough Council |
| Taunton and Wellington | Somerset Council |
| Tewkesbury | Tewkesbury Borough Council |
| Thornbury and Yate | South Gloucestershire District Council |
| Tiverton and Minehead | Somerset Council |
| Torridge and Tavistock | Torridge District Council |
| Truro and Falmouth | Cornwall Council |
| Wells and Mendip Hills | Somerset Council |
| West Dorset | Dorset Council |
| Weston-super-Mare | North Somerset District Council |
| Yeovil | Somerset Council |
PART 7County constituencies in the West Midlands
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Bromsgrove | Bromsgrove District Council |
| Burton and Uttoxeter | East Staffordshire Borough Council |
| Cannock Chase | Cannock Chase District Council |
| Droitwich and Evesham | Wychavon District Council |
| Hereford and South Herefordshire | Herefordshire County Council |
| Kenilworth and Southam | Warwick District Council |
| Kingswinford and South Staffordshire | South Staffordshire District Council |
| Lichfield | Lichfield District Council |
| Meriden and Solihull East | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council |
| North Herefordshire | Herefordshire County Council |
| North Shropshire | Shropshire Council |
| North Warwickshire and Bedworth | North Warwickshire Borough Council |
| Nuneaton | Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council |
| Redditch | Redditch Borough Council |
| Rugby | Rugby Borough Council |
| Shrewsbury | Shropshire Council |
| South Shropshire | Shropshire Council |
| Stafford | Stafford Borough Council |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |
| Stoke-on-Trent South | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge | South Staffordshire District Council |
| Stratford-on-Avon | Stratford-on-Avon District Council |
| Tamworth | Tamworth Borough Council |
| The Wrekin | Telford and Wrekin Council |
| Warwick and Leamington | Warwick District Council |
| West Worcestershire | Malvern Hills District Council |
| Wyre Forest | Wyre Forest District Council |
PART 8County constituencies in the Yorkshire and the Humber region
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Barnsley North | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Barnsley South | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Beverley and Holderness | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
| Bridlington and The Wolds | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
| Brigg and Immingham | North East Lincolnshire Council |
| Calder Valley | Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Colne Valley | Kirklees Council |
| Dewsbury and Batley | Kirklees Council |
| Doncaster Central | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Doncaster North | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Goole and Pocklington | East Riding of Yorkshire Council |
| Harrogate and Knaresborough | North Yorkshire Council |
| Keighley and Ilkley | City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
| Leeds East | Leeds City Council |
| Leeds North West | Leeds City Council |
| Normanton and Hemsworth | Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Ossett and Denby Dale | Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Penistone and Stocksbridge | Sheffield City Council |
| Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley | Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Rawmarsh and Conisbrough | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Richmond and Northallerton | North Yorkshire Council |
| Rother Valley | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Scarborough and Whitby | North Yorkshire Council |
| Scunthorpe | North Lincolnshire Council |
| Selby | North Yorkshire Council |
| Sheffield Hallam | Sheffield City Council |
| Shipley | City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |
| Skipton and Ripon | North Yorkshire Council |
| Thirsk and Malton | North Yorkshire Council |
| Wetherby and Easingwold | North Yorkshire Council |
| York Outer | City of York Council |
PART 9County constituencies in Wales
| Constituency | Council |
|---|---|
| Aberafan Maesteg | Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council |
| Alyn and Deeside (Alun a Glannau Dyfrdwy) | Flintshire County Council |
| Bangor Aberconwy | Conwy County Borough Council |
| Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney (Blaenau Gwent a Rhymni) | Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council |
| Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (Aberhonddu, Maesyfed a Chwm Tawe) | Powys County Council |
| Bridgend (Pen-y-bont) | Bridgend County Borough Council |
| Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) | Carmarthenshire County Council |
| Caerphilly (Caerffili) | Caerphilly County Borough Council |
| Ceredigion Preseli | Ceredigion County Council |
| Clwyd East (Dwyrain Clywd) | Flintshire County Council |
| Clwyd North (Gogledd Clwyd) | Denbighshire County Council |
| Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Gwynedd County Council |
| Gower (Gŵyr) | City and County of Swansea Council |
| Llanelli | Carmarthenshire County Council |
| Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare (Merthyr Tudful ac Aberdâr) | Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council |
| Mid and South Pembrokeshire (Canol a De Sir Benfro) | Pembrokeshire County Council |
| Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | Monmouthshire County Council |
| Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr Maldwyn a Glyndŵr) | Powys County Council |
| Neath and Swansea East (Castell-nedd a Dwyrain Abertawe) | Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council |
| Newport East (Dwyrain Casnewydd) | Newport City Council |
| Newport West and Islwyn (Gorllewin Casnewydd ac Islwyn) | Caerphilly County Borough Council |
| Pontypridd | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council |
| Rhondda and Ogmore (Rhondda ac Ogwr) | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council |
| Swansea West (Gorllewin Abertawe) | City and County of Swansea Council |
| Torfaen | Torfaen County Borough Council |
| Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg) | Vale of Glamorgan Council |
| Wrexham (Wrecsam) | Wrexham County Borough Council |
| Ynys Môn | Isle of Anglesey County Council |
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