Explanatory Notes

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011

2011 CHAPTER 1

16 February 2011

Commentary on Sections

Part 2: Parliamentary constituencies

Section 14: Review of reduction in number of constituencies

59.Section 14 requires the Lord President of the Council or the Secretary of State to make arrangements for a committee, a majority of whose members are to be Members of the House of Commons, to carry out a review into the effects of the reduction in size of the House of Commons to 600 as set out in section 11. The arrangements for the review are required to be put in place between June and November 2015.