Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007.

2

This Order shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.

Parliamentary constituencies in England2

1

England shall be divided into the parliamentary constituencies—

a

which are named in column 1 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order;

b

which are designated as being either county constituencies or borough constituencies by inclusion of those words beneath the name in column 1 of the Table in the Schedule; and

c

which comprise the areas which are set out in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule opposite the name of the constituency.

2

The areas set out in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order are local government areas as they existed on 12th April 2005.

Electoral registers3

1

Each electoral registration officer for the constituencies referred to in article 2 shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the registers of parliamentary electors as may be necessary to give effect to this Order.

Revocation4

The following Orders are revoked—

a

The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 19952,

b

The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 19963,

c

The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 19984.

Meriel McCullaghDeputy Clerk of the Privy Council