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The region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 73 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), each electing a single member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons by the plurality (first past the post) voting system, ordinarily every five years.
- Why Are Constituency Boundaries Changing?
- How Much Will Constituency Boundaries Change?
- Is My Constituency Changing?
- Is The Total Number of Mps Changing?
- The Electorate Quota
Constituency boundaries are reviewed periodically to make sure that constituencies are all roughly a similar size and respect local ties between areas. The reviews alter constituencies to reflect rising and falling populations and changes in the boundaries of the electoral wards that comprise them. The four Boundary Commissions for England, Scotlan...
Around 10% of constituencies will have no change to their boundaries. The remainder will change in some way. In some cases, a ward or several wards will move between constituencies. In others, the changes will be more complicated, ranging from small boundary adjustments to constituencies being ‘abolished’ and split between several successor constit...
You can find out which constituency you live in now by typing your home postcode into the search box at: 1. Find my constituency You can check if, and how, your constituency will change at the next election using a guide produced by the House of Commons Library, with maps showing the changes that are being made to each constituency in the UK: 1. Bo...
No. The total number of seats – and so the total number of MPs – will not change. There will still be 650 MPs elected in total. However, the total number of MPs representing seats in England, Scotland and Wales will change, as follows:
The electorate quota is the average number of voters each constituency should have if all UK voters were to be distributed evenly between them. The 2023 boundary review is stricter than previous ones in this respect. Constituencies must now have an electorate within 5% of the ‘electoral quota’ – now set at 73,393 registered voters - with just a few...
This section contains zoomable maps showing the constituency boundaries in existence following each major boundary review. Over time maps will be added as different parts of the country are completed.
Cities of London and Westminster (known as City of London and Westminster South from 1974 to 1997) is a constituency returning a single Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom Parliament. It is a borough constituency for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer.
London. As the whole of London has now been updated with the constituencies to be introduced at the next General Election (expected to be sometime in 2024), please refer to the London page in the 'New Constituency Groups' section.
This website provides information on the changing composition of parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom since 1885. Have you ever wanted to know at a glance: How constituencies created at each boundary review have been related to their predecessors?
