List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (2005–2010)

List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies (2005–2010)
This is a list of the 646 previous constituencies of the United Kingdom parliament.
There are 650 in the 2010 election constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament (MP).
Constituency boundaries are subject to regular review by the four independent Boundary Commissions, usually once every 10 to 15 years, to keep the electorate of each constituency as close to the national average as is reasonably possible. New constituencies may be created, or existing ones abolished, by these reviews. For the list of recommended constituencies following the current review see Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election.
Constituencies were long based on boroughs (burghs in Scotland) and counties. Today, constituencies in England are mostly subdivisions of local authorities, with each constituency comprising a number of whole wards. In Scotland, constituencies are subdivisions of council areas, and in Wales they are subdivisions of the preserved counties. Northern Ireland is reviewed as a whole, and constituency boundaries may cross all district borders.
In some cases, particularly in urban areas, two or more local government areas may be combined to form a single review area, so that particularly large or small constituencies are not created. For example, if two adjacent areas are entitled to 1.5 constituencies each, they may be combined and awarded three constituencies, rather than having two constituencies each, all of which would be well below the average constituency electorate.
The average constituency size is approximately 74,000 registered voters, but they vary in size from the smallest (Na h-Eileanan an Iar at 22,200 voters) to the largest (the Isle of Wight at approximately 110,000 voters). A constituency has no physical size restrictions.
The Parliament of 2001 contained representatives from 659 constituencies. Most of the current constituency boundaries were last reviewed in the early 1990s, and are therefore based on administrative boundaries prior to the last series of local government boundary changes. However, a Boundary Commission for Scotland review in February 2005 resulted in the reorganisation of most Scottish constituencies to adjust for the historic over-representation of Scotland. This reduced the number of constituencies in Scotland by 13, from 72 down to the current 59. The Parliament of 2005 therefore had 646 representatives. In the 2010 Election on 6 May 2010 the number of seats contested has increased from 646 to 650 as a result of boundary changes. Technically an absolute majority would require one party to win 326 seats, or else there would be a hung parliament.
England
East Midlands
Derbyshire
Amber Valley
Bolsover
Chesterfield
Derby North
Derby South
Erewash
High Peak
North East Derbyshire
South Derbyshire
West Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Blaby
Bosworth
Charnwood
Harborough
Leicester East
Leicester South
Leicester West
Loughborough
North West Leicestershire
Rutland and Melton
Lincolnshire
Boston and Skegness
Gainsborough
Grantham and Stamford
Lincoln
Louth and Horncastle
Sleaford and North Hykeham
South Holland and The Deepings
Northamptonshire
Corby
Daventry
Kettering
Northampton North
Northampton South
Wellingborough
Nottinghamshire
Ashfield
Bassetlaw
Broxtowe
Gedling
Mansfield
Newark
Nottingham East
Nottingham North
Nottingham South
Rushcliffe
Sherwood
East of England
Bedfordshire
Bedford
Luton North
Luton South
Mid Bedfordshire
North East Bedfordshire
South West Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge
Huntingdon
North East Cambridgeshire
North West Cambridgeshire
Peterborough
South Cambridgeshire
South East Cambridgeshire
Essex
Basildon
Billericay
Braintree
Brentwood and Ongar
Castle Point
Colchester
Epping Forest
Harlow
Harwich
Maldon and East Chelmsford
North Essex
Rayleigh
Rochford and Southend East
Saffron Walden
Southend West
Thurrock
West Chelmsford
Hertfordshire
Broxbourne
Hemel Hempstead
Hertford and Stortford
Hertsmere
Hitchin and Harpenden
North East Hertfordshire
St Albans
South West Hertfordshire
Stevenage
Watford
Welwyn Hatfield
Norfolk
Great Yarmouth
Mid Norfolk
North Norfolk
North West Norfolk
Norwich North
Norwich South
South Norfolk
South West Norfolk
Suffolk
Bury St Edmunds
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Ipswich
South Suffolk
Suffolk Coastal
Waveney
West Suffolk
Greater London
North East London Boroughs
Barking
Bethnal Green and Bow
Chingford and Woodford Green
Dagenham
East Ham
Edmonton
Enfield North
Enfield Southgate
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Hornchurch
Hornsey and Wood Green
Ilford North
Ilford South
Islington North
Islington South and Finsbury
Leyton and Wanstead
Poplar and Canning Town
Romford
Tottenham
Upminster
Walthamstow
West Ham
North West London Boroughs
Brent East
Brent North
Brent South
Chipping Barnet
Cities of London and Westminster
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
Ealing North
Ealing Southall
Finchley and Golders Green
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampstead and Highgate
Harrow East
Harrow West
Hayes and Harlington
Hendon
Holborn and St. Pancras
Kensington and Chelsea
Regent's Park and Kensington North
Ruislip-Northwood
Uxbridge
South East London Boroughs
Beckenham
Bexleyheath and Crayford
Bromley and Chislehurst
Camberwell and Peckham
Croydon Central
Croydon North
Croydon South
Dulwich and West Norwood
Eltham
Erith and Thamesmead
Greenwich and Woolwich
Lewisham Deptford
Lewisham East
Lewisham West
North Southwark and Bermondsey
Old Bexley and Sidcup
South West London Boroughs
Battersea
Brentford and Isleworth
Carshalton and Wallington
Feltham and Heston
Kingston and Surbiton
Mitcham and Morden
Putney
Richmond Park
Streatham
Sutton and Cheam
Tooting
Twickenham
Vauxhall
Wimbledon
Wandsworth
North East England
Cleveland
Hartlepool
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Redcar
Stockton North
Stockton South
Durham
Bishop Auckland
City of Durham
Darlington
Easington
North Durham
North West Durham
Sedgefield
Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Blyth Valley
Hexham
Wansbeck
Tyne and Wear
Blaydon
Gateshead East and Washington West
Houghton and Washington East
Jarrow
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Newcastle upon Tyne North
North Tyneside
South Shields
Sunderland North
Sunderland South
Tyne Bridge
Tynemouth
North West England
Cheshire
City of Chester
Congleton
Crewe and Nantwich
Eddisbury
Ellesmere Port and Neston
Halton
Macclesfield
Tatton
Warrington North
Warrington South
Weaver Vale
Cumbria
Barrow and Furness
Carlisle
Copeland
Penrith and The Border
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Workington
Greater Manchester
Altrincham and Sale West
Ashton-under-Lyne
Bolton North East
Bolton South East
Bolton West
Bury North
Bury South
Cheadle
Denton and Reddish
Eccles
Hazel Grove
Heywood and Middleton
Leigh
Makerfield
Manchester Blackley
Manchester Central
Manchester Gorton
Manchester Withington
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Oldham West and Royton
Rochdale
Salford
Stalybridge and Hyde
Stockport
Stretford and Urmston
Wigan
Worsley
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Lancashire
Blackburn
Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Blackpool South
Burnley
Chorley
Fylde
Hyndburn
Lancaster and Wyre
Morecambe and Lunesdale
Pendle
Preston
Ribble Valley
Rossendale and Darwen
South Ribble
West Lancashire
Merseyside
Birkenhead
Bootle
Crosby
Knowsley North and Sefton East
Knowsley South
Liverpool Garston
Liverpool Riverside
Liverpool Walton
Liverpool Wavertree
Liverpool West Derby
St Helens North
St Helens South
Southport
Wallasey
Wirral South
Wirral West
South East England
Berkshire
Bracknell
Maidenhead
Newbury
Reading East
Reading West
Slough
Windsor
Wokingham
Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury
Beaconsfield
Buckingham
Chesham and Amersham
Milton Keynes South West
North East Milton Keynes
Wycombe
East Sussex
Bexhill and Battle
Brighton Kemptown
Brighton Pavilion
Eastbourne
Hastings and Rye
Hove
Lewes
Wealden
Hampshire
Aldershot
Basingstoke
East Hampshire
Eastleigh
Fareham
Gosport
Havant
New Forest East
New Forest West
North East Hampshire
North West Hampshire
Portsmouth North
Portsmouth South
Romsey
Southampton Itchen
Southampton Test
Winchester
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
Kent
Ashford
Canterbury
Chatham and Aylesford
Dartford
Dover
Faversham and Mid Kent
Folkestone and Hythe
Gillingham
Gravesham
Maidstone and The Weald
Medway
North Thanet
Orpington
Sevenoaks
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
South Thanet
Tonbridge and Malling
Tunbridge Wells
Oxfordshire
Banbury
Henley
Oxford East
Oxford West and Abingdon
Wantage
Witney
Surrey
East Surrey
Epsom and Ewell
Esher and Walton
Guildford
Mole Valley
Reigate
Runnymede and Weybridge
South West Surrey
Spelthorne
Surrey Heath
Woking
West Sussex
Arundel and South Downs
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Chichester
Crawley
East Worthing and Shoreham
Horsham
Mid Sussex
Worthing West
South West England
Avon
Bath
Bristol East
Bristol North West
Bristol South
Bristol West
Kingswood
Northavon
Wansdyke
Weston-Super-Mare
Woodspring
Cornwall
Falmouth and Camborne
North Cornwall
St Ives
South East Cornwall
Truro and St Austell
Devon
East Devon
Exeter
North Devon
Plymouth Devonport
Plymouth Sutton
South West Devon
Teignbridge
Tiverton and Honiton
Torbay
Torridge and West Devon
Totnes
Dorset
Bournemouth East
Bournemouth West
Christchurch
Mid Dorset and North Poole
North Dorset
Poole
South Dorset
West Dorset
Gloucestershire
Cheltenham
Cotswold
Forest of Dean
Gloucester
Stroud
Tewkesbury
Somerset
Bridgwater
Somerton and Frome
Taunton
Wells
Yeovil
Wiltshire
Devizes
North Swindon
North Wiltshire
Salisbury
South Swindon
Westbury
West Midlands
Hereford and Worcester
Bromsgrove
Hereford
Leominster
Mid Worcestershire
Redditch
West Worcestershire
Worcester
Wyre Forest
Shropshire
Ludlow
North Shropshire
Shrewsbury and Atcham
Telford
The Wrekin
Staffordshire
Burton
Cannock Chase
Lichfield
Newcastle-under-Lyme
South Staffordshire
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke-on-Trent Central
Stoke-on-Trent North
Stoke-on-Trent South
Stone
Tamworth
Warwickshire
North Warwickshire
Nuneaton
Rugby and Kenilworth
Stratford-on-Avon
Warwick and Leamington
West Midlands (county)
Aldridge-Brownhills
Birmingham Edgbaston
Birmingham Erdington
Birmingham Hall Green
Birmingham Hodge Hill
Birmingham Ladywood
Birmingham Northfield
Birmingham Perry Barr
Birmingham Selly Oak
Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath
Birmingham Yardley
Coventry North East
Coventry North West
Coventry South
Dudley North
Dudley South
Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Meriden
Solihull
Stourbridge
Sutton Coldfield
Walsall North
Walsall South
Warley
West Bromwich East
West Bromwich West
Wolverhampton North East
Wolverhampton South East
Wolverhampton South West
Yorkshire and the Humber
Humberside
Beverley and Holderness
Brigg and Goole
Cleethorpes
East Yorkshire
Great Grimsby
Haltemprice and Howden
Kingston upon Hull East
Kingston upon Hull North
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Scunthorpe
North Yorkshire
City of York
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Richmond (Yorks)
Ryedale
Scarborough and Whitby
Selby
Skipton and Ripon
Vale of York
South Yorkshire
Barnsley Central
Barnsley East and Mexborough
Barnsley West and Penistone
Don Valley
Doncaster Central
Doncaster North
Rother Valley
Rotherham
Sheffield Attercliffe
Sheffield Brightside
Sheffield Central
Sheffield Hallam
Sheffield Heeley
Sheffield Hillsborough
Wentworth
West Yorkshire
Batley and Spen
Bradford North
Bradford South
Bradford West
Calder Valley
Colne Valley
Dewsbury
Elmet
Halifax
Hemsworth
Huddersfield
Keighley
Leeds Central
Leeds East
Leeds North East
Leeds North West
Leeds West
Morley and Rothwell
Normanton
Pontefract and Castleford
Pudsey
Shipley
Wakefield
Northern Ireland
Belfast East
Belfast North
Belfast South
Belfast West
East Antrim
East Londonderry
Fermanagh & South Tyrone
Foyle
Lagan Valley
Mid Ulster
Newry & Armagh
North Antrim
North Down
South Antrim
South Down
Strangford
Upper Bann
West Tyrone
Scotland
The Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland related the boundaries of new constituencies to those of Scottish local government council areas and to local government wards. Apart from a few minor adjustments, the council area boundaries dated from 1996 and the ward boundaries dated from 1999. Some council areas were grouped to form larger areas and, within these larger areas, some constituencies straddle council area boundaries.
Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire
Central Ayrshire
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
North Ayrshire and Arran
North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Lanark and Hamilton East
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Airdrie and Shotts
Motherwell and Wishaw
East Lothian, Midlothian
East Lothian
Midlothian
City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh East
Edinburgh North and Leith
Edinburgh South
Edinburgh South West
Edinburgh West
West Lothian, Falkirk
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Livingston
Falkirk
West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
East Renfrewshire
Inverclyde
Glasgow City
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
Glasgow North
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
Stirling, Clackmannanshire, Perth and Kinross
Ochil and South Perthshire
Perth and North Perthshire
Stirling
Fife
Glenrothes
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Dunfermline and West Fife
North East Fife
Angus, Dundee City
Dundee East
Dundee West
Angus
Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City
Gordon
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Banff and Buchan
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
Moray, Argyll and Bute, Highland
Argyll and Bute
Moray
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Outer Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Orkney and Shetland
Wales
Aberavon
Aberconwy
Arfon
Alyn and Deeside
Blaenau Gwent
Brecon and Radnorshire
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff Central
Cardiff North
Cardiff South and Penarth
Cardiff West
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Ceredigion
Clwyd South
Clwyd West
Cynon Valley
Delyn
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Gower
Islwyn
Llanelli
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Monmouth
Montgomeryshire
Neath
Newport East
Newport West
Ogmore
Pontypridd
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Rhondda
Swansea East
Swansea West
Torfaen
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
Ynys Môn (formerly Anglesey)
See also
For constituencies prior to 1997 List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies
For constituencies following the 2005 general election Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
External links
ONS List of Constituencies (CSV file)
TheyWorkForYou.com
2005
Parliamentary constituencies
Parliamentary constituencies in England
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