2005 No. 250 (S. 1)
The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 2005
Made
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of February 2005
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 3(1) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 19861 the Boundary Commission for Scotland have submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated 30th November 2004 showing the constituencies into which they recommend, in accordance with that Act, that Scotland should be divided:
And whereas the Secretary of State has laid that report before Parliament together with the draft of this Order in Council to give effect, without modifications, to the recommendations contained in the report and each House of Parliament has by resolution approved the said draft:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:–
1
1
This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 2005.
2
Subject to section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, this Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
3
In this Order–
a
any reference to a ward is a reference to the ward of the local government area in which that ward is situated; and
b
any reference to a local government area is a reference to that area as it existed on 30th November 2004.
2
Scotland shall be divided into the constituencies–
a
which are named in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order;
b
which comprise the areas which are set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of the constituency; and
c
which are designated as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies according to the name in column 1 of that Schedule.
3
Each electoral registration officer for the constituencies referred to in Article 2 above shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the registers of parliamentary electors as may be necessary to give effect to this Order.
4
The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 19952 is revoked.
SCHEDULE
Name and Designation | Composition |
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Aberdeen North Burgh Constituency |
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Aberdeen South Burgh Constituency |
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Banff and Buchan County Constituency |
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Gordon County Constituency |
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West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine County Constituency | The area of the Aberdeenshire Council other than those parts in the Banff and Buchan County Constituency and the Gordon County Constituency |
Angus County Constituency |
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Dundee East Burgh Constituency |
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Dundee West Burgh Constituency |
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Argyll and Bute County Constituency | The area of the Argyll and Bute Council |
Ochil and South Perthshire County Constituency |
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Perth and North Perthshire County Constituency | The area of the Perth and Kinross Council other than that part in the Ochil and South Perthshire County Constituency |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar County Constituency | The area of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk County Constituency | The area of the Scottish Borders Council other than that part in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale County Constituency |
Dumfries and Galloway County Constituency | The area of the Dumfries and Galloway Council other than that part in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale County Constituency |
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale County Constituency |
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East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow County Constituency |
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Lanark and Hamilton East County Constituency |
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Midlothian County Constituency | The area of the Midlothian Council |
Rutherglen and Hamilton West Burgh Constituency | The area of the South Lanarkshire Council other than those parts in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale County Constituency, the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow County Constituency and the Lanark and Hamilton East County Constituency |
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock County Constituency |
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Central Ayrshire County Constituency |
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Kilmarnock and Loudon County Constituency | The area of the East Ayrshire Council, other than that part in the Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock County Constituency |
North Ayrshire and Arran County Constituency | The area of the North Ayrshire Council, other than that part in the Central Ayrshire County Constituency |
Airdrie and Shotts County Constituency |
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Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Burgh Constituency |
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Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East County Constituency |
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East Dunbartonshire County Constituency | The area of the East Dunbartonshire Council other than that part in the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East County Constituency |
Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh Constituency | The area of the North Lanarkshire Council other than those parts in the Airdrie and Shotts County Constituency, the Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Burgh Constituency and the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East County Constituency |
Edinburgh East Burgh Constituency |
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Edinburgh North and Leith Burgh Constituency |
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Edinburgh South West Burgh Constituency |
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Edinburgh South Burgh Constituency |
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Edinburgh West Burgh Constituency |
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East Lothian County Constituency | The area of the East Lothian Council |
East Renfrewshire County Constituency | The area of the East Renfrewshire Council |
Falkirk County Constituency | The area of the Falkirk Council other than that part in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk County Constituency |
Linlithgow and East Falkirk County Constituency |
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Livingston County Constituency | The area of the West Lothian Council other than that part in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk County Constituency |
Dunfermline and West Fife County Constituency |
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Glenrothes County Constituency |
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Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath County Constituency |
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North East Fife County Constituency | The area of the Fife Council other than those parts in the Dunfermline and West Fife County Constituency, the Glenrothes County Constituency and the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath County Constituency |
Glasgow Central Burgh Constituency |
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Glasgow East Burgh Constituency |
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Glasgow North East Burgh Constituency |
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Glasgow North West Burgh Constituency |
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Glasgow North Burgh Constituency |
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Glasgow South West Burgh Constituency |
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Glasgow South Burgh Constituency |
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Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross County Constituency |
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Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey County Constituency |
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Ross, Skye and Lochaber County Constituency | The area of the Highland Council other than those parts in the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross County Constituency and the Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey County Constituency |
Inverclyde County Constituency | The area of the Inverclyde Council |
Moray County Constituency | The area of the Moray Council |
Orkney and Shetland County Constituency | The areas of the Orkney Islands Council and the Shetland Islands Council |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North County Constituency |
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Paisley and Renfrewshire South County Constituency | The area of the Renfrewshire Council other than that part in the Paisley and Renfrewshire North County Constituency |
Stirling County Constituency | The area of the Stirling Council |
West Dunbartonshire County Constituency | The area of the West Dunbartonshire Council |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)