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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Constitutional Law
Representation Of The People
Made
11th November 2020
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 11th day of November 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 6(5) of schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998(1) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty to do so.
In accordance with paragraph 3(9) of that schedule a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Accordingly, Her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2020.
(2) Except for article 4, this Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made(2).
(3) Article 4 comes into force on the dissolution of the Parliament.
(4) In this Order “the Act” means the Scotland Act 1998.
2.—(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(c) of schedule 1 of the Act, the constituencies provided for are those which—
(a)are named in column 1 of the table in schedule 1 of this Order, and
(b)comprise the areas described for each such constituency in the deposited data.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b) the “deposited data” means the data recorded on the USB memory stick—
(a)entitled “Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Cardowan by Stepps”,
(b)submitted to the Scottish Ministers on 5 August 2020, and
(c)deposited with the Scottish Ministers at their offices at St Andrews House, Edinburgh EH1 3DG.
(3) The constituencies are designated as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies according to the entry in column 2 of schedule 1 opposite each constituency name.
3. For the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of schedule 1 of the Act, the regions provided for are those which—
(a)are named in column 1 of the table in schedule 2 of this Order, and
(b)comprise the combined areas of the constituencies mentioned in column 2 of that table opposite the name of each region.
4. The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2014(3) is revoked.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2
Column 1 | Column 2 |
---|---|
Constituency Name | Designation |
Aberdeen Central | Burgh |
Aberdeen Donside | Burgh |
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | County |
Aberdeenshire East | County |
Aberdeenshire West | County |
Airdrie and Shotts | Burgh |
Almond Valley | County |
Angus North and Mearns | County |
Angus South | County |
Argyll and Bute | County |
Ayr | Burgh |
Banffshire and Buchan Coast | County |
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | County |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | County |
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | County |
Clydebank and Milngavie | County |
Clydesdale | County |
Coatbridge and Chryston | Burgh |
Cowdenbeath | County |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | County |
Cunninghame North | County |
Cunninghame South | County |
Dumbarton | County |
Dumfriesshire | County |
Dundee City East | Burgh |
Dundee City West | Burgh |
Dunfermline | County |
East Kilbride | Burgh |
East Lothian | County |
Eastwood | County |
Edinburgh Central | Burgh |
Edinburgh Eastern | Burgh |
Edinburgh Northern and Leith | Burgh |
Edinburgh Pentlands | Burgh |
Edinburgh Southern | Burgh |
Edinburgh Western | Burgh |
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | County |
Falkirk East | County |
Falkirk West | County |
Galloway and West Dumfries | County |
Glasgow Anniesland | Burgh |
Glasgow Cathcart | Burgh |
Glasgow Kelvin | Burgh |
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn | Burgh |
Glasgow Pollok | Burgh |
Glasgow Provan | Burgh |
Glasgow Shettleston | Burgh |
Glasgow Southside | Burgh |
Greenock and Inverclyde | County |
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | Burgh |
Inverness and Nairn | County |
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | County |
Kirkcaldy | County |
Linlithgow | County |
Mid Fife and Glenrothes | County |
Midlothian North and Musselburgh | County |
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | County |
Moray | County |
Motherwell and Wishaw | Burgh |
North East Fife | County |
Paisley | Burgh |
Perthshire North | County |
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | County |
Renfrewshire North and West | County |
Renfrewshire South | County |
Rutherglen | Burgh |
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | County |
Stirling | County |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden | County |
Uddingston and Bellshill | Burgh |
Article 3
Column 1 | Column 2 |
---|---|
Region | Constituency Name |
Central Scotland | Airdrie and Shotts |
Coatbridge and Chryston | |
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth | |
East Kilbride | |
Falkirk East | |
Falkirk West | |
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse | |
Motherwell and Wishaw | |
Uddingston and Bellshill | |
Glasgow | Glasgow Anniesland |
Glasgow Cathcart | |
Glasgow Kelvin | |
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn | |
Glasgow Pollok | |
Glasgow Provan | |
Glasgow Shettleston | |
Glasgow Southside | |
Rutherglen | |
Highlands and Islands | Argyll and Bute |
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross | |
Na h-Eileanan an Iar | |
Inverness and Nairn | |
Moray | |
Orkney Islands | |
Shetland Islands | |
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch | |
Lothian | Almond Valley |
Edinburgh Central | |
Edinburgh Eastern | |
Edinburgh Northern and Leith | |
Edinburgh Pentlands | |
Edinburgh Southern | |
Edinburgh Western | |
Linlithgow | |
Midlothian North and Musselburgh | |
Mid Scotland and Fife | Clackmannanshire and Dunblane |
Cowdenbeath | |
Dunfermline | |
Kirkcaldy | |
Mid Fife and Glenrothes | |
North East Fife | |
Perthshire North | |
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire | |
Stirling | |
North East Scotland | Aberdeen Central |
Aberdeen Donside | |
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine | |
Aberdeenshire East | |
Aberdeenshire West | |
Angus North and Mearns | |
Angus South | |
Banffshire and Buchan Coast | |
Dundee City East | |
Dundee City West | |
South Scotland | Ayr |
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley | |
Clydesdale | |
Dumfriesshire | |
East Lothian | |
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire | |
Galloway and West Dumfries | |
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | |
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale | |
West Scotland | Clydebank and Milngavie |
Cunninghame North | |
Cunninghame South | |
Dumbarton | |
Eastwood | |
Greenock and Inverclyde | |
Paisley | |
Renfrewshire North and West | |
Renfrewshire South | |
Strathkelvin and Bearsden |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to the recommendations contained in the Report on Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Cardowan by Stepps by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland dated March 2020. The report is available on the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland’s website (www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk) and hard copies can also be requested (tel: 0131 244 2001, email: lgbcs@scottishboundaries.gov.uk).
The report recommends changes to the constituency and region boundary at Cardowan by Stepps, between Glasgow Provan constituency and Coatbridge and Chryston constituency and between Glasgow region and Central Scotland region as set out by the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/501). An indicative map of the changes being made to these constituencies and regions is included in this note.
The Order defines the name, status and area of 70 of the 73 Scottish Parliament constituencies and the name and area of each Scottish Parliament region. (The Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands constituencies are not included in the Order because schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”), as amended by the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, provides for them directly). Other than the changes made to the Glasgow Provan constituency and the Coatbridge and Chryston constituency and between Glasgow region and Central Scotland region, the constituencies and regions are the same as provided by the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2014.
The Order comes into force on the day after it is made (with the exception of article 4). It does not affect the return of any member to the Scottish Parliament or its constitution until the Parliament is dissolved (paragraph 6(7) of schedule 1 to the 1998 Act).
The 70 constituencies are named and defined by article 2 read together with schedule 1. The area of each constituency is described in geographical information system data stored on a USB memory stick deposited with the Scottish Ministers. The USB memory stick is entitled “Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Cardowan by Stepps” and sets out the area of each constituency, taking into account the changes recommended by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Maps of the boundaries are available on the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland’s website and hard copies can be requested by writing to the Commission.
Each constituency is (by article 2(3) and schedule 1) given the status of a burgh constituency or a county constituency. That status is relevant to the application of rules governing the conduct of elections to the Scottish Parliament (provided for under section 12 of the 1998 Act).
The regions are named and defined by article 3 read together with schedule 2.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on business or the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
1998 c.46. Schedule 1 was substituted by section 1 and paragraph 1 of schedule 1 of the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c.13). Paragraph 3 of schedule 1 was amended by section 8 of the Scotland Act 2016 (c.11) and section 18(1)(b) of the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 12).
By virtue of paragraph 6(7) of schedule 1 of the Scotland Act 1998 the coming into force of this Order does not affect the return of any member to the Scottish Parliament or its constitution until the Scottish Parliament is dissolved.
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