Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998
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1998 No. 3152
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLEREDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS AND REVIEW OF ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS
The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998
Made 16th December 1998
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(3)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of December 1998
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 3(3) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 19861the Boundary Commission for England have submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated 26th June 1998 with respect to the areas comprised in certain constituencies in England and showing the constituencies into which they recommend, in accordance with that Act, that the areas should be divided;
And whereas the Secretary of State has laid the report before Parliament together with the draft of this Order in Council to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report and each House of Parliament has by resolution approved that draft;
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 4 of that Act, 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 (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998.
(2) In this Order “the 1995 Order” means the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 19952.
(3) Subject to section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, this Order shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.
2. For the constituencies of Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon North, Epsom and Ewell, Esher and Walton, Kingston and Surbiton, Mitcham and Morden, Mole Valley and Sutton and Cheam, as constituted by the Schedule to the 1995 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st June 1994), there shall be substituted the constituencies which–
(a) are named in the left-hand column of Part I of the Schedule to this Order;
(b) are designated in that column as either borough or county constituencies; and
(c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Part (which are local government areas as they existed on 1st April 1995).
3. For the constituencies of Beaconsfield, Runnymede and Weybridge, Spelthorne and Windsor, as constituted by the Schedule to the 1995 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st June 1994), there shall be substituted the constituencies which–
(a) are named in the left-hand column of Part II of the Schedule to this Order;
(b) are designated in that column as either borough or county constituencies; and
(c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Part (which are local government areas as they existed on 1st April 1997).
4. For the constituencies of Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Regent’s Park and Kensington North, as constituted by the Schedule to the 1995 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 1st June 1994), there shall be substituted the constituencies which–
(a) are named in the left-hand column of Part III of the Schedule to this Order;
(b) are designated in that column as borough constituencies; and
(c) comprise the areas set out in the right-hand column of that Part (which are local government areas as they existed on 1st April 1996).
5. Each electoral registration officer for...
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