Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1987
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1987/469 |
| Year | 1987 |
1987 No.469
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLEREDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS
The Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1987
Made 18th March 1987
Coming into force 1st April 1987
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of March 1987
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas in pursuance of section 2(3) of the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 19491the Boundary Commission for Scotland submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated 29th December 1986 with respect to the areas comprised in certain constituencies in Scotland and showing the constituencies into which they recommended, in accordance with the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Acts 1949 and 19582, that the areas should be divided:
And whereas in pursuance of section 3(5) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 19863the Secretary of State has laid that 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 the said draft:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 4 of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation interpretation and commencement
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1987.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1983 Order” means the Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) Order 19834;
“electoral area” in relation to a region or islands area means an electoral division and, in relation to a district, means a ward within the meaning of section 5 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19735;
“local government area” means a region, islands area or district.
(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.
Ayr and Cunninghame South
2. For the county constituencies of Ayr and Cunninghame South as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas and electoral areas as they existed on 18th February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named in column (1) of Part I of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out opposite in column (2), which areas are local government areas and electoral areas as they existed on 29th December 1986 (and accordingly as altered by the Kyle and Carrick District and Cunninghame District (Drybridge and Barassie/Gailes Foreshore) Boundaries Amendment Order 19846.
Clackmannan, and Perth and Kinross
3. For the county constituency of Clackmannan and the county constituency of Perth and Kinross as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas and electoral areas as they existed on 18th February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named in column (1) of Part II of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out opposite in column (2), which areas are local government areas and electoral areas as they existed on 29th December 1986 (and accordingly as altered by the Central and Tayside Regions and Clackmannan District and Perth and Kinross District (Backhill, Glendevon) Boundaries Amendment Order 19847.
Dumbarton and Stirling
4. For the county constituencies of Dumbarton and Stirling as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas and electoral areas as they existed on 18th February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named in column (1) of Part III of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out opposite in column (2), which areas are local government areas and electoral areas as they existed on 29th December 1986 (and accordingly as altered by the Central and Strathclyde Regions (Croftamie) Boundaries Order 19828.
East Lothian, and Roxburgh and Berwickshire
5. For the county constituency of East Lothian and the county constituency of Roxburgh and Berwickshire as constituted by the Schedule to the 1983 Order (and described by reference to local government areas as they existed on 18th February 1983), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named in column (1) of Part IV of the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out opposite in column (2), which areas are local government areas as they existed on 29th December 1986 (and accordingly as altered by the Lothian and Borders Regions and East Lothian and Berwickshire Districts (Monynut and Bothwell Valleys) Boundaries Amendment Order 19849.
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