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Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 2691 (S. 8)
Constitutional Law
Devolution, Scotland
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2010
Made
10th November 2010
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of November 2010
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
In accordance with paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998( 1 ) the Boundary Commission for Scotland submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated May 2010 showing the Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions into which they recommend Scotland should be divided.
In accordance with paragraph 3(9) of that Schedule a copy of that report and a draft of this Order in Council to give effect to the recommendations contained in the report were laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State.
In accordance with paragraph 6(2) of that Schedule the draft was approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Accordingly, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by paragraph 6(5) of that Schedule and section 113(5) of that Act, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2010.
(2) This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the 1998 Act” means the Scotland Act 1998; and
“the deposited data” means the data recorded on the DVD-ROMs—
entitled “First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Final Recommendations for Constituencies and Regions – master copy submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland”;
etched with the seal of the Boundary Commission for Scotland and the signatures of its Deputy Chairman and Secretary;
submitted to the Secretary of State for Scotland on 26th May 2010; and
deposited with him at his offices at 1 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7HW.
Amendments to the Scotland Act 1998
3. —(1) Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 1(2)(c) substitute—
“ (c) the constituencies specified in the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2010 ( S.I. 2010/2691) (S. 8) . ” .
(3) Paragraph 1(3) ceases to have effect.
(4) For paragraph 2(2) substitute—
“ (2) The regions are those specified in the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies and Regions) Order 2010. ” .
Constituencies
4. The constituencies specified for the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(c) of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act(( 2 )) are those which—
(a) are named in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 to this Order; and
(b) comprise the areas described for each such constituency in the deposited data.
5. The constituencies are designated as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies according to the entry in column 2 of that table opposite each constituency name.
Regions
6. The regions specified for the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the 1998 Act( 3 ) are those which—
(a) are named in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order; and
(b) comprise the combined areas of the constituencies mentioned in column 2 of that table opposite the name of each region.
Judith Simpson
Clerk of the Privy Council
Articles 4 and 5
SCHEDULE 1 Scottish Parliament Constituencies
(other than Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands constituencies)
Column 1 Constituency Name | Column 2 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 |
| Na h-Eileanan an Iar | County |
| 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 6
SCHEDULE 2 Scottish Parliament Regions
Column 1 Region | Column 2 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 |
1998 c. 46 ; Schedule 1 was substituted by the Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 (c.13) , section 1 and has effect subject to the modifications in Schedule 2 to that Act. In terms of section 1(2) and (3) of that Act, those modifications are to apply until section 16 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41) is commenced. Section 16 was repealed by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20) , Schedule 7, Part 3.
Paragraph 1(2)(c) is substituted by article 3 of this Order.
Paragraph 2(2) is substituted by article 3 of this Order.