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Electoral Arrangements

Volume 995: debated on Tuesday 5 February 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for which counties he has so far received reports from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England for new electoral arrangements; and for which counties so far he has made orders introducing new electoral arrangements.

We have received reports from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England on its re views of electoral arrangements for the following counties: Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Surrey and Wiltshire.Of these, the following have had orders made giving effect to the commission's proposals, with or without modifications, at the elections to be held in May 1981; Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire and Surrey.