List of Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom

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The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). Each represents a single geographic area called a constituency. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in parliament as at the 2005 general election.

Constituencies were long based on boroughs and traditional counties, but are now unique divisions of administrative counties, consisting of several wards. Some constituencies may cross the border between administrative counties, usually in urban areas where each metropolitan or London borough is considered a separate county. The boundaries are subject to regular review by an independent Boundary Commission, usually once every 10 to 15 years. Periodically, constituencies are abolished or created anew by these reviews.

The previous parliament contained representatives from 659 constituencies. Most of the current constituency boundaries were last reviewed in the early 1990s, and are therefore based on administrative boundaries prior to the last series of local government boundary changes. However, a Boundary Commission for Scotland review in February 2005 resulted in the reorganisation of most Scottish constituencies to adjust for the historic over-representation of Scotland. This reduced the number of constituencies in Scotland by 13, from 72 down to the current 59.

Contents
1 England
1.1 East Midlands	Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire
1.2 East of England	Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
1.3 Greater London	North East, North West, South East, South West
1.4 North East England	Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
1.5 North West England	Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside
1.6 South East England	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex
1.7 South West England	Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
1.8 West Midlands	Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands
1.9 Yorkshire and Humberside	Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
2 Northern Ireland
3 Scotland	Borders, Lothians, Glasgow, Central Scotland, East of Scotland, Highlands and Islands
4 Wales

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List of Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom

North East London Boroughs

North West London Boroughs

South East London Boroughs

South West London Boroughs