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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/56",
  "legislation_title": "Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The electorate of any constituency shall be—\n(a) no less than 95% of the United Kingdom electoral quota, and\n(b) no more than 105% of that quota.\n(2) This rule is subject to rules 4(2), 6(3) and 7.\n(3) In this Schedule the “ United Kingdom electoral quota ” means—\nU645 where U is the electorate of the United Kingdom minus the electorate of the constituencies mentioned in rule 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 substituted (16.2.2011) by Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 (c. 1), ss. 11(1), 19(1) (with s. 13(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 2(3) formula: \"645\" substituted for \"596\" (14.12.2020) by Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 (c. 25), s. 14(2), Sch. para. 4(2) (with s. 13(2))"
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}