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The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No.2) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/937 · Made 18 May 1987

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS

Made 18th May 1987

Coming into force 18th May 1987

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of May 1987

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas in pursuance of section 3(3) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986f1 the Boundary Commission for England have submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated 16th April 1987 with respect to the areas comprised in certain constituencies in England and showing the constituencies into which they recommend, in accordance with the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, that the areas should be divided:

And whereas the 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:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1986 c. 56.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Reading East and Wokingham
  3. 3Register of electors
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule: NEW CONSTITUENCIES
  6. Reading East (county constituency)
  7. Wokingham (county constituency)
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No.2) Order 1987.

(2)

Subject to section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, this Order shall come into force forthwith.

2Reading East and Wokingham

For the county constituencies of Reading East and Wokingham as constituted by the Schedule to the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983f1 (and described by reference to local government areas referred to in that Order), there shall be substituted the constituencies which are named in the Schedule to this Order and comprise the areas set out in that Schedule, which areas are local government areas as they existed on 16th April 1987 (and accordingly as altered by the Wokingham (Parishes) Order 1986f2).

3Register of electors

Each electoral registration officer for the constituencies referred to in article 2 above shall make such re-arrangement or adaptation of the registers of parliamentary electors as may be necessary to give effect to this Order.

Signature

G. I. de Deney

Clerk to the Privy Council

Reading East (county constituency)

(i)

The following wards of the Borough of Reading, namely, Abbey, Caversham, Church, Park, Peppard, Redlands, Thames and Whitley; and

(ii)

the following wards of the District of Wokingham, namely, Arborfield, Barkham, Finchampstead North, Finchampstead South, Shinfield and Swallowfield.

Wokingham (county constituency)

The following wards of the District of Wokingham, namely Bulmershe, Charvil, Coronation, Emmbrook, Evendons, Hurst, Little Hungerford, Loddon, Norreys, Redhatch, Remenham and Wargrave, Sonning, South Lake, Twyford and Ruscombe, Wescott, Whitegates, Winnersh and Wokingham Without.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect without modification to the recommendations contained in the report of the Boundary Commission for England dated 16th April 1987. The report contains proposals for changes to the areas of the parliamentary constituencies of Reading East and Wokingham and the new constituencies are set out and described in the Schedule to this Order. By virtue of section 4(6) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 the coming into force of this Order does not affect any parliamentary election until a proclamation is issued by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament.