{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-order-2023/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-order-2023/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1230",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-constituencies-order-2023",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland",
  "text": "Scotland is divided into the parliamentary constituencies—\n(a) which are named in column 1 of the Table in Schedule 3,\n(b) which are designated in that column as being either county constituencies or burgh constituencies, and\n(c) which comprise the areas which are set out in column 2 of that Table opposite the name of the constituency.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 29.11.2023, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Maps of the individual constituencies into which the Boundary Commission for Scotland recommended that Scotland is divided are available at https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/?q=reviews/2023-review-uk-parliament-constituencies. An interactive map of all constituencies in Scotland is available at https://www.bcs2023review.com/."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:38:30.872941+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}