The boundary commissions : redrawing the UK's map of parliamentary constituencies / D.J. Rossiter, R.J. Johnston and C.J. Pattie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rossiter, D. J.

Contributor:

Johnston, R. J. (Ronald John)

Pattie, C. J., 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons--Election districts.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.

Election districts.

Election districts--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Election districts--Great Britain--History--20th century.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 429 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York, NY : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This work is the first to trace in full detail how the UK' s system for defining parliamentary constituencies has evolved since the Great Reform Act of 1832 and how the eight redistrictings since then were undertaken. Particular attention is paid to the five redistrictings that have been undertaken by the independent Boundary Commissions established in 1944, with a detailed study of all aspects of their work on the most recent review of all constituencies. The book is both a standard reference work on redistribution in the United Kingdom and provides the only detailed insight into how that task is currently undertaken, based on a study of all the relevant documents and interviews with over a hundred of those most closely involved.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [405]-413) and index.

ISBN:

0719050839

OCLC:

41156902