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This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United Kingdom
This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament (MP).
Constituency boundaries are subject to regular review by an independent Boundary Commission, usually once every 10 to 15 years, to keep the electorate of each constituency as close to the national average as is reasonably possible. New constituencies may be created, or existing ones abolished, by these reviews. For the list of recommended constituencies following the current review see Constituencies in the next United Kingdom general election
Constituencies were long based on boroughs (burghs in Scotland) and counties. Today, constituencies in England are mostly subdivisions of local authorities, with each constituency being comprised of a number of whole wards. In Scotland, constituencies are subdivisions of council areas, and in Wales they are subdivisions of the preserved counties. Northern Ireland is reviewed as a whole, and constituency boundaries may cross all district borders.
In some cases, particularly in urban areas, two or more local government areas may be combined together to form a single review area, so that particularly large or small constituencies are not created. For example, if two adjacent areas are entitled to 1.5 constituencies each, they may be combined together and awarded three constituencies, rather than having two constituencies each, all of which would be well below the average constituency electorate.
The average constituency size is approximately 74,000 registered voters, but they vary in size from the smallest, Orkney and Shetland - approx. 35,000 voters, to the largest - The Isle of Wight approx. 110,000 voters. A constituency has no physical size restrictions.
The Parliament of 2001 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. The Parliament of 2005 therefore had 646 representatives.

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                        East Midlands

                        Derbyshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Derbyshire

                        Amber Valley
                        Bolsover
                        Chesterfield
                        Derby North
                        Derby South
                        Erewash
                        High Peak
                        North East Derbyshire
                        South Derbyshire
                        West Derbyshire List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies Leicestershire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

                        Blaby
                        Bosworth
                        Charnwood
                        Harborough
                        Leicester East
                        Leicester South
                        Leicester West
                        Loughborough
                        North West Leicestershire
                        Rutland and Melton Lincolnshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire

                        Boston and Skegness
                        Gainsborough
                        Grantham and Stamford
                        Lincoln
                        Louth and Horncastle
                        Sleaford and North Hykeham
                        South Holland and The Deepings Northamptonshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northamptonshire

                        Corby
                        Daventry
                        Kettering
                        Northampton North
                        Northampton South
                        Wellingborough Nottinghamshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Nottinghamshire

                        Ashfield
                        Bassetlaw
                        Broxtowe
                        Gedling
                        Mansfield
                        Newark
                        Nottingham East
                        Nottingham North
                        Nottingham South
                        Rushcliffe
                        Sherwood East of England

                        Bedfordshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Bedfordshire

                        Bedford
                        Luton North
                        Luton South
                        Mid Bedfordshire
                        North East Bedfordshire
                        South West Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire

                        Cambridge
                        Huntingdon
                        North East Cambridgeshire
                        North West Cambridgeshire
                        Peterborough
                        South Cambridgeshire
                        South East Cambridgeshire Essex
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Essex

                        Basildon
                        Billericay
                        Braintree
                        Brentwood and Ongar
                        Castle Point
                        Colchester
                        Epping Forest
                        Harlow
                        Harwich
                        Maldon and East Chelmsford
                        North Essex
                        Rayleigh
                        Rochford and Southend East
                        Saffron Walden
                        Southend West
                        Thurrock
                        West Chelmsford Hertfordshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hertfordshire

                        Broxbourne
                        Hemel Hempstead
                        Hertford and Stortford
                        Hertsmere
                        Hitchin and Harpenden
                        North East Hertfordshire
                        St Albans
                        South West Hertfordshire
                        Stevenage
                        Watford
                        Welwyn Hatfield Norfolk
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Norfolk

                        Great Yarmouth
                        Mid Norfolk
                        North Norfolk
                        North West Norfolk
                        Norwich North
                        Norwich South
                        South Norfolk
                        South West Norfolk Suffolk
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Suffolk

                        Bury St Edmunds
                        Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
                        Ipswich
                        South Suffolk
                        Suffolk Coastal
                        Waveney
                        West Suffolk Greater London
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater London

                        North East London Boroughs

                        Barking
                        Bethnal Green and Bow
                        Chingford and Woodford Green
                        Dagenham
                        East Ham
                        Edmonton
                        Enfield North
                        Enfield Southgate
                        Hackney North and Stoke Newington
                        Hackney South and Shoreditch
                        Hornchurch
                        Hornsey and Wood Green
                        Ilford North
                        Ilford South
                        Islington North
                        Islington South and Finsbury
                        Leyton and Wanstead
                        Poplar and Canning Town
                        Romford
                        Tottenham
                        Upminster
                        Walthamstow
                        West Ham North West London Boroughs

                        Brent East
                        Brent North
                        Brent South
                        Chipping Barnet
                        Cities of London and Westminster
                        Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
                        Ealing North
                        Ealing Southall
                        Finchley and Golders Green
                        Hammersmith and Fulham
                        Hampstead and Highgate
                        Harrow East
                        Harrow West
                        Hayes and Harlington
                        Hendon
                        Holborn and St. Pancras
                        Kensington and Chelsea
                        Regent's Park and Kensington North
                        Ruislip-Northwood
                        Uxbridge South East London Boroughs

                        Beckenham
                        Bexleyheath and Crayford
                        Bromley and Chislehurst
                        Camberwell and Peckham
                        Croydon Central
                        Croydon North
                        Croydon South
                        Dulwich and West Norwood
                        Eltham
                        Erith and Thamesmead
                        Greenwich and Woolwich
                        Lewisham Deptford
                        Lewisham East
                        Lewisham West
                        North Southwark and Bermondsey
                        Old Bexley and Sidcup
                        Orpington South West London Boroughs

                        Battersea
                        Brentford and Isleworth
                        Carshalton and Wallington
                        Feltham and Heston
                        Kingston and Surbiton
                        Mitcham and Morden
                        Putney
                        Richmond Park
                        Streatham
                        Sutton and Cheam
                        Tooting
                        Twickenham
                        Vauxhall
                        Wimbledon North East England

                        Cleveland
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cleveland

                        Hartlepool
                        Middlesbrough
                        Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
                        Redcar
                        Stockton North
                        Stockton South Durham
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham

                        Bishop Auckland
                        City of Durham
                        Darlington
                        Easington
                        North Durham
                        North West Durham
                        Sedgefield Northumberland
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northumberland

                        Berwick-upon-Tweed
                        Blyth Valley
                        Hexham
                        Wansbeck Tyne and Wear
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear

                        Blaydon
                        Gateshead East and Washington West
                        Houghton and Washington East
                        Jarrow
                        Newcastle upon Tyne Central
                        Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
                        Newcastle upon Tyne North
                        North Tyneside
                        South Shields
                        Sunderland North
                        Sunderland South
                        Tyne Bridge
                        Tynemouth North West England

                        Cheshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire

                        City of Chester
                        Congleton
                        Crewe and Nantwich
                        Eddisbury
                        Ellesmere Port and Neston
                        Halton
                        Macclesfield
                        Tatton
                        Warrington North
                        Warrington South
                        Weaver Vale Cumbria
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cumbria

                        Barrow and Furness
                        Carlisle
                        Copeland
                        Penrith and The Border
                        Westmorland and Lonsdale
                        Workington Greater Manchester
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Greater Manchester

                        Altrincham and Sale West
                        Ashton-under-Lyne
                        Bolton North East
                        Bolton South East
                        Bolton West
                        Bury North
                        Bury South
                        Cheadle
                        Denton and Reddish
                        Eccles
                        Hazel Grove
                        Heywood and Middleton
                        Leigh
                        Makerfield
                        Manchester Blackley
                        Manchester Central
                        Manchester Gorton
                        Manchester Withington
                        Oldham East and Saddleworth
                        Oldham West and Royton
                        Rochdale
                        Salford
                        Stalybridge and Hyde
                        Stockport
                        Stretford and Urmston
                        Wigan
                        Worsley
                        Wythenshawe and Sale East Lancashire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lancashire

                        Blackburn
                        Blackpool North and Fleetwood
                        Blackpool South
                        Burnley
                        Chorley
                        Fylde
                        Hyndburn
                        Lancaster and Wyre
                        Morecambe and Lunesdale
                        Pendle
                        Preston
                        Ribble Valley
                        Rossendale and Darwen
                        South Ribble
                        West Lancashire Merseyside
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Merseyside

                        Birkenhead
                        Bootle
                        Crosby
                        Knowsley North and Sefton East
                        Knowsley South
                        Liverpool Garston
                        Liverpool Riverside
                        Liverpool Walton
                        Liverpool Wavertree
                        Liverpool West Derby
                        St Helens North
                        St Helens South
                        Southport
                        Wallasey
                        Wirral South
                        Wirral West South East England

                        Berkshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Berkshire

                        Bracknell
                        Maidenhead
                        Newbury
                        Reading East
                        Reading West
                        Slough
                        Windsor
                        Wokingham Buckinghamshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

                        Aylesbury
                        Beaconsfield
                        Buckingham
                        Chesham and Amersham
                        Milton Keynes South West
                        North East Milton Keynes
                        Wycombe East Sussex
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

                        Bexhill and Battle
                        Brighton Kemptown
                        Brighton Pavilion
                        Eastbourne
                        Hastings and Rye
                        Hove
                        Lewes
                        Wealden Hampshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Hampshire

                        Aldershot
                        Basingstoke
                        East Hampshire
                        Eastleigh
                        Fareham
                        Gosport
                        Havant
                        New Forest East
                        New Forest West
                        North East Hampshire
                        North West Hampshire
                        Portsmouth North
                        Portsmouth South
                        Romsey
                        Southampton Itchen
                        Southampton Test
                        Winchester Isle of Wight

                        Isle of Wight Kent
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Kent

                        Ashford
                        Canterbury
                        Chatham and Aylesford
                        Dartford
                        Dover
                        Faversham and Mid Kent
                        Folkestone and Hythe
                        Gillingham
                        Gravesham
                        Maidstone and The Weald
                        Medway
                        North Thanet
                        Sevenoaks
                        Sittingbourne and Sheppey
                        South Thanet
                        Tonbridge and Malling
                        Tunbridge Wells Oxfordshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire

                        Banbury
                        Henley
                        Oxford East
                        Oxford West and Abingdon
                        Wantage
                        Witney Surrey
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Surrey

                        East Surrey
                        Epsom and Ewell
                        Esher and Walton
                        Guildford
                        Mole Valley
                        Reigate
                        Runnymede and Weybridge
                        South West Surrey
                        Spelthorne
                        Surrey Heath
                        Woking West Sussex
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Sussex

                        Arundel and South Downs
                        Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
                        Chichester
                        Crawley
                        East Worthing and Shoreham
                        Horsham
                        Mid Sussex
                        Worthing West South West England

                        Avon
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Avon

                        Bath
                        Bristol East
                        Bristol North West
                        Bristol South
                        Bristol West
                        Kingswood
                        Northavon
                        Wansdyke
                        Weston-Super-Mare
                        Woodspring Cornwall
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cornwall

                        Falmouth and Camborne
                        North Cornwall
                        St Ives
                        South East Cornwall
                        Truro and St Austell Devon
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Devon

                        East Devon
                        Exeter
                        North Devon
                        Plymouth Devonport
                        Plymouth Sutton
                        South West Devon
                        Teignbridge
                        Tiverton and Honiton
                        Torbay
                        Torridge and West Devon
                        Totnes Dorset
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dorset

                        Bournemouth East
                        Bournemouth West
                        Christchurch
                        Mid Dorset and North Poole
                        North Dorset
                        Poole
                        South Dorset
                        West Dorset Gloucestershire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire

                        Cheltenham
                        Cotswold
                        Forest of Dean
                        Gloucester
                        Stroud
                        Tewkesbury Somerset
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Somerset

                        Bridgwater
                        Somerton and Frome
                        Taunton
                        Wells
                        Yeovil Wiltshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wiltshire

                        Devizes
                        North Swindon
                        North Wiltshire
                        Salisbury
                        South Swindon
                        Westbury West Midlands

                        Hereford and Worcester
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Herefordshire and Worcestershire

                        Bromsgrove
                        Hereford
                        Leominster
                        Mid Worcestershire
                        Redditch
                        West Worcestershire
                        Worcester
                        Wyre Forest Shropshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Shropshire

                        Ludlow
                        North Shropshire
                        Shrewsbury and Atcham
                        Telford
                        The Wrekin Staffordshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

                        Burton
                        Cannock Chase
                        Lichfield
                        Newcastle-under-Lyme
                        South Staffordshire
                        Stafford
                        Staffordshire Moorlands
                        Stoke-on-Trent Central
                        Stoke-on-Trent North
                        Stoke-on-Trent South
                        Stone
                        Tamworth West Midlands (county)
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands

                        Aldridge-Brownhills
                        Birmingham Edgbaston
                        Birmingham Erdington
                        Birmingham Hall Green
                        Birmingham Hodge Hill
                        Birmingham Ladywood
                        Birmingham Northfield
                        Birmingham Perry Barr
                        Birmingham Selly Oak
                        Birmingham Sparkbrook and Small Heath
                        Birmingham Yardley
                        Coventry North East
                        Coventry North West
                        Coventry South
                        Dudley North
                        Dudley South
                        Halesowen and Rowley Regis
                        Meriden
                        Solihull
                        Stourbridge
                        Sutton Coldfield
                        Walsall North
                        Walsall South
                        Warley
                        West Bromwich East
                        West Bromwich West
                        Wolverhampton North East
                        Wolverhampton South East
                        Wolverhampton South West Yorkshire and Humberside

                        Humberside
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Humberside

                        Beverley and Holderness
                        Brigg and Goole
                        Cleethorpes
                        East Yorkshire
                        Great Grimsby
                        Haltemprice and Howden
                        Kingston upon Hull East
                        Kingston upon Hull North
                        Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
                        Scunthorpe North Yorkshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in North Yorkshire

                        City of York
                        Harrogate and Knaresborough
                        Richmond (Yorks)
                        Ryedale
                        Scarborough and Whitby
                        Selby
                        Skipton and Ripon
                        Vale of York South Yorkshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire

                        Barnsley Central
                        Barnsley East and Mexborough
                        Barnsley West and Penistone
                        Don Valley
                        Doncaster Central
                        Doncaster North
                        Rother Valley
                        Rotherham
                        Sheffield Attercliffe
                        Sheffield Brightside
                        Sheffield Central
                        Sheffield Hallam
                        Sheffield Heeley
                        Sheffield Hillsborough
                        Wentworth West Yorkshire
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in West Yorkshire

                        Batley and Spen
                        Bradford North
                        Bradford South
                        Bradford West
                        Calder Valley
                        Colne Valley
                        Dewsbury
                        Elmet
                        Halifax
                        Hemsworth
                        Huddersfield
                        Keighley
                        Leeds Central
                        Leeds East
                        Leeds North East
                        Leeds North West
                        Leeds West
                        Morley and Rothwell
                        Normanton
                        Pontefract and Castleford
                        Pudsey
                        Shipley
                        Wakefield Northern Ireland
                        Main article: List of Parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland

                        Belfast East
                        Belfast North
                        Belfast South
                        Belfast West
                        East Antrim
                        East Londonderry
                        Fermanagh and South Tyrone
                        Foyle
                        Lagan Valley
                        Mid Ulster
                        Newry and Armagh
                        North Antrim
                        North Down
                        South Antrim
                        South Down
                        Strangford
                        Upper Bann
                        West Tyrone Wales

                        Aberavon
                        Alyn and Deeside
                        Blaenau Gwent
                        Brecon and Radnorshire
                        Bridgend
                        Caernarfon
                        Caerphilly
                        Cardiff Central
                        Cardiff North
                        Cardiff South and Penarth
                        Cardiff West
                        Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
                        Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
                        Ceredigion
                        Clwyd South
                        Clwyd West
                        Conwy
                        Cynon Valley
                        Delyn
                        Gower
                        Islwyn
                        Llanelli
                        Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
                        Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
                        Monmouth
                        Montgomeryshire
                        Neath
                        Newport East
                        Newport West
                        Ogmore
                        Pontypridd
                        Preseli Pembrokeshire
                        Rhondda
                        Swansea East
                        Swansea West
                        Torfaen
                        Vale of Clwyd
                        Vale of Glamorgan
                        Wrexham
                        Ynys Môn (formerly Anglesey)

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