Legislation
The Commissions are currently established under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986, most recently amended by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011. They were first established as permanent bodies under the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944. The 1944 Act was amended in 1947 and replaced by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949. The 1949 Act was amended in 1958 and 1979 and replaced by the 1986 Act. The changes from 1944 to 1986 were generally incremental in nature. The 2011 Act made substantial changes to the legislation governing constituency boundary review.
The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 envisaged that the functions of the Boundary Commissions would be transferred to the United Kingdom Electoral Commission, but this never took place: the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 repealed the relevant legislation with effect from 1 April 2010.
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