Statutory Instruments
1995 No. 2061

REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995

Made
2nd August 1995

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 24(1)(c) and (e) and 28(1)(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1983(1), hereby makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England) Order 1995.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the issue of a proclamation by Her Majesty summoning a new Parliament, except that for the purposes of proceedings preliminary or relating to a parliamentary election held after the issue of that proclamation, this Order shall come into force on 25th August 1995.

(3) References to constituencies in this Order are references to the constituencies in England as constituted by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995(2) or any subsequent Order in Council in respect of constituencies in any part of England under the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986(3).

2.  The Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) Order 1983(4) and the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 1991(5) are hereby revoked.

3.  In the case of a borough constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 1 to this Order (being a constituency which is not coterminous with or wholly contained in a district), the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be the chairman of the council of the district listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

4.  In the case of a borough constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 2 to this Order (being a constituency which is situated partly in one London borough and partly in another), the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be the mayor of the London borough listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

5.  In the case of a county constituency listed in the left-hand column of Schedule 3 to this Order, the duties of the returning officer for a parliamentary election shall be discharged, as acting returning officer, by the registration officer appointed by the council of the district listed in the right-hand column of that Schedule opposite to the name of the constituency.

Blatch
Minister of State
Home Office
2nd August 1995

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1RETURNING OFFICERS FOR CERTAIN BOROUGH CONSTITUENCIES OUTSIDE GREATER LONDON

Name of borough constituency
District of which chairman is returning officer

Ashton under Lyne
Tameside

Basildon
Basildon

Blackpool North and Fleetwood
Blackpool

Brighton, Kemptown
Brighton

Bristol North West
Bristol

Broxbourne
Broxbourne

Denton and Reddish
Tameside

Eastbourne
Eastbourne

Epsom and Ewell
Epsom and Ewell

Gateshead East and Washington West
Gateshead

Gosport
Gosport

Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Dudley

Hyndburn
Hyndburn

Jarrow
South Tyneside

Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Kingston upon Hull

Kingswood
Kingswood

Lincoln
Lincoln

Luton South
Luton

Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
Newcastle upon Tyne

Northampton South
Northampton

Norwich North
Broadland

Norwich South
Norwich

Preston
Preston

Reading East
Reading

Redditch
Redditch

Rossendale and Darwen
Rossendale

Stoke-on-Trent North
Stoke-on-Trent

Tyne Bridge
Gateshead

Watford
Watford

Worthing West
Worthing

Wythenshawe and Sale East
Manchester

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2RETURNING OFFICERS FOR CERTAIN BOROUGH CONSTITUENCIES IN GREATER LONDON

Name of borough constituency
London borough of which mayor is returning officer

Chingford and Woodford Green
Waltham Forest

Cities of London and Westminster
Westminster

Dulwich and West Norwood
Southwark

Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush
Ealing

Erith and Thamesmead
Bexley

Leyton and Wanstead
Waltham Forest

Poplar and Canning Town
Tower Hamlets

Regent’s Park and Kensington North
Westminster

Richmond Park
Richmond upon Thames

Article 5

SCHEDULE 3ACTING RETURNING OFFICERS FOR COUNTY CONSTITUENCIES

Name of county constituency
District of which registration officer is acting returning officer

Aldershot
Rushmoor

Amber Valley
Amber Valley

Arundel and South Downs
Horsham

Ashfield
Ashfield

Ashford
Ashford

Aylesbury
Aylesbury Vale

Banbury
Cherwell

Barnsley East and Mexborough
Barnsley

Barnsley West and Penistone
Barnsley

Barrow and Furness
Barrow-in-Furness

Basingstoke
Basingstoke and Deane

Bassetlaw
Bassetlaw

Bath
Bath

Beaconsfield
South Bucks

Berwick-upon-Tweed
Alnwick

Beverley and Holderness
Holderness

Bexhill and Battle
Rother

Billericay
Basildon

Bishop Auckland
Wear Valley

Blaby
Blaby

Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
Arun

Bolsover
Bolsover

Bolton West
Bolton

Boston and Skegness
Boston

Bosworth
Hinckley and Bosworth

Bracknell
Bracknell Forest

Braintree
Braintree

Brentwood and Ongar
Brentwood

Bridgwater
Sedgemoor

Brigg and Goole
Boothferry

Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove

Broxtowe
Broxtowe

Buckingham
Aylesbury Vale

Burton
East Staffordshire

Bury St. Edmunds

St. Edmundsbury

Calder Valley
Calderdale

Cannock Chase
Cannock Chase

Canterbury
Canterbury

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Mid Suffolk

Charnwood
Charnwood

Chatham and Aylesford
Rochester upon Medway

Chesham and Amersham
Chiltern

Chichester
Chichester

Chorley
Chorley

Christchurch
Christchurch

City of Chester
Chester

City of Durham
Durham

Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes

Colne Valley
Kirklees

Congleton
Congleton

Copeland
Copeland

Corby
Corby

Cotswold
Cotswold

Crewe and Nantwich
Crewe and Nantwich

Dartford
Dartford

Daventry
South Northamptonshire

Devizes
Kennet

Dewsbury
Kirklees

Don Valley
Doncaster

Doncaster North
Doncaster

Dover
Dover

Easington
Easington

East Devon
East Devon

East Hampshire
East Hampshire

East Surrey
Tandridge

East Worthing and Shoreham
Adur

East Yorkshire
East Yorkshire

Eddisbury
Vale Royal

Ellesmere Port and Neston
Ellesmere Port and Neston

Elmet
Leeds

Epping Forest
Epping Forest

Erewash
Erewash

Falmouth and Camborne
Kerrier

Fareham
Fareham

Faversham and Mid Kent
Maidstone

Folkestone and Hythe
Shepway

Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean

Fylde
Fylde

Gainsborough
West Lindsey

Gedling
Gedling

Grantham and Stamford
South Kesteven

Gravesham
Gravesham

Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth

Guildford
Guildford

Haltemprice and Howden
Beverley

Halton
Halton

Harborough
Oadby and Wigston

Harlow
Harlow

Harwich
Tendring

Hastings and Rye
Hastings

Hazel Grove
Stockport

Hemel Hempstead
Dacorum

Hemsworth
Wakefield

Henley
South Oxfordshire

Hereford
Hereford

Hertford and Stortford
East Hertfordshire

Hertsmere
Hertsmere

Hexham
Tynedale

Heywood and Middleton
Rochdale

High Peak
High Peak

Hitchin and Harpenden
St. Albans

Horsham
Horsham

Huntingdon
Huntingdonshire

Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight

Keighley
Bradford

Kettering
Kettering

Knowsley North and Sefton East
Knowsley

Knowsley South
Knowsley

Lancaster and Wyre
Wyre

Leigh
Wigan

Leominster
Leominster

Lewes
Lewes

Lichfield
Lichfield

Loughborough
Charnwood

Louth and Horncastle
East Lindsey

Ludlow
South Shropshire

Macclesfield
Macclesfield

Maidenhead
Windsor and Maidenhead

Maidstone and the Weald
Maidstone

Makerfield
Wigan

Maldon and East Chelmsford
Maldon

Mansfield
Mansfield

Medway
Rochester upon Medway

Meriden
Solihull

Mid Bedfordshire
Mid Bedfordshire

Mid Dorset and North Poole
Poole

Mid Norfolk
Broadland

Mid Sussex
Mid Sussex

Mid Worcestershire
Wychavon

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Langbaurgh-on-Tees

Mole Valley
Mole Valley

Morecambe and Lunesdale
Lancaster

New Forest East
New Forest

New Forest West
New Forest

Newark
Newark and Sherwood

Newbury
Newbury

Normanton
Wakefield

North Cornwall
North Cornwall

North Devon
North Devon

North Dorset
North Dorset

North Durham
Chester-le-Street

North East Bedfordshire
Mid Bedfordshire

North East Cambridgeshire
Fenland

North East Derbyshire
North East Derbyshire

North East Hampshire
Hart

North East Hertfordshire
North Hertfordshire

North East Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes

North Essex
Colchester

North Norfolk
North Norfolk

North Shropshire
North Shropshire

North Swindon
Thamesdown

North Thanet
Thanet

North Warwickshire
North Warwickshire

North West Cambridgeshire
Peterborough

North West Durham
Derwentside

North West Hampshire
Test Valley

North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire

North West Norfolk
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

North Wiltshire
North Wiltshire

Northavon
Northavon

Nuneaton
Nuneaton and Bedworth

Oldham East and Saddleworth
Oldham

Oxford West and Abingdon
Vale of White Horse

Penrith and the Border
Eden

Pontefract and Castleford
Wakefield

Rayleigh
Rochford

Reading West
Reading

Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley

Richmond (Yorks)
Hambleton

Rochdale
Rochdale

Rochford and Southend East
Southend-on-Sea

Romsey
Test Valley

Rother Valley
Rotherham

Rugby and Kenilworth
Rugby

Runnymede and Weybridge
Runnymede

Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe

Rutland and Melton
Melton

Ryedale
Ryedale

Saffron Walden
Uttlesford

Salisbury
Salisbury

Scarborough and Whitby
Scarborough

Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe

Sedgefield
Sedgefield

Selby
Selby

Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks

Sheffield, Hallam
Sheffield

Sheffield, Hillsborough
Sheffield

Sherwood
Newark and Sherwood

Shipley
Bradford

Shrewsbury and Atcham
Shrewsbury and Atcham

Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Swale

Skipton and Ripon
Craven

Sleaford and North Hykeham
North Kesteven

Somerton and Frome
South Somerset

South Cambridgeshire
South Cambridgeshire

South Derbyshire
South Derbyshire

South Dorset
Weymouth and Portland

South East Cambridgeshire
East Cambridgeshire

South East Cornwall
Caradon

South Holland and the Deepings
South Holland

South Norfolk
South Norfolk

South Ribble
South Ribble

South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire

South Suffolk
Babergh

South Swindon
Thamesdown

South Thanet
Thanet

South West Bedfordshire
South Bedfordshire

South West Devon
Plymouth

South West Hertfordshire
Three Rivers

South West Norfolk
Breckland

South West Surrey
Waverley

St. Albans
St. Albans

St. Ives
Penwith

Stafford
Stafford

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands

Stalybridge and Hyde
Tameside

Stevenage
Stevenage

Stone
Stafford

Stratford-on-Avon
Stratford-on-Avon

Stroud
Stroud

Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk Coastal

Surrey Heath
Surrey Heath

Tamworth
Tamworth

Tatton
Macclesfield

Taunton
Taunton Deane

Teignbridge
Teignbridge

Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury

The Wrekin
The Wrekin

Tiverton and Honiton
Mid Devon

Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling

Torridge and West Devon
Torridge

Totnes
South Hams

Truro and St. Austell
Carrick

Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells

Vale of York
Hambleton

Wakefield
Wakefield

Wansbeck
Wansbeck

Wansdyke
Wansdyke

Wantage
Vale of White Horse

Warwick and Leamington
Warwick

Waveney
Waveney

Wealden
Wealden

Weaver Vale
Vale Royal

Wellingborough
Wellingborough

Wells
Mendip

Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield

Wentworth
Rotherham

West Chelmsford
Chelmsford

West Derbyshire
Derbyshire Dales

West Dorset
West Dorset

West Lancashire
West Lancashire

West Suffolk
Forest Heath

West Worcestershire
Malvern Hills

Westbury
West Wiltshire

Westmorland and Lonsdale
South Lakeland

Weston-Super-Mare
Woodspring

Wigan
Wigan

Winchester
Winchester

Windsor
Windsor and Maidenhead

Wirral South
Wirral

Wirral West
Wirral

Witney
West Oxfordshire

Woking
Woking

Wokingham
Wokingham

Woodspring
Woodspring

Workington
Allerdale

Worsley
Salford

Wycombe
Wycombe

Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest

Yeovil
South Somerset

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Articles 3 and 4 of this Order designate the returning officers for the constituencies constituted by the Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 in cases where the returning officers are not determined by paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of section 24(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983. Article 5 of this Order designates acting returning officers for those constituencies where the acting returning officer is not determined by section 28(1)(a) of that Act (in effect, all county constituencies).
This Order replaces, as respects England, the designations made by the instruments revoked by article 2 of this Order. A separate order has already been made as respects Wales (the Returning Officers (Parliamentary Constituencies) (Wales) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1142)).


(1)
1983 c. 2; section 28(1)(b) has been amended by Schedule 4 to the Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50).

(2)
S.I. 1995/1626.

(3)
1986 c. 56.

(4)
S.I. 1983/468.

(5)
S.I. 1991/152.