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A Change in the Rules and a Change in the Outcomes? An Evaluation of the Work of the Boundary Commission for England in its Third and Fourth Periodic Reviews

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  • R J Johnston
  • D J Rossiter
  • C J Pattie

    (Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, England)

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The rules under which the UK Boundary Commissions operate are imprecise in their wording. An attempt to achieve greater precision through the courts in 1982–83, after the Commissions had completed their Third Periodic Review of all constituencies, produced exactly the opposite outcome with judgements stressing the flexibility which the Commissions are accorded; one aspect of those judgements suggested greater importance for one of the rules (Rule 7) than had previously been assigned to it. The authors compare the outcome of the Third and Fourth Periodic Reviews conducted by the Boundary Commission for England. They find that the major change has been greater attention to electoral equality across all constituencies in the latter of the two—which is exactly what the 1982 court case had sought.

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  • R J Johnston & D J Rossiter & C J Pattie, 1996. "A Change in the Rules and a Change in the Outcomes? An Evaluation of the Work of the Boundary Commission for England in its Third and Fourth Periodic Reviews," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 14(3), pages 325-350, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:14:y:1996:i:3:p:325-350
    DOI: 10.1068/c140325
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    1. R J Johnston & S Openshaw & D W Rhind & D J Rossiter, 1984. "Spatial Scientists and Representational Democracy: The Role of Information-Processing Technology in the Design of Parliamentary and other Constituencies," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 2(1), pages 57-66, March.
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