This note describes how constituency boundaries are redrawn in a number of other countries: Canada, Australia, the USA and France. Much of the material in the note is taken from a key text on the subject, Redistributing in comparative perspective edited by Lisa Handley and Bernard Grofman.
Redistributing parliamentary boundaries: some international comparisons (92 KB , PDF)
This note describes how constituency boundaries are redrawn in a number of other countries: Canada, Australia, the USA and France. Much of the material in the note is taken from a key text on the subject, Redistributing in comparative perspective edited by Lisa Handley and Bernard Grofman.
Redistributing parliamentary boundaries: some international comparisons (92 KB , PDF)
This briefing contains basic details of the structure of local government (counties, districts and unitary authorities); the electoral system, ward structures, and the franchise; the divisions of functions between local authorities; and the process for changing local government boundaries and structures.
Known living former Members of Parliament.
This briefing examines the way that Parliament scrutinises the Government's proposals for taxation, set out in the annual Budget statement.
