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Across the United Kingdom
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This is a list of the constituencies which are expected to be established at the time of the next United Kingdom general election. The next election will occur in or before June 2010.

In Scotland a new set of seats was created for the 2005 election and seats will be the same as those fought in that election.

In Wales the Boundary Commission finalised its proposals for changes and these have been given legal effect by The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006 No. 1041) made on 11 April 2006.]

In England, the Boundary Commission finalised its proposals for changes and these have been given legal effect by The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007 No. 1681) made on 13 June, 2007. Four constituency boundaries were then slightly altered in March 2009 by The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Amendment) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009 No. 698).

In Northern Ireland, the Boundary Commission finalised its proposals for changes and these have been given legal effect by The Parliamentary Constituencies (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008 No. 1486) made on 11 June, 2008.

The electorate figures given here are as in 2000, which is the year all Boundary Commissions must work from by law.

Summary

 * Scotland - No changes from 2005 election
 * Wales - No extra seats awarded to Wales, although significant changes lead to the creation of Aberconwy, Arfon, and Dwyfor Meirionnydd
 * Northern Ireland - No extra seats awarded
 * England
 * North Yorkshire, Hampshire, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Norfolk, Essex, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, and Cornwall are amongst those counties given extra seats in England. The Isle of Wight maintains its status as one parliamentary constituency.
 * The City of York is divided into two seats separate from the county of North Yorkshire
 * When treated as a whole unit North London, and the metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Tyne and Wear and South Yorkshire lose a seat each.
 * The cities of Birmingham and Sheffield lose one seat each.
 * Hereford and Worcester were considered as separate entities, with Herefordshire split into two constituencies.
 * Bath, Bristol, and Somerset undergo significant changes to reflect the abolition of Avon
 * Cumbria, Lincolnshire, Kent and Northumberland are amongst those counties with no change.

Constituencies in Scotland
There were no changes to the boundaries of Scottish constituencies from those used in the 2005 general election.