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UK Law Reference
All sections of Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020
2020 c. 25, s.7

Section 7 — Protected constituencies

This version in force from 2020-12-14

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) Schedule 2 to the 1986 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In rule 6(2) (protected constituencies), after paragraph (b) insert; (c) a constituency named Ynys Môn, comprising the area of the Isle of Anglesey County Council.

(3) In rule 8(5) (the allocation method)—

(a) in paragraph (b), for “6(2)” substitute “ 6(2)(a) and (b) ”, and

(b) after paragraph (b) insert; (c) the electorate of Wales shall be treated for the purposes of this rule as reduced by the electorate of the constituency mentioned in rule 6(2)(c).

(4) In rule 9(7) (references to areas in rule 6)—

(a) after “6” insert “ (2)(a) or (b) ”, and

(b) after “2011” insert “ , and the reference in rule 6(2)(c) to the area of the Isle of Anglesey County Council is to the area as it existed on the coming into force of the Schedule to the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 2020 ”.