A standard reference work on re-drawing the map of constituencies in the UK which provides the only detailed insight into how that task is currently undertaken.

D.J. Rossiter is Research Fellow in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. R.J. Johnston is Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences at the University of Bristol. C.J. Pattie is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield

Foreword by David Butler
Introduction
Part I: Redistribution in the United Kingdom
1. The theory of representation and the 'British compromise'
2. The evolution of the 'British compromise': 1832-1944
3. The current legislative framework
4. The reviews and their outcomes
Part II: The Boundary Commissions' fourth periodic reviews
5. Setting the agenda
6. The process of public consultation
7. From provisional to final recommendations
8. Electoral consquences
9. MPs and their seats
Conclusions
Bibliography