Part of Parliamentary Constituencies Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:30 pm ar 18 Mehefin 2020.
Scott Martin:
Clearly the two protected constituencies are there for fairly obvious geographical reasons. Highland North, or whatever you want to call it, is not as it were a protected Constituency. It is just a constituency that comes up to the 12,000 sq km and 13,000 sq km rule.
In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
